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• Why It’s Good to Dance at the Defeat of God’s Enemies June 25, 2022
  Guest Post By Seth Bloomsburg The overturning of Roe vs. Wade by the Dobbs vs. Jackson ruling is incredibly historic. I simply do not have the words to describe how monumental this ruling was. Virtually everyone alive today has lived the majority of their lives in the shadow of the evil of Supreme Court approved […]
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• NEW FLF Course for Screen writers by Jason Farley December 28, 2021
  Christian Screenplays shouldn’t suck Starts January 11 Meets Tues & Thurs, 5pm Pacific time Register Today! Christian Screenplays shouldn’t suck. Unfortunately, they have gained just such a reputation. The world has been in a story telling contest since the Dragon’s first “Hath God said…” our survival as a people depends on our storytellers being able […]
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• NEW FLF Course by CR Wiley on Tom Bombadil December 9, 2021
  In the House of Tom Bombadil Starts January 12 Every Wednesday 5pm-7pm Pacific time, for 7 weeks Register today! Who is the mysterious and apparently ridiculous Tom Bombadil? How did he manage to get into The Lord of the Rings? There’s been a lot of speculation, but most of it isn’t very convincing. Some critics […]
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• Are You a Christian Nationalist? December 8, 2021
  By Rhett Burns Are you a Christian Nationalist? This seems to be the talk soup of the day on Twitter, thanks to threads like this, so let’s weigh in on how to answer. There are some questions that require nuanced and careful answers. For example, asking Are you a missionary? to a Western Christian living […]
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• This Thanksgiving, Be Thankful the Pilgrims Tried Communism–And It Didn’t Work November 24, 2021
  Guest post by Dr. Gregory Soderberg The “first Thanksgiving” is one of the treasured legends of our American beginnings. You can Google the real story later. Less well-known is the Pilgrim’s failed experiment with communism. In these historically-ignorant times, when socialism and communism are sexy again, we can be thankful that the Pilgrims tried a […]
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• Rittenhouse, the Right, and Our Evangelistic Opportunity November 20, 2021
  By Rhett Burns I now rise to offer three cheers and a toast to King Kyle of Kenosha. May you live free and full of years, and may your tribe of bold men, full of courage and action, increase! May your slanderers pay through the nose and your accusers become a stench to their own […]
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• We’re Gaining Ground: Reflecting on the FLF Conference September 14, 2021
  By Rhett Burns “Shout on, pray on, we’re gaining ground—Glory, hallelujah!” This line is from the American folk hymn I Know That My Redeemer Lives, one of many psalms and hymns we sang last weekend in Lebanon, Tennessee at the most recent Fight Laugh Feast conference. And the refrain captures well the spirit of the […]
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• The End of “BIG”: Decentralization, Opportunity, and the Denominational Future August 2, 2021
  By Rhett Burns Back in June, I attended my first ever Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. This means that, despite being a lifelong Southern Baptist, Chocolate Knox, a Presbyterian, has taken part—and voted?—in more SBC annual meetings than I have. I’m unsure if this makes him a worse Presbyterian or me a worse […]
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• Be an immune system prepper July 30, 2021
  Guest Post By Dr. Eric Potter Third in a series of articles on the immune system. Although social distancing is an unfortunate norm today due to COVID-19, you can strengthen your body in a way that may allow you to feel more confident about your health. We can do that by properly preparing our immune […]
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• PAY MORE FOR YOUR HOUSE THAN YOUR HEALTH CARE June 30, 2021
  Guest Article By Dr. Chad Savage Your house should be your most expensive purchase, so the saying goes. Not these days. Today, health insurance premiums can make your mortgage payment look puny by comparison. Your home or your vacation or your children’s future should be where your money goes—not to a plastic insurance card in […]
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• Reviewing Shai Linne’s The New Reformation June 28, 2021
  By Levi Secord Recently, I’ve seen many positive comments about Shai Linne’s new book, The New Reformation: Finding Hope in the Fight for Ethnic Unity. Some portrayed it as a third way between the extremes of the woke and the anti-woke crowds. Naturally, such comments caught my attention, and I ordered a copy. As a […]
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• When the Government is an Abusive Husband April 27, 2021
  By Levi Secord With all the insanity we’ve seen around the COVID-19 fiasco, what has frustrated me the most is evangelicalism adherence to gross governmental overreach. Before this past year, I believed statism was a significant threat to God’s people in the West, and what I’ve seen has only solidified that concern. In December, I […]
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• A Ladder, a Bible, and a Preacher: Fighting to End Abortion in South Carolina April 9, 2021
  By Rhett Burns I went to minister at our local abortion clinic for the first time like a safe and respectable Christian: I showed up to pray outside the entrance as part of the 40 Days for Life campaign last fall. One of the ladies serving at the gate kindly explained their ministry. They prayed, […]
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• Being Tossed To and Fro By Critical Race Theory April 1, 2021
  By Levi Secord Preface In October, a group of concerned pastors and I met with our denomination’s leadership, the North American Baptist Conference (NAB). We brought our concerns about how the leadership, and its new Racial Righteousness ministry, were promoting the tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and leading one-sided discussions rooted in unbiblical thinking. […]
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• Telling the Whirlwind Where to Blow March 10, 2021
  By Rhett Burns Well, by my calculations today is March 375th.  Are you enjoying your “15 days to flatten the curve” yet? Personally, I would like to cancel my free trial of communism, reinstall the Christian republic operating system, and return to the land of liberty.  In the meantime, let’s evaluate the overarching response to […]
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• In Every Domain of Human Existence: An Institution-Building Church February 16, 2021
  By Rhett Burns The book of Proverbs often perplexes modern readers of the Bible with its earthiness. What’s with all the talk of work and women and words? What does that have to do with the Great Commission and the kingdom of God? It turns out a lot.  In his book Solomon Says, Mark Horne […]
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• Christian Defense of Nationalism January 14, 2021
  Guest Article by Darrell Dow The last decade has seen the global emergence of nationalism and populism. From Japan to the Indian subcontinent, from the Middle East to Europe and the Americas, the global political divide is increasingly defined by the chasm separating corporate global elites from a rising tide of nationalism expressed via populist […]
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• Book Review: Strong and Courageous January 7, 2021
  By Rhett Burns Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America’s New Religion by Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore (Founders Press, January 15, 2021) The United States of America is witnessing the ascent of a new religion, characterized by the twin goddesses of individual autonomy and universal equality, and fueled by the spirit […]
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• The New Health Care: 5 Ways Samaritan Ministries Transforms Health Care December 31, 2020
  Guest Article By Anthony Hopp As more Americans learn about health care sharing, Samaritan Ministries International remains one of the leading health care sharing ministries in America. Several distinctives have guided the ministry in following its mission for 25 years. About the same time Samaritan Ministries was starting 25 years ago, Arby’s ran an ad […]
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• 2020: The Year of Our Lord December 22, 2020
  By Rhett Burns America has hashtagged, memed, and bemoaned the year 2020. People have shaken their heads, cracked jokes, complained, and otherwise wished the calendar would change, in hopes their fortunes would change with it.  But let me remind you: 2020, for all its challenges, hardships, setbacks, and sufferings, is the year of our Lord. […]
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