Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Interesting Links from July 2025

 

Pastoral Meanderings: What is worse, germs or sins?

 

Colorado Megachurch Pastor Steps Down in Gateway Scandal Wake - Juicy Ecumenism

 

England Codifies A Culture Of Death


July 2

 

Long Time Charismatic Cult Leader, Jimmy Swaggart, Dies at 90

 

Jimmy Swaggart, controversial televangelist and Southern gospel legend, dies at 90

 

Jimmy Swaggart & Brash USA Christianity - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Died: Jimmy Swaggart, TV Minister Caught in Scandal - Christianity Today


July 3

 

17 Ways to Have an Amazing First Year of Marriage - Christian Marriage Help and Advice | Crosswalk.com

 

Mel Gibson visits Orthodox monastery in Greece before filming | Entertainment

 

Baylor University Receives Grant to Study LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Church - Juicy Ecumenism

 

The Worlds William F. Buckley Straddled - Christianity Today


July 4

 

Simple Reasons for the LCMS to Immediately and Permanently Terminate an RSO (what if anything will be done about this and all comparable situations, including publishers which include Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America leaders?)

 

Dr. Phil's media company files for bankruptcy, sues TBN | U.S.

 

Spiritual Authority: How to Use It, Not Abuse It

 

Why It's Good (and Christian) to Love Your Country

 

The good kind of patriotism, a column by Peter Marty | The Christian Century

 

Ukraine strips Orthodox leader of citizenship, alleging links to Moscow

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Be a patriot and a Christian but know the difference. . .


July 7

 

Salonen: Many are left in the dust by trans movement - InForum | Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo news, weather and sports

 

The Wonder of the Human Face | Tim Challies

 

Should I Keep Sharing the Gospel With Someone Who Has Repeatedly Rejected It? – Entrusted to the Dirt

 

How a Christian Patriot Loves His Wayward Nation – Denny Burk

 

Bad Bets: The New Culture of Sports Gambling | National Review

 

Texas Flood Washes Away Dozens of Young Girls from Christian Camp - Christianity Today

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Paint it beige. . .


July 8

 

15 Ways to Discern False Teaching | Clearly Reformed

 

Bismarck is 7th least stressed city in the US

 

Saint Of The Damned: Reading Hunter S. Thompson As Scripture

 

Scandal and Glory - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Iran’s President: Israel Tried to Assassinate Me - The American Conservative

 

Russia Escalates Religious Persecution, Targets Pastors & Churches

 

Inside Camp Mystic: The Elite Summer Camp Where Texans Sent Their Kids


July 9

 

Do I have Alzheimer's? Knowing the early signs can help | Opinion

 

Camp Mystic, those videos and why faith matters during disasters

 

Arguments Against and For ‘The Chosen’  - Juicy Ecumenism

 

UCC Priest Turns the Incarnation Into Pro-Abortion Propaganda

 

West Tennessee, ELCA Synod express support for trans youth after SCOTUS ruling denies gender-affirming care – Episcopal News Service

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Who refuses to kneel. . .


July 10

 

The Echoes of Hitler That Make Trump the World’s Most Dangerous Man

 

Setting Our Scopes on Things Above - Christianity Today (for information purposes – CT demonstrates being pretty cool with theistic evolution)

 

Syria's Christian community faces extinction amid violence

 

Florida Pastor, Father of Five Deported After Two Decades in the US – Faithwire

 

Planned Parenthood Is Not a Health Care Provider | National Review

 

Baylor Reverses Course on LGBTQ+ Grant - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Bill Moyers Saw What Newsrooms Missed: Faith Still Matters

 

Baylor professor doubles down on LGBTQ+ inclusion grant | Education


July 11

 

Is LCC now the largest Lutheran church body in Canada? - The Canadian Lutheran

 

Evangelicals for Harris apologizes for using Billy Graham sermons | Politics

 

The Epstein List and the Certainty of Secret Sins Revealed

 

Cops Probed Thomas Fugate Trump Terror Chief, 22, Over Teen Love Triangle

 

Baylor University wins, then rejects, grant on LGBTQ inclusion in churches

 

Columbia County jail forces transgender woman into solitary, lawyer says - oregonlive.com


July 12

 

The Example of Jimmy Swaggart – CT – TheWeeFlea.com

 

Reality TV Show Produced by Chip and Joanna Gaines Ft. Same Sex Couple

 

Christian Producers Exploit Children in a Homosexual Household in New Series


July 13

 

Chip & Joanna Gaines Face Backlash Over 'Gay Little House on the Prairie'

 

'Back to the Frontier' serves queer Laura Ingalls Wilder vibes for gay dads stepping back in time - Queerty (for information purposes)

 

Christian celebs Chip and Joanna Gaines feature gay couple and their two adolescent sons on new reality show | Not the Bee

 

Not the Bee | Gay Adoption (references several documented reports)

 

Chip and Joanna Gaines tell Oprah how God communicates with them | Entertainment (red flags from 2021 in cozying up to Oprah Winfrey)

 

An Open Letter to Chip and Joanna Gaines

 

The Trump Swamp  - The American Conservative

 

July 15

 

Singleness is not rebellion against God's design, even for women after 30 | Fox News

 

We Need a Change Order: An Open Letter to Chip and Joanna Gaines

 

Sodom and Shiplap: How Chip and Joanna Gaines Sold Out Jesus

 

Joanna Gaines Is Super LGBTQ Affirming, Praises Gay ‘Throuple’ Announcement?

 

Tucker Carlson claims Fox News is 'anti-Christian' | Politics

 

“Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant”: Pastor John MacArthur Enters Glory - Protestia

 

John MacArthur, renowned pastor and Bible teacher, dies at 86 | Church & Ministries

 

A new pope’s call to unity | The Christian Century (for information purpose – if a writer for the ultraprogressive Christian Century likes Pope Leo, that is a red flag)

 

Take a Closer Look at Noah’s Ark

 

Trump-Russia Probe: Russian Interference in 2016 Election Highlighted with Unforced Error | National Review

 

Olympian Hits Back After Simone Biles-Riley Gaines Spat, Takes Clear Stance on Women’s Sports – Faithwire

 

Chip and Joanna’s Frontier Fantasy Just Got Exposed—And It’s Worse Than You Thought

 

John MacArthur, Reformed Expositor with Tainted Legacy, Has Died

 

Why Are Evangelicals Mad at Chip and Joanna Gaines?

 

Gone Home: The Iron Pulpit of John MacArthur - by JD Hall

 

The Gaineses Need To Go Back To The Bible

 

Died: John MacArthur, Who Explained the Bible to Millions - Christianity Today

 

A lion of the pulpit, now in Christ’s presence | WORLD

 

Pastoral Meanderings: Pride or flaunting. . .

 

John MacArthur, megachurch pastor and voice of 'Grace to You' radio ministry, has died


July 16

 

Chip Gaines defends gay couple on new show after backlash | Entertainment

 

John MacArthur, RIP – The Way of Improvement Leads Home

 

‘Our Hearts are Heavy, Yet Rejoicing’: Pastor and Bible Teacher John MacArthur, 86, Passes – Faithwire

 

Remembering the Legacy of John MacArthur, the Polemicist

 

Chip Gaines wrong to scold Christians over gay TV family | Blaze Media

 

Navigating Grace and Truth: Addressing John MacArthur’s Legacy with Love in His Final Days

 

Tributes for John MacArthur - 9Marks

 

John MacArthur met his own definition of a false prophet – Baptist News Global (for information purposes)

 

Evangelical firebrand John MacArthur dead at 86 – Baptist News Global

 

Chip Gaines' Statement After Caving to LGBT Agenda Makes Things Even Worse

 

There’s a list and you know it | The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO

 

John MacArthur leaves legacy ‘on a generation of preachers’ | Baptist Press

 

John MacArthur refused to compromise. Gavin Newsom learned the hard way. | Blaze Media

 

A Tribute To John MacArthur, A Lion Who Was My Friend

 

Lawrence Welk: A North Dakota Farm Boy - YouTube (new public television documentary about legendary bandleader, Lawrence Welk, who died in 1992)

 

Welcome to North Dakota State University!. Champagne Times: Lawrence Welk and His American Century (new three volume biography of legendary bandleader Lawrence Welk)

 

Tim Timberlake challenges Western Church’s obsession with comfort | Church & ministry

 

Pastor John MacArthur: The Pulpit Lion Who Will Keep Roaring - The Stream

 

John MacArthur’s Life and Legacy (1939-2025) - Juicy Ecumenism

 

Sodomy on the frontier | WORLD

 

Trump Tries to Put Down MAGA Revolt by Calling Rebels ‘Bad People’

 

Charles Austin Obituary (2025) - Minneapolis, MN - Cremation Society of Minnesota (First Memorial Funeral Chapel)- Minneapolis (Mr. Austin was a big supporter of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, though he also considered himself somewhat more conservative than the ELCA mainstream, which doesn’t take much to do – not particularly good to be only marginally more conservative than the ultraprogressive ELCA – Mr. Austin posted thousands of messages on the American Lutheran Publicity Forum, a lackluster at best communications outlet – Mr. Austin did note that life is “messy” and that we all may have some level of inconsistency in our views and associations)


July 17

 

Remembering John MacArthur (1939–2025) (Alistair Begg reflects)

 

Fox News: Jeffery Epstein? I Don't Know Her

 

Our War President  - The American Conservative

 

Chip and Joanna Gaines Platform Couple to 'Normalize Same-Sex Families' - Daily Citizen

 

Psychedelics like MDMA are finding a warm embrace from Kennedy | AP News (very seriously doubt that promoting psychedelics being legal is good)


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