Do We Live in Dark Times?
Pastor Kevin Schaal wrote recently to address the question of whether recent events—and our times in general—signal Christ’s return to end human history. I agree with his conclusion on that question.
I want to respond to his introduction, though.
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Conservatives win by playing the long game
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“To live a conservative life is to live out the conviction that there are some things more important than politics: faith, family, community…. the long hard hours of being a spouse and a parent, a church elder or Little League coach…. It is also to prize truth above all else, even effectiveness.” - WORLD
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Confronting Pluralism: Can Salvation Be Saved?
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“We must address this problem head-on, explaining to our congregations why Western culture is pluralistic. Without diving too deeply into the philosophical weeds, I teach my church about Kant’s separation of faith from knowledge.” - Lifeway
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The poll numbers keep supporting this headline: Liberals have won the culture war
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“Buchanan and his supporters wanted, at a minimum, to stop the leftward drift that they believed was happening in the United States on social issues…. it’s clear to me that Christian conservatives failed miserably in this endeavor.” - GetReligion
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Rosaria Butterfield’s ‘Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age’ – Foreword
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“The front lines today are battles over sex, gender, and identity. We must be ready for a fight in precisely these places.” - Kevin DeYoung
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Christian faithfulness and the ‘based mind virus’ – Evangelicals must reject both far-left and far-right lies
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“Offending woke sensibilities can be exciting, and it can gain you plaudits from your own tribe. Of course, the question is how far you will go in this endeavor, and how honestly you engage the issues.” - World
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Reflections on Russell Moore’s ‘Losing Our Religion’
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“for readers whose story might echo his own, who too have found themselves disillusioned with the church since 2016, Moore has a powerful appeal: Jesus is exactly the same today, yesterday, and tomorrow.” - Current
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“Sin is sin, on the right or the left. Kinism is just as evil as critical race theory.”
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“…we’re not called to repay evil for evil, racism for racism, Kinism for critical race theory. ” - CPost
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Can Theologically Conservative Christians Flourish in the Arts?
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“many Christians have either taken an apathetic stance on the church’s place in the arts or abandoned the arts altogether… retreat from a sphere that has become increasingly secular as Christians have vacated it.” - TGC
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