Tag Archives: Pastors

The Pastor

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

You may or may not know that October is “Pastor Appreciation Month.” Because I have pastored for thirty years, I am hesitant to write on this topic, but I also believe that it is an important issue. A number of surveys have revealed that there is a significant attrition occurring within the ranks of pastors which threatens the future of churches across the United States. These studies show that in recent years over fifty percent of the men who enter the pastorate drop out before achieving ten years of service.

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What Happened?

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Two weeks ago, Governor Pritzker signed a bill, Public Act 103-0518, allowing any multiple-occupancy restroom to be identified as an all-gender multiple-occupancy restroom at the discretion of the building owner or leaseholder. Anyone of any “gender” could use it. Why was this law introduced, why did it pass?

Posted in Faith, Federal, How Did They Vote, Illinois Politics, Marriage/Family/Culture, Sexuality | Tagged AASECT, After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90s, Alfred Kinsey, All Gender Restroom, American Association of Sexuality Educators Counselors and Therapists, Barna, churches, elders, Forgetting How to Blush: United Methodism’s Compromise with the Sexual Revolution, Glide Foundation, Governor Pritzker, Harvard University, homosexuality, Hunter Madsen, Karen Booth, Laird Sutton, Marshall Kirk, National Sex Forum, NSF, Pastors, Public Act 103-0518, SAR, Senate Bill 0818, Sexual Attitude Readjustment, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, sexuality, Ted McIlvenna, The Overhauling of Straight America, transgender, University of Minnesota's College of Medicine | Comments Off

With Kinks Every 6 Feet: What Romans 13 Means In America

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Benjamin D. Smith

What many pastors and Christians are twisting Romans 13 and 1 Pet. 2 to mean is laughable, I mean, literally. That’s what God does with kings and nations that use their power to plot against God and His anointed (and that includes His people and their freedom). God laughs (Ps. 2:4). So Christians should laugh too.

Posted in Faith, Federal | Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Biblical freedom, Biblical Literacy, Christ, Christian liberty, Christians, Founding Fathers, Lord Acton, Pastors, Romans 13, Slavery, The Founders, The US Constitution, Toby Sumpter, Tyranny | Comments Off

Faith Leaders Confuse Christians

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Benjamin D. Smith

Before the sexual revolution took root in America’s cultural institutions, there existed pervasive agreement—both explicit and tacit—about sexuality, marriage, children’s rights, and religious liberty. Sexual immorality of all forms existed but was appropriately stigmatized... Now such forms of immorality are not merely out of the closet, in city and suburban centers, and in broad daylight but in our schools and even houses of worship.

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Denny Burke, Eve Tushnet, Greg Coles, Greg Johnson, Joel Belz, Kevin DeYoung, Michael Johnson, Nate Collins, Pastors, Presbyterian Church in America, Revoice Conference, Rob Rienow, Rosaria Butterfield, Sam Allberry, The Sexual Revolution, Wesley Hill | Comments Off