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Amused & appreciative that two black evangelical churches worship in our building simultaneously to our worship.
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Creativity, property rights, and the technological advances that follow are part of God’s common grace. juicyecumenism.com/2026/09/2…
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Government checks for stay-at-home married mothers? Author @anne_r_bradley addresses IRD's Christians for Capitalism program. juicyecumenism.com/2026/09/2…
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Great to hear @UrielEpshtein discuss his work at @Renew_Democracy at our monthly @ProvMagazine lunch.
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“Where freedom of religion has been attacked, the attack has come from sources opposed to democracy. Where democracy has been overthrown, the spirit of free worship has disappeared. And where religion and democracy have vanished, good faith and reason in international affairs have given way to strident ambition and brute force.” …FDR 1939
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Today I explained to German Catholic friend that USA non-Catholic Christianity is essentially nondenominational evangelical/Baptist/Pentecostal. Everybody else is a niche community on the margins: Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Anglican.
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Is evangelism capable of addressing the burdens of a broken world? In this timely @goodnewsmag article, Leighton Ford answers with a resounding yes, insisting that Christ’s lordship brings eternal life, personal transformation, and a renewed responsibility toward others. goodnewsmag.org/good-news-re…
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This is a real pastoral concern. I’m thankful that Mark said it. I never worry about CN’s getting their “Christian Robespierre.” I do worry about people being led astray into a political “By-Path Meadow.”
Hypothesis: Christian Nationalism will never achieve a confessional state in USA. But it’s still destructive for leading Christians into futile cul-de-sacs, for fostering despair about & disdain for democracy & religious freedom, & for cultivating unhealthy attitudes about non-Christians.
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Fascinating review of interaction among process theology, open theism, panentheism & Yoderism.
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Interesting I was sourced by “Shepherds for Sale.” Yes it distorts my article, which cited my revered predecessor Diane Knippers, whose 2005 death precluded her comment on events years later. Here’s original article: juicyecumenism.com/2012/07/2…
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Hypothesis: Christian Nationalism will never achieve a confessional state in USA. But it’s still destructive for leading Christians into futile cul-de-sacs, for fostering despair about & disdain for democracy & religious freedom, & for cultivating unhealthy attitudes about non-Christians.
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Here @sladesr makes the case that a return to fusionism—which united the classical liberal defense of individual freedom with the Judeo-Christian tradition of moral virtue—is essential to the survival of a free and virtuous society. juicyecumenism.com/2026/09/2…
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Actually refreshing to see statists, in this case Christian Nationalists, self identify as such. But Christianity at its best calls us to ordered liberty.
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The Evangelical Presbyterian church in Kherson, Ukraine is still holding services, despite drone targeting. juicyecumenism.com/2026/09/2…
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Providence’s new Managing Editor, @PaulDMiller2, Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University, discusses the future of the magazine
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Join us this Wednesday, September 23 for our monthly @ProvMagazine editors' luncheon as we welcome @UrielEpshtein, CEO at @Renew_Democracy, which supports political dissidents and democracy advocates globally. RSVP: theird.org/events/september-…
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Jesus didn’t command the soldiers He met to lay down their swords. Presumably the Pope was referring to the wagers of unjust war.
The Pope is quoting Isaiah 1:15: God rejects the prayers of those with blood on their hands. He is following the fullness of Revelation in Jesus Christ, who commanded us to lay down our swords. Using God's name to bless the current war is what the Church condemns.
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Fascinating new book. Diem & his brother Nhu tried to build regime ideology around 1930s French Catholic philosopher Emmanuel Mounier, proponent of “personalism.”
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