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Flight From Reality

by David Fischler | Dec 23, 2019 | LGBTQIetc

For all too many people today, reality simply doesn’t cut it. That being the unfortunate case, they are forced to create their own. The bad news is that they are requiring the rest of us to treat their delusions as real. According to the Willamette Week, an...

The Martyrs and Missiological Damage

by Matt Kennedy | Dec 18, 2019 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, LGBTQIetc, Theological Liberalism

It is no secret that the Church of England is in trouble. Several years ago, I likened the contemporary English Church to the Episcopal Church in 1999. That was my first year as an M.Div student at Virginia Theological Seminary. I remember thinking at the time that...

What Listening Really Means

by Matt Kennedy | Dec 11, 2019 | Anglicans, LGBTQIetc, Theological Liberalism, Woke Church

Social media reactions to the piece I wrote objecting to Dr. McGowin’s misrepresentation of Dr. Grudem have been predictable. I will not link to the comments and responses here because most of them are from colleagues I know and admire. The word...

Building the Church

by Matt Kennedy | Dec 10, 2019 | Baptists, Church Growth, Episcopalians, LGBTQIetc, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism

It’s no secret that the Episcopal Church is dying. No walls, no borders, no outcasts, she boasts, and if nothing is done she will be able to add, nobody. The steep numerical decline of the Episcopal Church is comparable to that of the other theologically liberal...

It Can’t Happen Here

by David Fischler | Dec 6, 2019 | LGBTQIetc, Lutherans, Religious Freedom

That’s the title of a Sinclair Lewis novel about the coming of fascism to America. The Nobel Prize winning writer contended that, if it could happen in civilized Europe, it could happen in the United States as well. Here’s one form it will take: The...

GQ’s Benign Masculinity, Transcending the “Binary,” and the Love of God

by Jady Koch | Nov 24, 2019 | LGBTQIetc, The Gospel

As part of our adult discipleship hour at Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant, I have the privilege of leading a weekly cultural analysis of contemporary news and events. I call it the “Weekend Review,” and am grateful for the Rev. Dr. Albert Mohler’s inspiration via his...