As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
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Many dispensationalists cite Romans 9:4 as proof that the covenants are only given to Israel, with the Church having no part in them. The verse reads:
who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises…
“There’s nothing wrong with being intrigued by lost gospels…. But we always have to make sure we aren’t studying any gospel—including the canonical gospels—merely to satisfy or justify our preexisting preferences about the way we want Jesus to be. We don’t simply get to create the Jesus we like or the Jesus we prefer.” - TGC
“Nietzsche was not claiming that God had once existed and no longer did. Rather, he recognized what the loss of God meant as the central reference point for Western life, politics, education, art, architecture, and most other aspects of culture. The death of God had, as he put it, ‘unchained the earth from its sun.’” - Breakpoint
“Amid this flood of solid resources, these six recently published books on apologetics can help renew and unify the contemporary church in the ancient gospel.” - TGC
“Given the timeliness of the topic and Layton’s careful discussion, I thought it would be a good idea to highlight these articles for our listener’s consideration.” - P&D
“To understand the doctrine, we first need to ask if we believe in retributive justice. In other words, do we, as people who claim to be loving, believe that people guilty of horrifying, sickening acts of evil need to face punishment for what they have done? Or should Stalin, Hitler, and Pol Pot simply have been sent to reformatories to improve their behaviour?” - David de Bruyn
“I object to the Catholic practice of the rosary and I want to talk through my objections in this video. Now, I believe deeply in representing my opponents in any debate accurately and with charity. This is one of the most basic, obvious, and simple applications of the love command in scripture and of the golden rule.” - Mark Ward
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I must confess, I have never seen anything like the intensity shown for Halloween this year—in stores, around homes and now, of course, in advertisements for the most frightening movies imaginable. It began in earnest by midsummer, which made me wonder if it could really last all the way to October 31! But it surely has, demonstrating the grip that the fascination and “fear of death” (Heb. 2:15) has upon so many in our culture.
“A recent survey, The State of Theology, revealed that 64 percent of American evangelicals believe ‘everyone is born innocent in the eyes of God,’ and 53 percent believe ‘everyone sins a little, but most people are good by nature.’” - TGC
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