I’ve never pastored a church. Couldn’t pay me a jillion dollars to. Never been ordained. Have no desire to. The only paid staff position I’ve ever held in a church was as an aerobics teacher in our church gym. But how in heaven’s name a woman discussing a sermon on a podcast could be objectionable to some is beyond me and what I believe to be beyond scripture. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, good. Stay sane. If you do, I’ve lived a long time and this has been my observation:
Extremism, whether in conservatism or liberalism, whether in politics or religion, is never satisfied. It will always inch a little bit further. It’s a constant test of the purists.
A coherent pro-life ethic is like a piece of fabric containing many, many threads. If you try to remove even a single thread, it snags the whole thing, & that is the state of the church right now. A tattered, incoherent witness.
Being a parent today feels like an endless Catch-22: You feel guilty if you give your kid a phone, and you feel guilty if you don't give your kid a phone. Insert any type of digital media or device in that sentence, ad infinitum. "Parents absorb the burden of guilt while tech companies reap the profits." Exactly. https://t.co/sdhRZqKaOJ
What does REAL strength look like?
He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.
PSALM 112:7
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I cannot begin to express how much I appreciate and respect Jets QB Justin Fields for opening up like this. Not an easy thing to do, and it’s 10x more challenging as a professional athlete:
“I'm going to get pretty vulnerable right here. This week I found myself in my closet crying on the ground, lying down. … I was praying over and over.”
(🎥 @snyjets)
We are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University.
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Everything you are building right now--I mean everything: your family, career, reputation--sits on the cornerstone of your integrity.
When that piece is removed, your life might stand precariously like a Jenga tower for a bit, but it WILL fall eventually, and it will ALL fall.
For centuries, Ukrainians—Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant—have kept Easter well, just as strongly as Christmas, despite Moscow’s centuries-long attempts to erase this redoubt of Christian Europe.
This week, Ukrainians greet each other not with “Good morning" or "good evening" but “Christ is risen”—in shops, cafés, schools, checkpoints, meetings, trenches, everywhere. They literally say those words: "Христос воскрес! / Christ is risen!"
Happy Easter from Kharkiv—holding the line just 30 miles from the blubbering demons trying to erase the good, true, and beautiful 🎥:
This video shows scenes from Easter in Greek Catholic Lviv and from the frontlines.
Mandatory evacuations were ordered in several counties across North and South Carolina as multiple wildfires ravaged parts of both states.
@ABC News' @Ginger_Zee has the latest. https://t.co/2jQ2jKm9gC
The Table Rock Fire is encroaching on severely damaged forests from Helene.
It remains to be seen how much of an impact this will have on fire behavior. The large timber on the ground may be dry enough to burn, and if so, that could support additional rapid growth.