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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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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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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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Powerful Testimony

My colleague Dr. Chuck Lawless shared a powerful testimony to God’s grace in SBTS chapel yesterday. This is a good word, and you need to hear it. The Lord’s arm is not too short to save! (Isaiah 59:1)

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Russell Moore on Misguided Christian Outrage

Russell Moore has a must-read at The Resurgence website. In it, he asks whether Christians should be outraged by the new “We Are the World” single that was recently recorded after the Grammys. He writes:

“Well, yes, I am outraged. Willie Nelson should have been invited to participate. He’s still every bit as talented as he [...]

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A National Shame

It is a great national shame that we send women off to fight our wars. I understand that saying such a thing is terribly non-PC these days. The general egalitarian spirit of the age looks askance at the idea that women are to be protected, not deployed. Nevertheless, that used to be the consensus view [...]

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Ryken’s Defining Challenge for Evangelicals

Christianity Today asked Philip Ryken last week what he expects “to be Wheaton’s greatest ‘identity challenge’ in relating to trends in American culture?” His answer:
“I think the issue of homosexuality will for the foreseeable future be a defining challenge for the evangelical church generally, and, therefore, also for the college.”

He calls homosexuality a “defining challenge” [...]

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