Month October 2009

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The Moral Idiocy of Hollywood

Much has already been said about the arrest of well known director Roman Polanski. If there was any doubt about the radical chasm that exists between liberal Hollywood and the rest of America, the Polanski ordeal removes it. It is…

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More on Rob Bell’s latest goof

Phil Johnson has weighed in on Rob Bell’s notorious Boston Globe interview with characteristic straighforwardness. One thing is clear: Bell himself is no true evangelical in any historic sense of the term. The Boston Globe’s headline (“Bell aims to restore…

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Blog 192: 4.9.12-4.10.2

Calvin moves from the claim that the Church has the power to set up new doctrines to the idea that the Church has the power to interpret Scripture. Calvin, of course, does not believe that just because a council decrees…

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The Big Questions of Joel and Ethan Coen

An article in Christianity Today reflects on the religious themes in the films of Joel and Ethan Coen. In the cinematic universe of award-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen, morality matters. Good and evil are usually depicted clearly as such;…

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C.J. Mahaney on “Expository Faithfulness”

From the “God Exposed” Conference: https://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6842549&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Expository Faithfulness from Sovereign Grace Ministries on Vimeo.

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Blog 191: 4.9.4-11

Calvin’s entries here continue his discussion about councils–insisting on their value and refuting that idea that they are doctrinally infallible. Scripture foretells that there will be danger and destruction within the church by pastors of the church; therefore we must…