Posts by dcsj
Christian heartland opens window into fight for China’s soul
The 62-year-old Chinese shopkeeper had waited nearly his entire adult life to see his dream of building a church come true — a brick house with a sunny courtyard and spacious hall with room for 200 believers. But in March, about a dozen police officers and local officials suddenly showed up at the church on…
Read MoreChurch Votes to Leave Scottish Episcopal Church Over Same-Sex Marriage Support
(PHOTO: REUTERS/SUZANNE PLUNKETT) An evangelical parish with a large congregation in Edinburgh has voted to quit the Scottish Episcopal Church over its decision to be the United Kingdom’s first Anglican body to endorse same-sex marriage.”We have not done it easily. We have had many tears and many sleepless nights. It is a tragic necessity,” the…
Read More‘LGBT Christians’ conf. draws SBTS, ERLC responses
Among Southern Baptists, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. has criticized some aspects of the conference, as have the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission staff and Denny Burk, president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.Karen Swallow Prior, an English professor at Liberty University and an ERLC research fellow, has endorsed…
Read MoreAlways Ask About the Tattoo
I recalled this story while reading an example from Good News for Change: How to Talk to Anyone about Jesus, by Matt Mikalatos. At the end of chapter 11, Mikalatos writes, “Every time you see a tattoo this week, ask the person, ‘Why is that significant to you?’ It’s one of the greatest entrances to…
Read MoreArtificial ovary could allow women to become mothers after cancer treatment without risk, say scientists | The Independent
“The ability to successfully create a ‘new ovary’, by removing any tissue that might potentially reintroduce the cancer and fashioning a scaffold on which to grow the egg-containing follicles, allows the reimplantation of a ‘safe’ ovary, with the potential to successfully restore fertility.” Source: Artificial ovary could allow women to become mothers after cancer treatment without…
Read MoreIt’s Time To Finally Admit Professional Sports Are Bad For Society
1 Pet. 5.8 1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: I am aware how unpopular this take will be with sports-loving conservatives. But alas, we conservatives have imbibed a poisonous cultural norm in our worship of spectacle and games. The…
Read MoreIt Was Supposed to Be an Unbiased Study of Drinking. They Wanted to Call It ‘Cheers.’
Don’t trust “I say it in a study” until you know more about the design of the study and who financed the study. “Science” is as political as anything else, and capable of manipulation by hidden agendas. – dcsj The study was intended to test the hypothesis that one drink a day is better for…
Read MoreTen Things You Should Know about Religion in Canada
1. Only 29% of religiously committed people in Canada view evangelism positively. Only 8% of all Canadians view evangelism positively. more… My sense is that this article paints an accurate picture of the state of religion in Canada. Pray for revival! – dcsj
Read More[Canada] Supreme Court upholds provincial law societies’ right to reject graduates from proposed Christian law school
The Supreme Court [of Canada] has upheld the right of provincial law societies to reject the graduates of a proposed Christian law school over a rule that prohibits students from having sex outside of heterosexual marriage. more…. Observation: the ruling is very disappointing, but not surprising, given the history of the court. One hopes that it…
Read More90 Percent Of Animals Formed Recently Alongside Humans, New Study Shows
A new genetic study showing that 90 percent of animals appeared on the Earth simultaneously and at the same time as humans affirms the biblical account of creation, says Ken Ham, founder and president of Answers in Genesis. The study, published in the journal Human Evolution, examined the “DNA barcodes” from 100,000 animal species and…
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