Monday, May 02, 2022

Interesting Links From May 2022

 Jen Hatmaker Awakens Her Mind to The 'Mystery' of 'The Feminine Divine' - Protestia

 

Do this if a pastor tells you to repent of your 'whiteness' | Voice (christianpost.com)

 

Pornography and Church Discipline | Desiring God


May 3

 

An Interview with Tom Ascol | Baptist Press

 

Criminal to Withhold Medication or Surgery for 'Trans' Kids According to ELCA Leader Who Wants to 'expose children as early as possible to all the possibilities of their beautiful becoming' - EXPOSING THE ELCA

 

Peanuts Mother's Day special declares 'some kids have two moms' | U.S. News (christianpost.com) (stuff like this Apple TV programming is part of why I recently switched from iPhone to Galaxy).

 

Rachel Levine's Spectacular Mendacity (Or Ignorance) | National Review

 

Five Rules for Living Faithfully in the Digital Age | Samuel D. James | First Things

 

Roe v. Wade Protesters Chant 'F*** Alito' Outside Supreme Court (newsweek.com)


May 11

 

Jen Hatmaker voices support for abortion, derides opposition | U.S. News (christianpost.com)

 

Abortion Hysteria of ELCA Pastors - EXPOSING THE ELCA

 

MSNBC Guest Promises Sex To SCOTUS Leaker, 'Joyfully' Aborting Baby (thefederalist.com)

 

Why Won't Biden Condemn Attacks On Churches, Justices' Homes? (thefederalist.com)

 

God is a mother, too, writes children's book author Teresa Kim Pecinovsky (religionnews.com)

 

Religious Left Panics After Dobbs Leak - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Washington Post Finds Thriving Anti-Abortion Church and Moribund Mainline - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Karine Jean-Pierre to replace Jen Psaki, becoming first Black woman and openly gay White House press secretary (yahoo.com)

 

Conservative Podcaster, Allie Beth Stuckey Destroys Gay Pastor in Abortion Debate (disntr.com)

 

White House’s Melissa Rogers affirms religious diversity as interfaith group expands (religionnews.com)

 

Bishop Vashti McKenzie to lead National Council of Churches for next two years (religionnews.com)

 

D.C.-area churches tackle leaked draft opinion on Roe v. Wade - The Washington Post


May 12

 

Why Mainstream Scholars often Differ with Evangelical Pastors on the Gospels - The Gospel Coalition | Canada

 

Why Doesn't Hong Kong's Tragic Loss Get As Much Attention As Ukraine? (thefederalist.com)

 

Jen Hatmaker’s Journey From Evangelical to Pro-Gay to Pro-Abortion - The Stream

 

Evangelical Lutheran Church short ‘at least 600’ pastors | Church & Ministries News (christianpost.com)

 

May 13

 

More radical than Roe | WORLD (wng.org)

 

Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news? : NPR


May 14

 

Duck Dynasty's Korie Robertson shares abortion views (yahoo.com)

 

Abortion: a Christian Nationalist ‘Smokescreen’? - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Three Middle School Students Criminally Charged For Not Using Proper Pronouns (disntr.com)

 

Luther Seminary's 'Reproductive Freedom' Article Warns Prolife Responses Will Be Deleted - The Liberal Lutheran Church Today (elcatoday.com)

 

‘Good, Good Mother?' Woke Church Rewrites Song To make God a Chick - Protestia


May 15

 

Why Pro-Lifers Support Laws to Punish Abortionists but Not Mothers – Denny Burk

 

Elijah Removed From Gospel Coalition 'Molech Debate' Following Dismal Performance At Mount Carmel - Protestia


May 17

 

Montana pastor J.D. Hall, Pulpit&Pen founder, charged with DUI, carrying weapon (religionnews.com)

 

University Won't Hear Professor It Kicked Out After Criticizing Wokeness (thefederalist.com) (for information)

 

Despite What Big Eva is Saying, The Most Guilty Party in an Abortion is the Mother (disntr.com)

 

After shooting, Buffalo bishop urges white pastors to speak out | U.S. News (christianpost.com)

 

May 18

 

It's Not Progressive Christianity, It’s Accommodationist Christianity, and It Has Nothing of Christ In It - The Stream

 

Sojourners Praises Roe to ‘Ensure that Abortion is Kept Legal’ - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Head of ELCA Church Says Overturning Roe w. Wade 'Contradicts Church Teaching' - Protestia


May 20

 

A Day In The Culture War - The American Conservative (“Do you believe than men can become pregnant and have abortions?  Yes.”)

 

Abortion Politics: The Left Rediscovers Women | National Review

 

Happy Birthing Person’s Day? Seriously? - The Stream

 

Gavin Ortlund says if you like Tucker Carlson, you are white supremacist - Capstone Report


May 21

 

Craig Groeschel: doubt stems from disliking Jesus' exclusivity | Church & Ministries News (christianpost.com)

 

National Review’s Publisher, Gayly Married? - The Stream

 

Under Biden, Trans Pronouns Make All Students 'Sexual Harassers' (thefederalist.com)

 

Quo Vadis, Mother Russia? - The American Conservative


May 22

 

Refusing to let the law tell lies | WORLD (wng.org)

 

Dallas Jenkins clarifies his ‘Mormons are Christians’ comments | Entertainment News (christianpost.com)


May 23

 

Harry Emerson Fosdick and the Spirit of American Liberalism | Kevin DeYoung (Fosdick was a false teacher)

 

How Compromised Preaching is Contributing to Our Cultural Rot - The Stream

 

The reckoning of the Lord | WORLD (wng.org)

 

SBC Guidepost Report Calls For Establishment of Sex Abuse Bureaucracy - Protestia


May 24

 

Lee University develops a gender and sexuality policy - WDEF

 

Biden Admin Takes Steps Toward a Digital Dollar - The American Conservative


May 26

 

Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS, and the Sanctity of Life — EFCA Blog

 

Church of Scotland allows ministers to marry same-sex couples | World News (christianpost.com)

 

Nancy Pelosi takes communion despite archbishop's ban | Politics News (christianpost.com)


May 27

 

J.D. Hall, pastor and founder of Pulpit&Pen, admits fabricating story about trans activist (religionnews.com) (full disclosure: I have checked Hall’s web sites and have sometimes cited them, though by no means necessarily agreeing with everything.)

 

The “Example of Grove City College” Is Spreading (substack.com) (Jemar Tisby discusses the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod)

 

A Novel Interpretation of Matthew 25 - The American Conservative

 

Celebrated United Methodist Drag Queen Activist Denounces Bible - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Pelosi now barred from Communion in at least four dioceses (religionnews.com)

 

A Response to The News of Jordan Hall's 'Fabricated' Story (And How it Affects Us) - Protestia


May 28

 

We Need to Talk About the Theology Behind the Abuse | Aimee Byrd

 

List of alleged, convicted sexual abusers released by SBC Executive Committee | Baptist Press

 

Things I Learned From My Friend, Pastor Ron Hodel | 1517

 

Former EC vice president counters Guidepost characterization of abusers list | Baptist Press

 

SBC presidential candidates, state leaders respond to Guidepost report | Baptist Press

 

Seattle Pacific University students stage sit-in over LGBTQ exclusion (religionnews.com) (Seattle Pacific University used to be at least relatively conservative – at least the leadership is sort of trying to hold the line.)

 

A life lived for justice: Rosemary Radford Ruether (religionnews.com) (she was way out there on the religious left—but at least had a decades long marriage—to a man---with children)


May 29

 

ELCA presiding bishop requests resignation of first transgender bishop (religionnews.com)

 

10 times Nancy Pelosi supported abortion while citing her Catholic faith | Catholic News Agency


May 31

 

MeToo Politics: A Reckoning for MeToo | National Review

 

The Churches of Antarctica | Amusing Planet