Will God Save Russia from Its Enemies (Like the USA and NATO)?

January 19, 2023   |  

Last year I posted a couple of blogs concerning the support being given by the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. We explained how, years ago, Putin made a personal promise to the highest leaders of the ROC: Moscow Patriarch Kirill; Metropolitan Tikhon of…
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Does Transgender Actually Exist?

January 19, 2023   |  

Culture war issues are pervasive these days in American society, and one of the most prominent (and most fierce) is the battle over transgenderism. And some of the expressions of this battle are, literally, insane. But as you might expect, those who support the transgender movement see it differently. They…
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The Difference Between God’s Creation and God’s Children

December 29, 2022   |  

Father James J. Martin is an American Jesuit priest, writer, and editor-at-large of the Jesuit magazine America, the national Catholic magazine. In 2017, Pope Francis appointed Martin as a consultant to the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications. He is particularly known for his bridge building with the homosexual community. Not too…
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Religious Centrists are not Centrists

December 22, 2022   |  

John Avalon is a political analyst for CNN, and he wrote an opinion piece entitled, “Is there room for a religious left?” (https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/29/opinions/joe-biden-pope-francis-politics-and-faith-avlon/index.html). In some ways the article was a bit strange in that its entire focus had to do with political affiliations rather than religious beliefs. At…
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The Rise of the Gay Hymnal

December 15, 2022   |  

The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada (formerly “The Hymn Society in America) is a 501(c)3 non profit organization whose mission is to encourage, promote, and enliven congregational singing. This organization was founded in 1922, and is committed to promoting hymns in churches. The society has recently taken…
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