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Month November 2008
Kudos for Keller
During our earlier discussion of Tim Keller’s book The Prodigal God, I pointed out the way some have used this parable to undermine the centrality of the atonement in salvation. I also stated that I was confident that Keller would…
Disrupting Church
I am very curious to get your take on a recent event at a Lansing, Michigan church where homosexual protestors disrupted a service. Read the story HERE.How should a church respond to such an event?Is the body of Christ called…
The Ultimate Investment
In case anyone might be interested, here is the link for the remarks I made last month about a Christian perspective on the current economy. The occasion was a gathering of the Wheaton Associates who met for breakfast at Wheaton…
How Not to Raise a Pagan
Check out this excellent message by Al Mohler. Dr. Mohler delivered this message at a chapel service at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Al Mohler is one of the outstanding scholars / leaders / communicators in evangelicalism. He is the President…
Challenging Atheism
Writing for Christianity Today, William Lane Craig reports some encouraging news concerning college philosophy departments and atheism. He writes: Back in the 1940s and ’50s, many philosophers believed that talk about God, since it is not verifiable by the five…
Southern Baptists and Calvinism (cont.)
Michael Spencer had the following to say about the recent John 3:16 Conference: The fundamentalists who run the Southern Baptist Convention are after the Calvinists again. Obviously despairing that the “Building Bridges Conference” didn’t give the right preachers the opportunity…
Martin Luther’s Birthday
Martin Luther was born on November 10, 1483. Young Martin was brought up in a typically faithful Catholic family. Planning to become a lawyer he suddenly changed his vocational goals during a horrific thunderstorm. He became an Augustinian monk in…
Unpacking
Today is all about unpacking my library. It is not an unpleasant task but it is time consuming. I am a little particular about my books so there is a very specific order in which I like them to be.…
The problems of translation — a post-Wittgenstein problem
When government officials e-mailed for a translation of the words “No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential traffic only” what came back was the Welsh equivalent of “I am not in the office at the minute. Please send any work…