As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Mary Ann Mendoza, a member of the advisory board of President Trump’s reelection campaign, was due to speak on Aug. 25. But she was suddenly pulled from the schedule after she had retweeted a link to a conspiracy theory about Jewish elites plotting to take over the world.” - The Conversation
“Having written already about preaching to a camera alone at the beginning of quarantine, I hope to share some of what my team has learned now in this present awkwardness as we film a sermon during the week for online viewers and then preach the same sermon to those who reserve spots in our limited outdoor services.” - F&T
“So is Biden a ‘Catholic in Name Only’ or just a liberal Catholic or just one of the many Catholics today who reject their church’s teachings about sex, gender, and life? Very likely, Biden exemplifies the current dysfunctional state of American Catholicism. Perhaps he reflects the reality of Catholicism today, in which case he is not “Catholic in name only.” - Veith
“Metaxas …: ‘For context, just so you know, the guy came at me with his bike and was very menacing for a long time.’ Metaxas said he had been escorting his wife and Maryland pastor Harry Jackson to an Uber ride.” - WORLD
“Ancient Persia is modern-day Iran (the name was not changed until 1935). Iran has been hard at work building a Shiite Crescent through Syria (where it supports President Assad) and Lebanon (where it supports Hezbollah). To Arab Muslims, Iran’s expansionism and drive for nuclear capacity constitutes an existential threat.
“Mohler wrote an answer to Forster entitled ‘s answer entitled Secularism Cannot Sustain Liberty, a Response to Greg Forster. Here he denies that he is an Integralist because he is a Baptist….His point, though, is that the very tenets of liberalism–such as freedom–cannot be sustained by secularism.” - Veith
We might have every reason to expect, given the extraordinary attention directed to this issue, that race relations would be improving in America. But instead, they seem to be getting worse. Why are race relations not improving?
In the 1850’s “Californians learned the hard way that vigilante justice and the demands of the mob are no substitute for police and courts of law. Let us hope we do not need that lesson again.” - National Review
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