Book Review – Douglas Yeo & Kevin Mungons' History of Homer Rodeheaver
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“Homer Rodeheaver has quite a lot to do with all kinds of gospel music, as Kevin Mungons and Douglas Yeo demonstrate in their fascinating, eminently readable biography of a wildly underrated and rarely appreciated figure who made a significant impact on sacred music, Black and white.” - C.Today
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Why Paul Never Wrote ‘Peace and Grace’
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“…our world is not destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system. On the contrary, every frayed thread of creation will be restored and knit together in harmony. Creation is barreling toward peace.” - TGC
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Gerardo Martí: What the Fate of the Crystal Cathedral Teaches Us About Church Growth
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“Gerardo Martí is professor of sociology at Davidson College and co-author of The Glass Church: Robert H. Schuller, the Crystal Cathedral, and the Strain of Megachurch Ministry.” - C.Leaders
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Does anyone care who John Galt is anymore?
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“Ayn Rand’s plot and unsubtle message were so relentless that reading the book, the essence of her Objectivist philosophy, was much like being struck repeatedly over the head with a rolled up copy of, say, Foreign Affairs, annoying but not bad enough to cause actual pain or loss of consciousness.” - Acton
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From the Archives – The Greater Sin: Are There Degrees of Sin? (Part 3)
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There is an unpardonable sin.
Jesus’ greatest critics were the scribes and the Pharisees. As we have seen above, they were religious men who possessed much biblical knowledge but who refused to submit to God’s will. On one occasion, they actually accuse Jesus of performing miracles by the power of the devil rather than by the power of God. Jesus’ response is tremendously sobering:
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Review: Covenantal and Dispensational Theologies: Four Views on the Continuity of Scripture
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Covenant Theology by Michael Horton, Progressive Covenantalism by Stephen Wellum, Progressive Dispensationalism by Darrell Bock, Traditional Dispensationalism by Mark Snoeberger - P&D
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From the Archives – The Greater Sin: Are There Degrees of Sin? (Part 2)
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Why does God treat some sin more seriously than other sin? The answer to that question depends upon at least two factors: the degree of light the sinner possesses, and the degree of intention involved in the sin. Let’s consider each of these in turn.
1. The degree of one’s guilt is relative to the degree of one’s knowledge of truth.
In Luke 12:47-48, Jesus teaches this principle by way of an illustration:
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Ross Douthat: Lyme disease, Catholic suffering and the frontiers of medicine and faith
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“Anyone who goes through this kind of trial has to accept that, whatever God has in mind for you, it’s not the unbroken path to the American dream.” - RNS
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