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The Associated Press (among other networks) called the 2020 presidential race: Joe Biden to be 46th President: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-wins-white-house-ap-fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9 The Dutch Protestant Church makes a long-awaited statement about guilt for not doing more for Jewish people during WWII: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-11-08/dutch-protestant-church-admits-failing-jews-in-world-war-ii Is it wrong to be rich? How can we enjoy wealth to the glory of God? https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/enjoy-wealth-glory/ Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz […]

Sarah Billups writes in the NYT that regardless of the outcome of the election, there is a sizable remnant of evangelicals who will persist in choosing human flourishing over fear: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/opinion/trump-evangelicals.html?fbclid=IwAR1WDlFaIw-wFIFD43v8TV4Mmyg_NgOieRWdXTFvZnubVie-EZTyiR-aRzQ Pelican Project member Karen Swallow Prior gives reasons why voting for a third-party is an acceptable option: https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2020/october/karen-swallow-prior-voting-for-neither.html Pelican Project member Tish Harrison Warren writes about why […]

The Pope recently voiced his support of same-sex civil unions: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/world/europe/pope-francis-same-sex-civil-unions.html John Piper talks politics in an article that went viral this week: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/policies-persons-and-paths-to-ruin Christianity Today reflects on the life of Luci Swindoll, who passed away this week: https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/october/died-luci-swindoll-woman-faith-singleness-joy.html A review of Alisa Childer’s book, Another Gospel?: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/another-gospel-progressive-christianity-alisa-childers/ Covid-19 has forced millions of women to leave the workforce at a […]

Do Christian women feel shame for wanting it all (family, work, etc.)? What does Amy Coney Barrett do for feminism in Christianity?: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/opinion/amy-coney-barrett-motherhood.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur Suburban women in Texas struggle to decide on a presidential candidate to vote for various reasons: https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/suburban-women/?fbclid=IwAR1qcha9eFFZ1OsIYHFY-KeDw55wxBuhv6F9EZQcNgkLkdA0bB7LqwQVZWo Find joy in voting, and release yourself from the pressure of finding the perfect candidate or political […]

Alisa Childers addresses the commonly held notion that Christians should not judge: https://wellwateredwomen.com/biblical-judgment-in-a-dont-judge-me-world/ Are you prone to bias? The way you make decisions may give you insight to the answer: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-learn-faster-when-we-arent-told-what-choices-to-make/?fbclid=IwAR0Cm96jpVj2jZVYyVWsoArWRFDQ5xtGc967iNguXoFz11_0PiS0cVkPqdU Pelican Project members Anne Carlson Kennedy and Melanie Cogdill have a conversation about the Enneagram, a popular personality assessment tool: https://www.equip.org/article/the-road-back-to-where-a-look-at-self-discovery-using-the-enneagram/?fbclid=IwAR0yHUxrgmh4-zyUDqUi9jxOAlq0tRGVh3kJlpYcekiw50Qn-5NNVqn1y-c 40% of Christian Americans say […]

The editors at Christianity Today address concerns about why they chose to cover the investigation involving late apologist Ravi Zacharias (link to original article in letter): https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/september-web-only/editors-note-ravi-zacharias-investigation.html President and Mrs. Donald Trump have tested positive for Covid-19: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-covid.html Tim Keller recently wrote more than 37,000 words to help Christians understand the biblical perspective regarding race and […]

A LifeWay Research poll indicates that 22% of Christians believe gender is fluid, not restrained to male as female as defined in the Bible: https://www.christianpost.com/news/1-in-5-evangelicals-reject-bibles-teaching-on-gender-report.html?fbclid=IwAR3aixMGTdRpyJAW7MU5PnROTngSJHvau-XvBG4Iq2cbyPlGWnJZD9ZrvWc Our culture is addicted to the sexualization of minors, and Cuties is a symptom of the problem: https://christandpopculture.com/cuties-isnt-the-problem-our-cultural-addiction-to-the-sexualization-of-minors/?fbclid=IwAR0yZgDjJuABvYrwnDR2sBWDick_YyCKRhvfkdm-nZe2OKbiasYi5-GNlnk The dilemma of social media revealed in new documentary: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/movies/the-social-dilemma-review.html One positive outcome of the pandemic […]

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies (obituary): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/ruth-bader-ginsburg-dead.html Jason Whitlock talks about sports in America and the Black Lives Matter movement: https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/american-sports-letting-america/?fbclid=IwAR1nSjRX1iUwjvcpdzKfKDKqIRnkc8jzShIIX70gQA9_31XNyfcsweIhCeI Brandon Washington reflects on his experiences as a Black pastor in America:  https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/2020/fall/confront-injustice-with-gospel.html?share=R9MQx%2BoRlGdi8ta0u%2BIIrv4VquXAJYv6&fbclid=IwAR0p0WDU2x3XrWfznEyKYy8W3djUORP3jfmKUittB_JHUzzdwmbndelz6As Samantha Shapiro addresses the issue of homeless children in America (more than 100,000 homeless children are in New York City): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/09/magazine/homeless-students.html What’s […]

Stretch your mind and heart with this roundup of thought-provoking reads: Hannah Nation addresses the need for older women in churches, especially as guidance for younger women: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/older-women-young-churches/ Alan Noble writes about how the church can step in to help solve a cultural crisis in colleges today:  https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/september-web-only/alan-noble-christian-college-crisis-cccu-church.html Lucas Shaw predicts that Netflix will not […]