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Mohler and SBTS Profs Dissect McLaren

Albert Mohler hosted a discussion today of Brian McLaren’s new book A New Kind of Christianity. Panel members include Bruce Ware, Jim Hamilton, Greg Wills, and Stephen Wellum.
It is no surprise that this panel is very critical of the book. All agree that the book is an open renunciation of the historic Christian faith. [...]

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Sexual Past

Russell Moore (@drmoore) has some sage counsel for a young woman who wants to know how much she should know about her boyfriend’s sexual past. This is sound, biblical advice, and I commend it to you.

“How Much Do I Need to Know About My Potential Spouse’s Sexual Past? My Response” by Russell Moore

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Josh Harris at Boyce College

Josh Harris, Al Mohler, and Russell Moore will be the featured speakers at Boyce College’s conference for high school students on March 19-20, 2009, and there is still time for students and youth groups to sign-up. The theme for the conference is “No Idols: Calling Students to Single-hearted Devotion.” Grammy-nominated Boyce College student “Flame” [...]

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Corey Haim, 1971-2010

Corey Haim was my age and was a teen movie star back when I knew something about teen movie stars. His is a sad story, and this is sad news indeed.
“As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor [...]

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Goodbye Texas Stadium

Old stadiums never die; they just fade away. At least that seems to be the case with Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas. The Dallas Morning News reports that fans wouldn’t even recognize the place if they could see it now. The old structure is a shell of what it once was. It’s been over a [...]

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Abortion and Healthcare Reform

Don’t miss Charmaine Yoest’s column in today’s Wall Street Journal. She argues that the Senate’s healthcare reform bill would be the greatest expansion of abortion since the passage of Roe v. Wade in 1973. It would mandate tax-payers to fund abortions in the following ways:
• It would change existing law by allowing federally subsidized health-care [...]

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A Make-believe Christian Infiltrates Thomas Road Baptist Church

Gina Welch is Jewish and an atheist. In her new book, In the Land of Believers, she chronicles her two-year sojourn among the members of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia.
“I wanted to know what my evangelical neighbors were like as people, unfiltered and off the record, not as the subjects of interviews conducted [...]

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Stupak Fighting the Good Fight

Democratic congressman Bart Stupak continues to fight the good fight against abortion. He told Chris Matthews earlier today that pages 33-44 of the Senate health bill requires tax-payer funded abortions. He’s a Democrat, and he wants to pass healthcare reform as much as anybody. But he also says that he will not compromise on this [...]

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Jim Hamilton on Daniel 1

Jim Hamilton preached to the students of Boyce College on Monday night and knocked it out of the park. His exposition of Daniel 1 was faithfully exposited and powerfully delivered. You can download the audio here or press the play button below.

Jim is Associate Professor of Biblical Theology at Southern Seminary and the Pastor of [...]

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Earle Ellis, RIP

UPDATE 3/5/10: Southwestern Seminary has posted its news release and tribute to Dr. Ellis here.

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I received news today that E. Earle Ellis passed away last night. He was research professor of theology emeritus at Southwestern Seminary, and a prolific scholar of the New Testament. As Russell Moore notes, “he believed the Bible when that wasn’t [...]

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I am the Dean of Boyce College and Associate Professor of New Testament at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. Twitter.com/DennyBurk Facebook.com/DennyBurk

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