When my father was going through the process of becoming an Elder in the United Methodist Church, he was required to take courses on Diversity, … Immigration is religion’s only hope
Charles Ramsay Preached using Cartoons; for 43 Years the Pentecostal Evangel was his Pulpit — Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center
Has It Ever Occurred To Anyone that It’s Too Late to Inculcate Character at the University Level?
That's been the underlying assumption behind the lament of the way academia has gone: Today, college degrees are utilitarian documents used to secure good jobs. American workism undermines the traditional purposes of higher education, things like the pursuit of knowledge and the development of virtue. John Henry Newman described the goal of a college education …
Gustav H. Schmidt Describes the Horror of Soviet Persecution of Pentecostals in the 1930’s — Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center
https://ifphc.wordpress.com/2023/08/08/gustav-h-schmidt-describes-the-horror-of-soviet-persecution-of-pentecostals-in-the-1930s-2/ In 1988, my own church took in 24 Ukrainian Pentecostals for resettlement in the U.S. (Well, they were a mixture of Ukrainians and Russians, but they were from the Ukraine, southwest of Kiev.) It was one of those experiences that doesn't happen often in life. We got to know people who had endured this …
The Question of a Weltanschauung (Worldview) by Sigmund Freud (1932) — Books and Boots
https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2023/07/07/the-question-of-a-weltanschauung-sigmund-freud/ This is the last in Books and Boots' series on Sigmund Freud, where Freud presents one of his most wide-ranging polemics against Christianity. Reviewing that polemic leads the author to find Freud wanting in his critique, to say the last. Although he gives his own reasons, I have a different take on why Freud's …
Giving Rick Warren the Final Boot
And they did: Nobody expected Rick Warren’s appeal to be successful—not even Rick Warren. But he still stood up in front of 13,000 Southern Baptists gathered in New Orleans to make his case. “No one is asking any Southern Baptist to change their theology! I’m not asking you to agree with my church,” he insisted, …
Looking Back on Pat Robertson
As he has passed earlier today, I'll once again revert to my custom of featuring posts I wrote while he was living. Let's start with Pat Robertson vs. the "Shepherding Movement", where he took down this movement. Unfortunately, thanks to people such as Bill Gothard, the Shepherding Movement rolled on in other forms, as is …
Tim Keller Goes to Meet God
It happened earlier today: Timothy J. Keller, who was the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, co-founder of Redeemer City to City, and the author of several books, died at the age of 72 on May 19, trusting in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection. He is survived by …
American Christianity’s Faustian Bargain Comes Back to Bite
And it's biting hard: A new survey reveals the stunning impact COVID-19 had on Americans' religious perspectives. The percentage of adults with a biblical worldview has plummeted to just 4%. Dr. George Barna, director of the Cultural Research Center, finds the results of the American Worldview Inventory report alarming. "It's ... much more extensive than we …
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If You Want to Bring the Nation Back to God, Start with Morning and Evening Prayer
Today is the anniversary of the landing at Cape Henry. It's an event especially feted by the Christian Broadcasting Network and Regent University, as can be seen in this video: https://youtu.be/NQ6Mf_kF2fM Five years after the landing, William Strachey produced the document For The Colony in Virginia BRITANNIA, Laws Divine , Moral and Martial, etc.. There's …
Positive Infinity 