Once upon a time, Presbyterians famously didn’t observe Christmas. Some still don’t. Remembering that, Thomas Slawson at Tom-In-The-Box has composed the following: CORINTH, AL With the Christmas season in full swing now, one church is definitely NOT singing “Joy to the World.” Several months ago the elders of South Bend Presbyterian met to address the …
Ed Welch’s words should not be confined to teenagers. People of all ages can fall into this spiritual trap, and some churches encourage them along the way. “Hello, I am a moralistic therapeutic deist.” That’s the word from a number of evangelical teens. I really liked that phrase when I first read it, though it …
Andrew Jones, the Tall Skinny Kiwi recounts the following story, heard from multiple sources, about what God is doing in Egypt. I liked it. Some stories go viral because they somehow capture the heart of whats going on. This one has been told to me here in Egypt a few times now, by different people. …
In the context of recent posts about the narrative, whole-Bible Gospel this post by Bill Mounce brings the issue to a very fine point. Towards the end he writes: I made a nuisance of myself for several years by asking everyone I could, especially academics, “What is the minimum it takes to get into heaven?” It …
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