Mark Tooley

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  Aug 4, 2022

  Churches and definition of marriage in civil laws

  There is a tendency for some traditional Christians not to engage in this issue because it is viewed as politically settled. But The Church has timeless and universal teachings that transcend political seasons. The definition of marriage both inside the church and in wider society is such an issue.

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  Jul 28, 2022

  John Brown no model for Christian engagement

  Christians should, amid our own sins and limitations, seek wisdom and knowledge for advancing approximate justice whenever possible through providentially patient and peaceful collaboration. John Brown only models what to avoid: violent and zealous self-assurance.

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  Jul 1, 2022

  Abortion and Methodist split

  Official United Methodism’s unserious reaction to the overthrow of Roe v. Wade will help Methodists find clarity for the days of choosing ahead.

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  Jun 15, 2022

  Polls and God’s elect

  Whatever the questions, no poll can accurately tell us how many faithful people God has in America or anywhere. But Barna does remind us that the Church’s teaching office must always strive harder. And we all are called to know and witness to Him better.

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  May 17, 2022

  Tim Keller: Right or wrong?

  God has powerfully used Tim Keller, just as He used Billy Graham, and millions of others who were incomplete as individuals but who collectively comprise God’s Church across time and culture. Whom will He use next? Of course, all of us are chiefly called to ask ourselves: How is He using me?

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  Apr 29, 2022

  Don’t celebrate the decline of mainline churches

  The whole world, to the extent it benefits from America’s political and economic capital, can thank, at least partly, Mainline Protestantism. Its failures and decline of the last half century don’t negate its unprecedented accomplishments of the previous three centuries.

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  Mar 4, 2022

  Vacuous prayers for Ukraine

  U.S. church pronouncements about international affairs often are detached, anodyne, and sometimes surreal.

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  Feb 15, 2022

  The New York Times' Evangelicals

  The Times has long had totemic status often beyond reality. So there’s no surprise that David Brooks’ recent Times piece on reformers within Evangelicalism got wide response.

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  Jan 11, 2022

  10 influential Protestants for me

  These ten Protestants have influenced me. Who’s influenced you?

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  Dec 29, 2021

  Bishop Tutu, God and democracy

  Bishop Tutu believed in and witnessed to that Creator in his struggle against Apartheid and for a just and merciful transracial South Africa. All who hope for a more decent world, where liberty is cherished more than control, should always recall his message of truth and forgiveness.