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Pyromaniacs: Evangelical Politics: A Few More thoughts

Worth reading:
Pyromaniacs: Evangelical Politics: A Few More thoughts.

On the Vocation of a Gospel Minister by Newton

Before John Newton (1725-1807) was called to the Anglican ministry he described what he understood his calling to be to a friend, Harry Crooke of Hunslett, Leeds, in these words:
“The message I would bear is Jesus Christ and him crucified and from the consideration of the great things he has done, to recommend and enforce [...]

What is the Gospel?

Greg Gilbert looks carefully at how we define the gospel: part 1, part 2, part 3. I think it’s very helpful.
Here’s a summary:
I think we can get at an answer to all those questions by realizing that the Gospel of the Cross (that is, the narrow sense of “gospel”) is not just any part of [...]

Dying Protestantism

John Piper:
Joseph Bottum, an editor at First Things, recently published an article called “The Death of Protestant America.” Here are a few of his observations that give meaning to the title.

By “Protestant America” he means the America that was once defined by the mainline churches—the more liberal expressions of the Northern Baptists, United Church [...]

Between Two Worlds: Mahaney: Don’t Waste Your Humor

Between Two Worlds: Mahaney: Don’t Waste Your Humor.
Having listened to parts of this message, it’s well worth listening to.

Gratitude, the Debtor’s Ethic, and John Piper’s Future Grace (part 1)

John Piper in 1995 wrote Future Grace. I’m finally getting around to reading it. His main premise is that faith in future grace is what drives our righteous behavior before God now.   He says, “I pray that you will hear and follow the call to find your joy in all that God promises to be [...]

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