Tuesday's News & Ideas - 10/22/2019
- MacArthur on women preachers
- Religion & partisan divide
- Remembering Sabbath
- Multicultural AME
- Chick-fil-A in UK to shut down
- Social media ruining the kids?
Accusing SBC of ‘caving,’ John MacArthur says of Beth Moore: ‘Go home’
Religion News Service: Evangelical pastor John MacArthur weighed in on an ongoing debate in the Southern Baptist Convention over women preachers, claiming the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has lost faith in the authority of the Bible.
How religion widens the partisan divide
CNN: Heading into the 2020 election, the religious landscape presents the same complex political dynamic as many other measures of change such as racial diversity, education levels and the transition to the information-age economy.
Remember the Sabbath day*
New York Times: What if resting, all by itself, is the real act of holiness?
At home in Allen’s church: Stories of multicultural AME members
The Christian Recorder: Even though the Black Church was founded through an act of social justice against racism, the church has always welcomed non-blacks as members, church organization leaders, and even ministers.
‘Cluck off’: UK's only Chick-fil-A outlet to shut in LGBT rights row
The Guardian: The Reading branch of the US chain will close after protests over the company’s stance on same-sex relationships.
The Spark
Social media has not destroyed a generation
New findings* suggest angst over the technology is misplaced, The Scientific American says.
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