Archive for August 2014
2014 New York City Fellowship
We Invite You to our September NYC Pastor’s Fellowship and Regional FBFI Meeting Tuesday, September 16 ♦♦♦ Guest Speaker: Dr. Wayne Van Gelderen Location: Bethel Baptist Fellowship Pastor jimbrom116 AT verizon DOT net 2304 Voorhies Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11235 718.615.1002 Schedule: 9:00 am Breakfast 10 am Preaching 12 Noon Lunch Bro. Van Gelderen Will Speak…
Read MoreKiffin Letters: To a brother with a wayward child
Note from P&D – the following article is a letter from a concerned friend to a couple with a child who has fallen into sin. The author has requested anonymity to protect personal relationships. Since this is unfortunately not a totally uncommon experience, we believe the advice is worth your attention. Dear Brother and Sister…
Read MoreThe Gospel Coalitions Accommodation to Postmodernism in their Statements on Inerrancy
New Evangelicalism and New Calvinism: The Same Disaster, part 6 Matt Recker Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ Part 3 ♦ Part 4 ♦ Part 5 ♦ This is Part 6 ♦ Part 7 In the Christian Life article, “Is Evangelical Theology Changing?” the seventh point of the New Evangelical agenda was “A re-opening of the subject of biblical inspiration.”1…
Read MoreTHE LITERAL INTERPRETATION OF GENESIS 3 (Part 1)
John Mincy This is Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ Part 3 For centuries most of Christendom believed that a historical Adam and Eve sinned in a real garden by means of the deception of a real snake. According to a recent survey, however, almost three-fourths of the members of America’s protestant churches do not…
Read MoreEclectica: Shrinking the Church
Just one article to call to your attention for this edition – and we think it is a pretty significant one: How To Shrink Your Church In One Easy Step (link below the jump) The basic thesis of the article is summed up by this: Every major American church that has taken steps towards liberalization…
Read MoreThe Threat to Freedom of Religion
Don Johnson A recent survey by George Barna has garnered some attention: “Many pastors wary of raising ‘controversy’“ (HT: SharperIron). The linked article suggests that theologically conservative pastors are unwilling to raise political issues in their congregations. Here is Barna himself: “What we’re finding is that when we ask them about all the key issues…
Read MoreCultural Renewal and the Social Gospel versus Evangelism
New Evangelicalism and New Calvinism: The Same Disaster, part 5 Matt Recker Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ Part 3 ♦ Part 4 ♦ This is Part 5 ♦ Part 6 ♦ Part 7 I realize that many view any form of criticism of other Christians as unkind and that exposing error is culturally unpopular. I do feel a bit…
Read MoreKoinonia and the Lord’s Table
Andy Efting “Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.” How many times have I heard this phrase repeated by the pastor as we partake of the first element of communion? Certainly hundreds of time by now. It’s so common and familiar that I barely give…
Read MoreEclectica – August 15, 1014
I’ve been collecting various links for weeks, time to offer up an eclectic sampling of the serious to the not so serious. Topics: Homosexuality Suicide Driscoll Mormons Church Decline Marriage Miscellany Astronomy Coffee
Read MoreGood and Mad
Terry Hagedorn Be ye angry, and sin not. Ephesians 4:26 Anger is a God-given emotion. It is designed to motivate a person to change actions, attitudes, and adverbs (words) toward the irritant: e.g., a negative person, circumstance, or object. God’s anger is always holy. However, anger is manifested by people across a broad spectrum of…
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