DAILY NEWSLETTER: Will Smith warned about the devil by Denzel Washington after slapping Chris Rock at Oscars

Published: Tue, 03/29/22

3/29/22

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IN THE NEWS

Getting ‘More Christians Into Politics’ Is the Wrong Christian Goal

For my Evangelical readers, let me begin with a quick question. If I told you that the chief of staff to the former president of the United States was a committed Christian, would you think that a good thing?...

Family, with all its messiness, takes spotlight at Oscars

Sunday’s Academy Awards saw some surprising wins, but the most memorable event of the evening happened toward the end when actor Will Smith walked onto the stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock’s mouth....

Will Smith warned about the devil by Denzel Washington after slapping Chris Rock at Oscars

Will Smith made headlines Sunday after slapping comedian Chris Rock across the face at the Academy Awards and apologizing for the physical altercation during his Oscar acceptance speech for best actor....

Many Faith Traditions Outpace U.S. Average in Support of LGBTQ Protection Laws

Many faith traditions in the U.S. have a higher percentage of adherents supporting laws to protect LGBGTQ persons from discrimination than the national average, according to a report from the Public Religion Research Institute published March 17....

If you’ve never heard of the subminimum wage, the corporate PR campaign is working

The fight for equality is a war of words as much as a war of ideologies. One of the reasons more of us do not know about the inhumane impacts of policies like the subminimum wage is that corporate PR minimizes them. It is a strategy that works much like a cartoon Dan Piraro created a few years ago....

FROM FAITH ON VIEW

Opinion | Christians and the Arts: A Call to Storm the Gates

Michelangelo, Tolkien, Milton, Bach, Bonhoeffer: painter, author, poet, composer, theologian, respectively. What do they all have in common? They stormed the gates of hell with their artistic works and creative thoughts which influenced their contemporary cultures....

Medical advocate: Transhumanism, Christianity incompatible

The materialism of transhumanism is incompatible with the spirituality of Christianity. That’s the argument that lawyer and ethicist Wesley J. Smith put forward in in a March 24 essay in First Things, a journal about religion and public life in America....

Texas teen: God helped me survive tornado

A 16-year-old Texan miraculously survived after getting caught in the middle of a tornado while he was returning from a job interview. Riley Leon of Elgin, Texas was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado when storms swept through southeastern Texas last week....

COMMENTARY

Defending Will Smith’s Oscars Violence is a Bad Decision

If you weren’t watching it live you’ve seen it by now. While presenting at the Academy Awards, comedian Chris Rock makes a joke at the expense of actress Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head (Smith has been open about the emotional trauma Alopecia has caused her)....

Feminism: Incompatible with Trinitarian Thought?

Feminist theology challenges orthodox Christian teaching, including the doctrine of the Trinity. A challenge to the triune nature of God has an effect upon the way Christians pray in times of vulnerability....

Progressives Seem Willing to Erase Women. Are We Going to Let Them?

According to the NCAA, Lia Thomas is a national champion. After touching the wall first at the conclusion of the 500-yard freestyle, Thomas’s win was heralded by ESPN, The New York Times, and CNN as historic....

The Words of Eternal Life

About 36 years ago God intervened in my life with eternal results. He called me to Himself. He regenerated me. He justified me. He sanctified me. He adopted me. He changed me forever. However, I was a baby Christian....

Expressive Individualism and the Church

There is a real danger for Christians as they assess many modern developments regarding the human person—whether matters of sex and sexuality, abortion, euthanasia, or simply what we might call the generally self-centered nature of modern consumerist life....

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