A Comedian of Order
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“Bob [Newheart] suffered the absurdities of modern life and made the middle-class man into a dignified figure, not despite but because he was put upon. Playing his own straight man, he invented stories that would show us our own conceited ways.” - L&L
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Gallup: ‘New high of 24% say God not involved in human origins; new 37% low say God created humans in present form’
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“Though diminished from the early 2000s, the largest segment of Americans, 37%, are creationist purists, saying God created humans in their present form within the past 10,000 years.” - Gallup
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Faithfulness in a Broken Culture (Part 1)
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf for in its welfare you will find your welfare. (Jer 29:5, ESV)
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At RNC, an uneven, awkward embrace of religious pluralism
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“As a Republican official led a Sikh prayer, images of Christian crosses flashed behind her.” - RNS
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Why As Few As 5% Of Americans Attend Church Each Week
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“Although 21% to 24% of us say we regularly attend religious services, research tracking people’s actual behavior shows that in fact the number may be as low as 5%. (Regular attendance is defined in the Post article as going to services at least three out of four weeks.)” - Religion Unplugged
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Can “The Universe” Have Intentions?
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“But what strikes me is that characters in novels, movies, and television shows still can’t get away from SOME idea of a transcendent power that has intentions and person-like agency and meddles in their lives.” - Roger Olson
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‘Glory in the Church’
One of the greatest privileges that I enjoy as a church ministries representative for The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry is that I get to preach in—and be in—lots of churches.
For the most part, these churches are quite similar in terms of their understanding and interpretation of Biblical truth and, of course, they find common ground with our ministry when it comes to the core issue of the importance of God’s plan for Israel.
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Support Drops for Same-Sex ‘Marriage’
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“A recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute found that support for same-sex “marriage” dropped by at least two points last year, and support for “gay rights” anti-discrimination policies fell by four points.” - Breakpoint
Related: Same-Sex Relations, Marriage Still Supported by Most in U.S. - Gallup
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“Two new books offer a frightening diagnosis of what ails contemporary America. But are their prescriptions truly the cure?”
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“Certain truths, however, incline me to be more hopeful…. religiosity has undulated throughout American history…. Another solace is that serious evils have arisen even in more-Christian eras, and this country has defeated them” - Acton
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