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Is God Sovereignly Giving Me $14.4 Million?

July 27, 2010

According to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, it would seem so. I’ve gotten spam emails from Nigeria before claiming I’ve won some lottery that I never entered, or that some government agency wants to give me millions of dollars. But this is the first time I’ve ever been told that it was the sovereign leading of God [...]

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The Semi-Pelagian Narrower Catechism

July 26, 2010

Found this at the Stuff Fundies Like Facebook page. It was too funny not to share: 1. Q: What is the chief end of each individual Christian? A: Each individual Christian’s chief end is to get saved. This is the first and great commandment. 2. Q: And what is the second great commandment? A: The [...]

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Top 10 Reasons the Reformed Theologian Did Not Cross the Road

July 23, 2010

HT: Chuck Huckaby 10. A woman already crossed. We don’t follow women. 9. We don’t believe the road is safe. It wasn’t built between 1500-1700 A.D. 8. We believe that “road crossing” ceased with the death of the last Apostle or the completion of the New Testament. 7. The crossing guard was only helping people cross from [...]

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I Wish More of You Had Watched This

July 23, 2010

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series 7 Links in 7 Days

This is the last in a series of seven posts in seven days. For the last time, here’s the list: My first post The post I enjoyed writing the most A post which had a great discussion A post on someone else’s blog that I wish I’d written My most helpful post A post with a title that I am proud of A [...]

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Would Craig Blomberg Translate Philippians 1:27 Like the HCSB Does?

July 22, 2010

Here’s a recent post from Craig Blomberg at the Denver Seminary Blog. I’ve inserted some comments along the way. “Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ…” (KJV) “Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ…” (NIV) “Only let your manner of life be worthy of [...]

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I’m Proud of This Title

July 22, 2010

This is the sixth in a series of seven posts in seven days. Once again, here they are: My first post The post I enjoyed writing the most A post which had a great discussion A post on someone else’s blog that I wish I’d written My most helpful post A post with a title [...]

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Just How Useful Is “Inerrancy”? Join the Discussion

July 21, 2010

Robert Jimenez is starting a series to discuss whether “inerrancy” has outlived its usefulness. This will be a fabulous discussion and one that is long overdue. As you can see inerrancy has many meanings. This is one of the major problems with this position, too many definitions. The term inerrancy has been hijacked to mean [...]

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Is Christianity Making a Difference?

July 15, 2010

There are two excellent posts seeking to deal with this question. The first is at Daniel Kirk’s blog here. The second is at Andrew Perriman’s blog here. Kirk wrestles with the question of why the Church seems to be behind the rest of the world in actually making a difference in people’s lives. He examines [...]

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College Students Aren’t What They Used To Be

June 29, 2010

Could you do your own laundry in college? I could. In fact, the easiest part about doing laundry was pouring in detergent. Apparently they don’t make college students like they used to. Saw this ad on TV today (watch till the end):

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The Worm and the Warriors

June 28, 2010

From a prayer called, “Spiritual Helps” in The Valley of Vision: It is amazing love, that thou has sent thy Son to suffer in my stead, that thou hast added the Spirit to teach, comfort, guide, that thou hast allowed the ministry of angels to wall me round; All heaven subserves the welfare of a [...]

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