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A La Carte (07/24)

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Monday July 24, 2006

Law: The Harris brothers are discussing Abraham Cherrix, a young man with Hodgkin’s Disease who wants to attempt natrual treatment but is being forced by the courts to undergo chemotherapy.

Theology: BPNews has an article about Dr. Sam Waldron and his contention that the New Perspective on Paul corrupts the heart of the gospel. “The ‘New Perspective’ on the apostle Paul’s teaching about salvation has far more in common with the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church than it does with historic evangelical belief…”

Blog: Leslie Wiggins, who is one of the reviewers at Discerning Reader, has just begun her own blog which she is calling Lux Venit.

Books: Ligonier Ministries has just announced Reformation Trust Publishing, a new publishing imprint which will publish books by R.C. Sproul as well as “the best of today’s contemporary authors and theologians.”


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    Truths That Take on the World

    Christianity has a long history with catechisms—summaries of key doctrines that are arranged in a question-and-answer format. Traditionally, Presbyterians would be taught The Shorter Catechism, Dutch Reformed believers The Heidelberg Catechism, and Baptists one of the Baptist equivalents. Sadly, the use of catechisms began to decline as the years went by, so that it became…