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A Brave New World Coming?

Remember that the philosophy of the classroom in one generation becomes the philosophy of society in the next. 10. Planetary control…“Perhaps those agencies, combined with UNEP and the United Nations population agencies, might eventually be developed into a Planetary Regime—sort…

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Wright Reviewed

Paul Helm has offered three insightful critiques (with a fourth on the way) of N.T. Wright’s view of the doctrine of justification expressed in his latest book titled appropriately Justification. The book is, at least in part an effort to…

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Dual Citizens

I will be receiving my copy of Dual Citizens by Jason Stellman this week. It promises to be an important and helpful book. Publisher’s Description: New covenant believers live between “the already” and “not yet,” a point in redemptive history…

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An Important Warning

Carl Trueman’s latest over at Ref21 is a timely warning about the dangers of personality cults within the church. Specifically, Trueman warns those of us who are among the “Young, Restless, and Reformed” crowd to watch out for this tendency.…

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Walking Away From God

As someone who loves music and is currently preaching through Hebrews I found the story of David Bazan compelling and sad. Bazan is a singer/songwriter who formerly fronted the Christian indie band Pedro the Lion. This article takes a look…

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Church Discipline

The latest issues of 9 Marks Journal is dedicated to the subject of Church Discipline. It is, as always, worth reading.

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Miniscule Wonders

For the first time scientists have been able to photograph a single molecule. “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through…

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“The Bible Among the Myths”

From Andreas Kostenberger: In a recent Zondervan publication, John Oswalt, long-time Old Testament scholar and author of the two-volume commentary on Isaiah in the NICOT series, discusses The Bible among the Myths. In light of recent controversial books by writers…

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Will we be a culture of dignity or death?

Al Mohler raises some very important questions concerning the fate of fertilized human embryos: For most Americans, the moral status of the human embryo is a question that seems quite remote. Even as hundreds of thousands of “excess” human embryos…