connECtion 2021 Keynoteby EC founderRalph Blair (PDF version available here) All real love is the most profound of all connections and it is generated and energized by the One Who is, Himself, Love, The Eternally Triune God. Yet, lovingly created in God’s Image and called to connect with one another by love, we fail…
(PDF version available here.) The 2021 ConnECtion of Evangelicals Concerned, the 41st in the East and the 81st of our ConnECtions across the country, will again be virtual, given the need to observe social distancing. The three keynotes by our two guests and EC’s founder, can be read online, in June, at www.ecinc.org. Stay tuned. …
“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: Kentucky’s Gay Teens Don’t Need Conversion Torture” by Daniel M. Beasley, The Lexington Herald Leader, February 4, 2021, updated February 6, 2021. “Prohibiting Prayer in Australia” by Carl R. Trueman, First Things, February 8, 2021 by Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here.) Beasley identifies as, “an out gay Black man…
“Same-Sex Relationships and the CRC”, by Gayla R. Postma, The Banner, October 12, 2020. by Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here.) Nearly a half-century ago, Christian Reformed Church scholars (e.g., Woudstra, Hart, Olthuis, Smedes, Wolterstorff, et al) supported gay and lesbian Christians. In January, 1985, midway through his tenure as editor of The Banner, CRC’s monthly, Andrew…
(PDF version available here) Welcome to 2021 and the 500th Anniversary of Luther’s testimony before his papal accusers. Luther concluded by affirming: “I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything.” EC’s October 2020 keynote, “The Meaning of…
The 17th Annual Octoberfest of Evangelicals Concerned EC’s 2020 Octoberfest Keynote by EC founderRalph Blair (PDF version available here.) “What’s the matter?” Have you ever been asked this question by anyone? Has anyone ever asked this of you? What does the question mean? What’s meant in the mind of the one who asks? What’s meant…
(PDF version available here) EC’s 2020 Octoberfest will be via the Internet due to the need for physical distancing during the pandemic, just as we met via the Internet for our 2020 ConnECtion in June. In October, we will be remembering the 400th Anniversary of the Puritan Pilgrims’ arrival in the New World. Roy Clements,…
“An impossible choice for Christian Business Owners” by Steve West, World, July 7, 2020; “Why Lying Has Become Normal and Acceptable” by Roger E. Olson, Evangelical Patheos, May 23, 2020. (PDF version available here) World magazine alleges: “A Christian wedding photographer in Virginia faces three bad options: compromising his religious beliefs, violating the law and…
(PDF version available here) EC’s 40th Eastern ConnECtion met via EC’s website over June 5-7. We’d planned to be in the Pennsylvania mountains where we’d met each summer since 1980. It was EC’s 80th summer ConnECtion, counting our Eastern, Mid-western and Western ConnECtions across the country. Though physically apart, we connected together in Christ’s ever-abiding…
“Identity from within or from the Mind of Christ” by Joshua Gielow, TruthXChange, April 17, 2020“Died: Sy Rogers, Who Testified God Changed His Sexual Identity” by Daniel Silliman, Christianity Today, April 23, 2020“Help and Hope for Pastors Battling Porn” by Chris Sicks, byFaith, April 17, 2020 (PDF version available here) Rosaria Butterfield’s new video is…