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Instrumental Music: A Parallel Argument
I get emails — One of the most popular arguments against instrumental music is that “the only thing that instruments have brought to worship” is division. The person I’m discussing this with has 4 points, and I know that Corbitt … Continue reading
Churches of Christ: What, Me Worry?
On August 18, 2009, Phil Sanders published these statistics at his In “Search of the Lord’s Way” blog — Some Encouraging Statistics According to Flavil Yeakley, who presented this material at FHU a few years ago, one can say these … Continue reading
Neo-Calvinism: Conclusions, Part 2
The redemption of culture, science, and the arts We see our job as being to redeem to people, and when we do, we don’t tell them much about God’s will for their job, their hobbies, or their role in society. … Continue reading
Posted in Neo-Calvinism, Uncategorized
Tagged Abraham Kuyper, All, calvinism, neo-Calvinism
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Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan: When the Rabbi Says “Come”
Scythopolis is filled with arena, theater, and gymnasia (universities), but Jesus chose no disciples here. But nearby is Bethsaida, a fishing village in Galilee, a town of 600 or so, with just 8 or 10 families. Hardly the place to … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Faith Lessons, Ray Vander Laan
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Neo-Calvinism: Conclusions, Part 1
There’s a lot of material on the Internet about neo-Calvinism, much of it quite good. And we could go on for months talking about it. But it’s time to come to some conclusions. You don’t have to be a Calvinist … Continue reading
Posted in Neo-Calvinism, Uncategorized
Tagged Abraham Kuyper, All, Blue Parakeet, calvinism, Church of Christ Links, narrative theology, neo-Calvinism, Scot Mcknight
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Scam Alert
This morning, I received this email — How are you doing,I hope all is well with you and family. I’m sorry for not informing you earlier about my trip to England for a Seminar,unfortunately, i misplaced my wallet on my … Continue reading
Sex, Marriage and Miss California: Modesty, Part 2
Well, I had thought I’d finished this series, when this strange coincidence happened. You see, Tim Archer posted an article about how to dress for church called “How should we then dress?” On the same day, Mike Adams posted a … Continue reading
Posted in Sex, the Church & Miss California, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Christian sex, marriage, modesty
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Neo-Calvinism: Abraham Kuyper, Criticisms, Part 3
Common grace For [Kuyper] common grace is primarily a grace directed to the redemption of the cosmos and culture. By rooting this doctrine in the divine decree of predestination he was able to construct a system whereby God’s plan for … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Kuyper, All, calvinism, common grace, neo-Calvinism, predestination
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