craig_thompson

I'm a Christian, husband to @aathompson, father of 4, PhD, and the senior pastor of Malvern Hill Baptist Church.

[Brad Wilcox @BradWilcoxIFS]

Religious women are almost twice as likely to be happy - especially Baptist women. 👇🏽

[craig_thompson @craig_thompson]

What an amazing opportunity to be interviewed with Focus on the Family today about my book, Fighting For Your Family. Not sure when this episode will air, but I’ll post about it when I know.

[craig_thompson @craig_thompson]

Tomorrow is Reformation Day! Check out Episode 175 of the Ordinary Christian Podcast to learn more about Reformation Day, the Protestant Reformation, how you can celebrate Halloween, and...about the beginning of the Christmas season! https://t.co/VZRmDnf3Gu

[craig_thompson @craig_thompson]

A clearer explanation of happy wife, happy life.

[Brad Wilcox @BradWilcoxIFS]

New @FamStudies: The happiest women in America are those who are married and have sex weekly+.

"Married women aged 20-55 who have regular sex are three times as likely to be “very happy” with their lives compared to unmarried women who do not have regular sex."

[Josh Howerton @howertonjosh]

A couple things on this, because progressives use this to bully and intimidate (conservative) pastors into silence:

1) While I am very clear about the evil of many policies currently being advanced by the DNC and CLEAR moral asymmetry between the proposed policies of the parties, I do not endorse candidates right now.

2) Progressives selectively report churches to the FFRF every year. You'll never see this article about the (primarily AA) churches Democrats are in every week leading up to an election. It's an attempt at street-level lawfare.

3) Articles like this are toothless and you should just chuckle at them. We have a lawyer that argues Religious Liberty cases before SCOTUS at Lakepointe. No church in US History has ever had their tax exempt status removed for a sermon, much less for one in which a candidate was not even endorsed.

4) In the words of a couple knowledgable guys I consulted with, it's a harassment and intimidation tactic to silence pastors.

Intent of this post isn't to be combative, but I have realized this fear has intimidated some pastor friends and after looking into it, wanted to remove that fear.

BOTTOM LINE: You are 100% free to be clear with your people about the (radical) moral asymmetry between the current proposed policies and ideologies of the parties AND to encourage your people to vote as an application of the command to be “the salt of the earth” and to “seek the welfare of the city” and to “live your neighbor”.

[Elizabeth Scalia @TheAnchoress]

“Decades later, Bob Costas refused to read sports betting ads on air.” Good for Costas. Gambling is a ruinous delusion.

[Waffle House @WaffleHouse]

This is the Waffle House Index as of 2:45PM (EST). Please stay safe and follow federal, state and local guidance.

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

Then they are shocked, SHOCKED! ....

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

Enter Sale-man 🤘

#LetItFly

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

“That’s a lot” vs. “We won’t miss it.”

A powerful word for parents of teens. 🔥

[Brad Wilcox @BradWilcoxIFS]

"No group of Americans seems to be having more sex—and more satisfying sex—than married men & women who regularly attend a place of worship. In fact, we find the only Americans who have avoided the country’s “sex recession” are husbands & wives who attend religious services at least twice a month." ~ my latest @TheAtlantic w/ @grantjbailey

[Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge]

What a lot of people don't seem to grasp is that two things can be empirically, objectively true at the same time.

The Southern Baptist Convention has seen a 114% rise in baptisms since 2020.

That's certainly impressive. Reason for optimism.

The Southern Baptist Convention's baptisms were 25% lower in 2025 compared to 2009.

That's more sobering. Less optimistic.

If I only reported the first statistic the responses are:

"Why are you carrying water for the SBC?"
"Are you on the SBC PR payroll?"

If I only reported the second statistic:

"You just want to make the SBC look bad!"
"Typically aggrieved former Southern Baptist who never wants to report good news"

[Barrett Sallee 🇺🇸 @BarrettSallee]

Starts with 0 or 1 earned run allowed in 2026:

Tarik Skubal: 8
Bryce Elder: 8

[Gov. Henry McMaster @henrymcmaster]

The men and women who pilot the world’s most sophisticated aircraft are trusted to do so around the globe; in times of imminent danger and peril. Surely, they know how to safely navigate the coast of South Carolina — and her scores of cheering residents and tourists on our 250th anniversary.

[NotKennyRogers @NotKennyRogers]

Not so fast, Belgium.

The city of Los Angeles still has another 29 days to count all the goals from tonight's match.

[David Pollack @davidpollack47]

Amazing how polarizing youth sports are. My job as dad is to create balance. It’s not to let them do what they want. I’m thankful we didn’t give up our summers. Thankful to have kids that still love sport bc we have provided boundaries. Sunday’s aren’t negotiable. Church

[Karen Vaites @karenvaites]

Paging educators 🚩🚩🚩

This is the second time in 2 weeks that @JonHaidt has called to get Ed Tech out of classrooms by September:

"I hope that many elementary schools will remove devices by Sept., or create an analog path for parents who want that. Let's see if kids do better with books and paper"

Haidt drove the cell phone ban legislation. What are the odds his words carry in a similar fashion?

Are we doing enough to signal this shift to districts?

1/2

[craig_thompson @craig_thompson]

“The reaction to declining reading skills, poor comprehension; and fragmented attention spans should not be to negotiate or compromise, but to double down on the cure.”

A great article worth your time if you are a parent or an educator. https://t.co/z7wKpJbLip

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets in classrooms.

The result: Gen Z is the first generation to score lower on standardized tests than their parents.

https://t.co/hFuTvhbg3n

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

We have overprotected our children in the real world and underprotected them online. This is not just about phones and iPads; it's about childhood.

Let them have adventurous play, with small risks. It's safer and healthier in the long run.