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Follow Jesus
Jesus said: Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. (Matthew 4:19) Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. (Matthew 8:22 / Luke 9:59) (To Matthew aka Levi) Follow me. (Matthew 9:9 / Mark 2:14 / Luke 5:27) (To Philip) Follow me. (John 1:43) If any man will come after me,…
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How to Answer the Fool – Sye Ten Bruggencate
American Vision and Sye Ten Bruggencate have collaborated to provide “How to Answer the Fool.” I had the pleasure of listening to the presentation for free, courtesy of Crown Rights Media, who were also involved. The presentation was about 85 minutes long, and is focused on the apologetic method. I did not see the study…
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Mr. Patton, Your Anecdotes don’t Provide a Biblical Argument
Sadly, Michael Patton has decided to double down on his attack on the fundamental importance of Special Creation and Inerrancy with a new post titled “FORGET ABOUT EVOLUTION AND INERRANCY (FOR A MINUTE).” Patton doesn’t offer any Biblical or even logical argument for his position. He just provides two anecdotes of people who were allegedly…
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If God Calls you to Open Air Preaching …
… please take an hour to listen to this discussion of it (link). I’m not going to endorse every last iota of what is said in the video, and quite frankly the men in the video wouldn’t be happy if I did. Nevertheless, as Steve Hays has already observed, there is a lot of wisdom…
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Roman Confusion
Devin Rose posted some less than complimentary thoughts (and Peter Sean Bradley tagged on) about Reformed apologists (myself as an example). Rather than dwelling on the caricature drawn from Les Miserables, I’d like to address one point that seems to be a common misconception: Under Reformed Protestantism, God has predestined the elect to salvation and…
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Roman Catholics and Heaven
Today I was directed to the following video, in which Doug Wilson answers the question “Will Faithful Roman Catholics go to heaven?” [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/16270352 w=400&h=225] Will Faithful Roman Catholics go to heaven from Canon Wired on Vimeo. First of all, for a more in-depth discussion on Roman Catholics and their status, I would suggest people…
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Living god? Or soon to face the Living God?!
The headline reads: “Indian ‘living god’ in critical condition: hospital” (source). The story tells the tale of an Indian guru who has achieved a widespread following through purportedly performing miracles, yet who is now desperately attempting to cling to life as God has removed his lung and kidney function. There is a living God. Scripture…
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Your Hell is Too Small, Mr. John H. Armstrong
To John H. Armstrong, author of the book, “Your Church is Too Small,” and to those who buy into his way of thinking, my response is “Your hell is too small.” What do I mean by that? I mean that you are too quick to assume that people don’t need to hear the gospel. You…
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God is not Santa Claus
Hear the word of LORD: 1 Samuel 2:22-25 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And he said unto them, “Why do ye such things? for I hear of…
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Crowds or No Crowds at the Narrow Gate?
One popular theory in economics is the idea that there is wisdom in the crowd. A typical demonstration experiment in this area is to have a classroom full of students guess the number of coins or marbles in a jar. The individual guesses are then averaged and the result is compared to the final answer.…