Brian Houston’s Court Date for Allegedly Concealing Father’s Sex Abuse of a Child Moved to Next Year

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November 29, 2021

Last week, Australia’s Eternity News announced that the court date for Hillsong Church’s senior pastor Brian Houston was moved to January 27, 2022. Houston has been charged with concealing information about his father’s child sexual abuse of a child.

The announcement was made in the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney.

Houston was charged by the New South Wales (NSW) Police Force on August 5, 2021, after a two-year investigation concluded that Houston failed to report his father Frank Houston’s sexual abuse of a seven-year-old boy during the 1970s.

Houston stepped down from his position on the church’s boards in September 2021 so he wouldn’t be a distraction while the court proceedings take place.

On October 5, 2021, Houston’s lawyer entered a plea of not guilty for his client. Houston says he is innocent of the alleged charges and said he was “devastated” after police said he’d concealed information regarding the sex abuse.

“These charges have come as a shock to me given how transparent I’ve always been about this matter…I welcome the opportunity to set the record straight,” Houston said.

NSW Police say Houston “knew information relating to the sexual abuse of a young male in the 1970s and failed to bring that information to the attention of police.”

Hillsong Church Scandals

Last November Hillsong announced the firing of its East Coast (NY) pastor Carl Lentz for what it called “leadership issues and breaches of trust, plus a recent revelation of moral failures.” Lentz was later accused of “bullying, abuse of power and sexual abuse” by the family’s former nanny.

Hillsong Church’s Dallas campus closed in April 2021 after its leadership was accused of misusing church funds for the purchase of ATVs, expensive meals, designer clothes, and items for their children.

Less than a month after charges were brought against Houston, 60 Minutes Australia released a 28-minute episode titled “Hillsong Hell: Disturbing Accusations Expose the Celebrity-Favored Church.” The episode featured two testimonies from women who were sexually abused by leadership within Hillsong Church. One was a college student at Hillsong College and the other was a youth leader at one of the church’s campuses. When they reported the abuse, both were allegedly ignored by Hillsong Church’s leadership.

Disassociating Paul From Jesus: Breaking Down the False Dichotomy

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Nicholas Batzig

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November 29, 2021

By means of sophisticatedly crafted statements on social media, certain prominent voices in the evangelical wing of Christendom have revealed their penchant for pitting Jesus’ ethical teaching against that of the Apostle Paul. To elevate what Jesus taught over against what His apostles taught reveals a fundamental deficiency with regard to the doctrine of biblical revelation. Such false dichotomizing is ostensibly driven by a desire to distance oneself from the Apostle’s condemnation of homosexuality and his teaching about gender role distinctions in the church. The desire to set Jesus and Paul at odds—or to subtly downplay the fact that the apostolic letters are, in fact, the very words of Christ—will inevitably backfire on those who believe they are helping others embrace a more tolerant brand of Christianity in the church.

At the turn of the twentieth century, the church faced a form of theological liberalism in which theologians sought to disassociate Jesus and Paul. Although the driving factors in the theological liberalism of the twentieth century were somewhat different from our current ecclesiastical controversies, the method and desired end were strikingly similar. Attacks on the organic unity of Scripture led professors at Princeton Theological Seminary to proffer some of the greatest arguments for the defense of the unity and progressive development of the canon of Scripture. In his 1912 article titled, “Jesus and Paul,” J. Gresham Machen confronted the liberal attempt to make Paul “the second founder of Christianity”—a redactor of Jesus’ teaching. Machen wrote,

In recent years there is a tendency to dissociate Paul from Jesus. A recent historian has entitled Paul “the second founder of Christianity.” If that be correct, then Christianity is facing the greatest crisis in its history. For—let us not deceive ourselves—if Paul is independent of Jesus, he can no longer be a teacher of the Church. Christianity is founded upon Christ and only Christ.

Machen subsequently turned the content of that article into his much more developed work, The Origin of Paul’s Religion—which is one of the greatest refutations of efforts to disassociate the foremost Apostle from the Savior.

Geehardus Vos, the great biblical theologian at Princeton, explained that the relationship between the biblical revelation about the earthly ministry of Jesus and the Apostolic writing is the relationship between “the fact to be interpreted and the subsequent interpretation of this fact.” He wrote,

It is a total misunderstanding both of the consciousness of Jesus and of that of the N.T. writers, to conceive of the thought of ‘going back’ from the Apostles, particularly Paul, to Jesus…To take Christ at all He must be taken as the center of a movement of revelation organized around Him, and winding up the whole process of revelation. When cut loose from what went before and came after, Jesus not only becomes uninterpretable, but owing to the meteoric character of His appearance, remains scarcely sufficient for bearing by Himself alone the tremendous weight of a supernaturalistic worldview. As a matter of fact, He does not represent Himself anywhere as being by his human earthly activity the exhaustive expounder of truth. Much rather He is the great fact to be expounded. And He has nowhere isolated Himself from His interpreters, but on the contrary identified them with Himself, both as to absoluteness of authority and adequacy of knowledge imparted (Luke 15:16; John 16:12-15). And through the promise and gift of the Spirit He has made the identity real. The Spirit takes of the things of Christ and shows them unto the recipients. Besides this, the course of our Lord’s redemptive career was such as to make the important facts accumulate towards the end, where the departure of Jesus from the disciples rendered explanation by Himself of the significance of these impossible. For this reason the teaching of Jesus, so far from rendering the teaching of the Apostles negligible, absolutely postulates it. As the latter would have been empty, lacking the fact, so the former would have been blind, at least in part, be- cause of lacking the light.

The relation between Jesus and the Apostolate is in general that between the fact to be interpreted and the subsequent interpretation of this fact. This is none other than the principle under which all revelation proceeds. The N.T. Canon is constructed on it. The Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles stand first, although from a literary point of view this is not the chronological sequence. Theirs is the first place, because there is embodied in them the great actuality of N.T. Redemption. Still it ought not to be overlooked, that within the Gospels and the Acts themselves we meet with a certain preformation of this same law. Jesus’ task is not confined. to furnishing the fact or the facts; He interweaves and accompanies the creation of the facts with a preliminary illumination of them, for by the side of his work stands his teaching. Only the teaching is more sporadic and less comprehensive than that supplied by the Epistles. It resembles the embryo, which though after an indistinct fashion, yet truly contains the structure, which the full-grown organism will clearly exhibit.

This, of course, raises for us the question about the content of the teaching of Jesus and the Apostles. We should at once observe that Jesus never personally wrote anything. The content of the four gospels, and the content of the words of Jesus in the book of Revelation were written down by “holy men of God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” They are no less the work of the Spirit of God through the instrumentality of chosen men than are the words of the Apostles in their addresses to the church. Additionally, it should not be forgotten that the Apostle John ended the fourth gospel by reminding us that “there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written” (John 21:25). Certainly, Jesus taught many things that were not recorded for the church throughout the remainder of the New Covenant era. However, Jesus promised His disciples that the Spirit of God would come and would give them even more revelation than that which He had given them throughout the time of His sojourning with them on earth. This promise is fulfilled in the completion of the canon with the writing of the book of Acts, the New Testament epistles and the Apocalypse.

Healing a Pandemic of Disunity: The Love of Christians Is the Gospel’s Greatest Defense

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Randy Alcorn

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November 29, 2021

If an individual Christian does not show love toward other true Christians, the world has a right to judge that he or she is not a Christian. (Francis Schaeffer)

I read Francis Schaeffer’s The Mark of the Christian shortly after it was published in 1970. Schaeffer quoted Christ’s words in John 13:35: “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” Then he cited Jesus’s prayer in John 17:21 that the disciples “may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”

Schaeffer tied the verses together:

[In John 13:35] if an individual Christian does not show love toward other true Christians, the world has a right to judge that he or she is not a Christian. Here [in John 17:21] Jesus is stating something else that is much more cutting, much more profound: We cannot expect the world to believe that the Father sent the Son, that Jesus’s claims are true, and that Christianity is true, unless the world sees some reality of the oneness of true Christians. (26–27)

A beautiful, biblical slap in the face.

The Final Apologetic

I was 16—a new believer studying how to defend gospel truth to friends and family. Yet Schaeffer called Christian love and unity “the final apologetic,” the ultimate defense of our faith.

Schaeffer helped me see what should have been self-evident in Christ’s words: believers’ love toward each other is the greatest proof that we truly follow Jesus. If we fail to live in loving oneness, the world—or to bring it closer to home, our family, and friends—will have less reason to believe the gospel.

In 1977, some of us who’d struggled at our churches gathered to worship and study Scripture. Before we knew it, God planted a new church. Our fellowship was a breath of fresh air. At 23, as a naive co-pastor, I thought we’d found the secret to unity. But eventually, though our numbers rapidly increased, too many left our gatherings feeling unloved, not experiencing what Schaeffer called the “reality of the oneness of true Christians.”

Our Deep Disunity

In the 52 years I’ve known Jesus, I’ve witnessed countless conflicts between believers. But never more than in the last year. Many have angrily left churches they once loved. Believers who formerly chose churches based on Christ-centered Bible teaching and worship now choose them based on non-essential issues, including political viewpoints and COVID protocols.

Churches are experiencing a pandemic of tribalism, blame, and unforgiveness—all fatal to the love and unity Jesus spoke of. Rampant either/or thinking leaves no room for subtlety and nuance. Acknowledging occasional truth in other viewpoints is seen as compromise rather than fairness and charitability.

Sadly, evangelicals sometimes appear as little more than another special-interest group, sharing only a narrow “unity” based on mutual outrage and disdain. This acidic, eager-to-fight negativity highlights Schaeffer’s point that we have no right to expect unbelievers to be drawn to the good news when we obsess about bad news and treat brothers and sisters as enemies.

Playing into Satan’s Strategy

The increase in Christians bickering over non-essentials doesn’t seem to be a passing phase. And it injures our witness, inviting eye rolls and mockery from unbelievers and prompting believers to wonder whether church hurts more than it helps.

Satan is called the accuser of God’s family (Revelation 12:10) and uses every means to undercut our love for each other. Too often we do his work for him. His goal is to divide churches and keep people from believing the gospel. “By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother” (1 John 3:10). When we fail to love each other, we are acting like the devil’s children.

40 Christmas Sermon Ideas

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Brandon Hilgemann

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November 29, 2021

It’s Christmas time again. And every year pastors have the task to create yet another great Christmas sermon. But after many years of preaching the same message, you can get repetitive.

The message every year should remain the same, but you need a bit of a creative twist on the way you present it every year to keep the message fresh.

So, if you’re stuck in a rut trying to come up with a different way to tell the Christmas story once again, here are 40 ideas straight out of the Bible to get your started.

40 CHRISTMAS SERMON IDEAS FROM THE BIBLE

GOSPEL NARRATIVES OF JESUS’ BIRTH

1. Matthew 1:1-17 – Preach the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew traced from Abraham through David all the way to Jesus. Matthew is unique because he includes women in his genealogy.

2. Matthew 1:18-25 – Preach the Christmas story through the eyes of Joseph, who planned to divorce Mary quietly until an angel came.

3. Matthew 2:1-12 – Preach the Christmas story through the eyes of the wise men, who seek to worship the newborn king.

4. Matthew 2:1-23 – Preach the Christmas story through the eyes of King Herod, who feels threatened by the birth of a king.

5. Luke 1:26-38 – Preach the Christmas story through the eyes of Mary, who embraced God’s plan no matter how impossible it sounded.

6. Luke 1:26-38 – Preach the Christmas story through the eyes of the angel Gabriel, who is sent to declare the good news to Mary that God has chosen her to give birth to Jesus.

7. Luke 1:39-56 – Preach the Christmas story from Mary’s perspective when she visits Elizabeth and sings praise to God for what He will do through her.

8. Luke 2:1-7 – Preach the Christmas story from the perspective of Mary and Joseph, who had to travel to Bethlehem when Jesus was born.

9. Luke 2:1-7 – Preach the Christmas story from the perspective of Caesar Augustus, who had no idea that his decree for a census was all part of God’s plan to bring a king who, unlike Augustus, would have a reign that would never end.

10. Luke 2:8-21 – Preach the Christmas story from the perspective of the Shepherds when the angles appear out of nowhere and direct them to Jesus.

How To Avoid Being Sexually Immoral: 7 Lessons We Must Learn

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Dustin Neeley

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November 29, 2021

Some time ago, a good friend of mine fell into immorality and disqualified himself from ministry due to an inappropriate relationship with a woman in his church. I want to try to redeem this tragedy by offering the following seven thoughts in an effort to spare us, our families and our churches from a similar fate. There’s hope: we can learn how to avoid being sexually immoral.

How to Avoid Being Sexually Immoral

1. Don’t say it can’t happen to you.

While most of us readily nod our heads in agreement, in our hearts we can still live in functional unbelief of this fact. We need to constantly remind ourselves of Paul’s warning to the Corinthians in 1 Cor. 10:12:

Therefore, let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

That means sexual immorality can and could happen to us, and we must be vigilant in this area and all others. The world is broken, our enemy is against us and our flesh is weak. We must focus on how to avoid being sexually immoral.

2. Repent of your pride and self-righteousness in this area.

The Bible clearly teaches:

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall (Prov. 16:18).

Every pastor I’ve ever known who has fallen into sexual sin was one who at one point believed he never would. So often, it is our pride that allows us to “push the envelope” and think we are the exception to the rule. It is also pride that can keep us from getting the help we need so we could have avoided this particular fall in the first place.

Most affairs don’t begin on a whim. The seeds are sown in the soil of an unhappy or tumultuous marriage. Brothers, if there are currently problems in your marriage, here is a vital step in how to avoid being sexually immoral – please reach out to someone and deal with them now so you don’t become a statistic later.

3. Put all the needed safeguards against immorality in place—and keep them there.

The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives (Prov. 16:17).

All of us know this is true, but are we living as if it is true?

Why a Lot of Professing Christians Never Attend Church

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Joe McKeever

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November 27, 2021

“Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together”—unless, of course, the Lord reveals to you that you are the church, as one lady said to me. Or, that you are smarter than the preacher, the deacons are trying to run the church, or no one in the congregation will speak to you. Hebrews 10:25, sort of. All these could be reasons why someone would quit going to church.

When you don’t want to do something, you shouldn’t have to have an excuse.

If you do not want to go to church, for instance, if you can skip church for a whole year and never miss it, you should “man up” and admit, “I’m not a Christian and don’t believe all that Bible stuff. Church is for people who take the Lord seriously. Not me. So, I don’t go.”

Hmm. That felt ‘mean,’ didn’t it? But it’s dead on accurate.

Please read on.

By “go to church,” we don’t necessarily mean a building with a steeple on it. It could be a group of God’s people gathered in a living room to sing and pray and study the Word. Or, 50 people in a storefront. The point is not the location or the structure but God’s people meeting on a regular basis for the work and worship of the Lord.

Why Would People Quit Going to Church?

The redeemed of the Lord will be drawn to one another. They love each other. Jesus said so. They will not never go to church.

I heard of a pastor somewhere who collected excuses on “why people who call themselves Christians don’t go to church.” He did not make these up…

1. A lady in the hills of North Georgia said, “In the winter it’s too cold, and in the summer I’m afraid of rattlesnakes.”

2. A farmer said, “One of my cows gets out of the pasture every Sunday. Keeps me home all four Sundays every month.” When asked about the fifth Sunday, he said, “They all get out on the fifth Sunday!”

3. A lady told her pastor, “I’m a shut-in and I’m offended you haven’t been to visit me.” He kept trying, but she was never home.

4. “We’re not settled in yet.” Oh, I’m sorry. How long have you lived here? “Only 7 years.”

Hell and Brimstone: Don’t Overlook This Hot Topic in Your Ministry

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Greg Stier

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November 26, 2021

I’ll never forget when a teenager asked me two tough questions after a Dare 2 Share conference. The first: “Do you mean my friends who don’t know Jesus will die and spend an eternity in hell and brimstone forever?”

She had approached me after a drama that dealt head on with the subject of hell. Afterward, I challenged kids with the urgency of sharing the Gospel with friends. When the crowd started leaving, this very somber girl asked me her heartfelt question.

During the next few minutes, I shared with her a few Bible verses. One passage was 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9, where Paul writes bluntly on the subject.

“…when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power.“

The girl was stunned by the biblical rawness of the theology of hell. But her second question was even more stunning. “Why has my youth leader never told me about hell?” With tears in her eyes, she said she’d never heard about the theology of hell and the urgency and responsibility of rescuing friends from this coming judgment.

I couldn’t answer. I had no idea why her leader never talked about the urgent subject of saving others from hell and brimstone for eternity.

Why Do Youth Leaders Avoid Teaching About Hell and Brimstone?

Maybe her leader didn’t want people to accuse him or her of using scare tactics. But is it scare tactics to yell “STOP!” at a child running toward a busy intersection? Is it scare tactics to warn a generation headed toward hell and brimstone to “STOP!” before it’s too late?

Maybe this youth leader had a weak theology of hell. Perhaps he or she didn’t really believe that people who die without Jesus spend a Christ-less eternity in the Lake of Fire (see Revelation 20:11-15 and many other passages).

Maybe this youth leader didn’t want to cram too much “hell and brimstone” preaching down teenagers’ throats. But by and large, Generation Z hasn’t heard the theology of hell.

Trusting God When You’re Trapped in Uncertainty

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Daniel Henderson

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November 26, 2021

I used to say that we live in uncertain times. While I still believe this is true, I am starting to conclude that we all live uncertain lives. While God’s truth and our eternal destiny in Christ are certain, many other factors in our lives are a bit unpredictable and unclear at times. It is the nature of the journey.

Trusting God When You’re Trapped in Uncertainty

I suppose today as you read this you face some measure of uncertainty. You may face major questions about your health, your job, your finances, your children, your grandchildren, your church or someone in your circle of friends. Clearly, we cannot avoid uncertainty in this life, but we can respond to it in a Christ-honoring and soul-profiting fashion.

The Search for Clarity

Recently I read a profound interchange documented in a book by the renowned ethicist John Kavanaugh. He tells of a time in his life when he went to Calcutta to work for three months at “The House of the Dying.” This experience was part of his heartfelt search for direction about his future. The first morning there, he met Mother Teresa. She asked, “And what can I do for you?” Kavanaugh asked her to pray for him.

“What do you want me to pray for?” she asked. He responded by explaining that he had come thousands of miles from the U.S. to find direction: “Pray that I have clarity.”

She said firmly, “No, I will not do that.” When asked why, she said, “Clarity is the last thing you are clinging to and must let go of.” Kavanaugh commented that she always seemed to have the clarity he longed for. She laughed and said, “I have never had clarity; what I have always had is trust. So I will pray that you trust God.”

Being a Christian Does Not Make You Immune to Depression, Hopelessness, and Suicide

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Jay Lowder

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November 26, 2021

Being a Christian does not make you immune to depression, hopelessness, and suicide. At 21 years of age, I was so depressed and desperate for a way out that I found myself crouched on the couch, my white-knuckled hand holding a gun to my head. By God’s grace, my roommate happened to come early from work that day, and I put down my weapon when I heard his car pull up. Several weeks would go by before I finally talked to my roommate about my depression, and what his early arrival that day circumvented.

Depression, Hopelessness, and Suicide Are Not an Uncommon Story

Friends, my story is not an uncommon one. But when I relay these events to my Christian friends, they often react as if it is. As I share about how mentally unstable I was during that time of life, they reason that I must have not known the Lord, and they rejoice that I do now.

I, too, rejoice that I have God in my life; without Him, I literally wouldn’t be here. However, even after I met Christ, there was a season when I drifted far away from God where I was again plagued with thoughts of suicide. Even though I did not make another attempt, I did battle with thoughts of escapism and self-violence. Although it is unthinkable to many Christians, being a disciple of Jesus does not make you immune from depression, hopelessness and yes, even suicide.

In today’s world, the church has normalized most “struggles” humans go through. If someone has a porn or lust addiction, we are quick to extend our compassionate prayers, help them get connected in a support group and offer computer software that will block seducing images. For those who are ready to quit their marriage or walk on out a family, there are workshops and counseling services. Temptation, gluttony, debt, gossiping, pride — the “acceptable” list of problems the Church is willing to address goes on and on. Personal issues like these are met with a warm and extended hand; they are the types of downfalls people feel comfortable going to the pastor, support group or even the altar for.

A Christmas Skit for Any Size Church

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Karl Vaters

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November 26, 2021

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Christmas is a time for traditions. But not all traditions work for all churches. The church I pastor seldom does Christmas plays. And when we do, they’re anything but traditional. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But we live within driving distance of Disneyland, Hollywood, major music venues and massive megachurches. I can literally hear the fireworks from some of the world’s biggest, most famous, multi-million-dollar Christmas spectacles from my backyard. Teenagers in bathrobes singing “Silent Night” can’t compete with that. So we don’t try. Instead, we stick with simple get-togethers. And sometimes we’ll come up with an idea no one else has tried and give it a shot. The most successful Christmas skit we’ve ever done is one I wrote a few years ago.

If there’s one thing I know about small churches, it’s that a lot of what we do happens in that last-minute scramble. If your church is looking for an off-beat way to re-tell the Christmas story, here’s an idea for a Christmas skit. It’ll help people see the birth of Jesus as told in the Gospels in a way they’ve never seen it before—while honoring the biblical narrative.

The premise of the Christmas skit is that there’s an entire epic’s worth of wonder, joy and excitement packed into the very few verses that make up the biblical Christmas story. All you need is two actors willing to go a little over-the-top and two non-speaking volunteers. The only props are a laptop (or a notepad) and a phone. The only staging needed is a desk and two chairs.

Here’s the entire script of Christmas skit. It lasts about 20-25 minutes.

It’s also available to print as a PDF version.

See page 2 for the beginning of the Christmas skit.

How to Stop Being Crazy – 4 Steps

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Michael Warden

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November 26, 2021

We’ve probably all heard the saying: Insanity is repeating the same behavior over and over again expecting a different result. Brilliant. Love it. It’s sooo true. Unfortunately, simply hearing that saying hasn’t stopped me from continuing to live that way sometimes. We need help in how to stop being crazy.

I saw it in some of the ways I lived this past year. I would take up some practice—whether it was a specific workout routine, a business growth strategy or a new nutrition plan—and if it didn’t produce the results I wanted, rather than pause and examine why, I would often just do it again, only harder. Then when it failed a second time, I would do it again even harder (or maybe just angrier . . . sometimes I confuse doing something angrily with giving it my all).

The end result? I exhausted myself by year’s end. I felt like I really worked hard last year (because I did), but I failed to achieve the goal.

Why? Because I’m a little bit insane. (I say “a little bit” to make myself feel better.) I can get caught up in my own personal crazy-train loop, doing the same thing over and over, expecting it to produce a different result every time.

Can you relate? For example, maybe you:

keep giving your spouse the silent treatment every time he or she hurts your feelings, and wonder why your relationship never improves.
consistently fail to hold your team members accountable, and wonder why you’re not reaching your goals.
do the same dull workout routine week after week, and wonder why you’re not getting any results.
overpack your time every single week, and wonder why you can never seem to get on top of your schedule.

Maybe it’s not any of those. Maybe you’ve got it all together. But I’m guessing you don’t. I’m betting you’re probably a little bit insane too. (No offense.)

I want it to be different. I want learn how to stop being crazy, and turn up the authentic butt-kicking. To do this, I’m incorporating a new tool. I thought I’d share it with you. It’s deceptively simple, but don’t let that throw you. A lot of people fail to employ this simple practice in their lives. Because they’re insane, like me.

It’s called the Learning Loop, and it’s really just a simple 4-step process for improving your performance in any practice or endeavor you go after—from working out, to leading better, to improving communication with your spouse. It’s how to stop being crazy. Here goes:

How to Stop Being Crazy

Step 1: OBSERVE

At regular intervals, press “pause” and simply notice what is happening with respect to the behavior or practice. Are you doing it? If so, what’s helping you do it? If not, what’s stopping you? What’s the effect? What results, if any, are you noticing?

Step 2: EVALUATE

What’s the lesson or insight you can draw from what you’re observing? What’s needed now (or the next time you do “X”)? How might you adjust your strategy or approach to improve your results? What other ideas do you have about it?

Step 3: DECIDE

Based on your evaluation, what will you do? Decide on a clear course of action. Don’t leave it ambiguous. If you have multiple options and aren’t sure which one to do, just choose one and try it.

Step 4: ACT

Follow through on the decision. Act! Then repeat the Learning Loop.

Observe. Evaluate. Decide. Act. A simple process to stop the crazy.

This year as you charge after those New Year’s Resolutions and/or goals and/or themes and/or whatever works for you, I strongly urge you (and myself) to incorporate the Learning Loop as well.

The alternative is insane.

The Digital Bible Revolution – YouVersion Reaches 500 Million Devices

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Russ McGuire

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November 25, 2021

About two weeks ago Life.Church’s YouVersion ministry marked the download and install of its Bible App on the 500 millionth unique device.

While pastor Craig Groeschel started the church modestly in 1996 in a two-car garage in Oklahoma City, that small congregation has grown into one of the largest multi-campus churches in America and serves hundreds of millions through it’s digital outreach. Life. Church’s mission is “to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ.”

The church’s website says that their mission is “the driving force behind everything we do.” Over the past 25 years, probably no church has more extensively leveraged digital technology to increase the reach and richness of its ministries, all driven by that mission. Call it the digital Bible revolution.

The Digital Bible Revolution

Wave 1: The PC Revolution

By the time Groeschel planted Life Covenant Church, the PC revolution was already well established in mid-america. The pastor leveraged PC technology to create a welcoming environment for the unchurched, and to reach out to his neighbors with attractive marketing materials.

The church quickly outgrew that two car garage, and in 2001 merged with MetroChurch in nearby Edmond, Oklahoma. The two churches combined into LifeChurch and continued to offer services at both of their locations, with Groeschel and other ministry leaders driving between the two campuses.

In 2003, LifeChurch started adding campuses beyond easy driving distance and leveraged other existing technologies, include video tapes and satellite communications, so that Groeschel could preach to the entire church body.

Wave 2: The Internet Revolution

Bobby Gruenewald, a two-time web entrepreneur had joined the LifeChurch staff in 2001. He began exploring ways to leverage technology to help people build online relationships with Christ at the center.

Over the next few years, the church began aggressively leveraging Internet technologies. Not only was broadband used to effectively stream video to new campuses, but in April 2006 the church’s Internet Campus opened (now known as Life.Church Online), streaming weekly services around the world. That same year, they launched MySecret.tv, a website where people could confess their secret sins as an act of repentance. The following year, LifeChurch experimented with offering an Easter service within the Second Life virtual world.

As the church grew and began to see their mission playing out beyond their campuses, they realized that their mission was truly about doing anything to help people become fully devoted followers of Christ, whether or not those people ever identified with Life.Church. The church saw an opportunity to help other churches by using the Web to freely share content, resources, and lessons learned. Originally called Church to Church, this has become the Life.Church Open Network.

In 2015, when the Internet domain service opened up to new top-level domain names, the church renamed to Life.Church and took the matching web address.

Wave 3: Mobile/Social Revolution

In 2007 Gruenewald began building a website to make the Bible available online. There was very little engagement until the team optimized the site for mobile devices. Since we always have our devices with us, users naturally began to read and engage in the Bible more often and more deeply.

When Apple announced that the iPhone would support installed apps beginning in July 2008, the LifeChurch team focused on converting their web app into a mobile app. The YouVersion Bible App was one of the first 200 apps in the App Store. In the first three days, 83,000 people installed the app on their iPhones. Since then, the app has grown in both features and content. Users can highlight verses and take notes that they can either keep private or share with others. The app also includes reading plans and devotionals to help users engage with God’s Word, and it is the Word that remains at the center of the Bible App. It currently offers 2,609 versions of Bible text in 1,769 languages.

“Throughout the last several years, we have continually seen God do more than we could imagine through YouVersion. As the app has grown exponentially to reach people in every country of the world and change millions of lives, our faith has also grown to see new possibilities,” said Gruenewald. “We believe this is just the beginning for YouVersion. We have a fresh vision for where the Bible App is headed, and we’re excited to roll out new features in 2022 to better serve pastors and church leaders.”

Having been installed on more than half a billion devices, the Bible App is the most dramatic example of how Life.Church has leveraged digital technologies to increase the reach and richness of their ministry in support of their mission, but the church continues to innovate.

Wave 4: Connected Intelligence Revolution

Gruenewald’s team at Life.Church has continued to develop tools to improve the church’s ability to achieve its mission. Not surprisingly, those developments are leveraging the data-centric capabilities of the Connected Intelligence Revolution, and equally unsurprisingly, Life.Church makes these tools freely available to other churches.

The Church Online Platform was first released in 2011 as a free tool to allow churches to easily take their church services online. The platform has continued to mature with tools for engaging with virtual attendees, integration with leading streaming services, online giving, and powerful analytics.

Church Metrics is another platform tool that helps churches perform detailed analysis of church health and for helping make better decisions about how to serve their community. External data (like weather) is also integrated with church data to help make sense of historical trends and to, for example, help predict this weekend’s attendance.

I imagine Life.Church will continue to look for ways to use digital technologies to achieve their mission.

Five years ago I interviewed Gruenewald when Bible App downloads had reached 200 million, which was amazing — that number represented 60% of the U.S. population. Now, we can no longer use our national population as the measuring stick for the digital Bible revolution. Life.Church is clearly thinking and acting on a global scale. I look forward to seeing how God will use Life.Church’s digital ministry over the next five years and beyond!

This article on the digital Bible revolution originally appeared here, and is used by permission.

‘The Voice’ Contestant Uses Worship Anthem to Proclaim God’s Love

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Stephanie Martin

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November 24, 2021

Thanks to a performance by contestant Jeremy Rosado, viewers of “The Voice” this week heard about the “Reckless Love” of God. The song by Bethel Music’s Cory Asbury proclaims the “overwhelming, never-ending” love of God, who “leaves the 99” to find the lost one.

On Monday, Rosado’s rendition of “Reckless Love” earned him a standing ovation from the studio audience and his celebrity coach, Kelly Clarkson.

Who Is Jeremy Rosado?

Rosado, 29, isn’t new to TV singing competitions. Ten years ago, he placed 13^th in season 11 of “American Idol,” where celebrity judge Jennifer Lopez nicknamed him “Jer-Bear.” Exposure from that show helped launch Rosado’s career as a Christian artist and a church worship leader.

In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times, Rosado describes growing up in a large Puerto Rican family in Queens, New York, where he and his siblings performed “shows” for relatives. After moving to Florida, Rosado sang in his high school’s gospel choir and participated in every talent show he could find.

He also helped his mom raise his niece and eventually became the girl’s legal guardian. “She’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me,” he says of Jocelyn, now a college freshman. “I definitely had to push the music aside because I had to provide for my daughter, to be a single dad. [But now] I’m able to actually take a chance [with music] because it’s her turn to spread her wings.”

Jeremy Rosado Gives Glory to God

Of his run on “American Idol,” Rosado admits he “had a lot of immaturity vocally back then,” at age 19. But the publicity led to lots of offers and opportunities, including going on concert tours, making three albums, and serving as worship leader at Free Life Chapel in Lakeland, Florida, from 2015 to 2018. And all that experience helped mold Rosado into “a totally different singer” from his “Idol” days, he says.

On “The Voice,” Rosado says his hook is being “this big emotional guy who sings the big emotional songs.” To his coach, he pitches songs—including worship music—that “kind of play to my story, or that I feel so deeply.”

Rosado has cited Francesca Battistelli, Kirk Franklin, and Israel Houghton as his musical influences. The singer’s three albums are available on Spotify and Apple Music.

When his latest TV gig is over, Rosado says he plans to release a new album. He also has a “game plan in my head” for next steps, including what he hopes will be a major record deal. Another goal involves working in Christian broadcasting, “even locally” at Florida radio stations.

Following Monday’s performance of “Reckless Love,” Rosado took to social media to glorify God and thank his supporters. “Last night wasn’t about me, it was about HIM,” he posted on Instagram. “I’m not sure how America received this performance, it’s seems mixed between people online but what I do know for sure is that, the millions of lives that were impacted and told about the love of Jesus is worth it! Thank you family for sticking with me and for voting last night, praying for the best! I love you.”

CBN Calls Out SBC Seminary Professor for Promoting Gay Son’s Sermon

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Jesse T. Jackson

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November 24, 2021

CBN — Photo from Instagram: @jonathan_merritt

The Conservative Baptist Network (CBN) released a statement Wednesday night (Nov. 23) blasting Dr. James Merritt’s endorsement of his son’s recent sermon. Jonathan Merritt identifies as a homosexual. Merritt is a Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) pastor and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) visiting professor.

Merritt, who is also lead pastor of Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Georgia, and former SBC President (2000-2002), shared a message with a link on his Twitter account earlier this week (Nov. 22) saying, “Good Shepherd New York • 11.21.21 https://youtu.be/JtZla6bnxn8 via @YouTube I don’t agree with my loved son @JonathanMerritt on everything to be sure. But I encourage you to listen to his message on Mark 13. It is both brilliant and faithful to the gospel and the coming of Jesus!”

CBN wrote on its Twitter page, “Promoting homosexual preachers is not loving, biblical, or Baptist,” then provided a link to the full statement.

Who Is Jonathan Merritt?

Jonathan is an award-winning contributor for The Atlantic, author, speaker, and holds a Master of Divinity from SEBTS. On his birthday this year (Aug. 4), Jonathan described himself on his Instagram page as, “a gay man, beloved by God, who has endured the worst the world could throw at him and fought his way to health and wholeness.”

His post recalled a day in 2012 when someone publicly outed his sexual orientation, calling it “painful” and a “betray[al].” Jonathan shared that the trauma resulted in a “boatload of therapy” just to be able to “love the delightful human that God made when God made me.”

According to his post, this is the first time he’s written about his “identity” online because of trauma that left him “bruised and untrusting.” He added that he is “dead dog afraid” to be vulnerable to the public.

Jonathan wrote: “This disconnect between my private and public life has felt unnecessary and unsustainable. I don’t want to live fearful of the opinions of strangers or the venom of bigots.” Wanting to enter the second half of his life with more “authenticity, alignment, and integrity than I exhibited in the first half,” Jonathan said he wants to make clear he’s a gay man who’s beloved by God.

UPDATE: NY Pastor Resigns After Suggesting Men Are Free to Rape Their Wives in His Sermon

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Dale Chamberlain

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November 24, 2021

UPDATED Nov. 24, 2021: Dr. Burnett Robinson, who suggested in a sermon that husbands are permitted to rape their wives, has resigned, according to a statement sent to ChurchLeaders from the Greater New York Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The statement reads:

Pastor Burnett Robinson has resigned as the Senior Pastor of the Grand Concourse Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Greater New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists recognizes many have been deeply harmed by the sentiments expressed by Robinson. The views he expressed are wrong and not accepted by our church. Rape and sexual assault of women are crimes and should always be treated as such. We will continue to educate and counsel all pastors, seminary students, and staff to fully understand that this type of rhetoric is abhorrent and unequivocally unacceptable. We will continue to pray for and seek to become stronger advocates on behalf of survivors and those still living with violence and abuse. The Seventh-day Adventist Church condemns any language or behavior that perpetrates or encourages any type of violence against women. We humbly apologize and ask for forgiveness.

Moreover, Religion News Service reports that the North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church has also issued a statement, saying, “We wholeheartedly condemn any form of behavior or rhetoric that perpetrates any type of violence against women — or any person. This is not what the Seventh-day Adventist Church believes.”

ChurchLeaders original article written on Nov. 23, 2021, below:

A change.org petition is calling for Dr. Burnett Robinson to resign as senior pastor from Grand Concourse Seventh Day Adventist Church in the Bronx, New York after a video of his sermon about wives submitting to their husbands began circulating. In the sermon, Robinson suggests that it is permissible for husbands to rape their wives.

The church has deleted the sermon video from their YouTube channel, but YouTube user Sarah McDugal captured Robinson’s words and uploaded them herself. In this one minute and 22 second clip from Robinson’s sermon, Robinson can be heard quoting Ephesians 5:22 and then explaining his interpretation of the text.

“‘Wives, you must submit yourself to your husband as unto the Lord,’” Robinson quoted from Ephesians. “And in this matter of submission, I want you to know upfront, ladies, that once you get married, you are no longer your own. You are your husband’s.”

After this remark, Robinson paused a few moments for effect. As Robinson continued to pause, the congregation began laughing. Amid the somewhat nervous chuckles, Robinson said, “Do you understand what I’m saying?”

Robinson then went on to illustrate what he meant by expressing his confusion at something he watched on television earlier that week.

“And besides that, because I saw in court the other day on TV where a lady sued her husband for rape,” Robinson said. “And I would say to you, gentlemen, the best person to rape is your wife.”

Wife Accused of Having ‘Trust Issues’ After Posting Viral TikTok Video With ‘Christian Marriage’ Rules

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Jessica Lea

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November 24, 2021

A video from a woman on TikTok explaining her and her husband’s rules for “Christian marriage” has gone viral, with some users particularly taking issue with a rule that a husband and wife should individually have no friends of the opposite sex.

“You want to go out of your way and be alone with men?” asked Bailey, whose handle is @bmcpher, in a follow-up video addressing the controversy. “Or you need to go out of your way behind your wife’s back and be alone with women? That’s a red flag. But ya’ll keep saying I’m insecure. That’s fine.”

Christian Marriage Advice From Bailey

Bailey posted two videos with rules she and her husband follow in their marriage. The first video has gotten 2.5 million plays as of this writing. She included the hashtag #christianmarriage and began the video with text saying, “Rules my Husband and I have for our marriage that make people ANGRY.” Those rules are:

-No friends of the opposite sex
-No work [girlfriends]/ [boyfriends] or being alone with the opposite sex
-No texting the opposite sex without the other knowing

Rules from the second video include:

-No lusting after others (no following scandalous pages)
-Always put each other first (even over parents)

Comments have been turned off for both of the videos, but prior to that, responses reportedly ranged from people who agree with Bailey to people who believe her rules show that her marriage is characterized by distrust, insecurity, and a desire to control the other person.

In her follow-up video about boundaries in Christian marriage, Bailey responded to user @lindseymethner, who had asked, “So you and your husband lose out on potential great friendships because of trust issues?”

At the beginning of her response, Bailey appeared to imply that she was not generalizing this rule for all couples. “It’s not a lack of trust thing so much as it’s just a boundary of respect that we both feel is right for us,” she said.

Greg Laurie on the Likelihood of Another Jesus Movement and Why Pastors Need to Evangelize

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Jessica Lea

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November 24, 2021

The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast · Greg Laurie on the Likelihood of Another Jesus Movement and Why Pastors Need to Evangelize

Greg Laurie is the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, one of the largest churches in the country, as well as the founder of Harvest Crusades, which nearly 10 million people have attended. He is also the founder of Harvest America, one of the largest gospel presentations in American history. Greg is the author of over 70 books, including “Jesus Revolution: How God Transformed an Unlikely Generation and How He Can Do It Again Today.”

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Key Questions for Greg Laurie

-Tell us a little about your journey. How you did you come to know Jesus?

-For people who might not know what the Jesus Movement is, help us understand what it was and how it impacted the church.

-You’ve been in ministry now for 50 years, so you’ve seen many cultural shifts. Were there any reasons why the Jesus Movement happened when it did?

-How do you help regular, everyday people be evangelistic?

Key Quotes From Greg Laurie

“I knew I was going down the wrong path, but I didn’t know what the right path was. I knew nothing of the Christian faith. All I knew of Jesus was a picture of him hanging on my grandmother’s wall when I lived with her for a period of time.”

“I transferred to Harbor [High School] with the sole purpose of becoming a full-blown, legitimate hippie drug user. I wanted to change who I was. I wanted to become a different person. And that’s exactly what happened, but not in the way I expected.”

“We need to pray God will do it again. And the next expression of a spiritual awakening probably will be different than the Jesus Movement. But you know, it was a sovereign work of God that simply took place.”

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“I went to this guy’s house to use drugs every single day and we walked by Chuck Smith’s house. We didn’t even know it was Chuck Smith’s house. And Kay [Smith] later told me, ‘We saw these kids walk by our house and we would pray for them every day that the Lord would save some of them.’ And I was one of those kids. So Kay was really the one who prompted Chuck to start thinking about reaching out to these hippies.”

Pope Francis After US Christmas Parade Crash: May Good Overcome Evil

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AP News

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November 24, 2021

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis sent his condolences Tuesday to the victims of the Christmas parade crash in Wisconsin that killed five people and said he was praying for “spiritual strength which triumphs over violence and overcomes evil with good.”

The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, sent the telegram of condolences on behalf of Francis to the archbishop of Milwaukee, Monsignor Jerome Listecki.

Francis asked that those affected by the “tragic incident” know he is spiritually close to them, and called on “the Lord to bestow upon everyone the spiritual strength which triumphs over violence and overcomes evil with good.”

Police say Darrell Brooks Jr., 39, was behind the wheel of the SUV that sped through the parade route Sunday in the city of Waukesha, killing five people and injuring 48 others in that Milwaukee suburb. Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson said Brooks was leaving the scene of a domestic dispute that had taken place just minutes earlier.

One of the pending legal cases against Brooks at the time was that he had deliberately hit a woman with his car in early November after a fight.

This article originally appeared here.

Target Makes Liberty Counsel’s ‘Naughty’ List for Censoring Christmas

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Jesse T. Jackson

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November 24, 2021

Liberty Counsel Target — Source: Mike Mozart from Funny YouTube, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Liberty Counsel has released its annual “Naughty and Nice Retail List,” placing Target, TJ Maxx, and Barnes & Noble on the list of businesses that “silence and censor” Christmas.

The non-profit ministry, which specializes in “providing assistance and representation involving religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and the family,” started noticing businesses censoring the word “Christmas” back in 2003, as companies began using words like “holiday” and “season” instead of “Christmas.”

Due to the rising anti-Christmas attitudes businesses were adopting, the Liberty Counsel launched their annual “Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign” to combat the ever-growing censorship of the true meaning of the holiday season: Jesus.

Every year, the campaign releases a list of retailers who celebrate Christmas and a list of those who censor it. The list’s goal is to encourage Christians to support businesses that aren’t ashamed to promote the name of Christ by not censoring Christmas. “If retailers choose to profit from Christmas while pretending it does not exist, we encourage you to politely explain why and then patronize their competitors,” Liberty Counsel’s website reads.

Apart from the perennial honoree Hobby Lobby Stores making the “nice” list, American Eagle Outfitters, Bath & Body Works, Bealls Department Store, Belk, Best Buy, Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland, Christmasplace.com, Dillard’s, Hallmark, The Home Depot, JCPenny, Kirkland’s, Kmart, Kohl’s, Lehman’s Hardware, Lowe’s, Macy’s, Menards, Nordstrom, Old Time Pottery, Sears, Staples, and Walmart all landed on the “nice” list.

The companies placed on the “naughty” list were Academy Sports + Outdoors, Barnes & Noble, Burlington Coat Factory, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Gap, Inc., J. Crew Outfitters, The Limited, The Loft, Lord and Taylor, Right Aid Pharmacy, Target, TJ Maxx, and Walgreens.

One of America’s largest and most famous retailers, Target, made the “naughty” list, because the Liberty Counsel claims they don’t make Christmas the main focus on their website or within their stores. According to the list, Target’s marketing includes language like, “pack your season full of merry,” “seasonal ugly sweaters,” and “secret gifting room,” more than they do Christmas.

Walmart, another one of America’s largest retailers, was commended by the Liberty Counsel for not being afraid to label categories like decorations as “Christmas” instead of “holiday.”

Both lists provide numbers and/or website addresses to each company, so that patrons can share their thoughts with businesses that downplay Christmas or show appreciation for companies that celebrate it openly.

Faith Advisory Board With Trump Ties Urges Religious Vaccine Exemptions for Military

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Jack Jenkins

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November 24, 2021

(RNS) — More than 1,700 religious leaders organized by former President Donald Trump’s faith advisers are urging the U.S. military to grant religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandates, alleging service members with spiritual objections to the inoculations are being “stripped of their religious liberties.”

But while the effort singled out COVID-19 vaccine mandates first initiated by President Joe Biden, it did not grapple with similar military mandates that predated the ongoing pandemic. It also lacked support from at least one of Trump’s longtime faith advisers — a hint at possible divisions among the former president’s evangelical allies regarding COVID-19.

In a letter sent to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Nov. 15, the group of faith leaders insisted military brass grant exemptions to COVID-19 vaccines before looming deadlines. Active-duty Navy and Marine Corps members must get the shots by Sunday (Nov. 28), while the Army has until Dec. 15. The Air Force deadline already elapsed on Nov. 2.

“We should be rewarding their bravery and the bravery of all our men and women in uniform, by not forcing them to choose between sincere religious convictions and staying in the military,” the letter read in part.

“We urge you to grant religious exemptions as soon as possible for every American risking their lives to defend our country. Religious freedom is enshrined in our Constitution and must always be protected.”

The letter was organized by the National Faith Advisory Board, a group founded in September with the former president’s support and led by Paula White-Cain, a Florida pastor who oversaw the Trump administration’s faith office. In addition to White-Cain, signers of the letter included several evangelical Christian leaders who advised Trump, such as Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, co-founders of Kenneth Copeland Ministries; Pastor Jack Graham, head of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Texas; Pastor Jentezen Franklin of Free Chapel church in Gainesville, Georgia; and the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.

Other prominent signers included Ralph Reed, founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition; former Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann; and conservative commentator Eric Metaxas, a Trump loyalist who attracted media attention in 2020 after he admitted to punching an anti-Trump protester and emceed a “Jericho March” in Washington protesting the results of the presidential election.

The letter zeroed in on the COVID-19 vaccine but did not mention other long-standing vaccine requirements for members of the military. According to The Washington Post, neither the Army nor the Navy granted any religious exemptions to vaccine requirements over the past seven years — including during Trump’s tenure.

Representatives for the advisory board did not immediately respond to questions about whether they took issue with the military’s previous record of not granting vaccine exemptions on religious grounds.

Most active-duty service members have already been vaccinated against COVID-19, with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force reporting inoculation rates of at least one dose ranging from 94% to 99% (the Air Force’s data includes members of the newly created Space Force).

But holdouts have caused controversy, with critics noting military leaders are largely rejecting religious accommodation requests. For example: As of Nov. 16, the Air Force reported it was processing 4,817 such requests but had yet to grant any.

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The Final Apologetic

Our Deep Disunity

Playing into Satan’s Strategy

40 CHRISTMAS SERMON IDEAS FROM THE BIBLE

GOSPEL NARRATIVES OF JESUS’ BIRTH

How to Avoid Being Sexually Immoral

1. Don’t say it can’t happen to you.

2. Repent of your pride and self-righteousness in this area.

3. Put all the needed safeguards against immorality in place—and keep them there.

Why Would People Quit Going to Church?

Why Do Youth Leaders Avoid Teaching About Hell and Brimstone?

Trusting God When You’re Trapped in Uncertainty

The Search for Clarity

Depression, Hopelessness, and Suicide Are Not an Uncommon Story

See page 2 for the beginning of the Christmas skit.

How to Stop Being Crazy

Step 1: OBSERVE

Step 2: EVALUATE

Step 3: DECIDE

Step 4: ACT

The Digital Bible Revolution

Wave 1: The PC Revolution

Wave 2: The Internet Revolution

Wave 3: Mobile/Social Revolution

Wave 4: Connected Intelligence Revolution

Who Is Jeremy Rosado?

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Who Is Jonathan Merritt?

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