Evangelicals Fear LGBT Blessings Proposal Would Split the Church of England
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“Tensions are high at this week’s General Synod, with leaders on both sides frustrated with the suggested compromise on same-sex marriage.” - C.Today
Do people who claim to want churches to stay out of politics include their own?
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“There’s a simple story out there that Americans don’t want religion mixing in politics. The reality is that they don’t want other people’s religion mixing with their politics.” - GetReligion
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Has your church in-person attendance recovered from the COVID decline?
Soon it will be three years since we were quarantined. While many churches still live stream as a result (like we do) and gained some out of town viewers, many churches I know of (including ours) have not bounced back when it comes to in-person attendance. But it might simply be that the little churches are shrinking while bigger ones are growing. Or not? What is your church in-person attendance situation since the quarantine?
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Has your church in-person attendance recovered from the COVID decline?
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Pastor as Political Leader: Lessons from the Wartime Sermons of Jonathan Edwards
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“As pastors are increasingly called upon to address political issues, the question arises: how can they do so in a way that is biblically responsible?” - Providence
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Better Stories, Stronger Spells: Anglicans Consider C.S. Lewis
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Alister McGrath “was one of seven speakers presenting at the Mere Anglicanism Conference January 26-28 in Charleston, South Carolina.” - Juicy Ecumenism
See also: Anglicanism’s woes and the future of Christianity: Are we watching a church prepare for spiritual death? - World
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Should clergy be mandated reporters? New York’s CARE Act says yes
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“This issue is at the heart the Child Abuse Reporting Expansion Act, a bill making its way through New York state Legislature that, if passed, would make clergy mandated reporters.” - RNS
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The Beauty and Danger of Normalcy, Part III
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“there is another damaging variety of focus on the extraordinary, one that minimizes most sin by emphasizing some. One way this happens is when some forms of behavior are routinely singled out for censure.” - Ken Brown
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Kruger's ‘Bully Pulpit’: A Review
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“It is not often that I endorse a book I did not enjoy reading. Nevertheless, I heartily endorse Bully Pulpit, a book about the abusive tactics of some church leaders and the spiritual devastation left in their wake.” - DBTS Blog
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Responsibility for True Widows
Reposted from Rooted Thinking.
1 Timothy 5:3-16 is packed with implications for local churches and especially older saints but is rarely discussed. Economic prosperity often buries this rich and very practical passage. It may be that many churches that have not taken this passage seriously because of prosperity will soon do so.
I encourage you to take the time to read these verses carefully before continuing: 1 Timothy 5:3-16.1
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God Doesn’t Need Your Singing, but Your Neighbor Does
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“Though we often conceive of corporate worship vertically, there’s a rich horizontal dimension too.” - TGC
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