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An Open Letter to American Christians
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I realize that there are many definitions of what a Christian is, but I am writing to those of you who have, like me, trusted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior and have been born again. We live in perilous times, and for the first time in hundreds of years on this continent, we face serious opposition and potential persecution.
Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty
Tagged China, Jim Elliot, Mark Twain, North Korea, persecution
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Wokeness at Wheaton College
The esteemed evangelical Christian Wheaton College is really woking up. The administration has removed a plaque honoring Wheaton alumni and missionaries Jim Elliot and Ed McCully because it described as “savage” the indigenous Ecuadorian tribe that brutally and without cause speared Elliot, McCully, and three other missionaries to death in 1956. The plaque, which was donated 64 years ago by Wheaton classmates of Elliot and McCully, read:
…For generations all strangers were killed by these savage Indians. After many days of patient preparation and devout prayer, the missionaries made the first friendly contact known to history with the Aucas.(“Auca”
Posted in Education
Tagged Auca, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot, John G. Turner, Jonathan Edwards, Joseph Moore, Kathryn T. Long, Nate Saint, Pete Fleming, Philip Ryken, Roger Youderian, Social Justice, Waorani, Wheaton College, Woke Culture, Yanomamo
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