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  "Like Paul, we can and should love our Jewish neighbors, serve our Jewish neighbors, and there is even a place for becoming like our Jewish neighbors in some way. But when we become like them, we must become like them TO WIN THEM."
  
  
  Jollyblogger stops being nice about Rick Warren in this article in which he describes Warren as a "minister of the Gospel ministering without the Gospel."
  
  (tags: evangelism gospel jollyblogger)
  




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  "Whenever we sin we are guilty of some heresy. So if the group is discussing a distortion, then the God thoughts will be heretical."
  
  
  Mike Wilkerson of Mars Hill Church co-writes a fascinating piece on small-group Bible study - let no one accuse these guys of being theological lightweights!
  
  (tags: bible leadership)
  




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  "Here’s what I don’t think Mark Driscoll means: I don’t think he means we need to be permissive with people about sin. But what he does mean seems to be obscured (to me anyway . . .)"
  
  
  Frank Turk (aka centuri0n) admits to seeking a clearer understanding of where to draw the line in taking the Gospel into the culture. In discussing some of the things Mars Hill is doing right, he also asks some questions about style versus substance.
  
  (tags: church culture discernment driscoll gospel)
  





• "True biblical Christianity requires a love for the Lord AND a sound understanding of the Gospel. God help me if I do not have either of these, and God keep me from thinking that possessing one in abundance makes up for the lack of the other."
  
  
  Short piece from Castle Sands about two categories of people whom the Apostle Paul says should be anathema, or “eternally accursed.”
  
  (tags: discipleship doctrine)