Saturday, April 01, 2023

Interesting Links from April 2023

 Who Is Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg? A Devoted Man of Faith | Sojourners

 

Transgender acquaintances a factor for some North Dakota lawmakers as bill votes loom (bismarcktribune.com)

 North Dakota State Senator Dick Dever, also an elder at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod), Bismarck, North Dakota, voted AGAINST limiting K-12 girls sports to biological females, as reported in the above front page story in the Bismarck Tribune.

Why The World Looks at the Trump Case and…Yawns (thedailybeast.com)

 

4-2-23

 

10 Key Bible Verses on the Divinity of Jesus | Crossway Articles

 

4 Points of Evidence for the Resurrection | Crossway Articles

 

Left-Wing Insurrectionists Storm Tennessee Capitol, DOJ Is Silent (thefederalist.com)

 

Christians Must Learn To Hate Evil Again – Gab News

 

Asa Hutchinson: Trump should ‘step aside’ from 2024 race after indictment | The Hill


4-3-23

 

Day of Horrors - by Bethel McGrew - Further Up (substack.com)

 

Nancy Pelosi ridicules her archbishop for not being LGBT advocate | Politics News (christianpost.com)

 

What C. S. Lewis Got Wrong About the Cursing Psalms (thegospelcoalition.org)

 

NBA Drops Marijuana Testing, Penalties Under Tentative Labor Agreement | The Daily Wire


4-4-23

 

MP Päivi Räsänen facing second trial over biblical beliefs | World News (christianpost.com)

 

“The Man on the Middle Cross Said I Can Come” (truthforlife.org)

 

Faith-Based Movie ‘His Only Son’ Stuns Entertainment World, Scores Top Spot at Box Office – Faithwire

 

Who Is Alvin Bragg? | Judicial Watch


4-5-23

 

We Are All Made In The Image Of God, Not Made Into It (thefederalist.com)

 

Donald Trump Literally Lists All His Grievances in Post-Arraignment Speech From Florida Club Mar-a-Lago (thedailybeast.com)

 

Trump speaks to court evangelical "emergency prayer call" (currentpub.com)

 

Jesus Christ’s Resurrection, the Best-Documented Event of Ancient History, is True for All Time - The Stream


4-6-23

 

Transgender pastor compares treatment of 'marginalized' Nashville shooter to Jesus being crucified | Fox News

 

A nation on trial | WORLD (wng.org)

 

Former Homosexual Faces Serious Prison Time for Sharing Conversion Testimony in Malta (substack.com)

 

Why Did Jesus Institute the Lord’s Supper on the Passover? (ligonier.org)

 

Beware of Those Who Make a Virtue of Doubt – Denny Burk

 

Apostasy and how it happens | Voice (christianpost.com)

 

Who is Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson? From church youth group leader to the runoff. - Chicago Sun-Times (suntimes.com)


4-7-23

 

Transgender Suspect With Communist Manifesto Arrested For Planning Shootings At Schools, Churches: Police | The Daily Wire

 

What happened in Wisconsin? | WORLD (wng.org)

 

BREAKING: Trans male arrested for planning Colorado school shooting, had anti-Trump manifesto | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

 

Disdaining the Crucifixion? - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Atonement (currentpub.com) (for information purposes)

 

9 Children On When They Heard Their Parents' Marriage Was Over (thefederalist.com)

 

The Oberammergau Passion Play’s evolution (christiancentury.org) (for information purposes – simply accurately quoting the Bible is what should be done)


4-8-23

 

Riley Gaines Assaulted by Trans Activists at San Francisco State University | National Review

 

How Marian Anderson Shaped The Civil Rights Era With A Song (thefederalist.com)


4-9-23

 

Bragg's Indictment of Trump Is Just the Start | National Review

 

The Gospel Message of Transformation vs The Godless Message of Tolerance and Transitioning – Gab News

 

Yet Another God — Daniel Jonce Evans (for information purposes)

 

Easter: God's Message of Grace and Justice (afa.net)

 

Belief in the Resurrection Should Be Life Changing | National Review

 

Crowdfunded Christian Film 'His Only Son' Stuns at Box Office (dailysignal.com)


4-10-23

 

SFSU Responds to Alleged Assault on Riley Gaines . . . By Praising the Protesters – JONATHAN TURLEY

 

The Same Power That Rolled the Stone Away is Available to Us Today - The Stream

 

Pastoral Meanderings: A sad change . . .

 

The Case for Banning Children from Social Media | The New Yorker

 

‘Did This Just Say PEACEFUL?’: Riley Gaines Unloads On San Francisco State’s Response To Assault | The Daily Wire


4-11-23

 

Maine Voices: Consider Jesus’ preferred pronouns, and true regard for the other - Portland Press Herald (for information purposes)

 

Jesus came to save us from Jesus | Voice (christianpost.com)

 

So, Now My Beer is Gay and I’m Mad! - The Stream

 

Welcome to $$$$$$$ Easter: Lots of candy, booze and Jesus-free fun for half of America — GetReligion

 

The Dishonesty of the ‘Antiwar’ Left - The American Conservative

 

After Decriminalizing Drugs, Oregon Hits Rock Bottom (thefederalist.com)


4-12-23

 

They Will Know Us By Our Love (and Hate Us For It) | The 96th Thesis (matthewcochran.net)

 

Millie Bobby Brown Is Engaged At 19? Good For Her! (thefederalist.com)

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Doubt your doubts, Christian. . .


4-13-23

 

Trump Shocks Tucker by Talking Up Friendly Relationship With Gavin Newsom (thedailybeast.com)

 

The New York Times’ “Come to Jesus” Moment (currentpub.com) (for information purposes – NYT is still very far from reliable in my book)


4-15-23

 

Ten Ways to Pray for Your Wife | Desiring God

 

Al Sharpton compares VP Kamala Harris to biblical Queen Esther | Politics News (christianpost.com)

 

Abortion-Bans Work - The American Conservative

 

Everything Trump Said About Mass Shootings in NRA Speech (newsweek.com)

 

Donald Trump Jr. Urges Right-Wingers to End Boycott of ‘Conservative-Leaning’ Bud Light (thedailybeast.com) (language warning – and yes, it was still wrong to have that type of advertising campaign)

 

The LCMS and Gatekeeping Conservative Christians - RVIVR


4-16-23

 

New Hampshire GOP Gov. Chris Sununu, a potential presidential candidate, says a win 'ain't gonna happen' if Republicans can't attract independents: 'I get nervous about 2024' (msn.com)

 

Why Does Creation Groan? Christianity Today Gives a Very Wrong Answer | Answers in Genesis

 

Women in combat: Progress since 2013 shows opportunity for US military (usatoday.com) (very biased take on this)

 

Pastoral Meanderings: We welcome everyone. . .

 

A District Judge in a Den of Robbers - The American Conservative

 

Originalists Against Satanism - The American Conservative

 

Trans Teacher Threatens to Shoot Students – Keeps Job at the School (substack.com)

 

The priest broke his vows, she says. She’s breaking the silence. - Portland Press Herald


4-18-23

 

Oregon’s Ban On Christians Adopting Violates First Amendment (thefederalist.com)

 

Speaking out: God, politics and the Legislature (bismarcktribune.com) (shocking that the author rejects the cross of Christ)

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Are we raising our children to be fragile?

 

Filial Impiety - The American Conservative


4-19-23

 

Trump Turns on His Old Lawyer Jenna Ellis for Ron DeSantis Disloyalty (thedailybeast.com)

 

How We Saved WORLD Millions of Dollars (currentpub.com)


4-20-23

 

Repenting of trans pronouns: True love requires true language | Voice (christianpost.com)

 

I don’t hate my sin like I know Jesus calls me to. | Theology Along the Way

 

The Left Mines For Votes in America’s Prisons - The American Conservative

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Pulpits are made for preaching. . .


4-21-23

 

14 Reasons Prager Is Wrong About Porn As Adultery Prevention (thefederalist.com)


4-22-23

 

Kristin Kobes Du Mez Joining Rank Heretics for Pagan ‘Freedom Rising’ Conference (substack.com)

 

Christians prepare for SatanCon: 'A harvest of lost souls' | U.S. News (christianpost.com)

 

Bruce Jenner is Not a Woman, Dave Rubin is Not a Father, and These Clowns are Not Conservatives (substack.com)

 

'Duck Dynasty'-backed Gen Z Jesus musical ‘His Story’ to debut in Texas (religionnews.com)

 

There's Nothing New About Worshiping Abortion, or Linking Feminism to Satan - The Stream

 

RedeemTV shares the Asbury University Revival in a new Documentary! (religionnews.com)

 

The Sins of Wokeness - The American Conservative

 

Flesh of my flesh | WORLD (wng.org)


4-24-23

 

Dobbs Dealt a Blow to the Supply Side of Abortion; Now Pro-lifers Should Focus on the Demand Side (substack.com)


4-25-23

 

Tucker Mocks NPR's Totenberg Over Her 'Intimate Relationship' with RBG | Newsbusters

 

Kids YouTube Star “Blippi” Previously Made A NSFW Viral Harlem Shake Poop Video (buzzfeednews.com) (heavy language and content warning – commentator Matt Walsh has recently criticized “Blippi.”)

 

Tucker Carlson’s legacy at Fox News is that he was a giant phony | Opinion | The Independent

 

Ex-Satanist, Ex-Witch React as SatanCon Arrives: ‘The Enemy Is Waging All Out War Right in Our Faces’ – Faithwire

 

SatanCon, poking at religion and government, opens this weekend in Boston (nbcnews.com) (for information purposes)

 

The Courage of Tucker Carlson - The American Conservative

Hope amid hate | WORLD (wng.org)


4-26-23

 

Fox may not want Tucker Carlson, but Bryant Pond does - Lewiston Sun Journal

 

Letter to My Christian Conservative Aunt on Moral Depravity of Today’s GOP (thedailybeast.com)

 

The Worst People On Earth Are All Celebrating Tucker’s Ousting (thefederalist.com)

 

Denying The Sexes Is About Forcing All Of Us To Live A Lie (thefederalist.com)

 

Bishops Stand Courageously Against Gender ‘Transition’ for Kids - The Stream

 

Two sexes, created to be distinct | WORLD (wng.org)

 

Will you be allowed to enter Heaven? | Voice (christianpost.com)

 

2024 Will Be Different, Even If It's the Same (substack.com)


4-27-23

 

Here's What Corporate Media Won't Tell You About Lifelong Communist Harry Belafonte (thefederalist.com)

 

Thousands gather in Portland to remember iconic drag queen Darcelle XV - oregonlive.com (for information purposes)

 

Maine Voices: For those in need of it, any restriction on abortion is extreme - Portland Press Herald (for information purposes)

 

MaineHealth drops COVID-19 masking requirement - Portland Press Herald (just now dropping the requirement that North Dakota dropped many months ago)


4-28-23

 

A Theological Conflict - The American Conservative

 

The Sin of Partiality Explained | The 96th Thesis (matthewcochran.net)

 

Brittney Griner: It’s A ‘Crime’ To Stop Biological Males From Competing Against Women | The Daily Wire

 

How King Charles' coronation will be unlike any seen in England (religionnews.com)

 

Should You Accommodate an LGBT Person’s Requests? (str.org)


4-29-23

 

Ron DeSantis Flies To Israel To Destroy Free Speech In Florida – Gab News

 

‘We’ll Get Something Done’: Trump Pledges Pro-Life Action If Re-Elected President – Faithwire

 

America's Greatest Threat: Not Transgenderism, Not LGBTQ, Not Progressivism, but God Himself (substack.com)

 

Release the Tennessee Shooter's Manifesto - The American Conservative

 

A dangerous precedent for Christian parents | WORLD (wng.org)