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How The Federal Government Used Evangelical Leaders To Spread COVID Propaganda To Churches

Posted on February 2, 2022 by David E Smith

In September, Wheaton College dean Ed Stetzer interviewed National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins on his podcast, “Church Leadership” about why Christians who want to obey Christ’s command to love their neighbors should get the Covid vaccine and avoid indulging in misinformation.

Posted in Religious Liberty | Tagged Billy Graham Center, Christianity Today, City Journal, COVID–19, David Brooks, David French, Down Syndrome, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Ed Stetzer, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Francis Collins, Gavin Newsom, George W. Bush, Joe Carter, John MacArthur, LifeWay, Michael Gerson, N.T. Wright, National Institutes of Health, Pete Wehner, President Obama, QAnon, Rick Warren, Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Convention, The Atlantic, The Daily Wire, The Gospel Coalition, The New York Times, Tim Keller, Time Magazine, Vinay Prasad, Washington Post, Wuhan lab | Comments Off

The National Day of Pray is Vitally Important This Year

Posted on May 5, 2020 by David E Smith

This National Day of Prayer May 7, 2020 will be like no other. Since its inception in May 1952 under President Harry S. Truman, the day has been observed with large public events. While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the shutdown of all public events, but prayer and the event will still go on. The event has moved online and prayer has never been more important.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arry Jackson, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Calvin Lindstrom, Church of Christian Liberty, COVID–19, Dr. Joey Krol, Gabrielle Odom, Galilee Baptist Church, Harry S. Truman, Illinois National Day of Prayer, Illinois Prayer Caucus Network, Kathy Branzell, Luis Palau, Michael W. Smith, Myles Holmes, National Day of Prayer, Nick Hall, pandemic, REVIVE Church, Richard Giovannetti, Rick Warren, Standing in the Word Ministries, Will Graham | Comments Off

Why We Shouldn’t Take “The Marriage Pledge” Too Soon

Posted on November 25, 2014 by David E Smith

The next several years are going to be messy for Christians. We already know that some who claim to be within our fold will continue to challenge the historic, orthodox teaching about sexuality, marriage, and the essence of what it means to be made in the image of God. But even those of us who agree that marriage is what the church has always thought it was, will disagree on how best to move forward in a culture hell-bent on denying it.

Case in point: Over at First Things, a premier publication of Christian thought, Ephraim Radner and Christopher …

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty | Tagged Anne Morse, Barack Obama, Christopher Seitz, Douglas Wilson, Edward Peters, Ephraim Radner, Louis Giglio, Rick Warren, Russell Moore, Ryan Anderson, S. Michael Craven, Sean McDowell | Comments Off

Obama’s Choice of Homosexual Bishop Gene Robinson to Pray at Inaugural Event is a Slap in the Face to Christians

Posted on January 12, 2009 by David E Smith

Peter LaBarbera, President of Americans For Truth about Homosexuality (AFTAH), issued the following statement regarding President- elect Barack Obama‘s selection of V. (Vicki) Gene Robinson, the openly homosexual Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, to deliver the invocation at an official inaugural event Sunday:

“President-elect Obama has signaled a tragic departure from America’s godly, Judeo-Christian heritage with his choice of a defiant homosexual activist, (Vicki) Gene Robinson, to recite a prayer at an official Inaugural event Sunday. Choosing Robinson — who supports homosexual ‘marriage’ and compares his agenda to mainstream sinful and changeable homosexual behavior to the noble …

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, Peter LaBarbera, Rick Warren, Vicki Gene Robinson | Comments Off