"A haughty smirkness characterized many of the responses."
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David Cloud made this observation this week in his article “CALVINISM ON THE MARCH”:
SBC Controversy over Speaking in Tongues
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Denny Burk fleshes out the story a bit more, and narrows the controversy down to three issues:
(1) Definition and Function of the Charismatic Gifts of the Spirit
(2) The Bible’s Teaching about the Roles of Women in Ministry
(3) Baptist Identity and the Proper Basis for Cooperation among Baptist Churches
HT: Justin Taylor
(1) Definition and Function of the Charismatic Gifts of the Spirit
(2) The Bible’s Teaching about the Roles of Women in Ministry
(3) Baptist Identity and the Proper Basis for Cooperation among Baptist Churches
HT: Justin Taylor
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Pew Forum Survey Finds Pentecostals Account for One-Fourth of Christians
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The Weekly Standard reports
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Watch Your Tongues!
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SBC seminary gets tough on tongues. Read about it here.
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"(W)e are not meaning to be catering for nominal Christians."
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Immoderate has some interesting quotes from Mark Dever in “Dever on RUF tunes, and ‘light’ and casual worship”
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Iain Murray to Calvinists: "Just let the Scripture speak."
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“The danger is if we become reformed… Calvinistic… we would hate anyone to think that we were Arminian. And sometimes, that leads men to be far more… circumscribed than they ought to be. You know, we quote the text ‘Not for our sins only- propitiation- not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole world.’ Well, sometimes, when you hear a Calvinist quote that text, he can’t leave the text. He has to put in brackets, ‘Doesn’t mean this, doesn’t mean that.’ We shouldn’t do that!
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Newsweek on Warren- and his detractors
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Story on MSNBC.com
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"Well, there's no question that you can't enter the Kingdom of God... if you're practicing homosexuality."
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John MacArthur on Larry King Live
Another great exchange:
Another great exchange:
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Christian Blogging and Dirty Laundry
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Challies considers the role of blogs in the popular perception of Christians via mainstream media
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WEEK SIX STANDINGS
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Here are the top five in the SI Fantasy Football League based on win/loss record and most points earned:
1. Matt Tolosa (5-1)
2. Brian Cooper (5-1)
3. Thomas Pryde (5-1)
4. Frank Sansone (4-2)
5. Jeremiah Kinney (4-2)
It finally happened! Cooper has been taken down in a head-to-head match against Jay Camp by .5 point! Now, it’s anybody’s championship! Stay tuned!
1. Matt Tolosa (5-1)
2. Brian Cooper (5-1)
3. Thomas Pryde (5-1)
4. Frank Sansone (4-2)
5. Jeremiah Kinney (4-2)
It finally happened! Cooper has been taken down in a head-to-head match against Jay Camp by .5 point! Now, it’s anybody’s championship! Stay tuned!
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