“After decades of steady decline, the share of Americans identifying as Christian has stabilized. One reason is the unexpected religiosity of Generation Z — young adults born after 2000 — who are not abandoning religion at the rate their parents did. For some, faith has become a form of rebellion against a culture that rejects traditional values.”
(Paul Dragu – The New American) It’s June, and for most Americans that means there are few places to hide from LGBTQ propaganda. Pride parades have begun marching, social media feeds are churning out a daily barrage of articles promoting them, and Big Entertainment is hard at work touting the monumental accomplishments of gays, lesbians, bis, trans, and every other sexual “minority” group whose contribution to society is being brave enough to act on its abnormal sexual inclination. Continue reading
(Sister Toldjah – Red State) I did not have “Simone Biles attacks Riley Gaines” on my bingo card this week, and yet here we are.
“When a man walks into church—even skeptical, even tired—he’s not looking for himself. He’s looking for something bigger. Transcendent. Weighty. And when we open with “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty”, we’re not alienating him. We’re inviting him into heaven’s soundtrack (Rev. 4:8).”
(Iain Murray) The first and invariable result of the new birth, according to Christ, is ‘sight’ (
(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) Well, that escalated quickly.
“The message is loud, the costumes are bright, and the damage is deliberate. What used to be a quiet corner of educational television has been hijacked by activists with sock puppets and scripts from GLAAD.”
“We believe as Christians we have a God-given responsibility to ensure to our best ability that the spiritual “fountains” we see people sampling are not poisonous or could not cost them a price far too great to bear. Our job, as we see it, is to warn people who might be unaware of the dangers of false teaching.” 
“We talk about people living in a bubble–and they do–but the problem goes deeper than the filtering of information. If it were just a filter or bubble, then the bubble could burst, as it should have many times in the past few years. After the Steele Dossier, Hunter Biden laptop, “sharp as a tack” hoaxes were exposed, a person exercising rationality would revise their circle of trust, right? But millions haven’t, and most of those millions are pretty smart.” 
“This is especially obvious in a household. A father’s faithful life—or his abdication—shapes his children. But it goes further. The trajectory he sets has a ripple effect: his grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even those outside his family are pulled into the wake of his character. This is the power of gravitas. And what’s true of a household is true of institutions.”
“God put leaders in place to promote good and punish wrongdoing (
Detractors to my assessments of women like Allie Beth, Priscilla Shirer, Beth Moore, Joanna Gaines, Christine Caine, Raechel Myers, women who claim to be biblical but live a very forward life, are numerous. One constant rejoinder I receive is, ‘Well her children are grown now, she has time and energy to serve the Lord in other ways!’
Watch the short LOL videos – the ranting “ladies” vulgar language has been bleeped.
“Those details, however, pale in comparison to two explosive facts the EC revealed by way of background. First, the EC explained the FBI’s Sentinel case management system allows investigative material to be coded “Prohibited Access,” which renders the files not merely inaccessible to other agents — but invisible to them. And second, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team designated the Trump/Russia-collusion investigations “Prohibited Access” in Sentinel, meaning any agents running keyword search in Sentinel would wrongly believe there were no responsive documents.”
“Vischer and The Holy Post have officially partnered with BetterHelp—an online therapy platform that moonlights as an LGBTQ affirmation ministry with a therapy license.”
(Protestia) Famed New Testament scholar N.T. Wright shared more about his long-standing position on the early chapters of Genesis, offering that not only is it poetry that is not to be taken literally, but that “Adam” and “Eve” were simply a primal pair of hominids (a type of primates that first appeared 5-7 million years ago) living among other hominids when “some strange force or power” called to be a part of “the human” project.
…Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness — and he was called a friend of God. (James 2:23)
“There is a growing tendency among many Christians in the West to redefine the second greatest commandment instead of simply misapplying it. To these misguided minds, when Christ said, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” he actually meant, “Make sure your neighbor feels loved by you.” The difference between those statements can be a matter of (eternal) life and death.”
“A gender-dysphoric child who finds “comfort” at North Point is likely to be encouraged to socially, hormonally, and surgically transition.” 
“Scripture isn’t vague. Jesus was tempted in every way except sin (
(Richard Henry – TruthScript) For the past few years, scandals have plagued the American church. From well-known pastors plagiarizing, committing adultery, or using anonymous accounts to slander friends, there has been no shortage of improprieties. Then there’s the blame game. If one pastor is guilty of a particular sin, does that mean his friends are as well? Guilt by association is a real thing, but some distinctions should be made.
“A man firebombs Jews and allies while shouting pro-Hamas rhetoric? That’s a textbook act of terrorism. But not to CNN, which dragged out none other than disgraced former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe—yes,
“We have consistently witnessed Sean publicly point his finger at the sin of the world yet repeatedly fail to take responsibility for acknowledging, repenting of and turning away from his own serious and habitual sin”
(Bob DeWaay) There are no extraordinary Christians; but being an ordinary Christian is an extraordinary thing. How I wish I would have understood that when I was a new Christian. But I didn’t. Soon after my conversion I began a quest to become the best possible Christian. In so doing I fell prey to teachings that promised me a Christian life superior to that of ordinary Christians. What I did not know was that I had embraced pietism. I didn’t become an extraordinary Christian and I did walk straight into error.
This article by CRN managing editor Marsha West was first published in September 2014.