“‘I Happen to Believe that Gay Relationships are Not God’s Best’: Rick Warren Backs Split in Church of England”, Premier Christian News, March 22, 2023; “Not an ‘Ordinary Man’: J. Gresham Machen and the Un-Queering of Evangelical Theology” by Austin Steelman, Cambridge Press, March 30. 2023; “Machen and the PCA Today” by R. Carlton Wynne,…
(PDF version available here.) If you missed EC’s 3 Internet presentations of our 2023 ConnECtion, posted on June 25, check them out in video, audio or in PDF text, at www.ECINC.org. 2023 Pride marchers chanted, “We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children!” Decades before these marchers were born, this was the lie Anita…
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…
“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…
“The Decline and Renewal of the American Church: Part 2 – The Decline of Evangelicalism” by Tim Keller, Life in the Gospel, Winter 2022. by Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here.) In this second of Keller’s four essays on the decline of church life in America, and his musings on its renewal, the founding…
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…