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Intentionally Empty Churches?

Jan 31, 2022John StonestreetChristianityChristianity, Church, COVID-19

*John Stonestreet, Radio Host and Director of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview*

Many churches have shut their doors in the face of Covid, but one large church in Denver hasn’t just shut their doors; they’ve sold them. According to Christianity Today, “The Potter’s House Denver will sell its property in Arapahoe County and continue to worship exclusively online.”

We often hear that because the Church isn’t a building, it doesn’t matter whether it meets in one. But trading in-person worship for an online experience misses what the Church actually is. It isn’t just a place for individual contemplation on “spiritual things.” That’s not the Christianity of the Bible but the pietism of Gnosticism. Embodied worship is an essential part of a Christian worldview.

If our faith is the sort of thing we can live out alone, never needing the presence of others, then are we truly still the Church? The Church is the ecclesia, the called ones, the gathered ones, the community of the saints of God. If we aren’t a “we,” we are not the Church.

Marijuana Linked to Increased Driving While High, Traffic Injuries

Jan 27, 2022Jerry CoxMarijuana, VideoMarijuana, Video

A new study out of Canada shows marijuana legalization is linked to increases in driving while high as well as in traffic injuries.

Watch this video to learn more.

Poll Finds Vast Majority of Americans Believe Abortion Should Be Illegal in Most or All Cases

Jan 26, 2022Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

A new survey released last week by Marist Poll shows that most Americans believe abortion should be either completely illegal or legal only under certain circumstances.

The findings track closely with past surveys by Marist, Gallup, CBS, and other pollsters.

Marist surveyed 1,004 adults from January 4 – January 9, 2022.

The poll found overall, 71% of Americans support restrictions on abortion — in other words, 71% of Americans believe abortion ought to be either completely illegal or legal only in some cases.

The poll also found:

55% of those surveyed consider themselves Pro-Choice.
54% oppose using tax dollars to pay for abortions.
61% of said the U.S. Supreme Court should either prohibit abortion or let states pass their own abortion restrictions.
Only 26% of adults under age 40 support abortion on demand.

As we have written time and again, most Americans oppose abortion on demand. — especially in Arkansas.

Seventy-nine percent of Arkansans surveyed last fall said abortion ought to be completely illegal or legal only under certain circumstances, and a growing number of communities in Arkansas have passed resolutions affirming that they are Pro-Life.

Most Arkansans support protections for unborn children.

Protecting the lives of unborn children has always been something that Family Council is committed to. We look forward to continuing protecting the lives of the unborn in the future.