I remember her—tan, hair freshly cut and dyed, wearing yellow sunglasses—catching a fly ball at a Royals game with her bare hands. She gave the ball to some kid, much…
Month: November 2020
The Gospel Coalition 2020 Book Awards – Ivan Mesa
Reading during a pandemic? For some, with increased pressures at home and at work and perhaps even facing sickness and the death of others, it seems fanciful. For others, reading…
Emmanuel! Readings for Advent
Yesterday marked the start of Advent. Officially, at least according to the Church calendar, it’s not yet Christmas. Officially, it’s Advent. This time of preparation is among the most important…
Pushing Elephant “Personhood”
Think cattle herds suing ranchers or lab animals suing universities — not to improve care but to liberate from all human use. Source Read More Evolution News
Advent in a Global Pandemic – David Mathis
These have been dark days in 2020, even in the light of spring and summer. A global pandemic and fever-pitch identity politics. Protests devolving into urban warfare and civil division.…
Will You Pray for Awakening? Download Your Free Prayer Guide
We live in a world that needs awakening. Millions of people do not know Jesus Christ. The church itself needs renewed zeal for the truth, for spiritual growth, and for…
F grades spike by 83% due to school closures in response to COVID-19
New research on student grades conducted in one of the United States’ largest school districts shows that the number of students getting “F” marks has increased by 83% this year…
Egypt: Hundreds of Muslims attack church, Christians’ homes over Facebook post
A mob of Muslim villagers attacked the homes and shops of Coptic Christians in Egypt’s Minya governorate over rumors that a Christian man had posted a comment denigrating Islam on…
Police block Canadian churchgoers from drive-in worship service: ‘heartbreaking’
After being fined $5,000 for holding an in-person worship service in violation of Manitoba province’s public health order, a Canadian church was prevented by police from holding a drive-in worship service…
How to Expose the Idols in Your Life – Joe Carter
Few stories in the Old Testament tend to make us feel more superior to the Israelites than the tale of the golden calf in Exodus 32:1–6. How backwards they must…