“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…
ConnECtion2020EC’s 80th ConnECtion over 40 Summers By Ralph Blair (PDF version available here) “When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion on them. He saw they were anxious and as helpless as lost sheep without a shepherd.” (Matt 9:36) Jesus saw what Hebrew Prophets and the Psalmist saw and grieved over, so many centuries earlier: “All, like…
by Dr. Ralph Blair “A Response to the Editor of Christianity Today” by Dennis Prager, Frontpage, December 27, 2019; “Evangelical Elites are Out of Touch” by Carl R. Trueman, First Things, December 20, 2019. by Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here) Prager is an Orthodox Jew, a serious scholar, historian, syndicated columnist and a…
PDF version available here. After decades of secular media’s contemptuous disregard of evangelicals, it celebrates Christianity Today’s exiting editor-in-chief, Mark Galli, with multiple rounds of thrilled approval and full-throttled praise. Galli’s antigay stands are overlooked to adore his grumpy scolding of those the Left despises: President Trump and his everyday evangelical supporters. It was all…
“A Question about Evangelical Churches that are ‘Welcoming and Affirming’ ” by Roger E. Olson, Evangelical Patheos, November 7, 2019; “14 Years After Becoming Transgender, Teacher Says, ‘It Was A Mistake’ ” by Walt Heyer, The Federalist, February 5, 2019. By Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here) A Baylor seminary professor raises “a question”…
PDF version available here. EC’s 2020 weekend retreats are announced. Over Presidents Day Weekend, February 15-17 (Saturday afternoon through Monday lunch) we’ll be at the Kirkridge Farmhouse for our 33rd Winter Bible Study Weekend. On the weekend of June 5-7 (Friday evening through Sunday lunch) we’ll be on top of the mountain, at Kirkridge’s Lodge…
(PDF version available here) EC’s 2019 Columbus Day Weekend at Ocean Grove will honor the Bicen-tennials of Philip Schaff, Julia Ward Howe, and Susan Bogert Warner. Each was born in 1819. EC’s theme for the weekend is: “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah, His Truth Is March-ing On” – through biblical history, church history, and all time and…
On Sexuality and Personal Identity, Resolution 5, The Southern Baptist Convention, Birmingham, Alabama, 2019. By Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here) “The Friendly Atheist” blog notes that, the Southern Baptist annual meeting took place “on the heels of multiple stories about how sexual abuse thrived in Southern Baptist churches” – even among pastors. What’s…