Keynote for EC’s 2023 ConnECtion by Ralph Blair (PDF version available here.) Twenty centuries ago, the Apostle Paul mentored early Christians in the Greek city of Philippi, giving them pragmatically spiritual support that we all still need today. He warned that, as Christians, we’ll be persecuted. Still, as he tells us all: “Don’t be…
(PDF version available here.) EC is looking forward to another Covid-conscious ConnECtion this summer with our guest keynoters, Cindy Stevens-Pino and Jim Lucas. It’ll be safely available on our website, www.ECinc.org in June. In 1977, two years after we founded Evangelicals Concerned, a former beauty queen, pop singer and Florida orange juice spokesperson, Anita Bryant,…
“How the Ancient Greeks viewed Pederasty and Homosexuality” by Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, January 13, 2013; “LGBTQ+ Holocaust Victims Remembered for the First Time by German Parliament” by Christopher Wiggins, The Advocate, January 27, 2023; Christianity’s American Fate reviewed by D. G. Hart, The Wall Street Journal, October 4, 2022. (PDF version available here) Big…
(PDF version available here.) Jim Lucas and Cindy Stevens-Pino will guest keynote ConnECtion2023 – our 81st summer ConnECtion since 1980. (Some summers we had more than 1 ConnECtion.) Jim grew up gay in homophobic Christian Reformed circles and now he does pastoral ministry with LGBT folks. Singer/songwriter Marsha Stevens-Pino’s life partner, Cindy, does Christian mission…
“The Existential Despair of Godification”by Daniel Greenfield, Frontpage, October 4, 2022; “Homosexuality is being accepted in prominent conservative, Christian circles. Here’s proof” by Doug Mainwaring, LifeSiteNews, October 7, 2021; “Eastern University Changes Its Doctrines on Marriage” by Terry Mattingly, GetReligion, November 24, 2022 (PDF version available here) Greenfield is an Israeli-born conservative writer at Frontpage,…
“From Creation & Insurrection to Redemption & Resurrection: God’s Grace Overcomes All of Our Self-Destructive Self-Deceptions.”by Ralph Blair (PDF version available here) Through all of the ages of God’s Gracious Revelations to humanity, from generously Creating us in His Image to flourish as human beings, through all of the ages of our ungrateful responses…
(PDF version available here.) We in EC have fond memories of our visits to Ocean Grove on the Jersey shore – weekends of worship at our autumn EC retreats in Thornley Chapel, built in 1889, and summer Choir Festivals in The Great Auditorium, constructed in 1894. The inside covers of Ocean Grove’s hymnal, have a…
Grand Rapids Church Celebrates Reconciliation with Chaplain to LGBTQ People” by Callie Feyen, The Banner, July 14, 2022; “Republicans Should Reject the Gay-Marriage Bill” by The Editors, National Review, July 21, 2022. (PDF version available here) On November 2, 1975, Bob Rayburn, the founding president of Covenant College and Seminary, visited me in New York City to…
“The LGBT Fad” by Kaylee McGhee White, Washington Examiner, June 7, 2022.“Putin’s Anti-Gay War on Ukraine”by Emil Edenborg, Boston Review, March 14, 2022. (PDF version available here.) White is a visiting fellow at Independent Women’s Forum and writes commentary for the Detroit News, RealClearPolitics, the Weekly Standard and the Washington Examiner. She notes that a report from The Center for the Study…
(PDF version available here.) The Patriarch of Russia’s Orthodox Church praises Putin’s invasion of Ukraine that’s resulted in so many thousands of civilian casualties. What especially pleases this religious leader is that Putin’s attack is a defense against the West’s push for gay pride. Danusha V. Goska, a college professor and author of, God Through Binoculars, wasborn to Eastern European peasant immigrants…