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Saturday, May 20, 2023

Saturday Lagniappe: 'Welcome the Stranger' And More


Welcome the Stranger
When faith says to help migrants – and the law says don’t....

8 Reasons Even Christians Are Lonely
The United States is experiencing an "epidemic of loneliness," according to the US Surgeon General. Chuck Lawless give several reasons why eve believers are susceptible to loneliness.

Fern Creek ‘more Southern Baptist’ than most, female pastor says of appeal
Southern Baptist pastor Linda Popham questions why she and her church were singled out from other Southern Bapist churches with women senior pastors.

Tim Keller, retired New York megachurch pastor and bestselling author, dies at 72
The success of Keller's Redeemer Presbyterian Church in the heart of New York City as well as his bestselling books made him one of the most influential evangelicals in the US.

Live As If Jesus Rules and Eternity Is Real
When Paul told the Colossian church to set their minds on things above and not on the things of this present world, he was basically saying this: Live as if Jesus rules and eternity is real. If you’re a Christian, that’s not news to you. But the problem for us, just like it was for the Colossians, is that we are forgetful. And forgetfulness of these basic truths, Jesus said, is the primary thing that makes people go awry with money.

Are Your Teenagers Daring to Share?
A new, free curriculum to help them confidently navigate a Gospel conversation.

141 Pennsylvania churches leave UMC over homosexuality debate
One hundred forty-one congregations in Pennsylvania have officially left the United Methodist Church, largely because of the ongoing debate over sexual ethics in the mainline Protestant denomination.
By pulling out of the United Methodist Church, conservatives are increasing the likelihood that the UMC will move i a more progressive direction. If it does, they will be as much to lame as the progressives in the UMC. If anything can be learned from the experience of the Anglican Church in North America, the Global Methodist Church may not prove to be all that disaffiliating clergy and congregations hope it will be.
One in 4 US Mormons has thought about leaving the LDS Church, study shows
PRRI's findings showed Latter-day Saints were some of the most religious — but often uncertain — believers.

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