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on the health front
On the health front, Joe Thorn reminds us that coffee is good, which is a good thing, because I love coffee. I saw in the Men’s Health e-newsletter (I am not fit enough or cool enough to read the actual … Continue reading
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Tagged brain health, coffee, health, joe thorn, science, studies
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discussion
I don’t how many of you have noticed the discussion that has been going on in comments to this post, but I encourage everyone to take some time and go check it out. I have a some questions though for … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, care, life, love, marriage, responsibility, selfishness, sex
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"contextualizing" is not a dirty word
Todd Burus has done some homework regarding biblical examples of contextualizing. Go take a look. here is a bit of his work, but you have to go read the rest to see his argument and evidence: A rough definition of … Continue reading
Roe v. Wade @36 part 5
John Piper quoting Abraham Lincoln. On January 12, 2009 Samantha Heiges, age 23, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for drowning her newborn in Burnsville, Minnesota. If she had arranged for a doctor to kill the child a few … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, abraham lincoln, John Piper, roe v. wade, slavery, supreme court
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Roe v. Wade @36 part 4 "making it unthinkable"
Challies has a guest post from John Ensor today. Well worth reading the whole thing. ….I acknowledge the resistance, even offense, taken by many by asserting that abortion is the moral issue of our day. I am familiar with the … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, challies, child sacrifice, john ensor, roe v. wade, supreme court, unthinkable
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Roe v. Wade @36 part 3
Yuval Levin points to a speech by Professor Robbert P. George on the occasion of this anniversary. Go read it. In the name of a generalized “right to privacy” allegedly implicit in the Due Process Clause of the Constitution’s Fourteenth … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, prayer, pregnancy, robbie p. george, roe v. wade, supreme court, yuval levin
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Roe v. Wade @36 part 2
further to Ed Whelan’s point below regarding the effect of Roe v. Wade in bypassing democratic processes, here is Father Neuhaus’ article regarding this awful anniversary. These are the issues addressed in a remarkable new book out this month from … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, democracy, first things, party of death, politics, ramesh ponnuru, richard john neuhaus, roe v. wade, supreme court
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Roe v. Wade @36
the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade was handed down 36 years ago today. Ed Whelan quotes his congressional testimony from 2005 to commemorate the occasion. Roe v. Wade marks the second time in American history that the Supreme … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, democratic processes, ed whelan, roe v. wade, supreme court, the Corner
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worshipping a figment of our own heart
Since I read Dr. Roger Olson’s article attempting to relieve God of responsibility for the I35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis Minnesota a quote posted by Todd Bumgarner from John Calvin a couple of days prior to that has been echoing … Continue reading
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Tagged christless christianity, god, idol, idolatry, institutes of the christian religion, john calvin, michael horton
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why Russell Moore hates Sanctity of Human Life Sunday
Russell D. Moore has posted about why he hates Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. powerful stuff. here is one paragraph, but go read it all. I hate Sanctity of Human Life Sunday because I’m reminded that we have to say … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, innocent blood, orphans, sanctity of life, widows
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exponential times
according to this video, we live in exponential times. what do you think? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] hat tip to Tom Ascol, who wisely points out that the need for men of Issachar has never been greater.
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Tagged change, demographics, demography, information highway, men of issachar, overload, technology, tom ascol
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our culture's effect on our faith
Al Mohler is hitting on a very sensitive topic with this post. It is a more complete picture of the effect than the slice that I was looking at in my comments to this post. I said the following: Number … Continue reading
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Tagged al mohler, american experience, bible, culture, truth
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NY Times on Mark Driscoll
the New York Times Magazine has written a long article on Mark Driscoll. Who he is, where he came from, his ministry, his doctrine, Mars Hill Church, calvinism….the whole shootin’ match. here are four brief excerpts from a four page … Continue reading
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Tagged calvinism, creation project, jonathan dodson, mark driscoll, mars hill church, new calvinism, seattle
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manliness
Father Richard John Neuhaus passed away this week. I have been reading his publication First Things for a long time (since a friend of mine introduced me to it back in law school). I didn’t always agree with him about … Continue reading
what is the target?
Ed Stetzer has some interesting thoughts about the gospel that we are preaching and the goal of conversion according to that gospel. Here is his full article at catalyst. the excerpts that Ed posted on his blog follow: I continue … Continue reading
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Tagged church, conversion, D.A. Carson, ed stetzer, membership, movements, simple gospel, the gospel
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"probably"
800 British buses carry a message paid for by British atheists. The winning persuasive message? “There’s probably no God,” the advertisements say. “Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” first of all the “probably” is funny. nothing quite like having … Continue reading
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Tagged abundant life, advertising campaign, anxiety, atheists, happiness, probably no God, worry
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James 3:1
James 3:1 says that not many of us should be teachers because we who teach will be judged more strictly. Teaching the word of God to the people of God is a huge responsibility and should be approached with an … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, catholic politicians, catholic priests, judgment, responsibility, stricter judgment, teaching
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the Bible
another one of Challies’ Wednesday links was to this article. Ray Ortlund discusses some statistics detailing the shockingly high levels of biblical illiteracy in the general population and among christians. he then gives six excellent suggestions for dealing with this … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, duty, illiteracy, lip service, the church
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christians and culture
Carl Trueman is raising a contrary voice to the current fashion of cultural engagement in evangelical churches and doing it with style. This article holds together tightly and is not very amenable to slicing out a piece for a tease, … Continue reading
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Tagged carl trueman, contextualization, culture, mark driscoll, Reformation 21, the gospel, truths
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