First, chairs were put up at local coffee shops, as Texas Governor Greg Abbott suggested that only 50 people should gather all restaurants and bars. As the coronavirus situation became more desperate, bars were closed and restaurants were limited to drive through or pickup only. Now, beginning at 5:00 PM on April 7, all Texas State Parks and historical sites will be closed, per a press release on the State of Texas website. “Given the myriad of challenges and heightened risks of operating the parks at this time, we believe this is the best course of action right now in order to meet the health and safety expectations the state has set out for the citizens of Texas,” said Carter Smith, Executive Director of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Read MoreTrump… has, in effect, moved from a president that potentially bungled a response during a time of crisis, or the president of a failing economy, to a figurehead to rally behind in the midst of a catastrophe.
Read MoreAfter sending five fragments to Germany’s Federal Institute for Materials Research, the museum announced… that all five fragments were likely forgeries. By November 2019, Loll and her team unanimously agreed that all sixteen fragments appeared to be forgeries.
Read MoreIn this series’ efforts to critically analyze serious errors of Federal Vision theology… it is important that we strive to honor the manner in which the term “Reformed” has been used and understood within its historical context.
Read MoreEven if the reform conservative movement is dead (which would be a tragedy if it truly is), the principles that it championed will make the GOP and the conservative movement a true governing majority in a country that desperately needs one.
Read More…[P]roduction value overtakes any biblical quality. In other words, it becomes nothing more than a performance; another concert judged by the “feels” it produces.
Read MoreWhen our neighborhood is crying out in fear and buying out shelves of groceries, this is no time to further agitate those around you. Or condemn them as less faithful. Or deride them as gullible saps. How are we to make our compassion contagious?
Read MoreArt festivals displaying the supposed beauty of LGBTQ+ relationships are now displayed proudly inside the walls of buildings owned by supposed churches. The goal, Memorial [Church] says, is to spread beauty. But, if LGBTQ+ relationships are sinful, can they be beautiful?
Read More“…At 18 I made the decision to have an abortion and it haunted me for 17 years. I don’t want to see others have to walk through the same hell.”
Read MoreThus, whether it be contemporary indigenous rights movements, the LGBTQI+ agenda, contemporary environmentalism, or radical feminism, all of these ideologies are applications of the Marxist doctrines of oppression and exploitation.
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