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William Wallace Was a Monster It took fifteen years, but Mel Gibson has finally admitted that his portrayal of William Wallace in Braveheart was pretty much a complete rewriting of history. But even now he still gets Wallace wrong. T4G Earlybird Tomorrow is the last day to qualify for the early registration rates for T4G. As of Sunday the price goes up substantially! Persecution in England This video is interesting. It tells of a Christian couple who are facing criminal …
Today’s post comes courtesy of my good friend Ryan who offers some reflections on glorifying God through life’s trials. He wrote this article yesterday. ***** I am writing this from the waiting area at the Trillium Hospital in Toronto, while my beautiful wife is undergoing a procedure to help bring closure to the miscarriage we first learned about last week. While this isn’t our first miscarriage, it is the first since the healthy births of our two children, and was …
Greg Koukl is setting out on a blog tour to support his new book Tactics (you can read my review of it right here). I agreed to participate, asking one question of my own and asking one question on behalf of another person. Here is what we asked and how Greg answered. There are many “traditional” apologetic manuals available to us, perhaps the foremost of which is Evidence that Demands a Verdict. Such books seem to speak to a modern …
Ray Comfort is setting out on a blog tour to support his new book You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence but You Can’t Make him Think. Knowing that many of the readers of this site are admirer’s of Comfort, I decided to participate. I solicited questions from readers and here is one that Comfort was eager to respond to. I often respond to the questions/arguments posed by atheists not so much because I think I can convince them they’re …
This is a guest post from John Ensor. ***** Today I join hundreds of thousands in Washington, D.C., in the annual March for Life to publicly lament the death of 50 million preborn children and to pray for the day when abortion becomes unthinkable. In doing so, I acknowledge the resistance, even offense, taken by many by asserting that abortion is the moral issue of our day. I am familiar with the claim that asserts equal concern for poverty, global …
Guest blog by Andrew Lindsey Congregational singing: “I Love to Tell the Story” The speaker from each of the five points was on the panel. Dr. Patterson had to leave so that his alternate, Dr. Malcolm Yarnell took his place for Total depravity. Dr. Vines announced that he would like to have at least one Calvinist and one non-Calvinist address each one of the five points. Panelist #1: Dr. John Voight (sp?) pastor from Rome, GA and author of The …
Guest blog by Andrew Lindsey Dr. Vines announced that he asked Dr. Stanley to share how he has proclaimed the gospel throughout the world through In Touch Ministries. Dr. Charles Stanley: “I’m just called to do one thing, and that’s to preach the gospel as far and as wide as God lets me.” The church has one mission. Great Commission texts quoted from the gospels and Acts. In many preaching magazines the emphasis is “making great leaders” rather than prayer …
Guest blog by Andrew Lindsey Prayer by Phil Roberts. Dr. Ken Keathley: 2 Timothy 1:12. 2 components of assurance: 1. Certainty that one is saved. 2. Certainty that one in a state of grace will remain in this state. What is the basis of assurance? 3 components: 1. Present certainty a. Denied by Council of Trent, Canon 15, which says present certainty only comes through special revelation. (John Calvin pointed to the Bible as special revelation granting assurance.) b. The …
Guest blog by Andrew Lindsey Mark Lamprecht is also live-blogging this Conference, and is catching some statements that I miss. Read his posts HERE.
Guest blog by Andrew Lindsey Congregational singing: “Amazing Grace” Prayer by Ergun Caner. Dr. Steve Lemke: “It is my desire that we as Southern Baptists can go forward in unity.” Quote from Nathan Finn that we must be free to hold differing convictions and to attempt to persuade others of our convictions. Irresistible grace did not originate at Dort, but was made famous by this Synod. Quote from one of the Remonstrants that the grace of God is absolutely needed …