Surburg's blog: Mark's thoughts: Jesus brings a sword, not peace
Thirteen
Cities Broke Homicide Records in 2021 | National Review
TGC
Senior Editor's Favorite TV Show Contains Graphic Homosexual Sex Scene -
Protestia
A providential
escape | WORLD (wng.org)
‘We
Have’ Evangelicals ‘Who Practice The Most Un-Christian Ways’: MSNBC Contributor
| The Daily Wire
The
Truth of Abortion in Deep Blue Cities - The American Conservative
The
fall of the ‘Evil Empire’ | Opinion News (christianpost.com)
January 4
Hong
Kong News Outlet Forced To Close Following Police Raid, Arrests
(thefederalist.com)
Another
Hong Kong news outlet to close amid crackdown on dissent : NPR
196.
Roman Catholicism as a “Temptation” for Evangelical Theology - Vatican Files
"The
Holy Family is queer" Says ELCA Pastor - EXPOSING THE ELCA (how sick!)
January 5
George
Floyd's Great-Niece Arianna Delane Shot While Sleeping (newsweek.com)
Covid
Policy: Once-Taboo Ideas Becoming Mainstream | National Review
What
January 6 Actually Means - The American Conservative
Wide
Awoke in Corporate America? - Current (currentpub.com)
The
Reasons the New Ultra-Progressive Methodist Demonomination is Failing are
Hilarious - Protestia
January 6
Jan.
6, 2021, the ‘New Right’ and a republic at risk - Roll Call (I worked with
my friend Stu at the Free Congress Foundation.
He has become more liberal over the years.)
Rejecting
the January 6 Attack in Christ's Name | Opinion (newsweek.com)
‘Give
Us a King’: Lessons from the Capitol Sedition | Christianity Today
The
Revolutionary Joy of Desmond Tutu | The University of Chicago Divinity School
(uchicago.edu)
Merry
Christmas, from a Muslim | Nasser Hussain | First Things (for information
purposes – Muslims are still off-base in official teaching/practice – disappointing
but not surprising the FT would publish this)
Jan. 6:
A timeline in prayers (religionnews.com)
To
Hell With January 6 - The American Conservative
Rev
Lowell Erdahl Obituary | Star Tribune (death of a liberal Lutheran)
A
Tragic Day in American History, But Not an Insurrection - The Stream
Capitol
Riot: Anniversary of a Disgrace | National Review
Epiphany:
an Overlooked but Important Day - BreakPoint
Ben
Roethlisberger after final home game: 'Good Lord has blessed me'
(sportsspectrum.com)
A
Look Back: What Evangelical Leaders Said About Jan. 6 Attack (julieroys.com)
Does
Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 documentary hold up under scrutiny? (yahoo.com)
January 7
Shame
on the Ontario government | Voice (christianpost.com)
Päivi
Räsänen: Resolute for Christ in Finland (decisionmagazine.com)
Interfaith
vigil in DC gathers for second year, part of citywide Jan. 6 observances
(religionnews.com) (Luther Place is an extremely theologically liberal
church)
January 8
Canada
joins list of nations banning conversion therapy | Baptist Press
Lust
Is a Public Health Crisis - The American Conservative
Pope
Francis Is Queering The Catholic Church - The American Conservative (Father
Enrique Rueda of the Free Congress strongly opposed New Ways Ministry, in his
book The Homosexual Network endorsed by Harold Lindsell.)
Reformed
Church in America splits as conservative churches form new denomination
(religionnews.com)
Trumpworld
Dumps on Ted Cruz After He Grovels to Tucker (thedailybeast.com)
January 10
The
Twisted, Trumpist Religion of Jan. 6th - The Bulwark
Jesus
and John Wayne: A Fair Portrait of Evangelicalism? - CBMW
Justin
Peters Torches the Babylon Bee's Pathetic "Gospel" Presentation to
Elon Musk - Protestia (I’ve never been a fan of the Babylon Bee.)
Francis
Against the Dog Moms - The American Conservative
7
Things the Prophets Might Say To Us | Biblical Preaching
How
‘Conversion Therapy’ Bans Are Akin to Apostasy Laws (thegospelcoalition.org)
January 13
A
conspiracy against truth | WORLD (wng.org)
Rashad
Hussain confirmed as first Muslim US religious freedom ambassador
(religionnews.com)
Drag
Queen Story Hour For Children Comes To Church (prophecynewswatch.com)
MyPillow
Guy Mike Lindell Just Made His Most Bonkers Claim Yet (yahoo.com)
Mike
Huckabee Says America Is 'Rejecting the Standard of God and His Word' —
Charisma News
January 15
Trumpism
Now Only Trump's Grievances | National Review
‘God
Didn’t Create You to Be That Way’: Promise Keepers Leader Denounces Pornography
Use – Faithwire
Ineffective
Liberal United Methodist Anti-Racism - Juicy Ecumenism
Religious
Freedom at Home—But Not Abroad - Current (currentpub.com)
Pastoral
Meanderings: This kind of pope even Luther could like. . .
Evangelizing
the world for LGBTQIA+ activism | WORLD (wng.org)
Joe
Biden Was Supposed to Be the Anti-Trump, but He’s Just as Divisive
(thedailybeast.com)
Pregnant
People Are Still Not Getting Vaccinated Against Covid | WIRED (do they
REALLY have to use the phrase “pregnant people”?)
Babylon
Bee Pushes Back and Laughs at Critics of Their Gospel Presentation to Elon Musk
- Protestia
Transgender
hormone therapy: Early start helps mental health for kids (usatoday.com)
(USA Today used to be relatively moderate but has often been radically liberal
lately)
New
Jersey governor signs bill allowing abortion up until birth | Politics News
(christianpost.com)
January 16
Rite
of Home Blessing — Gottesdienst (we definitely believe in home blessing –
my wife and I did so ourselves)
Big Ben's
Redemption - Current (currentpub.com)
Democrats:
The party of Jim COVID | Voice (christianpost.com)
Novak Djokovic
Vaccination Controversy: Play by the Rules | National Review
Pastoral
Meanderings: The redemption of suffering. . .
Let Freedom ring |
WORLD (wng.org)
January 17
Pastoral
Meanderings: That is not my Jesus. . .
Lesbian
Bishop Seeks to ‘Reshape United Methodism for a New Era’ - Juicy Ecumenism
'Great
unifier' Biden tells half the country to go to hell - Washington Times
Will
Few Be Saved? – Theopolis Institute
January 18
Christian
MP says prosecution over biblical beliefs a ‘privilege’ | World News
(christianpost.com)
Transgender
Issue: Republicans Should Not Underestimate | National Review
Chamath
Tells An Ugly Truth - The American Conservative
January 20
Beware
Liberal NRSVue Bible Translation Update - Juicy Ecumenism
You Just Can’t
Have It All | Tim Challies
Why
Missouri Will Never Move From the Fence | St. Antony’s Cave (trinityaustin.com)
Czech
Folk Singer Hana Horka Got COVID-19 on Purpose—Now She’s Dead
(thedailybeast.com)
January 21
A
Promising Commandment - Michigan District, LCMS
Sabre of Boldness to Paivi Räsänen — Gottesdienst (well deserved honor)
January 24
The
American Press Corps Helped Kill Democracy - The Stream
CBS
sitcom suggests Bible is silent about lesbianism | Entertainment News
(christianpost.com)
Bengals
kicker no stranger to big stage | Baptist Press
Your
Right To Vote Doesn’t Include A Right To Vote From Your Couch
(thefederalist.com)
Dr.
Mildred Jefferson: Hero of the Pro-Life Movement - The Stream
Complementarianism
as a Second Order Doctrine – Denny Burk
Liveblog
(stopped): Trial against Christian MP Pävi Räsänen will resume in February
(cne.news)
January 25
The
2021 North Central Jurisdictional Conference: Ten Takeaways - Juicy Ecumenism
Foggy
Narratives - The American Conservative
School
board punishes teacher who spoke out against trans books | World News
(christianpost.com)
January 27
Finnish
Government Puts Christianity On Trial, Calls Bible 'Hate Speech'
(thefederalist.com)
Sierra Pacific
Synod - ELCA - Posts | Facebook (ELCA-LCMS working together in California to
share a pastor)
How
the Capitol attacks helped spread Christian nationalism in the extreme right
(religionnews.com)
Jim
Winkler departs National Council of Churches after two terms as chief
(religionnews.com) (NCC is not a good group)
Former
AME Zion bishop Staccato Powell charged with fraud in $14 million scheme
(religionnews.com)
Michigan
settlement lets faith agencies deny LGBT adoptions (religionnews.com)
Dickinson
church launches investigation into assertion pastor espoused racists and
anti-Semitic views - InForum | Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo news, weather and
sports (Christianity Today alerted us to this situation)
January 29
Does
the Future Belong to the Left? - The American Conservative
'Transwoman'
Child Molester Is Going To Girls' Juvy - The American Conservative
In
Defense Of Dickinson Lutheran Church And Pastor Blake Kilbourne |
Dickinson58601 (for information purposes)
Liberals
Rail AGAINST Vaccine Access for African United Methodist Delegates - Juicy
Ecumenism
January 30
Trump’s
Cheerleaders Forget How Weak He Was With Putin (thedailybeast.com)
I
Will Stop Crying Out When the Transanity Stops - The Stream
Skillet’s
John Cooper: Christ Has ‘Dominion’ Over Fear (stream.org)
Historic
city churches find new life as neighborhood centers (fox40.com)
January 31
Tyndale,
Museum of the Bible Agree (publishersweekly.com)
For
the Church | Cannabis is in the Bible: Debunking an Interpretative Myth (ftc.co)
Pastoral
Meanderings: Why be so fussy. . .