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Sail through the flood of information with our weekly Resurgence Roundups. Each Friday, we will share a list of articles across ministry tribes that our team has found helpful with the hope of serving you well.

“Killing Jesus,” by Tim Challies

“Jesus’ life is not mere history. He also claimed to be God’s Son and his followers claimed that in his life and death he had done something unique and, literally, world-changing. The same Bible that describes Jesus’ life, also interprets and explains it. And this is the story the authors do not tell.”

“What’s next: A manifesto for an impending cultural battle,” by E.J. Graff

Newsweek

“Once we can marry the person whom we love, are we done agitating for political change under the rainbow flag? In a word, no. For starters, there are still policy areas beyond marriage to take care of...[Such as] battling back against the problematic idea, promoted under the phrase ‘religious liberty,’ that anyone with a religious reason for not wanting to treat LGBT folks as fully human should be excused from following anti-discrimination laws.”

“Experiment that convinced me online porn is the most pernicious threat facing children today,” by Martin Daubney

MailOnline

“Most of these children had just hit puberty and some were clearly still children: wide-eyed, nervous, with high-pitched voices…[But] it turned out that the children's extensive knowledge of porn terms was not only startling, it superseded that of every adult in the room - including the sex education consultant himself.”

“Saving our locker rooms,” by Brandon McGinley

The Public Discourse

“California Governor Jerry Brown recently garnered headlines for signing a bill requiring all public schools to permit students to use the restrooms, locker rooms, and other personal facilities that correspond with their ‘gender identity.’ The purpose of the law is to ensure that transgender Californians can use facilities corresponding to the sex they perceive themselves to be, rather than the one they appear to be.”

“Fleecing citizens: Report exposes deception behind government-sponsored casinos,” by David Blankenhorn

Institute for American Values

“‘Partly a civics lesson, partly a study in New York history, and partly a call to conscience,’ said William A. Johnson, former mayor of Rochester and a retired professor of public policy at the Rochester Institute of Technology, ‘this report should be read be every New Yorker before making up his or her mind on the casino issue.’"

ICYMI

Here are the posts we’ve put out here on Resurgence in the last seven days:

• “Dear discouraged mom,” by Kimm Crandall
• “What I wish I’d known about energy, family, and mistakes,” by Josh Reich
• “Why I made a ‘worship’ record,” by Dustin Kensrue
• “Riot evangelism,” by Mark Driscoll
• “What I wish I’d known about truth-worship, men, and more,” by James MacDonald
• “How our body image struggles give up ground to the enemy,” by Lanna Andersen
• “The 25-year-old teenager,” by Mark Driscoll

Friends From @TheResurgence

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— ChadManbeck (@chadmanbeck) September 27, 2013

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— Mary Butler (@marykailah) October 1, 2013

Our faith has to be public. You don’t need to be rude about it, but you do need to be honest. | via @theResurgence http://t.co/FBQf9PRrxQ

— Mark Myles (@markmyles) October 1, 2013

 

“Dustin Kensrue ‘Rejoice’ Acoustic”

Pastor Dustin Kensrue and crew recorded an acoustic version of his song "Rejoice" for those who want to play a more stripped-down version at your church. Stay tuned to the album page, Twitter, and Facebook as more are released. 

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