Written by Jared C. Wilson |
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Treasured legacies are not really made in a few years or even in one’s own lifetime, but rather in the enduring impact of a life — even a short life — on the church or the ongoing fruit of one’s work through subsequent decades. There are reasons we are still reading the figures from 2,000 years of church history today. Their words have proven helpful, formative, or otherwise impressive through the ages. That’s the kind of wisdom I want to lean into more and more.

It seems every couple of months now the evangelical world is wrestling with the moral implosion or other kind of disqualification of yet another church leader. And while our first priority ought to be justice and healing for any victims of these leaders, one subject that inevitably comes up is what to do with all of these leaders’ works. Should we read their books any more? What do we do with all the ways they’ve informed or ministered to us through their preaching and writing?
The endorsements printed on the back cover of Paul Tripp’s 2012 book Dangerous Calling now serves as an ironic reminder of how many of our vaunted figures stand on feet of clay. Some of these “falls” we probably should have seen coming. Others startle us. I don’t know about you, but I am weary of having this rug pulled out from under me. There are more than a few quotes from fallen leaders I wish I could go back and take out of my books and past sermons.
Now, the solution, I don’t think, is that we no longer pay attention to living ministers! Loving the brethren necessarily means hoping and believing all things. I don’t think gracious discernment entails embracing a spirit of cynicism and suspicion about everybody. And as one who continues to be blessed by numerous colleagues in local and public ministry, I plan to continue enjoying that blessing. And as one who hopes to continue preaching and writing, I sure hope the solution is never paying attention to the living!
But there are still some reasons why it may be wise to prioritize the wisdom of those saints who have gone before us, who have already passed into glory. I’ve begun intentionally prioritizing the voices of departed brothers and sisters in my own work. I have a book coming out later this fall in which the vast majority of quotes from Christian works comes from departed saints.
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State Farm originally denied claims that it was encouraging agents to donate LGBTQ+ books to schools and libraries, but confirmed its involvement once confronted with the original email, as well as a screenshot of a school’s Facebook post thanking State Farm for donating the set of books. 

Following public outcry, State Farm Insurance said it has ended support for a project designed to place gender ideology books in children’s schools and in libraries.
A leaked State Farm email from January, addressed to the insurer’s agents in Florida, asked for volunteers to donate leftist gender ideology children’s books to local schools, community centers, and libraries to help “increase representation of LGBTQ+ books and support our communities in having challenging, important and empowering conversations with children age 5+.”
The initiative, discovered and exposed Monday by Consumers’ Research, involved partnering with the GenderCool Project with the ultimate goal of recruiting 550 State Farm agents and employees around the country to distribute sets of gender ideology books—“A Kids Book About Being Transgender,” “A Kids Book About Being Inclusive,” and “A Kids Book About Being Non-Binary.”
The publisher, A Kids Co., has taken on a woke narrative with many of its topics—racism, white supremacy, climate change, feminism, and identity, among others.
Due to media exposure and the ensuing public backlash, State Farm claims it is no longer affiliated with the GenderCool Project in distributing LGBTQ+ literature to schools and libraries, saying “conversations about gender and identity should happen at home with parents.” It adds, “We don’t support required curriculum in schools on this topic.”
However, State Farm stands behind the motivation for its initiative “intended to promote inclusivity” and pledged that it will “continue to explore how we can support organizations that provide tools and resources that align with our commitment to diversity and inclusion.”
While State Farm says it has halted support for GenderCool’s project to place gender identity books in schools and libraries, it said that it still supports “organizations providing resources for parents to have these conversations.”
The Daily Signal reached out to the GenderCool Project to ascertain whether State Farm still financially supports the organization as a whole, but did not receive a response.
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Written by J.A. Medders |
Sunday, March 31, 2024
This was a grave. But now it’s just a rock. This was the shortest-running graveyard in human history, going out of business in three days. The stone was repossessed by the risen King. The angel sitting on the stone shows us that it’s time to rejoice that Christ “has risen, just as he said” (Matthew 28:6). There isn’t a dead man here. Let’s all rest in Christ. 

The resurrection of Jesus deserves our constant attention. It is a marvel, a joy-igniting truth that Jesus is alive. My soul is strengthened every time I read the end of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. And in a recent reading of Matthew, I was gripped by something I hadn’t seen before.
At the beginning of Matthew 28, he tells us about an angel’s actions:
“There was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.” Matthew 28:2
An angel rips into our dimension with a sonic boom, rattles the earth, and hovers in front of the tomb where Christ was laid. The angel rolls up his sleeves and rolls back the stone. Then, the angel’s supernatural action is followed by a casual one.
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