{"id":20556,"date":"2026-03-30T23:27:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=20556"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:24:22","slug":"journal-of-the-week-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=20556","title":{"rendered":"Journal of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>3\/31\/2026 Tuesday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David Bahnsen is sympathetic to Doug Wilson's Christian Nationalism<\/strong> cause. It's not surprising when someone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahnsen.com\/etcetera-etcetera\/serrated-edge-for-me-but-not-for-thee#:~:text=Why%20should%20Doug%20Wilson%20be%20penalized%20for,reacted%20to%20the%20Trump%20moment%20by%20favorably\">offered<\/a> you (not too surprising also if your father was a famous figure) prayers or was involved in raising you when you were young: <em>...in the thirty years of my adult life since my father died, I could count on one hand how many times a Pastor has offered to pray for me and pray with me...<\/em> and that your father's been accused similarly as Wilson. He's only following the already public critics of Wilson (Serrated Edge-colorful language only for non-Christians but not fellow Christians, women should not vote, slavery, etc.) and couldn't go deeper perhaps for fear of ruining their relationship. <strong>Not impressed<\/strong>. What Wilson truly lacks, is a Gospel centered life, while masking himself in the comfort of American (not divine) heritage and blessings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3\/29\/2026 Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing wrong with churches with their modern music in order to appease younger generation is that they do not cite their sources. So I am going to just use a recorder to figure out whose songs they are singing. Today it's <strong>Chris Tomlin's Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Tomlin - Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y-4NFvI5U9w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eleni's going to like this one: <strong>CityAlight - Ancient of Days<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CityAlight \u2013 Ancient of Days (Live)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PPpGphzScjA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Keith &amp; Kristyn <strong>Getty's Christ Our Hope in Life and Death<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christ Our Hope in Life and Death (Official Lyric Video) - Keith &amp; Kristyn Getty, Matt Papa\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OibIi1rz7mw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another song that Crossroads love to sing but not today is <strong>Matt Maher - Lord, I Need You (Official Lyric Video)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matt Maher - Lord, I Need You (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LuvfMDhTyMA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3\/31\/2026 Tuesday David Bahnsen is sympathetic to Doug Wilson's Christian Nationalism cause. 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