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Law-Gospel Off the Rails

The last week or so has seen renewed calls for reflection and responsibility on the part of Tullian Tchividjian in responding to critiques in the debate on sanctification.  His most recent post on the Gospel Coalition website indicates that he…

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Witnessing to Homosexuals

How do you witness to homosexuals? The answer is, “Like anyone else,” but perhaps for some that is an over simplification. Regardless, we can at least agree on two things. 1) The use of the law in witnessing does not…

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Riding shotgun

I could not help sadly oscillating the Walker bean when I read Carl’s offer to ride shotgun to Mark Jones on the proposed debate between Jones and Tchividjian on the matter of the law and grace, and – specifically –…

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How Jesus Became God: A Review

Bart D. Ehrman, How Jesus Became God–The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee. New York: HarperOne, 2014. 404 pp., $27.99 Over the years, I have had the opportunity to review a number of Bart Ehrman’s books, including, most recently,…

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Church Pews

According to Noah Webster’s An American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828, a “pew” was defined as “an enclosed seat in a church” that had been in the past “made square” (i.e. boxed in with doors for access).  His dictionary…

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Church Pews

According to Noah Webster’s An American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828, a “pew” was defined as “an enclosed seat in a church” that had been in the past “made square” (i.e. boxed in with doors for access).  His dictionary…

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Why I Filmed My Abortion

Emily Letts, who apparently has received death threats since the release of her video, got pregnant and immediately decided she was going to have an abortion. In order to help others understand that abortion is safe and perhaps even painless,…

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“God set before me love”

S.M. (Bod Alwyn) God set before me loveTo draw my soul to him,But I was bound in Satan’s chainsAnd revelled in my sin. I saw the mercy seat,Was taught the way to go;I saw that Christ had died for sin,But…