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From Ray Ortland’s blog, by way of 9 Marks.
Whatever divides us emotionally from other Bible-believing, Christ-honoring Christians is a “plus” we’re adding to the gospel. It is the Galatian impulse of self-exaltation. It can even become a club with which we bash other Christians, at least in our thoughts, to punish, to exclude and to […]

NOTE: Please read the article I’m “riffing” on if you want to comment.

I’m sure other people have written about this, but The Briefing has one of the best articles you’ll find on what’s happening to congregational singing: The Slow Death of Congregational Singing. If you’ve been on Mars, it’s vanishing.
In its place we have a […]

SBC President Frank Page is one in a million. He’s a truth-teller who understands what’s actually going on in his denomination.
Don’t get me wrong. My denomination does love its statistics, but they seldom- never?- go all the way down the field and say “This is where the ball is going to fall.”
Frank did. Frank […]

(Thanks to all of you who are already supporting Jesus Shaped Spirituality, or JSS.)
We probably need a new category around here: “Words As I Ride Into The Sunset.”
Catholic blogger extraordinaire Amy Welborn has been studying me for a couple of years now, and she knows what’s red meat to my post evangelical soul.
So this morning, […]

BHT fellow and Harry Potter blogger Travis Pinzi eloquently pens his take on a Jesus-centered spirituality in this meditation on a wonderful verse from The Church’s One Foundation.
Though with a scornful wonder, men see her sore oppressed
By schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed
Yet saints, their watch are keeping, their cry goes up “How long?”
And soon […]

Tony Jones sent me his new book The New Christians, and I’ve been looking at some of the resource material on Emergent Village. I’ve been very encouraged the the Values and Practices Statement from Emergent Village. In my own journey to create a Jesus-shaped spirituality, I was particularly challenged by the first section: Commitment to […]

UPDATE: Dr. Michael Horton offers some helpful input in the comments. I appreciate his interest in this discussion.
I love the White Horse Inn. Never miss it. I love Michael Horton and Rod Rosenbladt especially.
I love the Law and Gospel distinction. I use it. I teach it to my students. I stress it to my chapel […]

UPDATE: I’m going to take this post from Ed Stetzer as indicative that Keller isn’t a theistic evolutionist, and delete this post. Thanks for participating.
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The following post could possibly be the largest discrepancy between the subject of a post and the actual title of a post you’ve ever read in these spaces. I’m hoping someone will nominate the title for an award.
Seriously, if you never thought about the topic of this post, don’t ridicule me. I’ve watched a lot […]

***Music by The Doors: “The End.”***
There was an elf that met the children at the door. Also in this room was a store that had Barbies, action figures, Brats Dolls, and all of the most popular items that you would find in a Toy-R-Us catalog the day after Thanksgiving. In order for kids to get […]

UPDATE: John H has a helpful Lutheran response.

UPDATE II: A Lutheran view of Assurance.

UPDATE III: Mark Shea comments on assurance in Calvinism and Catholicism. I think Mark’s experience with Calvinism is not very nuanced, but it’s on target. (Buy the Rosenbladt presentation.)
Q. 1. What is your only comfort, in life and in death?
A. That I […]

I don’t know much about Sydney Anglicans, so I’m not in any position to say anything about the truthfulness of this interesting comment found on the Light of the World, A City on a Hill website. What I will say, however, is that the commenter is a bright fellow saying some very perceptive things about […]

UPDATE: Check out what Williams really said when he used the word “legend.” Talk about a hit piece. Sad.
Here’s the Transcript. Check out the deliberate misquoting.
UPDATE II: Here’s Williams just a few days ago when asked if he believed in the virgin birth.
Yes; I believe that the conception of Jesus was a moment when the […]

Want to know what Phillip Pullman himself has to say about the Golden Compass and his books that inspired the film? Christian film critic and blogger Peter Chataway interviews Phillip Pullman and asks all the questions you’ve been wondering about. No more need to wonder what Pullman had on him mind in the books or […]

UPDATE VII: Ochuck makes a good contribution to the topic.
UPDATE VI: James White on the whole debate. Two things you can be sure of: 1) The longer the discussion goes on, the more likely that Witherington will eventually be called out as an apostate. 2) The longer the discussion goes on, the more it will […]