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Monday March 3, 2008

James White vs. Bart Ehrman
In January of next year, James White will be debating Bart Ehrman on “Can the New Testament be inspired in light of textual variation.” Sounds like it should be an interesting one.


Diocese Threatens to Suspend Packer
“New Westminster Bishop Michael Ingham has sent Packer and seven other clergy members a ‘notice of presumption of abandonment of the exercise of ministry.’” See the first comment for a bit of clarification.


When God Doesn’t Heal You
A friend of Trillia’s posts a testimony to God’s grace even in the midst of suffering.


Pearcey in the Examiner
The Examiner has published Rick Pearcey’s tribute to William F. Buckley. “The contrast with the opportunistic ‘mover and shaker’ of Big Government, Big Celebrity or, sadly, Big Christianity, encourages us to push forward to a higher calling, a nobler practice, a loving dream awalk in the world.”


  • The Anxious Generation

    The Great Rewiring of Childhood

    I know I’m getting old and all that, and I’m aware this means that I’ll be tempted to look unfavorably at people who are younger than myself. I know I’ll be tempted to consider what people were like when I was young and to stand in judgment of what people are like today. Yet even…

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  • a One-Talent Christian

    It’s Okay To Be a Two-Talent Christian

    It is for good reason that we have both the concept and the word average. To be average is to be typical, to be—when measured against points of comparison—rather unremarkable. It’s a truism that most of us are, in most ways, average. The average one of us is of average ability, has average looks, will…

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