Jonathan Merritt

Christian, husband, father, & pastor. Student of one Book.

[First Things @firstthingsmag]

What Is the Church of England For?
by Carl R. Trueman

https://t.co/UDWoRUSmVm

[Lila Rose @LilaGraceRose]

BREAKING: Cleveland Clinic officially ENDS gender transition surgery for children, committing to investing millions into detransition care.

No child was born in the wrong body.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Goodness. What a prophetic quote from 44 years ago.

[UOJ - America @UOJ_America]

REDDING, CA — California authorities have taken a teenage girl from her Ukrainian Orthodox Christian family after the parents refused to consent to a gender transition, with the state now reportedly moving to place the childfor adoption. Alexandra Lyashchenko lost custody in 2024 following what she described as her daughter's sudden desire to transition. The family later relocated to Florida, as Lyashchenko says officials have also pursued custody of her younger son. The girl was placed in foster care and, according to her mother, housed in a setting that included boys, raising further concerns about whether she might have been abused there.

[Sean T at RCP @SeanTrende]

I almost hesitate to promote this, because it wasn't really intended to be a piece. I just sort of sat down and it came out. Maybe someone else out there has the same type of day today, and it'll speak to them.
https://t.co/xSMUDOrHcC

[Dustin Benge @DustinBenge]

What we lose when the Bible is only on a screen:

1. You remember where the verse lives on the page and aids memorization.

2. The page shows you much more at once. You see the context, not just a few verses at once.

3. The page keeps your notes. Years from now they will still be there, in your own hand.

4. The page cannot distract you with a notification. It only asks to be read.

5. The page is something your children watch you open and they know it’s the Bible.

The screen gives much. The page gives more.

[Jonathan Merritt @JP_Merritt]

The Cult of Pastoral Vulnerability https://t.co/6cQFVZ0ZBU

[First Things @firstthingsmag]

What Drag Queens and Blackface Have in Common
by Carl R. Trueman
https://t.co/ICmCgpdrjf

[Kristan Hawkins @KristanHawkins]

🚨BREAKING: Mississippi’s “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” (HB 1613) is ONE step away from the finish line.

This is @SFLAction model legislation, and the Pro-Life Generation proudly stands behind it.

The conference report was just filed, locking in stronger protections, including classifying dangerous Chemical Abortion Pills as controlled substances.

Here’s where we are: the House & Senate will take one final vote to adopt the report (which is expected TODAY), and then it heads straight to Gov @tatereeves desk to be signed into law.

Mississippi legislators, FINISH THE JOB. Pass HB 1613 and send it to the Governor!

No more trafficking Chemical Abortion Pills across state lines. No more loopholes. No more excuses.

[Benjamin Watson @BenjaminSWatson]

The NBC executives were concerned. But what @TonyDungy’s daughter heard that day was worth the pushback and threats.

New Episode of The Just Life streaming now:
🎧 Apple/Spotify
📺 YouTube
#adoption #justice

[Scott R. Swain @scottrswain]

I’m receiving reports this morning regarding two successful campaigns that occurred over the weekend.

1. No Kings. As of this morning, there are (still) no kings in the United States of America.

2. No Dukes. As of this morning, there are no Dukes in the NCAA tournament.

[New York Post @nypost]

Russian drone strikes destroy Ukraine maternity hospital full of newborns: 'This was pure terror' https://t.co/PYzHsXHHwl

[Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank]

Pro-lifers should not be cheap dates for Trump & the GOP. But they must never throw their support to Democrats, who are quite open about their maximalist pro-abortion policies. Still less should they embrace Talarico, Warnock, & other Christian false prophets of abortion.

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

The term "theological liberalism" is thrown around a lot.
When push comes to shove though, it still boils down to Richard Niebuhr's summation of what theological liberalism truly is: "A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross" (Kingdom of God in America, 193).

Liberal/progressive Christianity is more than that but it is no less than that, and it will always come down to it. Niebuhr's words 89 years ago are just as applicable in 1937 as they are today.

[Pastor Travis Johnson @BasedPastorTrav]

Best video on X you will see today.

Bold Gospel declaration between @WesleyLHuff on the @stevenbartlett on the diary of a CEO podcast.

It is rare to see someone take being told they are going to Hell so well.

[Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank]

Remember, this is the night when Woodrow Wilson slides down your chimney & steals an hour of your life.

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

John Piper, prior to tweeting about sojourners, tweeted this. In fact, this was the 6am to the other at 6pm. And John tweets scripture at 6am and 6pm regularly from across books of the Bible, usually tweeting from the same book on the same day. To think he’s weighing in on your topic of the day is narcissism.

[Jonathan Merritt @JP_Merritt]

"Randomness is the inscrutable face which providence turns to us when we cannot trace its ways or guess its purpose." - Oliver O'Donovan