links for 2006-04-21
- Terrific article by Justin Taylor. When you read Scripture, are you left wishing God had said a whole lot more”, leaving a multitude of unanswered questions? “It comes down to WHAT you are looking for as you read and listen.”
- Evangelical churches tend to herd their flocks into organized small groups. Jim Bublitz posts an informal letter from Robert Murray M’Cheyne with directions for small groups that contrast sharply with today’s methodology.
- “The selective use of facts to present the greatest possible “defense” or “proof” of [the KJVO] position . . . is unscholarly and dishonest, but, sadly, all too common.”
- Paul Martin examines where Emergent opens the door to Univeralism. Even if McLaren denies that he is a Univeralist, “I find it deeply perplexing that he writes the way he does.”
- Phil Johnson: “Loving one’s neighbor is simply the natural and necessary extension of true, whole-hearted love for God, because your neighbor is made in the image of God.”
- “The health of the church depends upon pastors who infuse their congregations with deep Biblical and theological conviction. The means of this transfer of conviction is the preaching of the Word of God.”
- Is there a comparison between “The Passion of the Christ” and “The DaVinci Code?” Tim Challies outlines the argument and concludes, “Is it consistent, then, or is it hypocritical that Christians are willing to embrace TPOTC, but are dead-set against TDC?”
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