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Cozying Up to Error

The debacle that is the Anglican Church in North America ought to remind us that we cannot make nice with apostasy. Those churches and denominations that were once evangelical but now have departed from biblical Christianity did not reach their…

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Battling for Purity

From Justin Taylor:A sobering stat from a university study: Researchers were conducting a study comparing the views of men in their 20s who had never been exposed to pornography with regular users. But their project stumbled at the first hurdle…

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The Supreme Mystery of Our Faith…

Every year the world–and the church–experiences Christmas, that curious amalgam of paganism, commercialism and Christianity which Western civilization has invented to tide it over the darkest days of the winter. It would be easy to be critical. Yet, in a…

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What is the Gospel?

From R.C. Sproul: There is no greater message to be heard than that which we call the Gospel. But as important as that is, it is often given to massive distortions or over simplifications. People think they’re preaching the Gospel…

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Funding Abortion

In a related story, Senator Boxer (CA) compared abortion to Viagra. Brilliant comparison Senator! These are the people writing our laws people.

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Are the Promise Keepers making a comeback?

There is an interesting piece in Slate about Promise Keepers. In case you did not know, the once enormously popular (among many evangelicals) ministry is staging for a comeback. For the purpose of full disclosure I will state that I…

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Contending for the Truth

Charles Spurgeon was a man who contended for the truth. As a result he was reviled and misunderstood. Refusing to yeild ground to those who attacked the inerrancy of the Scriptures, the substitutionary atonement, the necessity of the new birth,…

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Elections Matter

Last evening the Senate defeated the Nelson/Hatch Ammendment which would have prohibited the use of federal funds to pay for abortions. The vote, largely along party lines was 54-45. The two Republicans who voted against Nelson/Hatch were, not surprisingly Collins…