As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
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Cybersecurity is a subject about which I know almost nothing, and would certainly never give advice.
Yet this is an issue that affects all of us—in our communications, finances, and now, especially, ministries.
So, along with many other people, I am dependent upon the expertise, advice and assistance of those who really live within this realm of technology.
“Though the Christian flag flew above Boston City Hall on Wednesday, the city has implemented measures to ensure that it will not happen again in the future.” - C.Leaders
“‘Given that the (Family Research Council) is primarily an advocacy organization and not a church, we urge the IRS to swiftly review the tax-exempt status,’ reads a letter sent to the IRS and the Treasury secretary.” - RNS
“Kansans defeated the Value Them Both Amendment by 59-41 percent Tuesday (Aug. 2) in the nation’s first statewide vote on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Roe v. Wade ruling.” - BPNews
“The Justice Department contends that the Idaho law conflicts with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986. The law focuses on ‘public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay.’” - CPost
“ ‘Digital Religion Among U.S. and Canadian Millennial Adults,’ recently published in the Review of Religious Research, explores the prevalence of some digital religion practices among 18- to 35-year-old millennials in the U.S. and Canada using data from the 2019 Millennial Trends Survey.” - CP
“Most Americans say ‘when I am really confident in a belief, there is very little chance that belief is wrong’ (68% agree strongly + somewhat). Since 2015, there has been a 24-point jump in agreement (from 44%).” - Barna
“…they have been ‘scrubbed’ until ‘these characters tend not to believe anything or stand for anything,’ ….But it’s hard to avoid religion when creating mythologies that include creation, miracles, superpowers, healing, eternal life and clashes between good and evil.” - Terry Mattingly
Cutting through the rampant misinformation - National Review
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I began this series this past March, in which I set out to look back at how we have responded to the events of 2020.
I am not going to focus on the medical or political aspects of the pandemic or the shutdowns. Rather, I am concentrating on local church ministry—zeroing in on how this has affected their outreach, both locally and online. Certainly, coronavirus and all that surrounded it has left a lasting mark on numerous aspects of our ministries.
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