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The Religious Roots of Modern Piracy

Al Mohler has an interesting post on the modern rise of piracy off the coast of Africa. Peter Berger is one of the most authoritative voices in modern sociology. He understands better than most that the prophets of secularization were…

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Guidance

Part 2 – “Our Goal, God’s Glory” What a comfort it is to know that God is a Shepherd for His people (Ps 23). The image of God as Shepherd helps us to understand the care He takes in leading…

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Guidance

Part 1 – “The Lord is My Shepherd” The question of guidance is an important one for God’s people. Over the years I have been asked more times than I can remember how one knows the will of God in…

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Christians in a Secular Culture

A.N. Wilson wrote an excellent article dealing with the challenges of Christian faith in an almost entirely secular culture. Wilson is a New Testament scholar who drifted away from faith in his thirties only to return again. This article and…

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COS in Thailand

Currently Church of the Saviour has a team ministering in Thailand. They are there primarily to train Christian workers how to use a Bible story tapestry which illustrates the biblical story from creation to fall to redemption to new creation.…

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Where are the men?

Great post from Phil Johnson over at Pyromaniacs: One of the recurring figures of masculinity that John Eldredge keeps bringing up in Wild at Heart is Maximus from the movie Gladiator. A fantasy character! The subtitle of the book is…

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Greg Beale at WTS

Today I attended a lecture by Greg Beale at Westminster Seminary. His subject was the inerrancy of Scripture. Specifically Dr. Beale effectively demonstrated the Scripture’s self attestation to its inerrancy in John’s Apocalypse. Inerrancy has been a very hot topic…

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The Gospel and The Great Commission

“The gospel is the good news of all that God has done on behalf of sinners through the perfect life, atoning death, and victorious resurrection of Jesus. As individual Southern Baptists, we must be gospel-centered from first to last. Gospel-centered…