Tuesday, December 01, 2020

Interesting Links from December 2020

Progressive United Methodists announce new denomination: Liberation Methodist Connexion

 

Trump Lawyer Joe diGenova Says Former Cybersecurity Chief Chris Krebs Should Be Executed for Saying Election Was Secure | National Review

 

Trump Election Fraud Allegations Disgraceful Endgame to 2020 Reelection Effort | National Review

 

December 3

 

Evangelical Christian activists plan ‘barnstorming’ tour of Georgia ahead of Senate runoff

 

Eric Metaxas, Christian radio host, tells Trump, 'Jesus is with us in this fight'

 

Have We Completely Lost Our Minds and Our Souls? - The Stream

 

Biden makes 'sweeping promises' to LGBT activists - The Christian Post

 

Eric Metaxas and the losing of the evangelical mind

 

Why Conservatives Don’t Trust the Media about the Election – Denny Burk

 

Economics Legend Walter E. Williams Dies at 84 | Dan Bongino (He was frequently favorably quoted in Christian News.)

 

December 6

 

Walter Williams: A Warrior For Liberty! - The Stream

 

How Eric Metaxas went from Trump despiser to true believer

 

Physician Support for Ethical Vaccines – Christian Medical & Dental Associations (cmda.org)

 

No American Lives Should Be Lost to Defend Taiwan - The American Conservative (maybe he’s right on the military reasons but it would be bad if Communist China took over Taiwan)

 

Historic Middle Collegiate Church in New York City destroyed in six-alarm fire

 

How Should Biden-era Americans Understand “religious Freedom”? | Richard Ostling

 

Scientific journal purges anti-gay UW-Madison paper published in 1951

 

December 8

 

Fire destroys historic church that houses New York Liberty Bell - The Christian Post

 

Bill C-6: What the Criminal Ban on “Conversion Therapy” Means for Churches in Canada - The Gospel Coalition | Canada

 

The Crisis of Christian Celebrity - The French Press (thedispatch.com)

 

December 11

 

What The Name “Jesus” Reveals | Gene Veith

 

Cuomo Sees No Place for God in Crisis - The American Conservative

 

+ Rev. Paul T. McCain +

 

Kudos: State Department Tags Nigeria "Country of Particular Concern" - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Biden’s Election is as Putrid, Shady, and Spurious as Persia’s Darius the Great! (reformationcharlotte.org)

 

Pro-life groups denounce Biden’s HHS secretary pick - The Christian Post

 

'Churches should suspend services.' I respectfully dissent - The Christian Post

 

Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals! - The American Conservative

 

Ecumenism in the Next Methodism - Juicy Ecumenism (downright heretical theology is tolerated in the National Council of Churches, and has been for decades)

 

Religious Persecution on the Rise Worldwide - The American Conservative

 

Advent Drag Show is an ELCA Church Fundraising Event - EXPOSING THE ELCA

 

Why We Question the Election Results - The American Conservative

 

Catholic Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai: ‘The Lord is suffering with me’ | Catholic News Agency

 

The sad irony of celebrity pastors | Spectator USA

 

John MacArthur: World 'perfectly suited' for Antichrist's arrival - The Christian Post

 

December 12

 

Dave Ramsey, Christian personal finance guru, defies COVID-19 to keep staff at desks

 

Hemingway: Governor Ralph Northam Has No Right To Dictate The Theology Of Virginia Residents (thefederalist.com)

 

Letter to the Church in Response to Governor Northam's Statements on Worship — Esgetology

 

Bad News for Evangelicals, God Doesn’t Need Donald Trump in the White House

 

Supreme Court Rejects Texas Lawsuit Challenging Results in 4 Key Swing States | CBN News

 

Protests, Marches, and Some Serious Shofar Blowig as Trumpers Set to Descend on D.C. Yet Again

 

Letter: Proud of pastors' response during pandemic

 

Kathie Lee Gifford doesn’t follow man-made religious rules - The Christian Post

 

December 14

 

‘Biden Did You Know?’: Metaxas turns Christmas carol into conspiracy parody (religionnews.com)

 

The Dangerous Idolatry of Christian Trumpism - The French Press (thedispatch.com)

 

'Proud Boys' burn Black Lives Matter signs at churches in Washington (religionnews.com)

 

'Let the Church ROAR!' Prayer Rally Comes to DC for Jericho March to 'Stop the Steal' | CBN News

 

Beware Those Hasty & Severe in Judgment – Entrusted to the Dirt

 

December 16

 

Political Idolatries? - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Rethinking Christmas Lights, Part One - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Dean Hollerith and Bishop Budde: Hate Has No Home Here - Washington National Cathedral

 

Conservatives Call on State Legislators to Appoint New Electors, in Accordance with the Constitution - Conservative Action Project (for information purposes)

 

One Of The Most Conservative States Is The Hottest Marijuana Market | Gene Veith (not persuaded that this is good)

 

More US churches are committing to racism-linked reparations | AP News (theologically liberal Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastor Matt Staneck supports this in my opinion ridiculous idea at A Lutheran Case For Reparations (Summer 2020) — Lutheran Forum), which conservative LCMS pastor Phil Hale opposed at A Lutheran Case for Reparations? – Christian News)  (Some people deny that there are theologically liberal pastors in the LCMS.)

 

Thirty Churches in 30 Years: Post-Soviet Congregation Arises - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Opinion | Giving Trump credit for the vaccine is the best way for Biden to unite the country - The Washington Post

 

Franklin Graham: ‘I Am Grateful to God’ for ‘the Last Four Years’

 

Adoption by same-sex couples in Hungary effectively banned by constitutional change - The Washington Post

 

Franklin Graham Says Trump 'Will Go Down in History As One of the Great Presidents' (newsweek.com)

 

December 17

 

Black Lives Matter Signs at Historic Black Methodist Churches in D.C. Destroyed by Proud Boys Rioters - Juicy Ecumenism

 

The Cult of Christian Trumpism

 

A Threat to Democracy - Democracy Docket

 

Finnish Lutherans enter into fellowship with the LCMS - International Lutheran Council

 

Malagasy Lutherans elect new president - International Lutheran Council

 

Former Kenyan bishop enters into glory - International Lutheran Council

 

Finnish Lutherans to elect a new bishop in 2021 - International Lutheran Council

 

Redemption or Damnation for America - Juicy Ecumenism

 

My Top 10 Theology Stories of 2020 (thegospelcoalition.org)

 

The New Moral Majority Endorses Warnock & Ossoff — New Moral Majority (not that there aren’t also problems on the political right but this list of endorsements includes many way out there lefties like Brian McLaren)

 

December 19

 

In VOA Nominee Fight, WaPo Insists Christians Cannot Hold Public Office (thefederalist.com)

 

Proud Boys Leader Admits Burning Church BLM Sign Following Washington Rally (newsweek.com)

 

How to start your own blog in 2021 – Building Jerusalem

 

MAGA leaders call for the troops to keep Trump in office - POLITICO

 

NAE Condemns Burnings at Black Churches - National Association of Evangelicals

 

A Note from JD Hall: Goodbye, 4,830 Facebook Friends - Protestia

 

Trump’s path to an electoral college victory isn’t narrow. It’s nonexistent. - The Washington Post (my friend Stu Rothenberg from 2016)

 

December 20

 

North Carolina governor establishes “Gender Expansive Parents’ Day” in recognition of LGBT parents | Disrn

 

Members of John MacArthur's Church Say They’re Being Pressured Not to Report New COVID Outbreak | The Roys Report (julieroys.com)

 

How Postmodern Pseudo-Prophecy Dishonors God (thegospelcoalition.org)

 

December 22

 

Rev. Dr. Jan Davis on the Virgin Birth - Juicy Ecumenism

 

'When Jesus Comes Back She'll Be Gay' - EXPOSING THE ELCA

 

Charlie Kirk's Hooters Conservatism - The American Conservative

 

The Story Behind Handel’s Messiah - BreakPoint

 

Hungary Amends Constitution with Traditional Definition of Family - Christianity Today

 

December 23

 

Michele Bachmann to lead Regent University’s school of government, wants to expand ‘biblical worldview’ – The Virginian-Pilot

 

Joni Eareckson Tada tests positive for COVID - The Christian Post

 

The ELCA Drag Queen Storytime Queer Christmas Celebration - EXPOSING THE ELCA

 

Trump Pardons War Criminals Again - The American Conservative

 

Michele Bachmann Named Dean of Regent University Government School

 

Hungary amends Constitution to uphold traditional marriage - The Christian Post

 

Raven 23 & President Trump: The Team Deserves Pardons | National Review

 

Ted Cruz Blocks Hong Kong Immigration Bill That Jeopardizes National Security | ImmigrationReform.com

 

Ted Cruz’s Terrible Case for Keeping out Hong Kong Refugees – Reason.com

 

December 25

 

Concordia University-Chicago Becomes Latest University To Put Academic Programs On Chopping Block

 

Lutheran Laymen’s Declaration and Petition

Christmas in a pandemic: Churches offer messages of hope in 2020

 

Major pro-life group gives Trump its ‘Person of the Year’ award - The Christian Post

 

How much longer will the Middle East celebrate Christmas?

 

Why I Love a Service of Lessons and Carols at Christmas Time - Don Sweeting Blog

 

Limbaugh slams Biden's 'darkest days' comment about coronavirus - The Christian Post

 

December 27

 

Why Hollywood Praises Elliot Page (and Blacklists Me) (thegospelcoalition.org)

 

VA Governor: “You Don’t Need to Sit in the Pews for God to Hear Your Prayers” | Answers in Genesis

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Glad. . .

 

In Pakistan, Christians May Be Bombed On Christmas

 

When a Flat Earther Refused to Concede and All Hell Broke Loose

 

December 28

 

The Sexual Revolution Shows Its Endgame - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Los Angeles Finally Agrees to Drop COVID Restrictions Against Churches – Faithwire

 

The Dangerous Love of Ease | Desiring God

 

December 29

 

A woke church is doomed to fail | The Spectator

 

Norway's Stave Churches - The American Conservative

 

Gerald Ford and the Perversion of Presidential Pardons - The American Conservative

 

The Gospel According to Roger Stone - The American Conservative

 

Hemingway: If Lockdowns Worked, California Wouldn’t Have This Problem

 

What Big Tech Didn't Want You To See On The Federalist In 2020

 

President Trump Kept This 2016 Promise to Us - The Stream