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Faith and Works
Over at A Servant’s Thoughts, Frank Ritchie has a solid post about modern evangelism’s limp wristed approach to salvation. Do yourself a favor and go give it a read. Then come back here and let me know whether or not … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Decay, Evangelism, Faith, God, Hell, History, Holy Scripture, Obedience, Reformed, Religion, Scripture, Sin, Theology
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God, Grammar, and the Precision of Scripture
I don’t have time to go into it in depth right now, but the following passages should be read and their implications considered anytime we wonder about the precision of Scripture and how seriously and literally that we should take … Continue reading
The First Type of Evangelism
Our church’s verse for the year is “He that winneth souls is wise”, and while I have no problem with Scripture or focusing on winning souls, I’m a little underwhelmed with the modern concept of “soul winning”. And no, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Fathers, Mothers
Tagged Children, Church, Daughters, Evangelism, Faith, God, History, Holy Scripture, Home, Jehovah, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Postmodernism, Religion, Responsibility, Salvation, Scripture, Sons, Theology
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Questions about Mega Churches
I’ve always been skeptical of mega churches. It was built into me growing up: the idea that things get unwieldy when they get too big, that the head can no longer know what the whole body is doing. Without really … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Elders, Evangelism, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Mega Churches, Pastors, Religion, Responsibility, Scripture, Theology
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Marriage, Children, Love, and Responsibility
I’ve always been interested in the nature of responsibility, and in what makes a man or a woman finally pick up its mantle and seriously begin the journey toward true manhood or womanhood. I think for a lot of people, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Fathers, Marriage, Mothers
Tagged Birth, Children, Daughters, Depression, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Postpartum Depression, Pregnancy, Religion, Responsibility, Scripture, Selfishness, Sin, Sons
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America, Evangelism, and the State of the Church
Kevin Bauder of Central Baptist Theological Seminary has sounded off on the state of the American church and the sore need for the re-evangelization of America. Here’s an excerpt: I have some reason to know. In 1990, I moved my … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Evangelism, Faith, God, Jehovah, Obedience, Religion, Salvation, Scripture, Theology, Witnessing
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Reformed?
From a recent conversation with a Reformed friend: When people would ask me what sort of church I went to or what sort of religion I was and I would say, “Oh, I’m Reformed”, they would smile and then frown … Continue reading
Antinomianism
Over at Greensboro NC Christian Joel Gillespie has written a couple of interesting posts on Antinomianism[1][2]. Do yourself a favor and check them out, then do me a favor and come back here and leave a comment about it. Just … Continue reading
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Tagged Antinomiansism, Church, God, Heresy, Holy Scripture, Obedience, Postmodernism, Religion, Salvation, Scripture, Sin, Theology
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The Quality and Expression of Love
Over at Bittersweet Life, my friend Ariel has pointed us all to an article (on the Touchstone magazine blog) that dares to compare modern American pop culture lyrics on love to stuff written by dead people (they probably couldn’t even … Continue reading
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Tagged Decay, Fiction, Love, Poetry, Pop Culture, Postmodernism, Religion, Writing
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The Modern Church, Cargo Cults, etc.
Has the modern American church become a Cargo Cult? If necessary, read up on it, and then tell me what you think. I’ll chime in later.