Month: June 2018

Synod BOD notes and cuts

Time to trim fat. https://blogs.lcms.org/2018/bod-adopts-conservative-budget-for-fiscal-year-2019/

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New provost at CSL

https://blogs.lcms.org/2018/rutt-named-concordia-seminary-provost/

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Murderous Turk…

https://www.mnnonline.org/news/mauritania-cracking-down-on-apostasy-with-mandatory-death-sentence/

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Article Received: But, I thought the science was settled?

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/carbon-dating-accuracy-major-flaw

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Article Received: The Koinonia Project Continues to Have Far-Reaching Effects

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/us/national-spelling-bee-winner/index.html

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Yes, it starts with “In” and ends with “carnation”.

Reminder #347 that the Old Testament is a Christian book, and that we should pray that the Jews forsake the religion of the Talmud and return to the faith of Abraham. https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/2018/06/is-there-a-physical-reality-to-god/

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Maybe Eurabia isn’t an inevitability?

Winning isn’t impossible for Christendom when the West actually fights back. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5820445/Austrias-right-wing-government-plans-shut-mosques-expel-imams.html

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Vatican considers ordaining older married men, women for official ministry, continued environmental efforts in the Amazon…oh my!

https://www.christiantoday.com/us/vatican-urges-daring-proposals-over-allowing-married-priests/129618.htm

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Osteen in the news

https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2018/6/7/lakewood-church-as-family-empire-houston-chronicle-business-reporter-gets-it-right

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Fighting against Mohammedism

https://www.wsj.com/articles/austria-to-close-mosques-expel-imams-in-crackdown-on-political-islam-1528457448

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Lutherans and Papists again

Irreversible momentum… https://www.lutheranworld.org/news/momentum-which-irreversible

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News from Bavaria

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/june/bavaria-crosses-law-public-buildings-german-christians.html

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WELS recognizes no positive changes for scouts

https://wels.net/review-scouting-completed/

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Reaching out with the Gospel in Albuquerque: Mission Field: USA church calls first pastor

St. Andrew has first pastor

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Reaching out with the Gospel in Albuquerque: Mission Field: USA church calls first pastor

St. Andrew has first pastor

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Fired for personal beliefs

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/07/gym-chain-crossfit-caught-up-in-lgbtq-rights-controversy.html

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United Methodists don’t like “Father”

https://www.christianpost.com/news/umc-minnesota-conference-removes-father-from-apostles-creed-for-worship-service-224721/

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news

https://www.christianpost.com/news/sbc-says-women-not-barred-from-presidency-pastor-dwight-mckissic-suggests-beth-moore-224745/

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Gimmicks.

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/faith/4456077-west-duluth-church-bless-wheels

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JDDJ back in the news

https://www.lutheranworld.org/news/healing-wounds-body-christ

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Local paper reports on SELC District Convention

http://lakewoodobserver.com/read/2018/06/05/successful-convention-hosted-by-grace-lutheran-church

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CSL Regent Minutes

Just what is going on down there? https://steadfastlutherans.org/2018/06/concordia-seminary-st-louis-board-of-regents-minutes-from-march-2018/

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Pres. Harrison of the LCMS has a white paper

https://blogs.lcms.org/2018/message-to-the-church-about-challenges-we-face-and-how-to-face-them/

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Language needs bounds

https://www.wsj.com/articles/sometimes-the-language-game-needs-a-penalty-box-1528326307

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YouTube tried to silence pro-life group

http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/05/youtube-shut-down-a-pro-life-groups-account-but-backtracked-when-its-attorneys-got-involved/

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Persecution in Myanmar

https://www.christianpost.com/news/secret-genocide-of-christians-reported-in-myanmar-thousands-killed-pregnant-women-raped-224688/

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Friendship with the world is enmity with God

The worldly church gets judged https://christiannews.net/2018/06/04/pew-research-shows-most-nominal-christians-in-western-europe-do-not-practice-their-profession/

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The Law of God is good and wise…

American lawlessness https://factsandtrends.net/2018/06/06/americans-list-of-immoral-actions-keeps-shrinking/

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Pronouns…

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/briannaheldt/2018/06/06/indiana-teacher-forced-to-resign-over-refusal-to-use-transgender-pronouns-n2487919?amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

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From former Babylon Bee owner

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/when-the-content-police-came-for-the-babylon-bee/

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Sex and Gender on the Christian Campus

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/02/opinion/sunday/sex-gender-christian-campuses.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region

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Fear of disease brings extreme measures in the Congo

https://religionnews.com/2018/06/05/church-suspends-sacraments-as-deadly-ebola-outbreak-spreads/

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Fear of disease brings extreme measures in the Congo

https://religionnews.com/2018/06/05/church-suspends-sacraments-as-deadly-ebola-outbreak-spreads/

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Arrested for prayer

https://religionnews.com/2018/06/05/arrested-for-praying-released-detainee-now-prays-about-next-steps/

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Please help Norm Fisher for the short term while he recovers

https://steadfastlutherans.org/2018/06/update-on-norm-fisher/

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WELS review of scouting

https://wels.net/review-scouting-completed/

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Persecution in India

http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/05/hindu-nationalists-against-christians/

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North Wisconsin District President re-elected

https://blogs.lcms.org/2018/lueck-re-elected-in-north-wisconsin-district/

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NJ District President re-elected

https://blogs.lcms.org/2018/steinbronn-re-elected-president-of-new-jersey-district/

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Hows liberal theology going?

https://www.christianpost.com/news/pcusa-lost-nearly-5-percent-membership-2017-over-800k-decline-10-years-stats-reveal-224659/

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