1) Reading the news about the new Omicron album almost makes you feel as if you are living in the good ol’ days of March 2020 when government officials treated us like naive children and did the Fauci dance for mere entertainment value. But we won’t be fooled again. Aaron Ginn has been a lucid voice since the first day (https://twitter.com/aginnt). A lazy child garners sympathy by lying about an illness; the government garners sympathy by lying.
2) The Dobbs case has the potential of opening up the conservative agenda that progressives have tried to strangle since 1973. Conservatives have failed miserably to obtain their goal, with a few minor victories here and there. The Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks can unravel the murderous record in this country and provide the Court an opportunity to consider the most consequential abortion litigation in nearly a half-century. Christians need to pray for clarity and wisdom that this evil would be overturned. Then, we can strategize on how to move forward in caring for the millions of babies who will be born into this world once this heinous ritual is outlawed. Should this proceed, I foresee the Church as a protagonist in the new fostering and adoption reformation.
3) CNN proves regularly that it is the paradigm of media sewage. They have been at the forefront of massive disinformation campaigns. Cuomo’s recent scandal is only a sample of the filthy lucre of technological and sociological mafia-like strategies prevalent.
4) Christians should learn all verses of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.”
5) Sweden will end the year 2021 with below-average mortality. No lockdown and no masks and open schools. And my lovely state of Florida continues with the lowest Covid transmission rate in the country. Follow the science, people!
6) David French has completely lost his way in his latest Op-Ed. His criticism of boldness, toughness, and masculinity in favor of a middle-of-the-road conservatism is only a sophisticated way of saying that cultural wars are not worth fighting. Trumpism continues to be French’s biggest nightmare.
7) I have great friends in the PCA, but they will need to deal speedily with the ever-increasing influence of the REVOICE movement. Their new agenda to begin chapters and online groups will only create more dissension within the denomination. PCA pastors need to work in every conceivable way to distance themselves from this distortion of biblical sexual ethics.
8 ) The Project of Deconstruction was first used by David Gushee and supported by several evangelical figures. The attempt is to take apart evangelicalism and reconsider our priorities. The idea is to undo the “Christian worldview” and the “whiteness” of Western thought and learn to re-consider Jesus “after evangelicalism.” Supporters like Jemar Tisby and even conservative theologians like Michael Bird are asking the Church to begin the conversation. These are usually keywords that translate to “undo the Western tradition.”
Dr. Kevin DeYoung says it best:
“Looking for blind spots is one thing. Acting as if we are blind is another. We don’t have to let sociological fads and ill-defined ‘isms’ set the agenda when we have the necessary theological categories already.”
9) Pastoral theology is the way to move forward in dealing with particular trends in the Church. Pastors need to establish seeds of skepticism toward overreach, but also establish seeds of trust in Word and Sacrament and Life among the parish.
10) Don’t forget to order our new commentary on Jonah: https://athanasiuspress.org/…/jonah-through-new-eyes…
Pastor Brito, thank you for these biblically-formed opinions. You are a faithful leader in evangelical circles.
Blessings,
David