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Nov 26, 2024 | 
erlc.com | daniel darling |Daniel Darling
Today, the three men convicted of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder were sentenced to life in prison. Arbery’s family has waited almost two years for justice for their son after Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael, and Roddy Bryan mercilessly chased down Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, and fatally shot him while he was running in a Georiga subdivision. This horrible act of violence rightly brought national outrage.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
research.lifeway.com | daniel darling
In his book Political Gospel, Patrick Schreiner helps pastors answer the question: What does a faithful Christian public witness look like? By Daniel DarlingWhat does faithful Christian witness look like for an American Christian? This is the topic many believers are grappling with as we head toward the November presidential election.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
erlc.com | Mike Pence |Brent Leatherwood |daniel darling |Jason Thacker
Today, we have an exclusive episode with Vice President Mike Pence about serving in the public square. Welcome to the ERLC Podcast where our goal is to help you think biblically about today’s cultural issues. Since 2016, the name that has been synonymous with our current political environment is President Donald Trump. However, within the Trump administration is a name with which we should be familiar and should want to know more about: Vice President Mike Pence.
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May 14, 2024 | 
christianitytoday.com | daniel darling
Last year I joined a group of Christian leaders, Black and white, on a tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture located in Washington, DC. Even though I've read quite a bit about slavery and Jim Crow, I was still physically and emotionally disturbed by the visual depictions of the systemic and violent ways in which people of color were treated for centuries of American history. There is no sugarcoating this history.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
churchleaders.com | daniel darling
In the last few years, there have been quite a few polemics published that slam evangelicalism. Some have had good but hard words we need to hear. But most suffer from the same problems which make their attempt at being prophetic fall on deaf ears:1) Self righteousness. Almost always the writer is convinced of his/her own moral rectitude and the depravity of everyone else. He/She has perfectly nailed the proper approach to, say, politics, while everyone else is wrong. Zero humility. 2) Resentment.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
fggam.org | Dewey Moede |daniel darling
This is an excellent message by Daniel Darling published by Lifeway Research with their permission. You may not agree with some of it, but I am confident you will take away something good from this message, I certainly did. I also posted below a message from Christian historian Bill Federer on, ‘Elections, Ballots and Voting.’ We must not take a blind eye to what is going around us. Church leaders need to equip their people to navigate the politics of an election year.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
research.lifeway.com | daniel darling
Church leaders need to equip their people to navigate the politics of an election year. And some guiding principles can serve pastors well. By Daniel DarlingThe calendar has turned over, and we are now in the thick of a political season in a presidential election year. Pastors around the country understand the gravity of this moment and want to lead their people well. So, what does that look like? Every church and every context is going to be a little different.
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Dec 24, 2023 | 
usatoday.com | daniel darling
In a Christmas Eve speech in 1941, delivered 17 days after the Japanese killed more than 2,300 Americans in a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt reflected on the appropriateness of celebrating Christmas in a time of war. "There are many men and women in America − sincere and faithful men and women − who are asking themselves this Christmas: How can we light our trees? How can we give our gifts?" the president said.
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Dec 24, 2023 | 
azcentral.com | daniel darling
Christmas is not about fake happiness or a plastic smile, nor is it naivete about the presence of evil. It's the beautiful reality of God with us. Even in our despair. Daniel DarlingOpinion contributorIn a Christmas Eve speech in 1941, delivered 17 days after the Japanese killed more than 2,300 Americans in a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt reflected on the appropriateness of celebrating Christmas in a time of war.
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | daniel darling |Brett McCracken |Kyle Richter |Mason Jones
Tuesday night was another blow to the pro-life movement as Ohio voted overwhelmingly to enshrine the right to abortion into its constitution. This was the seventh win out of seven such referenda, including in many conservative-leaning states. In Virginia, where Governor Glenn Youngkin promised to sign a 15-week limit on abortions, pro-life Republicans both failed to flip the Senate and also lost the House, largely on the strength of consistent pro-abortion messaging by Democrats.
