American Bible Society shows off new Phila. headquarters
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“[I]n addition to relocating its headquarters from New York, it consolidated space it had occupied in Chesterbrook Corporate Center in Wayne, Pa.” PBJ
Persuasion in Your Mind (Part 6)
The previous 5 papers in this series, we have focused on the “weak” brother. If you are just now joining the series, it would be wise to start with Parts 1-5. We’ve seen him to be weak in the sense that he is not capable of doing some action without self-condemnation. We have seen his weakness as a gift of God and a conviction from God. We’ve seen Paul take his side and discuss issues in which he himself was unable to act. All of this means that the “weak” brother should not be thought of as immature or lacking in knowledge. For many readers, this is a new way of understanding the weak brother. So, having seen him anew in the light of Paul’s writing, what does this mean for us today?
Applications, Not Principles
We are talking about applications, not Bible principles. Principles are truths from God’s Word. No part of Scripture means something different to one person than another.1 But we apply Bible principles differently.
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1 John 2.2
Christopher Cone has a new article about this controversial verse. I’ll list the PDF here:
http://www.drcone.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Does-Grace-Extend-to-E…
Cone has written about this verse before and, in my mind, I have disagreed with him. Here I indicate what, I believe, he misses. If Cone is correct then it is hard to reconcile the whole of personal, loving redemption that the bible indicates elsewhere (as he says).
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Holy Scripture and Modern Negations
CHAPTER IV - HOLY SCRIPTURE AND MODERN NEGATIONS
BY PROFESSOR JAMES ORR, D. D., UNITED FREE CHURCH COLLEGE, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
Is there today in the midst of criticism and unsettlement a tenable doctrine of Holy Scripture for the Christian Church and for the world; and if there is, what is that doctrine? That is unquestionably a very pressing question at the present time.
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Do You Believe a False Teaching? Answer These Questions to Find Out
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“A 2014 survey … reveals that many American evangelicals hold views condemned as heretical by some of the most important councils of the early church. Nearly a quarter of participants believe false teachings about Jesus, and more than half about the Holy Spirit.” CT
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The Wisdom of This World
CHAPTER III - THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD
BY REV. A. W. PITZER, D. D., LL. D., SALEM, VIRGINIA
“There is a growing impression among eminent private thinkers that Christianity is losing its hold upon men, and that the Church is a waning power; that the religious world is drifting from its moorings, and faith is becoming a tradition of the past.”
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Book Review - Is College Worth It?
William (Bill) Bennett was Secretary of Education under Ronald Reagan and apparently is now a talk-show host (though I’ve never heard his program, nor even heard mention of it outside this book).
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