Contending with Christianity’s Critics

Several weeks ago, our church went to a conference hosted by Watermark Community Church, “Contending with Christianity’s Critics:  Answering New Atheists and Other Objectors.”  The audio and video from that conference is now available on Watermark’s website.  You can download or view/listen online to all seven of the messages: “The Importance of Apologetics for Every […]

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Some helpful articles from the last week: Chad Hall identifies “Three Reasons We Should Not Share the Gospel” — insecurity, arrogance, and narcissism. “What do all of these poor motivations have in common?  Each one places the needs and interests of the evangelist ahead of the needs and interests of the other.  Evangelism should always […]

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Book blurbs

In the interest of “something is better than nothing,” here are a few blurbs and comments on some books I’ve recently completed reading: Title: Atheism Remix Author: R. Albert Mohler, Jr. Publisher:  Crossway, 2008, 108 pp., $15.99 Recommendation (4-star scale):  Summary: This book is based on a series of four messages that Mohler gave at […]

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Found around the internet in the past week — C. J. Mahaney blogs about “The Pastor and Personal Criticism.” But it’s not just pastors who need to understand the role of criticism in their lives (to produce wisdom and maturity).  We can all benefit from the criticism we receive: If we could mature in wisdom […]

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Good without God? We can be better?

A few weeks ago, the city of Fort Worth created quite a stir when four city buses began carrying an advertisement from the Dallas-Fort Worth Coalition of Reason stating, “Millions of Americans are Good Without God.”  [Fort Worth Star-Telegram.] Negative response to the advertising campaign led to the city quickly deciding that no buses would […]

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A few things I’ve spotted around the internet lately: Can six seconds a day protect your marriage?  Jani Ortlund says it can — if it’s a six-second kiss. Unbelieving pastors?  Say it ain’t so.  And yet there are some.  Perhaps (probably?) the report by new-atheist proponent Daniel Dennett is biased, but if he could find […]

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Religious theists and saving faith

Faith in God is not enough to save a man. Two related stories that came across my computer screen this morning authenticate that statement. The USA Today references this morning a survey by Lifeway Christian Resources about the so-called faith of young adults (age 18-29).  In this study, among those who identified themselves as “Christian:” […]

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Can an atheist give thanks tomorrow?

Thanksgiving is a deeply theological act, rightly understood. As a matter of fact, thankfulness is a theology in microcosm — a key to understanding what we really believe about God, ourselves, and the world we experience. A haunting question is this:  How do atheists observe Thanksgiving? I can easily understand that an atheist or agnostic […]

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Some random posts and articles that I’ve accumulated recently from around the ‘net: Charles Spurgeon meditates on walking with like Christ (this classic book, Morning and Evening can be downloaded in its entirety for reading at your leisure). Luther posts the 95 theses (if you’ve never really understood what the theses were all about…) Tim […]

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An assortment of miscellaneous articles and thoughts from around the web: Al Mohler, “Looking Back:  TIME asks: ‘Is God Dead John Piper, “10 Reasons Why Believing in the Sovereignty of God Matters” A couple books that look interesting (I have not read these books and know nothing about them other than what you will read […]

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