“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…
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…
by Dr. Ralph Blair BEWARE of BOASTING and BLAMING! is Dr. Ralph Blair’s Keynote at the 79th EC Summer ConnECtion, May 31 – June 2, 2019 at The Kirkridge Retreat Center atop the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania (PDF version available here.) Three weeks ago, 150 years ago, a single word was telegraphed all across America. …
“As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or, even execute individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation.” President Trump tweeted this…
“Porn is Slowly Killing Evangelicalism” by Grayson Gilbert, Evangelical Patheos: June 12, 2018. “Of Rats, Voles and Online Porn” by Declan Gernon, Areo, February 12, 2019. “Does Empathy Have A Dark Side?” by Jonathan Lambert, NPR, April 12, 2019. Full-page ads in the Christian Right’s World magazine carry stats on “pornography and the church”, alleging…
“That Face: The urge to smash a teenager’s face represents a new iconoclasm against masculinity” by Bruce Bawer, City Journal, January 23, 2019. “What’s Really Toxic is ‘Toxic Masculinity’ ” by Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal, January 22, 2019. “The New Bigotry” by Noah Rothman, The New York Post, February 3, 2019. Bawer, a champion…