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“Jehovah’s Witness encounter”

Today 12/22/09 (My son Pauly’s B-Day) I was approached by a young proclaimed (JW) and found him to be very bold in his technique. He demanded that I roll down my window as he proceeded to discuss his Watchtower Tract Society magazines. I stopped him immediately by stating that I was a born again Christian [...]

“An Effective Atonement” Part 1

Evangelicals are traditionally taught to view salvation based on an arminian type of theology. For this reason they are not used to thinking analytically about exactly how the atonement works. When asked the reasonable question, “How can the cross be a saving instrument?” The natural response given is different from the calvinist.
[The concept [...]

Jude 3

I recently traded emails with a brother and the question about Jude 3 came up and what exactly is the “common salvation”. Well I am not as well read in Jude as I should be, but I had my Johnny Mac with me and I wrote out his commentary. Not wanting that to go to [...]

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    • Francophone Pastors Book Set
      (Author: Bill Walsh) Last year DG International Outreach initiated a project that involves providing a small theological library for 16,000 French-speaking pastors in Africa. We partnered with Éditions Clé and SIM to translate the book Battling Unbelief into French so it could become part of this set. The translation work is complete and the funding is halfw […]
    • I Loved This Novel. Still Do. More Than Before.
      (Author: John Piper) Marilynne Robinson's novel Gilead—if you can call it that—continues to move me, months after I read it. I have waited to comment on it since I knew it would be around for decades (centuries?). I wanted to let it ripen in my memory. Rev. John Ames is dying. The book is a kind of last testament he would like his young son to read when […]
    • Jesus: The Only Way to God
      (Author: Tyler Kenney) This July Baker Books will be releasing Jesus: The Only Way to God, a short paperback by John Piper on the need for people to hear and believe the name of Jesus in order to be saved. You can buy one (or more) from us in advance at the special price of just $4.99 each. Just call 888.346.4700 on a weekday between 8 and 5pm Central Time. […]
    • Sin and Sorrow in Pakistan Today
      (Author: Tyler Kenney)Today in the news: Suspected Islamist militants stormed an office of a U.S.-based, Christian aid agency [World Vision] in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six Pakistani aid workers after singling them out and then blowing up the building. (Read full article from Reuters) From the World Vision website: Please pray for World Vision's s […]
    • One Way a Very Public Christian Spoke
      (Author: John Piper) On September 13, 1980, Charles Malik gave an address called "The Two Tasks" at the opening of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College. He was the Lebanese Ambassador to the United States. The message was so seminal that in 2006 (his centenary) it was republished with a collection of essays built around it. What strikes us as […]