What Christians Face in a Neo-Marxist World | The American Conservative
Two weeks ago, an elderly abbot of a Russian Orthodox Monastery in the U.S. Pacific Northwest was punched in the head while pumping gas.The assailant, unknown to him, reportedly zeroed in on the cross he was wearing and then said, “How’s Trump?”“I don’t know,” replied the gentle but traditional monk, not known for being political.Then […]
Protesting Methodist LGBTQ policy, confirmation class takes a pass – Religion News Service
(RNS) — United Methodists across the U.S. have protested the global denomination’s crackdown on LGBTQ members in all kinds of ways.But now a group of teens in a confirmation class at a historic United Methodist church in the Midwest has taken the unprecedented step of refusing to join the church.Eight teenagers, aged 13 and 14, […]
Mayor Pete’s Woke Intolerance | Nic Rowan | First Things
In 2015, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg voiced a moral disagreement with Mike Pence, then governor of Indiana.Just days before Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act—which would allow business owners to deny services based on religious reservations—Buttigieg told local reporters it would “create problems” for his city’s LGBTQ community. “This paves the way for […]
Honesty? Honestly!
There is an old joke about a husband and wife who were visiting a cemetery. As they placed flowers on the grave of a loved one, they noticed a marker a few feet away. Under the name of the deceased the inscription read, “A lawyer and an honest man.” The husband spoke up, “Look, Dear! […]