Monday, November 02, 2020

Interesting Links from November 2020

North Korean Christians executed for owning Bible, babies killed | World

 

Nadia Bolz-Weber Talks Goddess, Sex & Politics at Seminary - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Dear John Piper: No, Arrogance Is Not As Deadly As Murder

 

Calvary Chapel San Jose lawsuit, $350K fines indoor services | Church & Ministries

 

Virginia Mollenkott, Feminist Author and Activist, Dies at 88: A Reminder That Reimagining the Creation Order Leads to Reimagining the Creator - CBMW

 

181. “All Brothers”: The Unbearable Cost of Roman Catholic Universalism - Vatican Files

 

November 4

 

Trump as president: what he has accomplished in his four years

 

Virginia Law Banishes Conscience from the Public Square - Juicy Ecumenism

 

National Conservatism's Big Night - The American Conservative

 

Attention Sean Feucht and evangelical leaders: Hatred of the press is hurting your cause — GetReligion

 

Nick Challies, son of well-known evangelical blogger, dies at college

 

November 6

 

Want the Media to Praise You as a Pastor? It’s Easy: Get a 'Sex Change' - The Stream

 

An Urgent Appeal to Christian Supporters of President Trump - The Stream

 

November 8

 

Pastor Robert Jeffress: Biden is president-elect — how should Christians respond? | Fox News

 

Went to Bed in America, Woke Up in a Banana Republic › American Greatness (for information purposes)

 

Trump's election falsehoods 'put a smile' on the faces of dictators, observers warn

 

How Trump Won While Losing - The Stream

 

How to Biblically Handle Your Post-Election Triggered Self - The Stream

 

Pro-life groups react as Joe Biden is declared winner of election | Politics

 

November 9

 

Is Carthage College the Right School For You? - EXPOSING THE ELCA

 

It's Time for Conservatives to Unite Behind Ye - The American Conservative (for information purposes)

 

Bishop Harry Jackson Jr., Trump evangelical adviser, has died

 

Donald Trump's temperament may have cost him the election, but his record attests to kept promises - Washington Times

 

Christian Ministry Sues Bank Over Claims of Religious Discrimination – Faithwire

 

 

November 10

 

A Civil War? An Internal Cold War? | Gene Veith

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Curiosity kills more than cats. . .

 

The Media Says Joe Biden Will Be President, and I'm Relieved - The Stream

 

A Time to Heal? - The Stream

 

Rural pastor: Donald Trump was my president, Joe Biden now is

 

November 11

 

It's Not Your Father’s GOP - The American Conservative

 

The Mayflower Compact: A Covenant with God - Juicy Ecumenism

 

When Political Prophecies Don’t Come to Pass - Christianity Today

 

Is Alex Trebek in Heaven? The question and urgency of eternity

 

How Biden swung the religious vote - POLITICO

 

The Bronze Idol of Infrequent Communion — Gottesdienst (Comment: As I read the Scriptures, the Lord said to partake often but He didn’t say how often the often should be.  Some people give little to no indication that they would have supported Martin Luther had they lived at the time Luther did.  Some things that Luther emphasized are not emphasized.)

 

 

Joe Biden Says He Would Sign Executive Order Week 1 Forcing Americans to Fund Planned Parenthood - LifeNews.com

 

Author: Trump's ‘character problems’ cost him evangelical votes | Politics

 

Ark. requires face masks at church services in new guidelines | U.S.

 

Liberal Megachurch Set to Leave UMC - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Opposition ousted | WORLD

 

His (hopefully) final hissy fit: Trump’s post-election meltdown is so typical and so pathetic – New York Daily News

 

What Legal Rights Do Canadian Governments Have to Restrict Assemblies? - The Gospel Coalition | Canada

 

November 14

 

Here's a very fluid take on evangelicalism: New York Times obituary of a progressive pioneer — GetReligion

 

Nevada protects gay marriage in constitution, exempts clergy from ceremonies | Baptist Press

 

The Americans Who Politicized the Bible - The American Conservative

 

The Cruelty of Quarantine: A Lament | Tim Challies

 

It is a Weakness of Faith to Refuse to Mourn the Death of Loved Ones – The Fight of Faith

 

November 15

 

Bethel Church's Sean Feucht Has #1 Album in the World - Protestia

 

Fact check: Dominion voting machines didn't delete or switch votes (not helpful if one is kooky in pressing one’s case.  Could lose some votes for conservatives in the future.  Best to use common courtesy in arguing one’s case too.)

 

Fauci and Collins dispense Thanksgiving COVID-19 advice at cathedral forum

 

San Diego strip clubs reopen but churches ordered remain closed | U.S.

 

Trying to Get as Many Heavenly Rewards as You Can | theology like a child

 

November 17

 

British police break up baptism that defied lockdown rules | World

 

Biden’s chief of staff pick called himself pro-choice ‘soldier’ | Politics

 

A Tribute to the Life of Jay Adams | Brad Hambrick

 

November 18

 

Rachel Held Evans’ father on his daughter’s final days and the ongoing impact of her life (Mrs. Evans was extremely theologically liberal and everyone who is honest knows it.  Her totally unexpected death was unusual.)

 

Pro-Abortion Religious Coalition RCRC Shrinks Further - Juicy Ecumenism

 

If Americans Can No Longer Trust Our Elections, We’re In Big Trouble (any cheating that exists will be judged by God even if it isn’t in this life)

 

If Americans Can No Longer Trust Our Elections, We’re In Big Trouble

 

November 21

 

Daily Beast team stunned to learn that 'The Great Commission' remains in New Testament — GetReligion

 

Pastor John MacArthur and California church closings: Why isn't this a national story? — GetReligion

 

9 Things You Should Know About President-Elect Joe Biden

 

Delaware Elects First 'Transgender' State Senator in American History | Christian News Network

 

LGBT Lobby Coming After Christian Schools - The American Conservative

 

A Direct Threat to Christian Education—The Human Rights Campaign Demands that the Biden Administration Deny Accreditation to Christian Colleges and Schools - AlbertMohler.com

 

The Denial of Truth in the Bostock Decision and the Destruction of Freedom - Part 3 - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Serving God & Military - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Carl Lentz and the 'hot pastor' problem

 

I Know Sidney Powell. She Is Telling the Truth - The Stream

 

Keith, Kristyn Getty: Christianity and science are not at odds | Entertainment

 

Was Jesus Ugly? The Early Church Thought So

 

Adam Taylor succeeds Jim Wallis as Sojourners president  

 

Five faith facts about former President Barack Obama’s new book: ‘A Promised Land’ “My assortment of charms grew steadily: a miniature Buddha, an Ohio buckeye, a laminated four-leaf clover, a tiny bronze likeness of Hanuman the monkey god, all manner of angels, rosary beads, crystals and rocks,” former President Obama said.

 

Sojourners' Jim Wallis Georgetown Bound - Juicy Ecumenism (Sojourners is extremely theologically liberal.)

 

Trump's Legal Battle for the Election is a Mess - The American Conservative

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Have we become wimps?

 

Isn't love just love? - The Christian Post

 

November 26

 

Eric Metaxas Promotes Donald Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Destabilize Election – Warren Throckmorton (wthrockmorton.com)

 

Out Of Office, Trump Could Face Significant Legal Peril : NPR

 

Team Trump offering ‘fire hose’ of conspiracy Kool-Aid for supporters

 

Vanderbilt Divinity School Alumna Becomes Nashville’s First Gay Woman Lutheran Pastor – The Tennessee Tribune

 

It's Time for Conservatives to Dump Trump - The American Conservative

 

Pro-Abortion Biden Kosher With DC Archbishop - The American Conservative

 

Christian Celebrities vs Living Unseen - Juicy Ecumenism

 

'Transhood': New HBO Max show 'more exploitative than Cuties - The Christian Post

 

Pastoral Meanderings: It is hard to be thankful when. . .

 

Thankful in 2020: International Religious Freedom Edition - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Transgender Pakistanis find solace in a church of their own (apnews.com) (for information purposes)

 

Finnish Lutherans enter into fellowship with the LCMS - International Lutheran Council (ilc-online.org)

 

Those Dern Lutherans: An Interview with Paul T. McCain (thegospelcoalition.org). Although little known outside of the LCMS, McCain was a prominent leader in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod for many years.  Mary Ann McCain wrote in a wonderful tribute on Facebook on November 26, “My dad suddenly passed last night. Although this is a shock to us all, this is not a shock to God. My dad was a man of incredible faith; strong, determined, devoted. He was a pastor, a writer, an avid gun collector, and a very loving husband. To me, he was my hero. He gifted me with a new Bible on Tuesday and I kissed him goodbye yesterday. We are also blessed to have pictures from a recent family photoshoot. My dad is now in the loving arms of our Heavenly Father, whole and free. I love you, Dad.

“The Lord has given, the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord” Job 1:21.

“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” Revelation 21:4

Dad’s Favorite Verse: “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20”

 

 

November 27

 

 

DC archbishop will serve Biden communion despite abortion stance - The Christian Post

 

 

A Day of Reckoning: Victorian Government pushes to ban Christian practices with threat of 10 years in prison | MurrayCampbell.net

 

 

November 28

 

Weedon's Blog: Remembering a Friend: +Paul Timothy McCain

 

Some in ACLU Have New Cause: Book Banning | Independent Women

 

Saudi Arabia: The Ally From Hell - The American Conservative

 

Pastoral Meanderings: When pastors downplay their role as pastors. . .

 

Obituary: Rev. Paul Timothy McCain, publisher and executive editor, Concordia Publishing House (lcms.org)

 

The Election May Never Be Over for White Supremacists | Time

 

 

November 30

 

Advent in a Pandemic: An Invitation to Wait - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Episcopal Church will be dead in 20 years, researcher says - The Christian Post

 

Eric Metaxas, Christian radio host, tells Trump, 'Jesus is with us in this fight' (for information purposes)

 

 

Police block Canadian churchgoers from drive-in worship service - The Christian Post