Pascal’s misleading wager
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“If they bet that God does not exist and were wrong, they would have eternal loss, but if they bet that God does exist and found themselves wrong, they would suffer little loss.” World
The Synagogue & the Word
From Faith Pulpit, Winter 2015. Used by permission.
A former graduate professor of mine made a passing statement once that grabbed my attention. He referred to two types of worship: the temple model and the synagogue model. The temple emphasized ritual and the synagogue emphasized the Word. In this companion article I want to focus on three physical aspects of the synagogue that relate to the Word of God— the ark, the platform, and Moses’ Seat.
The pictures below help illustrate these three physical features. The first image shows two arks, or special containers for the scrolls of Scripture, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem today. On Mondays and Thursdays young men have their bar mitzvah celebrations at the Western Wall. These arks are here in preparation for their reading from the scrolls at this turning point in their lives.
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Ed Stetzer leaving LifeWay for Wheaton College
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Stetzer will “serve in a newly created role as Billy Graham Distinguished Chair of Church, Mission and Evangelism at Wheaton College.” BNG
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A Baptist pastor debates relics with a Roman Catholic
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“This is an area that Roman Catholics have a lot in common with Pentecostals and Charismatics – wanting to touch and feel and experience in order to confirm belief.” Relics: Debate w Baptist Pastor - Patheos
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Which position BEST describes your view as the means of salvation by grace?
I think at SI we all agree that Jesus completely atoned for our sins upon the cross, and that his death (or life and death), burial, and resurrection completely provide the basis for our salvation. The old school called this “objective salvation” (a nomenclature I personally embrace).
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