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The Daily Article

Christian football coach Joe Kennedy to be reinstated: Three ways to fulfill our "one purpose"

The Daily Article

The Denison Forum

Christianity, Daily News, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Christian Coach Joe Kennedy will be reinstated as a high school football coach after he was fired seven years ago for leading prayers on the field after games. Critics alleged that he was forcing his faith on his students, which violates the cardinal virtues of our postmodern culture: tolerance and inclusion. So how can Christians best share our faith with such a skeptical culture?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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0:00.0

Today is Friday, October the 28th, 2022, and welcome to the Daily Article podcast.

0:09.9

Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum.

0:15.5

There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

0:21.6

Acts 412.

0:22.6

Coach Joseph Kennedy will be reinstated as a high school football coach after he was fired

0:28.6

seven years ago for leading prayers on the field after games.

0:33.6

This, after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with him last June, critics alleged that he was forcing

0:39.9

his faith on his students, which violates the cardinal virtues of our postmodern culture, tolerance, and inclusion.

0:47.6

Such inclusion is on display now in the UK after Rishi Sunak became the first British Prime Minister of Color and, as a Hindu, the first non-Christian.

0:56.7

Britain now has a Christian king, a Hindu prime minister, a Muslim mayor of London,

1:02.7

and a leader of the opposition who married into a Jewish family.

1:07.2

In other news, the Associated Press reports that a record number of LGBTQ candidates are running for office and notes that some breakthrough victories are likely.

1:17.6

Meanwhile, the Presbyterian Church USA will add a non-binary gender queer category to official church statistics.

1:26.6

If you disagree, many will say that you are homophobic

1:29.5

and as dangerous to society as if you were a member of the KKK. One more related story,

1:36.4

Hugh Research Center and the General Social Survey agree that the percentage of religiously

1:42.1

unaffiliated Americans is higher than ever before.

1:45.8

Only 63% of Americans consider themselves to be Christians, declining from 90% in 1972.

1:53.2

29% are religiously unaffiliated, up from 5% in 1972.

2:00.3

Does the growing number of people with no faith grieve you?

2:03.6

If not, why not?

2:05.6

We have focused this week on the privilege and necessity of being bold and public with our faith.

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