by J. Christian Andrews
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A number of people post daily or weekly lists of internet published articles. I am not sure why I feel the need to join them, but here is my list for April 23 - 29, 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.
APOLOGETICS and WITNESS
* Bryan Elliff: Creating a Culture of Hospitality
* Bob Smietana: Five Things to Remember about the Unchurched
* Julia A Seymour: New report analyzes Christian responses to persecution
* Amy Medina: Six Privileges of Living in a Wealthy Country
* Kathi: The Atmosphere of Acceptance
ENGAGING CULTURE
* Jeff Karoub: Doctor's Arrest Brings Attention to US Female Circumcisions
* Tony Reinke: Instagram Generation: Four Ways Smartphone Cameras Are Changing Us
* Robert Tracinsky: For The Left, Socialism Denial Is Holocaust Denial
* Eileen F Toplansky: The Outrages of Sharia
* Marc Giller: Millennials: All Grown Up With Nowhere to Go
* Anthony McCarthy: Pleasure, Consent, and Dignity: Peter Singer Is Wrong About the Sexual Assault of a Disabled Man
* Dennis Prager: The Cowards of Academia
* Lawrence W Reed: The Bad Manners of the Campus Left
* Anna Lima: Why Teaching Proper Manners to Kids is More Important Today Than Ever
* Nancy Flory: The 'Gay Infertility' Myth
* Vincent DiCaro: Is Cohabitation Good for Children?
* Jeremy Egerer: First They Came for the Nazis
* David Robertson: Another One Bites the Dust - Tim Farron's comments on gay sex
* Peter Heck: Want Tolerance? Get LGBT Groups Out of Schools
* Chelsen Vicari: Survey: Americans Say Bible is Helpful, but Don't Read It
* David Cole: Be Like Mike (Pence)
* Martin Cothran: No, The Catholic Church Didn't Punish Galileo for Heliocentrism
* Russell Moore: Does "13 Reasons Why" Glamorize Teen Suicide?
* Rebel Media: Today in History: Muslim conquest of Spain begins (711) Video
* Marion Smith: 100 Years of Communism's Bloody Legacy
HEALTHCARE
* Bruce Frohnen: Are We All in Favor of National Health Care Now?
* Eddie Ferrara: Health Insurance and Good Health Are Not the Same Thing
* Ted Noel: Asking the Right Questions about Health Care
* Kevin Covington / Lynde Langdon: Obamacare revisions win conservative support
* Erick Erickson: Still a Crap Sandwich, But With Flavor!
HUMAN INTEREST
* Mark J Perry: The 25-year reign of CDs is over as low-cost digital music takes over and makes us all 'music millionaires'
* Sarah Laslow: Found: A Unique, Handwritten Copy of the Declaration of Independence
* Kevin Litman-Navarro: Why Scientists Drag Dead Whales to the Bottom of the Sea
* Naomi Andrews: 11 Awesome Tips For Thrift Store Success
* Simon Cade: How Nature Documentaries Are Fake (video)
* Eric Grundhauser: The Movie Date That Solidified J.R.R. Tolkien's Dislike of Walt Disney
* Dwyer Gunn: The Long and Painful Decline of the Retail Store
* Ron Broglio: The Creatures That Remember Chernobyl
MARRIAGE
* Reggie Osborne II: She Only Said "Yes" Once
* Gavin McInnis: Divorce Your Wife
PASTORAL MINISTRY
* Thom S Rainer: Five Common Unreasonable Requests Chruch Members Make of Pastors
* Ronnie Floyd: Every Hill You Face Is Not Worth Dying On
* Jan Edmiston: When Churches Want a Pastor Who Can "Bring in Young Families"
* Carey Nieuwhof: 7 Things Every Leader Should Banish Starting Today
* Tom Parrish: Is Your Church Ready to Close Its Doors?
POLITCS and GOVERNMENT
* Bruce Ashford: 2 Ways Christians Can be the Conscience of America's Political System (An Interview with Hunter Baker)
* Patrick Tyrrell: Your Household Share of Federal Spending Keeps on Rising. Here's the Solution.
SANCTITY OF LIFE
* Clinton Wilcox: Zero Reasons a Fetus is Absolutely Not a Person
* Nathan Apodaca: Making A Pro-Life Case in Three Easy Steps
* Mandy: Sitting in the abortion clinic, I realized I couldn't go through with it
* Doug Mainwaring: Elton John's health is deteriorating. Here's one big reason we should care
* LifeSite News Staff: Planned Parenthood clinics are shutting down left and right... but we can't celebrate yet
SECOND AMMENDMENT
* Russ Chastain: Texas "Illegal Knife" Repeal Bill Unanimously Passes Committee
* Gabriella Hoffman: Three Gun Victories You May Have Missed
* Bob Adelman: National Concealed-carry Reciprocity Gains Momentum and Opposition
WORD
* Sam Wellumson: John 20:19-3 - Like Newborn Infants
* Paul Anderson: Breaking Free from Stongholds
* Lutheran Ladies Connection: Molded by The Father
* Jason Gudim: Peace Be With You - John 20:19-31
* Kent Sperry: No Better Than Pilate
* Paul Anderson: God the Panner (part 2)
* Melissa Edgington: Changing Your Facebook Feed for the Better
* Brett Boe / Jason Gudim: Being Lutheran Podcast Episode #21 - The Fourth Commandment, Part 1
* Brett Boe / Jason Gudim / Brian Ricke: Being Lutheran Podcast Episode #22 - The Fourth Commandment, Part 2
* Lutheran Ladies Connection: Stability
* Eric Metaxas / Roberto Rivera: No Sin, No Forgiveness Either: The Strange Persistence of Guilt
WORLD WAR T (fighting transgenderism)
* Mark Hodges: Harvard: Students can change gender daily, saying otherwise is 'violence'
* Walt Heyer: Bravo to the Truth: What's Wrong with Transgender Ideology
WORLD WAR P (fighting pornography)
* Tim Challies: 8 Sins You Commit Whenever You Look at Porn
* Fight the New Drug: Here's Where The End To The Porn Epidemic Starts