Month May 2008

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Red-Letter Christians

Justin Taylor has linked to a very helpful article by D.A. Carson on what is known as “Red Letter Christians.” I have been warning about this movement for some time. They have a distorted doctrine of Scripture therefore a distorted…

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I Think I See a Bear

I’ve been AWOL again, and after only a few posts at that.  Our family moved.  It was just next door and downhill at that, but it was still a move.  I feel I should post about the obligatory things one…

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An Emerging Gospel

John Hendryx has posted this helpful critique of the emerging church’s understanding of the Gospel. This same approach to the Gospel can be seen among the “Red Letter Christians” like Tony Campolo.

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Scottish Reformed Conference

On Saturday last I had the privilege of preaching at the Scottish Reformed Conference, an interdenominational preaching event billed as ‘Scotland’s premier preaching and teaching conference’. The chairman, Rev David Carmichael of Abbeygreen Church of Scotland began proceedings by opening with…

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Alistair Begg on Preaching

Thabiti over at Pure Church posted these two clips (here & here) of Alistair Begg on the subject of preaching. This is one of the reasons why I come to the Basics Conference every May. I get this kind of…

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Oh, how I wish this was a parody!

This is just one example of how churches have moved away from faithfully preaching God’s Word and keeping the Gospel central to its proclamation. What happens in this type of preaching is that “principles” are presented “from the Bible” that…