Month: April 2023

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Gen Z Traded Church for for a ‘New Religion,’ Faith Leaders Say

“They are definitely evangelizing, it’s just not Christianity.”

By | April 12, 2023

  • A recent study found that 48.5% of Gen Z identifies as non-religious, atheist or agnostic, and religious leaders have a lot of thoughts about the reasons behind the decline in faith.
  • Gen Z’s mental health has declined along with their faith, as recent studies found that Gen Z reports the highest level of mental illness and suicidal ideation compared to other generations. 
  • “[I]t’s not that Gen Z isn’t religious, it’s that they picked a new religion,” Joshua Mercer, co-founder of the CatholicVote, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Nearly half of Generation Z does not identify as religious, according to a new study, and religious leaders that spoke to the Daily Caller News Foundation said the trend is not surprising because they have substituted church for “a new religion.”

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A Wizard, a Witch, a Drag Queen and a Child Stand by as Canadian Legislator Launches Drag Show Protection Bill

By | April 12, 2023

A Canadian politician has proposed a law allowing Ontario’s attorney general to criminalize “offensive remarks” within 100 meters of a drag show, including so-called drag queen story hours for children.

If passed, the measure would create a football field-size “2SLGBTQIA+ community safety zone” around drag shows and other LGBT events in Ontario. Anyone who protests within the zone would be subject to a $25,000 fine under the legislation.

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Chinese Christian church lands in Texas after fleeing persecution

By | April 11, 2023

Members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, also known as the Mayflower church, arrived in Texas this weekend after fleeing China years ago. The church members landed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Friday evening. Bob Fu, the founder of China Aid, called the trip “truly a Good Friday,” and noted that barely a week ago, church members were in a Thai jail worrying about being deported to China.

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New Texas Bill Would Mandate a 10 Commandments Display in Every Public School Classroom

By | April 9, 2023

King, a Republican, filed SB 1515, which includes a requirement as to the exact size of the posters, as well as the mandate that the posters use the “Thou shalt…” wording in each commandment. King is a member of the state Senate Education Committee, which will consider the bill this week.

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Does Penal Substitution Require the Resurrection?

Reflections on the Atonement for Easter Weekend

By | April 8, 2023

“The good news of the gospel is that Jesus paid for all our sins on the cross and we are thereby forgiven.”

Jerry Bridges wrote those words in his excellent work, The Discipline of Grace. As a pastor, I’ve recommended that book to many over the years and loaned out my personal copy so much that I’ve had to replace it repeatedly. But every time I read that line I cringe just a bit. I want to write in “and was raised from the dead!” I want his summary of the gospel to include the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. After all, Paul makes clear that Christ’s resurrection is no inconsequential matter, telling the Corinthians that “if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in yours sins” (1 Cor. 15:17). The resurrection is of absolute necessity to the gospel message. But I have to admit, this is an area in which I’m a bit sensitive.

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Josh Hawley Calls for ‘Hate Crime’ Investigation Into Deadly School Shooting

Police report that the attack here was ‘targeted’—targeted, that is, against Christians.

By | April 7, 2023

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is calling for federal authorities to investigate the deadly Covenant School shooting as a federal hate crime.

“Yesterday the nation witnessed the vicious murder of small schoolchildren in Nashville, Tennessee,” the senator wrote in a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “It is commonplace to call such horrors ‘senseless violence.’ But properly speaking, that is false. Police report that the attack here was ‘targeted’—targeted, that is, against Christians.”

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Facing consequences for their faith

NHL goalie may pay price for refusing to bow to LGBTQ+ agenda; Christian school already has

By | April 6, 2023

When the San Jose Sharks hockey team held its Pride Night last Saturday, devout Christian goaltender James Reimer did not participate. During the pregame skate, Sharks players wore jerseys featuring a purple-tinted great white shark on a heart-shaped teal crest and a rainbow-colored “Love Wins” patch on one arm. Reimer also did not play in the Sharks’ 4-1 loss to the New York Islanders later that night.

“In this particular instance, I am choosing not to endorse something that is counter to my personal convictions, which are based on the Bible,” Reimer wrote in a statement that the Sharks issued to local and national media. “I strongly believe that every person has value and worth, and the LGBTQIA+ community, like all others, should be welcomed in all aspects of the game of hockey.”

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‘Banality of evil’: Scholars explain what’s behind assisted suicide’s expansion in the West

“Poisonous” idea culture is presenting to people that unless something is “chosen” or “expressive,” it’s not “real,” and it’s not “good.”

By | April 5, 2023

WASHINGTON — As assisted suicide rises to new record levels in some areas of the globe, experts say that the “banality of evil” and expressive individualism are playing a role as governments in the United States, Canada and Europe are pushing the envelope by expanding who can access “medical aid in dying.”

On Tuesday, the Institute for Human Ecology (IHE) at The Catholic University of America hosted a panel discussion titled “What is Euthanasia Doing to the West?” Panelists pondered the reasoning behind the rise of assisted suicide in the West.

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This Is Your Sign To Catechize Your Kids — And Yourself

Your children will be catechized. Make sure it’s in truth.

By | April 4, 2023

Lots of people are catechizing your child. Are you one of them?

The tragic death of six believers, including three children and three brave adults, at the hands of an evil mass shooter at a Christian elementary school in Nashville this week was a stark and painful reminder that the battle raging around us is ultimately a spiritual one.

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9-Year-Old Hero Evelyn Dieckhaus Tried To Warn Covenant School Classmates Before Being Fatally Shot

Dieckhaus’ family described her as a “shining light in this world.”

By | April 3, 2023

Evelyn Dieckhaus, a nine-year-old student at The Covenant School, was one of the six victims in the mass shooting at the school on Monday (March 27).

Dieckhaus’ family described her as a “shining light in this world,” sharing that their “hearts are completely broken. We cannot believe this has happened.”

It has been reported that Dieckhaus was desperately trying to pull the fire alarm to warn her fellow classmates and teachers of the terrifying rampage the shooter was about to unleash. 

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