Tuesday Morning Briefing (Jan. 14, 2025)

Today I'll be talking about:
1. A new movie depicting Jesus, targeting men who love mixed martial arts: https://www.carpentermovie.com/
2. Another report indicating the UMC is NOT on board with progressivism: https://religionunplugged.com/news/2024/10/10/how-40-protestant-denominations-voted-in-the-last-four-presidential-elections
3. Some footage from Nigeria, celebrating their new bishop, John Pena Auta
4. A thoughtful tweet from Mark Tooley
5. The debut of a new UMC Center for LGBTQ folks, funded by apportionments: https://juicyecumenism.com/2024/10/10/lgbtq-united-methodist/

Today I hope to talk about:

1. Progressive Intolerance of the Wesley Covenant Prayer - “Wesley’s Covenant Prayer in a Post-Christian Context” by Jeremy Smith of Hacking Christianity - https://hackingchristianity.net/2016/12/wesleys-covenant-prayer-in-a-post-christian-context.html?
2. Progressives Are Just Openly Mocking Christ at this Point - “Dancing Weirdly for the Sake of Justice” by Sarah Howell - https://sarahshowell.substack.com/p/dancing-weirdly-for-the-sake-of-justice
3. “At Belin centennial, members debate split with United Methodists” by Chris Sokoloski - https://coastalobserver.com/at-belin-centennial-members-debate-split-with-united-methodists/
4. Trans pastor likens Transfiguration to transsexuality - https://x.com/Protestia/status/1878090056243544482

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