As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“liberalism in the tradition of Locke, Kant, and the Founders…. Its central philosophy is that all persons are born free and equal. Its operational principles include the rule of law, pluralism, toleration, minority rights, distributed authority, limited government, and (subject to the other requirements) democratic decision-making.” - Persuasion
On the Shoulders of Hobbits: the Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis,* by Louis Markos, Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2012, paperback, 234 pages.
“The assumptions embedded throughout redemptive history make clear that some sins are worse than others. Consider several examples.” - Kevin DeYoung
“properly chastened and informed requests for God to “be with” us can be quite appropriate…but not all such requests fall so pleasantly on God’s ears.” - Mark Snoeberger
Read the series.
I’ve suggested that you ought to be part of a local church assembly, and that you ought to be active, not passive, in your membership there. So what does that look like?
“My purpose here is to ask the kind of question that people in the pews are asking…. Does the fact that God is in control strip away responsibility for our choices?….do we see each and every event in life as part of God’s foreordained plan?” - Church Leaders
What is Jesus saying at John 14:2-3? What is “my Father’s house?” Where is it? When will Jesus take believers there? In the last article, we examined the theory that it refers to being “up there” in heaven, and that Jesus takes believers there at an event called the pre-tribulational rapture. We concluded this idea isn’t supported by the text and gave it a “D” rating for probability. That doesn’t mean the pre-tribulation rapture is false—it just means to “see” it in John 14:2-3 you must smuggle it in from elsewhere.
“In the end, Shaw offers 13 very good arguments for the reliability of the New Testament. And while each one is compelling in its own way, the impact of 13 following one after the other is tremendously encouraging and faith-building.” - Challies
“On a regular basis, I catch King-James-Onlyists acknowledging my point…. Such is our story today, my friends—a story which begins on the blog of leading King-James-Onlyist, Kent Brandenburg.” - Mark Ward
“Dawkins wrote as if God is just a bigger and stronger human, a being like the rest of us who merely happens to be very powerful.” - Breakpoint
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