A Christian View Of Medically Assisted Suicide
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“As we enter into the conversation of medically assisted suicide, establishing the foundation of a biblical view on death and suffering is key.” - Kainos
Just War 101: Spurs and Restraints: Overview of jus ad bellum and jus in bello
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“The framework governing just war moral reasoning is traditionally divided into two primary categories…. jus ad bellum, which asks, essentially: when is it right to fight? The second category is the jus in bello: how do you rightly fight that fight that’s right to fight?” - Providence
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Holy Habits Forming the Will
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“Many of the Puritans believed that habits gave a person the capacity for greater obedience in the future…..’every act of obedience doth increase the ability to obey. Every step reneweth strength.’” - Ref21
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From the Archives – Is the 1689 Baptist Confession Sufficiently Missional?
Evangelistic outreach and missions is of prime importance to the church. But neither the Westminster Confession (WCF) nor the Second London Baptist Confession (2LCF) gives much expression or emphasis to the church’s responsibility to take the gospel to all the nations. The chapter “Of the church” (WCF, ch. 25; 2LCF, ch.
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The Need for a Robust Understanding of Congregational Singing
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“Today, January 13, we remember the Hussites who, on this day in 1501, published the first hymnal in history written in the language of the common people.” - Breakpoint
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Deciphering Covenant Theology (Part 26)
Read the series.
Looking Deeper into the Problems with Covenant Theology
12. CT is implicitly supercessionist in its eschatology.
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A call for Protestant intellectual leadership: Benedict and a passing moment of Catholic influence
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“As Rome’s luster dims in the years ahead, Protestants must seize their opportunity to once again assert intellectual leadership of Western Christianity, defending creedal and moral orthodoxy with scholarly rigor, rhetorical clarity, and pastoral grace in the midst of a confused and darkening world.” - World
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9 Proofs You’re More Than Matter
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“At this very moment, you’re doing at least nine things that prove you’re more than a hunk of mindless matter.” - TGC
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Hard Evidence for a Supernatural Book, Part 1: On Being Reasoned About a Crazy Claim
As a conservative Christian, I talk a lot about what the Bible says. Sometimes I even try to settle arguments with it (graciously, of course ????).
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Thoughts on Books I Read in 2022
These are a few thoughts on the books I read last year. I may have missed one or two but this list is pretty complete. Many of the works were read as I researched Volume Two of The Words of the Covenant. Not to knock them but rarely now am I helped by books that I already agree with. I did not include two books that I am more than halfway through: Paul: A New Covenant Jew by Pitre, Barber & Kincaid, and Peter Stuhlmacher’s Biblical Theology of the New Testament.
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