Twice as many Americans are getting their news from social media than before the pandemic
We discuss the impact of COVID-19 on society’s trust in news sources and why news fatigue is on the rise.
Before COVID-19, 38% of Americans were getting their news from TV and 25% from news websites like FOX News, ABC, CNN and the New York Times. 22% utilized more traditional resources, like radio, for news and 15% looked to social media for quick updates. During the COVID-19 outbreak almost every news outlet has decreased in utilization... Continue Reading
Seven Truths To Stir Prayer in Challenging Times
When the church began they could not follow what would later become normal church traditions.
Let’s make sure we are gripped by these seven truths so that as we face real challenges, we too can pray with confidence to the God who is in charge, who made everything, who predicts the future, whose plans are being worked out, who sees our specific situation, who is at work today and who... Continue Reading
Thirteen Principles for Pastoring Through Political Turmoil
Your job, pastor, is not to be a politician or pundit.
Our politics are not separate from our religion. It’s one aspect of our obedience. The guys who say, “Don’t preach politics, preach the gospel,” are half right. They’re right to say you shouldn’t preach a party, a strategy, or a legislative agenda, as I said a moment ago. Yet you should preach repentance and obedience.... Continue Reading
Social Justice
But social justice is not justice. It is injustice.
What is particularly alarming is the number of evangelicals who jabber about social justice. Most often these people fit into two categories. Some are using the phrase without understanding what it really means. Others believe that they can redefine the term in ways that allow them to keep using it. But why use it at... Continue Reading
Federal Court Rules Fuller Seminary Can Expel Two Students Who Entered Into Gay Marriage
Ruling recognizes religious liberty exemption for faith-based schools.
While describing the anti-LGBTQ discrimination as “undisputed,” Judge Marshall wrote that federal law nevertheless protects organization’s conduct motivated by sincerely held, faith-based beliefs within the context of a religious educational institution. “The Court is not permitted to scrutinize the interpretation [the seminary] gives to its religious beliefs,” the judge wrote in Wednesday’s order. A... Continue Reading
Going Dark
The dark, too, blooms and sings.
Indeed, while apocalypse refers to an unveiling, it may be that some forms of unveiling entail shuttering—closing institutions, turning off the lights, going dark. In such darkness, we are forced to stop, take stock, and then learn to go ahead without sight. As Berry writes in an essay, “It may be that when we no longer know... Continue Reading
Never Trump Is Never The Standard
The Bible doesn’t tell you whom to vote for—it tells you what to vote for.
In Amos 5:15, the Bible commands Christians to “hate evil, and love good, and establish justice.” That means we should hate all evil—including Donald Trump’s evil character. It means we should love the good things Donald Trump has done for preborn babies and religious freedom. And it means you also have the liberty to vote for Donald... Continue Reading
NY Gov. Cuomo Threatens Religious Groups over Coronavirus Restrictions.
“I’m going to close the synagogues.”
When addressing how he might attempt to enforce his mandates, Cuomo recommended state officials doing head counts as people arrived. “You stand at the front door. When they go over 75, you close the door and call me,” Cuomo said. Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took specific aim at religious groups Monday, specifically... Continue Reading
Virginia Forces Christian Ministries to Adopt ‘Government Ideology’ or Pay $100K
A Lawsuit filed in order to prevent Virginia from implementing two pro-LGBT laws that force “people of faith to adopt a particular government ideology under threat of punishment.”
The so-called Virginia Values Act (S.B. 868), which Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.) signed on Holy Saturday (the day before Easter Sunday) in the middle of a pandemic, compels churches, religious schools, and Christian ministries to hire employees who do not share their stated beliefs on marriage, sexuality, and gender identity. A companion law (H.B. 1429)... Continue Reading
Cancel Culture And Christian Culture
Jesus doesn’t cancel sinners like George Whitefield: he cancels their sin.
So, although George Whitefield’s presence may not be welcomed anymore by sinners at the University of Pennsylvania, that’s okay—his presence is welcomed forever by his sinless saviour in heaven. Cancel culture says some sinners’ names should be blotted out of history books. However, Christian culture—the gospel—says some sinners’ names are inked by the blood of... Continue Reading
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