Category Archives: culture

truth in love

Paul reminded the Ephesian church that only with truth would there be mature Christian unity and only if truth was spoken in love. Truth cannot be ducked or minimized in any way, but it must be softened with compassion. It … Continue reading

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evolution doubts

Keith Mathison has reviewed James Le Fanu’s book Why Us?: How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves. It sounds interesting: What is potentially more interesting in this case is that Le Fanu does not raise his doubts from the perspective … Continue reading

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"tolerance" is a one-way street

Have you noticed that “tolerance” these days is a one way street. Basically it means we all have to like and celebrate whatever gets crammed down our throat and in return we get to be mocked hated and ridiculed. As … Continue reading

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secret agent man

Kevin Roose, raised a liberal Quaker, from Brown University enrolls at Liberty University in order to write a book. Hilarity ensues. Bryan P emailed me this story last night and it is kind of intriguing. two bits in particular struck … Continue reading

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16 million missing Chinese girls

A demographic time bomb is ticking in the far east. here is the horrible truth in dry medical journal language: Conclusions In 2005 males under the age of 20 exceeded females by more than 32 million in China, and more … Continue reading

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tyranny?

why use such a strong word when judges make up law and choose to favor one group over another rather than allow democratic processes to work? Keith Pavlischek at First Things quotes Nathan Diament who calls this struggle over competing … Continue reading

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consumerism

Vitamin Z is continuing to post quotes from Skye Jethani’s book The Divine Commodity. This one was especially good: “Given the extent to which American Christianity has adopted the methodology of consumerism by appealing to and rewarding desires, we shouldn’t … Continue reading

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small reminder

from Jesse Phillips “Love the Lord with all your heart, mind and strength” and “Love your neighbor as yourself.” In fact, it seems that no other admonition is repeated more in the New Testament than to love and be loving … Continue reading

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data points

here are two data points on the slide we are going down. first, courtesy of Andy McCarthy, is Matthew Franck’s discussion of the Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing homosexual marriage in Iowa. here is the opening, but go read it … Continue reading

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that Newsweek cover story

Newsweek has a cover story on “the End of Christian America.” here is an optimistic bit from the article: Let’s be clear: while the percentage of Christians may be shrinking, rumors of the death of Christianity are greatly exaggerated. Being … Continue reading

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original sin, part 2

about a month ago, I posted on Original Sin. Specifically, one of the leaders of the emerging church had decided that he didn’t believe this doctrine and Kevin DeYoung called him out on it with scripture. yesterday, I received this … Continue reading

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more wolf shooting

Some of you may recall Mark Driscoll’s talk at last year’s Desiring God national conference. I reviewed it briefly here and linked to it. In the talk, Mark made the point that wolves are false teachers who prey upon the … Continue reading

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wise as serpents, harmless as doves

Jesus sent his twelve disciples out by two’s in Matthew 10 to proclaim the imminence of the Kingdom of Heaven. As part of his charge to them, Jesus told them in verse 16 that he was sending them out like … Continue reading

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Fireproof

I love the way Doug Wilson writes. You cannot read him when you are half asleep or you will be completely lost. He has written a blurb review of Fireproof, the Christian marriage movie from last year. But it was … Continue reading

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strong words from ToddonGod

Todd Burus has written a two part “personal” review of the Shack. He pulls no punches on either the theology or the literary style of the book. Entertaining stuff. Now I think that I will have to break down and … Continue reading

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Militant Atheism on the March

courtesy of KJL here is an article on the rise in the sale of “de-baptism” certificates. some bits: Michael Evans, 66, branded baptising children as “a form of child abuse” — and said that when he complained to the church … Continue reading

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distractions and self-control

The point is that we all do exactly what we want to do. We eat what we want to eat, watch what we want to watch, listen to what we want to hear, read what we want to read and … Continue reading

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DVR alert

A debate between Mark Driscoll and Annie Lobert against Deepak Chopra and Carlton Pearson on Satan will be on ABC’s Nightline at 11:30 p.m. ET tonight. Preview at the link. Here are 8 things that Jamie Munson of Mars Hill … Continue reading

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veggie tales

Veggie tales and the idol of “impact.” After the financial collapse of Phil‘s company Big Idea Entertainment, makers of Veggie Tales, Phil explained the belief system that had driven him to make the motion picture that caused it all: “God … Continue reading

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complementarianism

Complementarianism. Isn’t that a great word? It represents one of the most hated Biblical doctrines in our modern world. Mark Driscoll was reviled for believing in this doctrine long before he was taken to task for being too vulgar. Complementarianism … Continue reading

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Religiosity

I am often amazed at the difference between people’s perception of Jesus and the real Jesus revealed in the Bible. One of the reasons I enjoy Mark Driscoll is that he absolutely nails this distinction between popular conceptions of Jesus … Continue reading

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cool stuff

ok, this is seriously cool. behold the work of some very creative shepherds with too much time on their hands and a video camera. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] hat tip to Jonah Goldberg.

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Parenting research

Lifeway has new research regarding the parenting and the role of faith. It is not encouraging. Just wow. The vast majority of parents hope their children grow up to live good lives, but for many, parental success does not include … Continue reading

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church

Mike Leuken wonders about our default approach to thinking about our church. “I am dissatisfied” was identified as a barrier to spiritual growth. Of those surveyed, 17 percent expressed some degree of dissatisfaction with their church; over half of these … Continue reading

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"who is going to have the guts to leave the Temple?"

Carl Trueman has some observations about the American cult of celebrity that infects politics as well as religion in our country. Very interesting stuff. here is how he ends it, but go read the rest to see how he got … Continue reading

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