Jonathan Simcoe

‘I am Strider and Dúnadan too, and I belong both to Gondor and the North.’

First, they don’t trust their virtue.

Some people fear, however, that Greear’s actions have led to a backlash from those on the far right who feel that the convention has become “woke” and that its focus on diversity and inclusion has caused a drift toward theological liberalism, which SBC leaders deny is taking place. Greear was among the SBC leaders who rejected CRT last year.

Messeng

THERE IS A scandal here for our autonomous sense of entitlement: this new will, this graced freedom, is sheer gift. It can’t be earned or accomplished, which is an affront to our meritocratic sensibilities.

“For most American Christians, the gospel is about getting my sins forgiven so I can go to heaven when I die.”

It’s never been the hand in the dark, I remembered with a flash. It’s always the hand you hold.

The Fall is achieved by the cunning of Sauron in exploiting this weakness. Its central theme is (inevitably, I think, in a story of Men) a Ban, or Prohibition.

THE ARGUMENT OF THE BROKEN WINDOW PANE IS THE MOST VALUABLE ARGUMENT IN MODERN POLITICS. EMMELINE PANKHURST