links for 2006-03-31
- My post on Catholicism bouncing off my mate, Dave Anthony, seems to have stirred up something of a hornet’s nest – perhaps I have more Catholic readers left than Evangelical Cessationists . . . ?
- “Gambling places something valuable at risk for an illegitimate purpose.” Phil Johnson explains why gambling violates the most basic principle of wise and faithful stewardship.
- Ryle: “What is the first thing we need in order to be Christians? A new heart. � What is the sacrifice God asks us to bring to Him? A broken and a contrite heart. � What is the true circumcision? The circumcision of the heart . . . .”
- “Convictions are not the enemy of unity and honor, pride is. We are at at time when the battle lines are around the Gospel itself—where we must position ourselves is with ‘mere Christianity’ and how that distinguishes us from all other ‘gospels’.”
- Only 4 are growing: 1. The Orthodox Church in America 1,064,000 ( increased 6.40 %) 2. Assemblies of God 2,779,095 (increased 1.81% ) 3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 5,999,177 (increased 1.7%) 4. Roman Catholics 67,820,833 (increased 0.83%)
- “The greatest threat to the gospel specific to today is the indirect challenge of pragmatism among evangelicals . . . evangelicals are particlarly open to self-deception when it comes to counting converts.”
- Criswell Theology Review posts two articles from their latest issue.
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