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- 04/22/11
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Bell’s Inferno - John MacArthur completes his series on Rob Bell. “The sad reality is that if Rob Bell does not confess the truth in this life, one day he will realize how wrong his understanding of hell really is. His view of hell will be painfully altered forever when he receives the more severe punishment reserved for those who with a Bible in their hands mock God and trample the blood of Christ underfoot.”
A Great Debt - You may have heard this story before. Regardless, it’s worth pondering again.
Christianity Explored - Christianity Explored has launched a new web site geared toward evangelism.
VIP Treatment - I believe I linked to this a while ago, but I enjoyed reading it again yesterday. It’s little stories like this that attest to the true character of a man.
Written in Stone - “The stone tablet has stood on this forested hillside since before they were born, but the villagers have faithfully obeyed the stark warning carved on its weathered face: ‘Do not build your homes below this point!’ Residents say this injunction from their ancestors kept their tiny village of 11 households safely out of reach of the deadly tsunami last month that wiped out hundreds of miles of Japanese coast and rose to record heights near here. The waves stopped just 300 feet below the stone.”
The Pacific - A reader sent me this excellent gallery of World War 2 photos.
TGC and Me - Darryl Hart posts a kind of crusty but still interesting take on The Gospel Coalition and theological boundaries.
Amazing Grace - This is a powerful rendition of “Amazing Grace.”
How do we get water from a well? Do we woo it? Do we stand at the top of the well and cry, 'Here, water, water, water?’ —R.C. Sproul
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Comments (9)
I just linked to that exact same tsunami article from my blog (having seen it independently)…it makes me feel special and with-it to see it here too!
And to further comment, now that I’ve looked at the WWII pictures: Wow. I live on Okinawa and drive through what used to be Yontan Airfield all the time (the nighttime picture with all the antiaircraft fire in the air). It’s insane to think about the sacrifices that were made on what is now just another lazy little Pacific island (that happens to house tens of thousands of Americans, thanks to WWII). Thanks for posting that.
Re: Written in Stone - Kinda like, “Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set” ~ Proverbs 22:28.
Many thanks for sharing the link to the new Christianity Explored site, Tim.
Our aim in creating it was that it would act as an evangelistic resource for the local church and a place to point our non-Christian friends, rather than as a promo for Christianity Explored.
We want to make it as helpful as possible, so I’d love to hear any feedback anyone has, either here at Tim’s blog, or at mine.
“We want to make it as helpful as possible, so I’d love to hear any feedback anyone has, either here at Tim’s blog”
Could you post a video with someone giving a biblical answer for the origin of evil?
I think Hart’s article is a frustrating example of why The Gospel Coalition exists in the first place. TGC is an attempt to say that the message that makes us right with God ought to be enough to make us right with one another- even if we wouldn’t put each other on the payroll.
Hi Mike,Thanks for the feedback - much appreciated! We’re going to canvas opinion on what’s “missing” from the video answers, and in time add a few more.The origin of evil in this world, from Genesis 3, is touched on in the “Go Deeper” text section underneath the answer on suffering. Unfortunately, we had to be fairly selective in terms of which questions to film answers to - otherwise we’d have ended up with 50 videos, and one of our big aims for the site was to make it a site a non-Christian could feel they could quickly get to grips with (many other evangelistic sties are very text-heavy, and have masses and masses of content, which can feel quite intimidating!) Our aim on the site isn’t to answer every question, but to show that Christianity “works” under scrutiny, and so to point people towards good local churches, which is, we believe, the place that evangelism should happen, so that it’s relational.To my mind, Dawn’s answer to the “problem” of suffering - that actually we, as causers-of-suffering, are the main problem, and that what the Bible offers is not just answers but more crucially hope - is a great apologetic approach to the non-Christian.Hope you enjoy the site and feel able to recommend it to those who are searching, but haven’t yet (been) found!
Interesting. So MacArthur concludes that Bell’s bad theology rises to the level of precluding salvation. I’m not sure I’m confident enough to make that pronouncement.
Thanks Mike, I’ll pass that on.