What to know, and other links

The posting of links does not constitute an endorsement of the sites linked, and not necessarily even agreement with the specific posts linked.

• What to know about the breakaway traditionalist Catholics defying Pope Leo XIV -- “The ultratraditionalist Society of St. Pius X is defying Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent at its seminary in Econe, Switzerland.”
• Waiting on the Wings -- “There are Texas sunsets—and then there’s the sunset I saw on the outskirts of San Antonio one evening: 15 million bats blotting out the sun.”
• The Palace in Paris -- “Maxey received a pardon from President Andrew Johnson after a personal vouch from Maxey’s U.S. Military Academy classmate and friend, Ulysses S. Grant.”
• Theological Triage: A Trojan Horse for Liberalism -- “Scripture gives no warrant for this. Theological triage is a man-made philosophy.”
• The Unscriptural Decline of Singing the Psalms in Churches -- “Roman Catholic inquisitors hunting the Waldenses frequently noted that they could identify them because even their uneducated peasants, weavers, and shoemakers would constantly sing the Psalms in their native tongue while working.”
• The National Museum of American History Has Become Wholly Un-American -- “Using the museum leaders’ own words, the report clearly documents how the museum has shifted its mission from history to woke activism.”
• The Impact of the First Democratic Nation in 1776 -- “There are only six countries on earth that do not claim to be democratic...Even states that have no intention of functioning as democracies feel the need to pretend that they do.”
• Should a church use a Christian web hosting company? -- “Many tech companies support causes and organizations that are in direct opposition to our beliefs and values.”
• Setting Realistic Expectations for Your Wife’s Ministry in the Church -- “...some members tend to press unnecessary expectations on pastors’ wives.”
• Regional body of United Methodist Church sues Highland Park UMC -- “A regional governing body of the United Methodist Church is accusing local church leadership in court documents of quietly trying to sever its connection with the conference and broader denomination.”
• Locked In, Cradle to Grave? -- “Facebook’s tone-deaf manner of colonizing the social space of children as the next frontier is consistent with its history of cringe-worthy decisions.”
• Gravestone Symbols of the American Revolution -- “If you’ve spent much time poking around old cemeteries in New England, you know that some of the most common gravestone symbols from the American Revolutionary era are the winged skull and the cherub or soul effigy.”
• “Draw Nigh unto My Soul”: English Baptist Piety and the Means of Grace in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- “Given this prominence of the Scriptures in the life of Baptists, it is not surprising that hearing the Word preached was regarded by them as a vital spiritual discipline...”
• Are you paying too much for your domain? -- “A very pervasive scam asks you to pay a ‘domain listing’ service or something similar. But they’re literally just scammers.”
• 10 Things You should Know about Tithing under the Mosaic Covenant -- “To give only 8% or to give 15% is equally permissible. Not to give at all, or to give disproportionately to your income (which is the case with most Christians today), or to give grudgingly, is indeed sin.”