Lonnie Polson

I am a sinner saved by grace, a pastor, a teacher, a husband, a father, and a grandfather. I enjoy reading, golf, and running.

[Lonnie Polson @LonniePolson]

@DavidAFrench Micky Mantle

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

For the denialists or liars who claim that elective late-term abortions never or rarely happen, the following is from an interview by Michael Shermer of professional abortionist Dr. Warren Hern:

SHERMER: “Do you ever get any women in their second half of the second trimester or in the third trimester that say they have no medical problems—they just don't want the baby, or changed their mind? Would you do it?”

DR. HERN: “Of course. If the woman doesn't want to be pregnant, there's no justification for forcing her to continue the pregnancy.”

SHERMER: “Has that happened?”

DR. HERN: “It happens all the time. She has a potentially fatal condition that can kill her.”

SHERMER: “No, no. I mean, if she has no medical problems…”

DR. HERN: “The medical problem is that she's pregnant.”

[Tabletalk Magazine @Tabletalk]

Heaven is a place where God will personally wipe away our tears. —@RCSproul

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

I cannot afford to find my strength in my circumstances. I need to find it in Him who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

[NAMB @NAMB_SBC]

After yesterday’s disruption of worship services at our city missionary’s church in St. Paul (@citieschurch), we are continuing to pray for the church and are helping to meet some tangible needs they have right now.

Here is an updated statement from NAMB president, Kevin Ezell @kevezell

[Michele Tafoya @Michele_Tafoya]

•18 U.S. Code § 247 (Damage to religious property; obstruction of persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs): Makes it a crime to intentionally obstruct someone from exercising their religious beliefs or to damage religious property due to its religious character.
•FACE Act: Prohibits using force, threat of force, or physical obstruction to interfere with a person's exercise of religious freedom at a place of worship, as noted by the DOJ investigating disruptions.

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

David French, Albert Mohler, and Andrew Walker are right. A mob's invading a church, synagogue, mosque or other house of worship to disrupt a peaceful service is an abomination. The religion or denomination doesn't matter. Nor does the mob's ideology or cause. It's simply wrong.

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

How do we know whom to marry, which house to buy, or what job to take?

We face thousands of decisions that the Bible doesn’t directly address. So, we steep ourselves in Scripture and pray for a renewed mind that thinks in sync with God’s word.

Sermon: “What Is the Will of God and How Do We Know It?”

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

A few days ago, I posted a brief statement of what I, as a conservative, seek to conserve. The first item on the list was what I regard as the foundational principle of all sound morality: the profound, inherent, and equal dignity of each and every member of the human family. Everything else I believe about ethics and politics in one way or another stands upon or presupposes that principle. Any form of “conservatism” (or “liberalism”) that denies it in principle or transgresses it in practice is alien to me.

That is why I believe that the conservative movement, though it can and should be a broad tent, simply cannot include or accommodate white supremacists or racists of any type, antisemites, eugenicists, or others whose ideologies are incompatible with belief in the inherent and equal dignity of all. As a conservative, I say that there is no place for such people in our movement.

So, while I understand and appreciate that politics is about “adding and multiplying, not subtracting and dividing,” and though I welcome conservatives representing a range of viewpoints on a wide swath of issues, I will not—I cannot—accept the idea that we have “no enemies to the right.” The white supremacists, the antisemites, the eugenicists, the bigots, must not be welcomed into our movement or treated as normal or acceptable.

Is this a call for “cancelation”? No. It’s a reminder that we conservatives stand for something—or should stand for something. We have core principles that are not negotiable.

I am—notoriously, for some of my fellow conservatives—committed to the principle of free speech for everybody, including people with whom I profoundly disagree even on the most important issues, indeed, including racists and other bigots. But defending their rights does not mean allying with them, welcoming them into our movement, or treating them as representing legitimate forms of conservatism.

I am also—again, notoriously, for some of my fellow conservatives—willing to engage people with whom I deeply disagree, so long as they are honest and are willing to do business in the proper currency of intellectual discourse, a currency consisting of reasons, evidence, and arguments. (It is pointless to engage bad faith actors, charlatans, and con men.) But, again, engaging and forcefully arguing against people who deny the inherent and equal dignity of all is one thing, welcoming them into the movement or treating their ideas and ideologies as representing legitimate forms of conservatism is something entirely different.

Let me be plain. American conservatism today faces a challenge. That challenge comes from those who reject our commitment to inherent and equal human dignity. They are seeking acceptance in the conservative movement and its institutions, and they do so with the ultimate objective of transforming them by undermining that commitment. They openly preach white supremacy and the hatred of Jews, among other noxious ideas. They no longer feel the need even to try to hide their bigotry.

It is incumbent upon those of us who maintain the “ancient faith” (to borrow a phrase from Lincoln) to make clear to friend and foe alike that we will not permit the integrity of our movement and its institutions to be compromised. We will not treat its foundational principle of inherent and equal human dignity as optional. On the contrary, we will insist on it, defending and advancing it with renewed dedication.

[Thomas S. Kidd @ThomasSKidd]

The conclusion: Christian schools should rigorously maintain orthodoxy, and make high academic standards a _real_ (not just rhetorical) institutional priority.

[Lonnie Polson @LonniePolson]

@jeremiahdbarba We happy few

[Lonnie Polson @LonniePolson]

@PearsonJohnson @SBTS @Crosswaybooks Much thanks, Pearson! I’m so glad we partner in this ministry.

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

I didn’t know so much work was involved in making a baseball. Fascinating

[Lonnie Polson @LonniePolson]

NBA GOAT? My Hoosier heart says Oscar but my Carolina head says Michael.

[challies @challies]

"A passion to preach without a discipline to prepare is just a desire to perform." (H.B. Charles Jr.)

[Andy Naselli @AndyNaselli]

Free e-book of *The Case for Life" by Scott Klusendorf (plus other resources from @Crossway): https://t.co/JNgVETDOt5

[Steve Pettit @stephendpettit]

Community Service Day is Wednesday, April 6th!
Click the link below to learn about the different outreaches and to sign up!

https://t.co/dJyZq8nHOc

[Lonnie Polson @LonniePolson]

Did Justin Fields kick the ref’s dog or something? Worst no call of the season.

[Lonnie Polson @LonniePolson]

“To love to preach is one thing, to love those to whom we preach quite another.”
― Richard Cecil, 18th-century Anglican pastor, quoted in D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching and Preachers (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011), 105.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Perspective: Comparing Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook leaves you in awe of both https://t.co/YvaFREB6y3