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A Call for Content Creators to Cultivate Discernment
I hope content creators will heed this call to cultivate true discernment. “Beautiful language, by itself, does not encompass all that it means to write well as a Christian. Christian writers must labor not only to write what is true but also to write in a manner that adorns the truth.”
When Things Look Bleak…
Nick Batzig: “Like many other Christians, I am deeply concerned about the direction in which our country has been moving and the speed at which it continues to move. The murder of the unborn, the celebration of every form of sexual immorality, the increase in public acts of violence, perpetual discrimination, sex trafficking, and a rise in religious intolerance certainly top the list of moral evils over which we should grieve.”
Church Planting in Forgotten Urban Neighborhoods
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Closer to Islam than to Liberal Christianity
Even here in Canada I’ve had experiences like this one: “We stood there awkwardly as the laughter died away. I looked at Henry and at my new Egyptian friend, realizing in that moment that we had more in common with one another than we did with all these chuckling church-goers. In fact, we lived in a different world. As a believer, I had more in common with my Muslim friends like this Egyptian than I did with many of my own countrymen who claimed to be Christians. What a strange and tragic thing.”
Isn’t It Cruel to Force a Woman to Keep a Child She Can’t Afford to Raise, or to Give up a Baby for Adoption?
Randy Alcorn answers a common charge made against those who are pro-life.
Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God
David Steele’s review of this new (and really problematic) book is an opportunity to teach and celebrate lots of precious truths.
Why Did God Harden Pharaoh’s Heart? A Case for Divine Ultimacy
If you’re interested in a longer read, perhaps consider this article from Phil Gons.
Flashback: Head Knowledge = Good. Heart Knowledge = Good.
Christianity is and must be a faith that involves the mind just as it is and must be a faith that involves the heart. The problem comes when there is a radical disconnect between the two.
What God takes from me is less than I owe him, and what he leaves me is more than I deserve. —William Gurnall