The Ministry of Don and Sheryl Rooks

White Bear Lake Minnesota (MN)

What The Bible Says - Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

By Morey

Chapter 12 – 30 Minutes

What The Bible Says Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

Victory Baptist Church Darlington, SC Sunday School Service 3-31-24 I Kings 1:10-27.

Victory Baptist Church Darlington, SC Psalm 2.

AIBC LIVE: A better way to Deal with Conflict- Sun 11 Feb Scripture: Romans 12 Speaker: Dr Gavin Fernandes.

AIBC LIVE: A better way to Deal with Conflict- Sun 11 Feb Scripture: Romans 12 Speaker: Dr Gavin Fernandes.

Preached By Jim Vallance.

Aaron Renn outlines individual, institutional, and missional strategies for adapting to a hostile culture.Rarely does an essay cause such a stir as Aaron Renn’s “The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism.” Published in First Things in 2022, Renn’s framework for describing Christianity’s fall into cultural disfavor since the 1960s elicited a wide range of responses, from wholehearted agreement to sympathetic skepticism to vociferous disagreement, and seemingly everything in between.Renn’s essay categorizes the recent history of evangelicalism in the United States into three periods, or worlds. In the positive world, Christianity was in a position of cultural dominance; most Americans, even those who were not particularly religious, recognized the importance of Christianity to the country’s collective moral fabric. In the neutral world, the broader culture came to see Christianity not as uniquely good, but still as a belief system and worldview doing more good than harm.Since the early 2010s—the dates themselves, Renn admits, are not binding—evangelicalism has been in the negative world. Here, culture and its elites are inherently suspicious of evangelical Christianity, especially when it challenges or conflicts with emerging, more attractive ideologies. Christians in the negative world, according to Renn, will encounter resistance to previously acceptable beliefs and behaviors. This resistance could take many forms, from simple yet pronounced disagreement all the way to the dreaded C-word: cancellation.Less than two years after his essay, Renn’s book, Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture, updates and elaborates on his framework and provides tangible resources for Christians concerned about this cultural transformation. Renn’s ...Continue reading...

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Since the war in Sudan began last April, over 150 churches have been damaged or destroyed, according to a report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. The conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has claimed thousands of lives and devastated religious communities, with U.S. watchdogs warning that religious sites are being targeted, leaving a trail of destruction.

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