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Jan 7, 2025 | reformedjournal.com | Sarah Wells

“We are going to put on the armor of God,” Kari Lake, the Arizona Republican candidate for Senate said to cheering supporters. “And maybe strap on a Glock on the side of us just in case.” — “Kari Lake Urges Supporters to Arm Themselves Ahead of Election,” NYTimes.com, April 16, 2024On the night he was supposed to be betrayed, Jesusstrapped on a Glock under his cloak, just in casethe breastplate of righteousness didn’t hold up.

Dec 2, 2024 | reformedjournal.com | Dave Larsen

As he aged, his beard, mustache, and hair became so thoroughly white that he could pass for Colonel Sanders of fried chicken fame. He was often reminded of the similarity, and didn’t mind. He relished the air of celebrity it brought him. Raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran, he had a conversion experience through the Salvation Army. A friend from the army invited him to a service, where he went forward and gave his life to Jesus. Before long, he learned to play the trumpet and joined the band.

Nov 27, 2024 | reformedjournal.com | Craig Mattson |Josh Larsen

Fear Not!: A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies Published by Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers in pp / $19.00 Paperback / 978-1666738520 My conservative Protestant upbringing obliged a narrow range of 1970s mainstays like The Muppet Show and CHiPs. But wait. Even typing those titles provokes another, very different viewing experience. I am, what, maybe ten years old, standing and staring at a television screen at my friend Robbie’s house.

Nov 4, 2024 | reformedjournal.com | Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

When I asked a group of 15 people in a workshop to make a list of words they could no longer use comfortably in church or at extended family gatherings or with neighbors or the general public, every one of them came up with 10 to 15 words within three minutes. The words they listed, and we talked about, were ones they had found were “triggers”–words that changed the mood of a conversation like ink dropped into water before much more could be said to clarify or nuance an opinion.

Oct 24, 2024 | reformedjournal.com | Adam Perez |Leah Payne

God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music Published by ‎ Oxford University Press in 256pp / $29.95 / 978-0197555248 Leah Payne’s God Gave Rock and Roll To You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music chronicles the confluence of evangelical, Pentecostal, and charismatic networks through the lens of Contemporary Christian Music, or CCM.