Month October 2007

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The Great American Octoberfest

As a public announcement to our non-native Ref21 contributors, I point out that the great American Octoberfest begins today: the major league baseball playoffs.  There is no more American cultural phenomenon than baseball.  And there is no baseball like the…

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The Idolatrous Worldview of Porn

Great comments on porn, Phil and Carl.  My pastoral experience dealing with this issue has taught me that this issue is tied to a broader issue of idolatry that becomes practically an entire worldview of porn.  Time after time, men…

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Words and Deeds

A helpful comment from Michael Cassidy, who is one of the leading evangelics in South Africa: “Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that doom them, the economic…

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Dawkins is a Philosophical Lightweight

There is a link to a great review of Richard Dawkins’ book “The God Delusion” (Dawkins) posted on One-Way Road. Many of you have friends that have read the book. Sadly, skeptics and believers alike have been influenced by his…

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The Gospel Gap

One of the books I’ve been reading lately is “How People Change” by Paul Tripp and Timothy Lane. Tripp and Lane are faculty members at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation in Glenside, PA. There is a link to the…

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The Evangelical Sacrament

The following is from an article by Fred Zaspel on the invitation system. While almost unheard of before the 19th century, the “altar call” has become a fixture in Baptist, Weslayan, Pentecostal, and Nazarene traditions. In fact, many feel as…