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Ten Uses for the Word “World” from the Gospel of John
or whom did Jesus die on the cross? If you would find the extent of Jesus’ atonement, you must first discover the intent of his atonement. To answer the one is to discover the other. John the Baptist declares of … Continue reading
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Wilson on TT on NT
ouglas Wilson at Blog and Mablog, has begun to post comments on the individual essays in the “NT Wright” issue of Table Talk. I know, this adds an extra layer of brain torture, but if you can take the strain, … Continue reading
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Crinum Lily
his may turn out to be an all-lily month for my Friday Floral pics. I nearly waited too long for this weeks gem, but I knew I had a very narrow window on the Lycoris last week, and decided to … Continue reading
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Tagged amaryllis, crinum, Ellen Bosanquet
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Who Will Be Left Behind?
One Layman’s Thoughts on the End Times—Part 1 Here are some thoughts for you pre-mil types to chew on. I don’t want to argue with you. Just read the texts in their context, and try to square them with your … Continue reading
He Is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed!
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, … Continue reading
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All of You
We had an interesting discussion yesterday (I started this post on Monday.) in Sunday School on the topic of sin. I have been working my way through the book, The Reason for God, which is a modern approach to apologetics … Continue reading
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Steve Brown’s Calvinism
“I’m a five-point Calvinist. That means I believe there’s not any perspiration on God’s upper lip.” Steve Brown, December 19th podcast of Steve Brown Etc.
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Linguistic Reductionism
ere’s a couple of jewels from a podcast I heard a couple of weeks ago: Atonement is a non-negotiable concept. What do you put in its place? What happens is the gospel becomes “I can have a personal relationship with … Continue reading
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Tagged atonement, Christianity, Jesus, language, personal relationship, R. C. Sproul, salvation, William Willimon
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September 11, 2008: Remembering 9-11
There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, … Continue reading
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Jesus, Our Great High Priest
he offices of Christ are something we Southern Baptists seldom speak much about. Maybe we are put of by Catholic-sounding words like “high priest.” We would probably profit from it greatly if we thought about the offices of Christ a … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkhof, high priest, intercession, Jesus Christ, John Newton, Wayne Grudem
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