Loyal Defender: December 2020

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/10/ecumenism-in-the-next-methodism/ (downright heretical theology is tolerated in the National Council of Churches, and has been for decades)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/religious-persecution-on-the-rise-worldwide/

https://www.exposingtheelca.com/on-social-media-elca-wolves-blog/advent-drag-show-is-an-elca-church-fundraising-event

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-we-question-the-election-results/

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/catholic-hong-kong-activist-jimmy-lai-the-lord-is-suffering-with-me-89843

The sad irony of celebrity pastors | Spectator USA

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

December 12

https://religionnews.com/2020/12/11/dave-ramsey-christian-financial-guru-ridicules-covid-19-fears-plans-large-in-person-christmas-party/

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

https://www.thedailybeast.com/protests-marches-and-some-serious-shofar-blowig-as-trumpers-set-to-descend-on-dc-yet-again?ref=scroll

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bad-news-for-evangelicals-god-doesnt-need-donald-trump-in-the-white-house?ref=home

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2020/december/tx-election-case-gains-traction-as-house-republicans-join-and-6-states-sign-on-as-plaintiffs

https://bismarcktribune.com/opinion/letters/letter-proud-of-pastors-response-during-pandemic/article_9080c04b-2307-5139-a8f2-42a7b7f42482.html

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)

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2020/december/let-the-church-roar-national-prayer-rally-comes-to-dc-for-jericho-march-to-stop-the-steal

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

December 16

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/14/political-idolatries/

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/14/rethinking-christmas-lights-part-one/

https://cathedral.org/press-room/dean-hollerith-and-bishop-budde-hate-has-no-home-here/

http://conservativeactionproject.com/conservatives-call-on-state-legislators-to-appoint-new-electors-in-accordance-with-the-constitution/ (for information purposes)

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2020/12/one-of-the-most-conservative-states-is-the-hottest-marijuana-market/ (not persuaded that this is good)

https://www.startribune.com/more-us-churches-commit-to-racism-linked-reparations/600001248/ (theologically liberal Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastor Matt Staneck supports this in my opinion ridiculous idea at https://www.lutheranforum.com/blog/a-lutheran-case-for-reparations-summer-2020 ), which conservative LCMS pastor Phil Hale opposed at https://christiannewsmissouri.com/2020/12/01/a-lutheran-case-for-reparations/ ) (Some people deny that there are theologically liberal pastors in the LCMS.)

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/16/yuri-shumaev-kazakhstan-christians/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/15/giving-trump-credit-vaccine-is-best-way-biden-unite-country/

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/15/franklin-graham-i-am-grateful-to-god-for-the-last-four-years/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/12/15/hungary-adoption-lgbt-constitution/

https://www.charismanews.com/us/83692-rodney-howard-browne-insists-this-is-greater-than-trump-it-s-about-america “Howard-Browne also says he has a peace about the outcome and confidence that Trump will be sworn in for a second term as U.S. president on Jan. 20.”

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

December 17

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/16/black-lives-matter-methodist-churches-destroyed/

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/cult-christian-trumpism/

https://www.democracydocket.com/2020/12/a-threat-to-democracy/

https://ilc-online.org/2020/12/08/french-lutherans-elect-new-president-2/

https://ilc-online.org/2020/11/25/finnish-lutherans-enter-into-fellowship-with-the-lcms/

https://ilc-online.org/2020/11/08/malagasy-lutherans-elect-new-president/

https://ilc-online.org/2020/12/11/former-kenyan-bishop-enters-into-glory/

https://ilc-online.org/2020/12/07/finnish-lutherans-to-elect-a-new-bishop-in-2021/

https://www.cph.org/default.aspx?

https://juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/17/redemption-or-damnation-for-america/

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)