{"id":3313,"date":"2019-07-24T23:14:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T04:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2019-07-25T11:53:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T16:53:18","slug":"run-sheet-for-july-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/run-sheet-for-july-25th","title":{"rendered":"Run Sheet for July 25th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/player.listenlive.co\/58341\">LISTEN LIVE AT 1:00 PM ET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>TODAY&#8217;S GUEST: <a href=\"https:\/\/glenntstanton.com\/\">Glenn T. Stanton<\/a><\/strong>, Director of Global Family Formation Studies at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.focusonthefamily.com\/about_us\/profiles\/glenn_stanton.aspx\">Focus on the Family<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/51jEW4zkA6L._SX322_BO1204203200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3321\" width=\"273\" height=\"425\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/glenn-t-stanton\/the-myth-of-the-dying-church\/9781546015161\/\"><em>The Myth of the Dying Church:<\/em><\/a><em> How Christianity is Actually Thriving in America and the World<\/em><ul><li>Biblical churches are holding strong<\/li><li>Liberal churches are hemorrhaging members<\/li><li>Global growth of Christianity is booming<\/li><li>Young adult attendance at biblically faithful churches is at a 50-year high<\/li><li><em>Nones<\/em> are not a new group of unbelievers<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Thom Rainer: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thomrainer.com\/2019\/07\/seven-reasons-for-optimism-in-the-american-church\/\">Seven Reasons for Optimism in Today&#8217;s Church<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li>Thom Rainer: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thomrainer.com\/2019\/07\/why-smaller-churches-are-making-a-comeback\/\">Why Smaller Churches are Making a Comeback<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>WSJ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cradles-pews-and-the-societal-shifts-coming-to-politics-11561382477\">Cradles, Pews, and the Societal Shifts Coming to Politics<\/a><ul><li><em>&#8220;The steady, long-term decline in church attendance is confirmed in the most recent Wall Street Journal\/NBC News poll. Just 29% of Americans now say they attend religious services once a week or more often. That is down from 41% in 2000.&#8221; <\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Jonathan Merritt: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2018\/11\/what-should-america-do-its-empty-church-buildings\/576592\/\">America&#8217;s Epidemic of Empty Churches<\/a><\/strong> <\/li><li>BARNA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barna.com\/research\/post-christian-cities-2019\/\">The most post-Christian cities in the United States<\/a><ul><li>16 criteria which identify a lack of Christian identity, belief and practice <\/li><li>Top 8 on <em>East Coast<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/07\/16\/new-poll-shows-growing-view-that-clergy-are-irrelevant\/\">New poll shows growing view that clergy are irrelevant<\/a><ul><li><em>&#8220;Comparable to lawyers, who rank near the bottom&#8221;<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">FOLLOW UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/ingrid-jacques\/2019\/07\/24\/jacques-conservative-views-cost-beauty-queen-her-crown\/1803046001\/\"><strong>Conservative views cost beauty queen her crown<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>&#8220;What happened to Zhu is emblematic of a troubling trend in a social media world where judgments are instantaneous and individuals are labeled without taking context into account.&#8221;<\/em><\/li><li>Original Story: <ul><li>CBSNEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/miss-michigan-winner-tweets-kathy-zhu-stripped-of-miss-michigan-2019-title-after-racist-insensitive-tweets-surface\/\">Kathy Zhu stripped of Miss Michigan 2019 title after racist tweets surface<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Alan Dershowitz: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/07\/24\/mueller-testimony-confusing-contradictory-alan-dershowitz-editorials-debates\/1822023001\/\">Mueller testimony was confusing and contradictory<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;&#8230; the report should no longer be called the Mueller report. It seems quite clear that Mueller himself did not play a major role in compiling it or writing its conclusions. He did not seem familiar with its content, nor was he able to answer proper questions.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Michael Goodwin: <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/07\/24\/muellers-testimony-equals-end-of-any-trump-impeachment-talk\/\">Mueller&#8217;s testimony equals end of any Trump impeachment talk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;&#8230;the 74-year old former FBI director was something of a figure-head for an investigation that was carried out by the team of zealots he \u00adassembled.&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;&#8230;the prosecutors were \u00adprimarily people who had donated to Hillary Clinton and other Democrats or who otherwise made known their support for her.&#8221; <\/li><li>&#8220;&#8230; much of [the Mueller Report] reads as if it were written by Trump-hating reporters from The New York Times.&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;&#8230;from start to finish, Trump was targeted by partisan law enforcement officials who had no business being on the case. And yet, despite a probe that ran a combined three years, involved hundreds of witnesses, thousands of subpoenas and surveillance on Trump associates and maybe the president himself, investigators could find nothing \u2014 nothing! \u2014 worthy of a criminal charge.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>USA TODAY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/07\/24\/mueller-testimony-fails-galvanize-nation-impeach-donald-trump-editorials-debates\/1812536001\/\">Mueller&#8217;s testimony fails to galvanize nation to impeach Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8230;Mueller&nbsp;provided&nbsp;no new firepower to Democrats trying to establish that Trump committed crimes. He&nbsp;reiterated that he didn&#8217;t find enough evidence to prove any criminal conspiracy between Russians and the Trump campaign.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the REAL investigation the media is ignoring&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/13\/us\/politics\/russia-investigation-justice-department-review.html\">Barr assigns US Attorney in Connecticut to review origins of Russia inquiry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">RNS: <em>(LIBERAL)<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/07\/24\/faith-groups-urge-state-department-to-abolish-new-unalienable-rights-commission\/\"><strong>Faith groups urge State Department to abolish new &#8216;unalienable&#8217; rights commission<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>&#8220;&#8230;this is in actuality an effort to provide intellectual top cover to what is really an exercise in circumscribing the rights of gay people and laying the foundation for a particular position within the abortion wars.\u201d<\/em> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">CT: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">Pew&#8217;s Religious Literacy Survey: A<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">m<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">e<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">r<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">i<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">c<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">a<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">n<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">&#8216;<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">s<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\"> <\/a><\/strong><strong><a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">w<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\"> <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">r<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">e<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">l<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">i<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">g<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">i<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">o<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">n best <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">h<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">o<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">l<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">d<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\"> <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">w<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">o<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">r<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">s<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">e<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\"> <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">v<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">i<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">e<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">ws<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\"> <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">o<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">f<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\"> <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">E<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">v<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">a<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">n<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">g<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">e<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">l<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">i<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">c<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">a<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\">l<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/evangelicals-know-religious-literacy-pew-quiz.html\"><strong>s<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>&#8220;While few in the US can parse Protestant theology or define the prosperity gospel, evangelicals were among the top-performing faith groups in a religious literacy quiz, ranking after Jews, atheists, and agnostics and above other Christian affiliations and religious nones.&#8221; <\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">CT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2018\/october\/what-do-christians-believe-ligonier-state-theology-heresy.html\"><strong>Ligonier Ministries State of Theology Survey reveals &#8220;a surprising number of evangelicals&nbsp;affirm heretical beliefs&#8221; <\/strong><\/a><br><br>CT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2018\/october\/evangelicals-favorite-heresies-ligonier-theology-survey.html\"><strong>Evangelicals &#8220;favorite heresies&#8221; as revealed in Ligonier&#8217;s 2018 State of Theology Survey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/memorial-honoring-fallen-police-officers-removed-after-reference-to-lord-sparks-controversy.html\"><strong>Memorial honoring fallen police officers removed from city property after protests over &#8220;A Police Officer&#8217;s Prayer&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/136315_w_760.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/136315_w_760.png 760w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/136315_w_760-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/136315_w_760-439x300.png 439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.policepoems.com\/APoliceOfficersPrayer.htm\">A Police Officer&#8217;s Prayer<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Jerry Falwell, Jr. to CNN: &#8220;I&#8217;m a college president and lawyer.&#8221; Implies he&#8217;s NOT a &#8220;Christian leader.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erinburnett\/status\/786497319193698304\">VIDEO<\/a><\/li><li>WP: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2019\/06\/28\/liberty-graduate-i-am-troubled-by-jerry-falwell-jrs-treatment-russell-moore\/?utm_term=.2c2191564956\">As a Liberty graduate, I am troubled by Jerry Falwell Jr.\u2019s treatment of Russell Moore <\/a><\/li><li>ARCHIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/relevantmagazine.com\/current\/jerry-falwell-jr-tweeted-a-crude-message-to-david-platt-following-trump-drama\/\">Tells Christian Pastor David Platt to <em>&#8220;grow a pair&#8221;<\/em><\/a><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2019\/jun\/6\/jerry-falwell-jr-deletes-tweet-telling-va-pastor-d\/\">Later deletes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/trump_falwell.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/trump_falwell.png 600w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/trump_falwell-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/trump_falwell-334x300.png 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John MacArthur: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gty.org\/library\/blog\/B180822\">&#8220;Evangelicals of our generation seem pathologically addicted to the sin of desiring the praise of men.&#8221;<\/a><br><br><strong>Pete Wehner:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2019\/07\/evangelical-christians-face-deepening-crisis\/593353\/\">The Deepening Crisis in Evangelical Christianity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Jerry Tweets:<\/strong> &#8220;I have never been a minister. UVA-trained lawyer and commercial real estate developer&#8230;&#8221; Boasts about accomplishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bumper_rockin_robin.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>He rocks in the treetops all day long<br>Hoppin&#8217; and a-boppin&#8217; and singing his song<br>All the little birds on Jaybird Street<br>Love to hear the robin go tweet-tweet-tweet <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"804\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/falwell_tweet_2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/falwell_tweet_2.png 804w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/falwell_tweet_2-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/falwell_tweet_2-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/falwell_tweet_2-500x257.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Because, of course, only ministers, and not lawyers and commercial real estate developers who profess to be Christians, are required to behave like Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/falwell_tweet_3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/falwell_tweet_3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/falwell_tweet_3-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/falwell_tweet_3-500x237.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Let your speech always&nbsp;be gracious,&nbsp;seasoned with salt,&nbsp;so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.&#8221;<\/strong> [Colossians 4:6]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Oh. 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