I cull the internet so you don’t have to (ha). Here is my reading list for October 15-21, 2017. Posting these links does not necessarily constitute an endorsement. On the other hand these are not all the blog post I read but only those I thought worth a continued conversation.
Originally posted at lumpofclay.net.
APOLOGETICS and WITNESS
* Sean McDowell: 6 Great Ways for Christians to Use Twitter
* Tom Parrish: Choosing Whom You Will Live For!
* Josh and Amy Skoberboe: This Far and NO FURTHER: Mother’s Day 2017 Car Accident
* David Qaoud: 10 Classic Christian Books That Are Ridiculously Cheap on Kindle
* Terry Mattingly: This just in! Lutheran left tests theory that progressive doctrine is key to church growth
* Terry Mattingly: Maybe there’s a story here: Lutherans on left, right share some common decline issues
ENGAGING CULTURE
* Peter Heck: Presbyterian Church Mega-Minister Says Jesus is a Liar, So That’s Lovely
* Katie McCoy: More Than Marriage: What’s Behind Polyamory In the Church
* Faith McDonnell: Five Genocides…But Wait, There’s More!
* Gary DeMar: I was discriminated against for my religious beliefs…and I’m perfectly OK with it
* Bill Muehlenberg: The Assault on Marriage, Craven Christians, and Lessons from Bonhoeffer
* Grace Carr: Confirmed: 99 Percent Of Union Donations Go To Liberal-Leaning Causes
* Erick Erickson: If You’re Going to Engage in Any More “Me Tooing”, Please Name Names
* Owen Strachan: Our Culture Eulogizes Hugh Hefner and Enables Harvey Weinstein But Eviscerates Mike Pence
* Naomi Schaefer Riley: The Problem with the ‘Me Too’ Campaign
* Tom Gilson: Church, You Have Got To Take a Stand on Sexuality
GOVERNMENT
* Walter Williams: The Facts About Who Pays the Most in Taxes in America
* William L Gensert: Misunderstanding America and Its Constitution
* Leigh Jones: Fooled me many times, shame on us
* Jennifer Maffesanti: Sharing May Be Caring, But Redistribution Is Not
HUMAN INTEREST
* Naomi Andrews: The Magical Museum of Ice Cream
* Lars Walker: More Fake Viking News
* Old World Garden Farms: An Incredibly Inexpensive, Efficient And Healthy Way To Heat A House
* Lars Walker: Memories in Store
* Naomi Andrews: Five Fabulous Fall DIY Projects on a Dime
PASTORAL MINISTRY
* Eric McKiddie: 10 Ways to Pastor Your Church that Will Never Be Obsolete
REFORMATION 500
* Christopher Maronde: The Heidelberg Disputation
* David Robertson: Remembering the Reformation?
* Mark Bestul: Smalcald Article Study: Repentance
* Stephen Preus: The Marburg Colloquy
SANCTITY OF LIFE
* Greg Austen: How 1,000 Churches Could Transform the Abortion Debate
* Jennifer Lahl: An Absurd Fate: What Happens to Abandoned Embryos?
* Grace Carr: US Abortion Rate Plummeted by 25 Percent Over the Last Few Years, Study Says
* Mark Hodges: Experimenting on embryonic humans is evil and must be opposed
* Mark Hodges: Trump admin makes protecting citizens “from conception to natural death” top priority
WORD
* Paul Anderson: 3 Problems with Expectations
* Lutheran Ladies Connection: Stewardship of My Reading
* Sam Wellumson: Matthew 22:1-14 – Ready
* Nate Hoff: Simul justus et peccator and Strange Fire
* Brett Boe / Jasom Gudim / Brian Ricke: Being Lutheran Podcast Episode #46 — Col. 3:5-11 & Rom. 7:7-12
* Lutheran Ladies Connection: Back to the Beginning
WORLD WAR “T” (fighting transgenderism)
* Bill Muehlenberg: Trans Sports Insanity
Clay on the Wheel 