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Check out this helpful post from Al Mohler on Saturday evening's civil forum at Saddleback. "With the press pushing the event as a "new face" for American evangelicals, I was not overly hopeful. Given the hype, I was positively unhopeful. But . . . the event turned to be quite worthwhile after all...
Some books never lose their relevance. Here is one that could have been written yesterday: Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen . You can get this classic now for just $6.50. It is a book I highly recommend. During the 1930's Machen was one of the most notable New Testament scholars in...
Check out some of the new links in the "Bible and Theology" section of this blog. Among the new links are: Best Commentaries New Testam ent Gateway Religion Online
I must confess that I watched the Saddleback forum with Senators McCain and Obama rather reluctantly. I am not a fan of most politicians and televised "debates" are usually not debates at all. But the Saddleback forum was different. Rather than having one minute to avoid answering a direct question...
Check out this article by Al Mohler on the diminishing belief in hell among evangelicals. "Undoubtedly, much of this can be traced to currents in the larger culture, where non-judgmentalism, a therapeutic view of life, and a thoroughly modern view of fairness lead many to reject hell as a place of...
At Saturday evening's Saddleback forum Senator Obama asserted that under George Bush abortions in the U.S. have not declined. Actually, abortions in the U.S. are at their lowest rate in decades. Check out this story from U.S. News and World Report . "The actual number of abortions dropped to a new...
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I just watched the forum at Saddleback with John McCain and Barrack Obama. In my mind there is absolutely no comparison between the two candidate's performance this evening. I will let you imagine who I believe won the day. One of the men displayed a great deal of moral clarity and leadership while...
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Check out this good post from Creed or Chaos on Richard Dawkins' self-contradictory conundrum.
Check out this article in The Wall Street Journal by John Fund. "It turns out that while in the Illinois legislature, he voted against a bill that would have defined a fully born baby who survived an abortion as a "person." The concept isn't that controversial even among liberal Democrats. Senator...
Check out this powerful article in, of all places, Charisma Magazine concerning Todd Bentley.
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Things have been goofy in Lakeland, Florida in recent months. Todd Bentley, the charismatic revivalist, prophet, and healer has brought his lunacy to Ignited Church. Check out this article in Christianity Today . This points out the danger of, among other things, the spiritual subjectivism that is...
Check out this story from Fox News about the remarkable conversion to Christ of the son of a prominent Hamas leader.
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This promotion from Rod Parsley is just another reminder of how bad hermenuetics and bad theology leads to bad practice. At what point are the people in these prosperity churches going to finally say, "The only one it's working for is the guy we're giving all our money to!"? Also, instead of "sow...
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn was not only a towering intellect but a courageous man. Check out these tributes: Albert Mohler He was born in 1918, the very year following the Soviet Revolution. That same year the Communist Party began to create an extensive system of political prisons and concentration...
Check out Tim Challies's review of Don Piper's "90 Minutes in Heaven."
I am letting you know up front that this post is going to make some of you mad. You will accuse me of being judgmental, critical, skeptical, etc. And, to a certain extent, you would be right. However, as someone called to be in service to the truth I believe I have to speak out when the church is...
Check out this story on prosperity false teacher Kenneth Copeland. Copeland, one of the leaders of the heretical word-faith movement has grown fabulously wealthy by peddling his fasle doctrines to uninformed and uneducated masses. He has grown rich on the multiplied millions of crumbs sent in by...
I have posted on the division within the Anglican Communion before and will continue to because it is an historic and decisive moment in the body of Christ. Our brothers and sisters within the Anglican Communion who are holding fast to the Gospel and biblical standards of morality are taking a...
I have often joked about my desire to write a book about Heaven entitled "Your Worst Life Now" with a picture of me frowning on the cover. As I study for Sunday's message on Jesus' transfiguration from Luke 9 I cannot help but think that we all have a little bit of Simon Peter in our hearts - We...
One of my favorite magazines is First Things edited by Richard John Neuhaus. While I have some rather serious theological differences with Neuhaus, a Roman Catholic priest, I am nevertheless an admirer of his outstanding magazine. In the latest issue Neuhaus critiques the recently released An...
The World-wide Anglican Communion has been suffering in recent years from deep divisions. The Anglican communion of Africa, which is growing holds to the historic Christian (biblical) faith. The Anglican leaders of Africa have also stood firm in their opposition to the normalizing of homosexuality...
There is no small amount of anxiety in some evangelical circles concerning the continuing relevancy of the church. In a modification of Gandhi’s famous words we are told that people “like our Jesus but they don’t like our church.” In response to the current attitudes about the church within the...
Check out the Summer Sale at Westminster Seminary Book Store . There are some great deals available. A few of my recommendations: The Literary Study Bible Things That Cannot Be Shaken Engaging the Doctrine of God The Devoted Life Total Truth Breaking The Idols of Your Heart What Jesus Demands of...
Check out this story from Fox News: Jeff Harlow, the senior pastor at Crossroads Community Church, broke his wrist when he lost control of the motorcycle at the start of Sunday's second service, driving off a 5-foot platform and into the vacant first row of seats. He underwent surgery on the wrist...
"The Gospel brings for admittance to the very door of our heart, an affection which once seated upon its throne, will either subordinate every previous inmate, or bid it away...In the Gospel we so behold God, as that we may love God. It is then, and then only, when God stands revealed as an object...
Over at Reformation 21 Sean Lucas has written an interesting post concerning Joel Osteen's massive popularity. Along the way Lucas helps us reflect on what we truly value about the Gospel. Here is a portion: I think the driving reason that Osteen is hugely popular is that he sells hope. Books like...
“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” - John 17: 20-21a Jesus makes it very clear that He...
Check out this helfpul marriage book comparison chart produced by Nine Marks Ministries. It also includes reviews of the books. Good stuff.
The subject of Hell is often avoided in the church's pulpits. Evangelicals seem to be ashamed of the doctrine of Hell. Even those who profess to believe in the reality of Hell will often subvert or soften what the Bible actually teaches about the destiny of those outside of Christ. Take time to...
Check out this review of "The Shack" by Tim Challies.
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Tullian Tchividjian has posted some moving thoughts on two of evangelicalism's most important theologians: J.I. Packer and Roger Nicole. Neither of these men are long for this world and so it is important for the church to recognize their impact and continue to be challenged by their lives. They...
If the whole emerging/emergent church movement seems to escape you then check out this article by Doug Brown over at Sharper Iron .
http://youtube.com/v/rEMUn4KEVe8 This is a fitting follow-up to the previous post. J.I. Packer, the dean of evangelical theologians in our day is also a life-long Anglican. He speaks with grace and clarity to the issue of homosexuality.
http://youtube.com/v/SIp19SjXCJw Gene Robinson the openly homosexual Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire was publically denounced recently in London. The slow clapping you hear in the background is not support for the protestor but a way to drown out his calls for repentance.
Acts 6:1-7 (Cont.) 3. The Principles a) Issues of unity must be dealt with immediately and sensitively. I love the fact that the apostles did not try to cover up the problem. Neither did they try to solve it behind closed doors. When the unity of the body of Christ is threatened it ought to be...
Acts 6:1-7 (cont.) 2. The Solution a) The apostles maintained their committment to their primary calling. The apostles were very clear about their calling: “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.” Later they add, “We will devote ourselves to prayer and to...
I have been preaching a series of messages on the nature of the church's identity and calling. The next three posts are portions of last Sunday's message from Acts 6:1-7 ... In Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lysander says to his beloved Hermia, “The course of true love never did run smooth...
There is a great post from Scriptorium Daily by Fred Sanders on one of my heros - Charles Simeon. Here is a portion: Simeon’s main goal in all his preaching was to emphasize what God wanted emphasized, and he did this by putting the stress on what Scripture stresses. Every time he went to Scripture...