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A La Carte (9/27)

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Unpragmatic Pragmatism – Bob Glenn: “If it works to achieve our ends, then it’s right. The logic goes like this: We want more people to hear the gospel. People will only come to hear the gospel if you dress up like a Transformer or ride a white horse. Therefore, dressing up like Bumblebee or becoming Will Rogers is a perfectly legitimate way of doing church.”

180180 is a new documentary from Ray Comfort. Just 33 minutes long, it’s worth watching. Comfort does battle with moral relativism on the issue of abortion. (On the critique side, I sure wish he did a better job of getting to the gospel)

Galatians and Gospel – This is kind of a neat post from Thabiti Anyabwile. You’ll just have to read it because I can’t quite explain it.

The Lost Girls – “China’s One-Child policy is an epic disaster. Why does it have so many cheerleaders?This grisly reality is behind the Associated Press’s happy talk about China being a paradise for girls. The relative scarcity of girls has meant that women are prized and treated exceptionally well by parents, who can devote all their resources to them, and suitors who want to marry them. Things really are great for Chinese girls—if they survive until birth.” (HT)

Is the Reformation Nearly Over? – Carl Trueman: “Medieval Catholics liked to obtain the body, or even just a fragment, of a saint for their church building in order to make it an authentic church, or a better church than the one in the neighbouring town (see. the undignified fight for the corpse of St. Anthony of Padua; today we need a virtual piece of a famous preacher in our locale to have access to the magic.”

No man ever fell into error through being too watchful.

—Charles Spurgeon

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