As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Plaintiffs have demonstrated that the State permits countless other private actors hosting secular activities to do what a house of worship may not. The houses of worship exclusion is not a neutral law of general applicability” - CPost
The president of Southern Seminary is on record as saying that government funding for religious schools is wrong, that Baptists “consistently oppose” the public reading of Scripture in public schools, and he even agonized over whether it would “subsidize religion” for churches to be tax-exempt.1 This president is not Al Mohler, but his predecessor Edgar Mullins, writing in 1908. Some religious outsiders (and perhaps not a few Baptists) would be surprised to learn this.
“Ukrainians’ online engagement with the Bible rose by 55% …according to YouVersion.” Favorite verse: Isaiah 41:10 - RNS
“The report calls for ensuring such measures are done ‘within the framework of research,’ and pending a study assessing the surgery’s effectiveness, it should only be done in ‘exceptional cases.’” - CPost
“It’s easy to stand up and rail against other people’s sins in a way that can cause your congregation…to think ‘Man he is really hard against sin,’ when in reality, we’re just hard against other people’s sins” - Word by Word
“The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, group that protects free speech on campus, recently tweeted out that ‘Christmas came early’ for MIT when their faculty approved a statement in favor of robust expression and academic freedom.” - RNS
“Executive Director David N. O’Steen will step down from the position that he has held since 1984 on Saturday. He will continue working with NRLC in an advisory capacity.” - CPost
“the committee’s final report, released late on Thursday (Dec. 22), an 845-page document, mentioned Christian nationalism by name exactly once, and only in passing.” - RNS
“Musk announced he expects Neuralink to successfully develop a wireless brain chip and begin human clinical trials on such a device by mid-2023” - CPost
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