Posts by Don Johnson
These Textbooks In Thousands Of K-12 Schools Echo Trump’s Talking Points | HuffPost
Christian textbooks used in thousands of schools around the country teach that President Barack Obama helped spur destructive Black Lives Matter protests, that the Democrats’ choice of 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton reflected their focus on identity politics, and that President Donald Trump is the “fighter” Republicans want, a HuffPost analysis has found. The analysis, which focused on three…
Read MoreThe Paradoxes of Shutdown Ministries
Jeff Straub outlined the challenges posted by Covid church restrictions in Canada for us yesterday. I’d like to offer a testimonial “from the ground,” so to speak. I should preface by saying that I don’t look on the ministry in our church as representative of the whole. Each situation is different, some churches may well…
Read MoreDonald Trump & 2020 Election: Case for Supporting Reelection Bid Now Harder to Make | National Review
Trump being Trump, he could never grasp that with the presidency comes the responsibility to give the bad news to us straight, and credibly. In a real crisis, Americans don’t want a reality-TV presidency. They don’t want to hear the leader of the free world’s take on the ratings of cable news shows and the…
Read MoreO Little Town of Bethlehem
For Christmas day, we offer the texts that formed my Christmas series of sermons this year.1 Alas, we were reduced to “on-line only” as our government shutdown all church services through this season. The Word of God nevertheless speaks, pointing to our Redeemer who arrived as a babe in Bethlehem and will return as a…
Read MoreFixing Our Hope in Days of Hopelessness
The great Servant passages of Isaiah begin first with a message to the nation, but the second Servant passage addresses a person. Isa 42:1 ¶ Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. Matthew quotes…
Read MoreA Very Covid Christmas to You – Part Two
We hear from friends around the world about changes various governments impose in their attempt to mitigate the effect of the corona virus. The widely divergent policies seem to have very little effect on the spread of infection, as the virus ebbs and flows despite our best efforts. The last four weeks (and continuing until…
Read MoreCall for Discussion: the Arlington Statement on Bible Translation
With this article, we bring the Arlington Statement on Bible Translation to your attention. The statement is a new development, created in 2019 by a group of scholars including fundamentalists and evangelicals. The intention is to set a standard for Bible translation going forward that will avoid problems others fell into in recent years (perhaps,…
Read MoreDr. James Dobson’s Election Reflections | Family Talk
People who know the President best tell us he is one of the most hard-working and dedicated men ever to serve in the Oval Office. We saw that indefatigable nature during his final campaign, when he once held nine rallies in two days. He is also remarkably resilient. The media and his political opponents hammered…
Read MoreDo You Desire Truth More Than Victory?
Paul Tan, in his Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations, gives us a story about Diogenes. “Diogenes (412 B.C.) made himself most unwelcome in Athens by trudging about barefoot without wearing a proper outer robe. He was best-known for carrying a lantern during daylight hours, thrusting the lantern in the face of people, ‘I am looking for…
Read MoreAre You Missing Church because of Covid?
In the corona crisis, some Christians are fearful even of their regular habits of church attendance. Some tried, but their fears won out, and they’ve stopped attending. Some are too fearful even to try. We are sympathetic, we understand the fears. Some of us simply push our fears down and act contrary to our fears…
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