Religion

Easy as a Sunday Morning 2
- Politics, Religion
- May 30, 2023
We often complain about public schools and how terribly they’re educating our children these days, continually suggesting one solution after another to improve scores and produce more well-rounded students ready for the real world. Unfortunately, these solutions include everything under the heavens except for the one thing that could actually help: religion. Before you laugh
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21 Men Chose Death Over Renouncing Their Christian Faith. Why?0
- Politics, Religion
- May 25, 2023
On February 12, 2015 occurred one of the most dramatic of the many atrocities committed by the Islamic State at the height of its power. Kneeling in orange jump suits on the shores of the Mediterranean near the Libyan city of Sirte were 21 men – 20 Egyptian Copts and one Ghanian. Behind each of
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Meant for Evil, Used for Good 4
- Politics, Religion
- May 22, 2023
Have you ever had a “Joseph moment”? I had one the other day. By Joseph, I’m referencing the biblical character—Abraham’s great-grandson—who was the second youngest of 12 brothers. Although favored by his father, he was hated by his brothers, who soon sold him as a slave to Egypt. (What a great family, huh?) While in
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Stylish Sins: Transgenderism and the Contemporary Church 8
- Religion
- May 11, 2023
“The church’s response to those who identify as transgender,” Andrew T. Walker writes, “must be, immediately and with integrity, ‘You are welcome here. You are loved here.’” This position reflects the broad inclinations of contemporary evangelicals, who generally seek to intentionally love and welcome those in the transgender movement. Though scripturally grounded churches may disagree with much
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One Thing We Can All Do for Our Country 1
- Politics, Religion
- May 5, 2023
You [Lord] who have imbued us with unalienable rights that we may serve you in freedom … we ask your blessing upon us now. Conscious that unless you build the house those who build it labor in vain and unless you watch over the city we keep vigil in vain, we ask you first to
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A Jewel on the Shenandoah: Something Beautiful for God 5
- Religion
- May 2, 2023
From the new church, which sits in the quiet countryside on this soft spring afternoon, the bells ring. A bagpiper, a cardinal, a bishop, a platoon of priests, and several altar servers slowly walk up the hill from the old church to the new and enter through the double doors, over which is inscribed, “HAEC
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