Dan Brown’s war on Christianity

JP: I’m sure you’ve heard about, or read the book, or perhaps seen the movie The Da Vinci Code. Dan Brown’s * book Angels & Demons has been made into a film and is soon to be released. Whether you see this film or not – I don’t recommend it! – you should surely be [...]

Revisiting Romans 6:3

JP: Followup from our discussion on Romans 6:3 this past Wednesday
SPIRITUAL OR WATER BAPTISM? An examination of Romans 6:3-4. by Cooper Abrams
I would like to suggest that the reference is to both spiritual and water baptism. You cannot separate the symbol from that which it symbolizes. I believe Paul is using what water baptism [...]

Two great Baptists

JP: A couple of interesting links on two great Baptists:
A.T. Robertson
A.T. Robertson quotes:

“The greatest proof that the Bible is inspired is that it has stood so much bad preaching.”
“There are so many young Spurgeons, but so few of them grow up.”
“It is easier to preach than it is to talk, because when you [...]

Gotta Serve Somebody

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.
JP: I’m showing my age but the message title is from the old Bob Dylan song, “Gotta Serve Somebody“.
The text for our Wednesday night 5/27/09 [...]

Ida “missing link” hype – a lot of hot air!

JP: If you’ve watched CNN or other national media channels this week perhaps you heard about “Ida”.
Article from National Geographic: “MISSING LINK” FOUND: New Fossil Links Humans, Lemurs?
Excerpt:
The fossil, he says, bridges the evolutionary split between higher primates such as monkeys, apes, and humans and their more distant relatives such as lemurs.
“This is [...]

Another polar reversal: porn & casual sex AND cigarettes

JP: Two articles like Food and Sex: A polar reversal in 50 years. Both are from Focus on the Family’s boundlessline.org. See my additional comments below the quotes. The image above is a vintage cigarette advertisement from the 1940’s.
Porn’s Rise and Smoking’s Demise
Excerpt:
According to this article from Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, attitudes about pornography and [...]

Kudos to Dr Bauder from John Piper

John Piper: Good Breeze from a Fundamentalist Neighbor
Intro:
I would like to encourage all fundamentalists and former fundamentalists to feel a good breeze from the fevered landscape of controversy. It’s an <a href=”http://www.centralseminary.edu/publications/Nick/Nick217.html” target=”_blank”article by Kevin Bauder, the president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary, across town from us here in Minneapolis.
If you are a younger [...]

The danger of complacency

JP: From our (Kathee and my) Bible reading this week:
And it shall come to pass at that time
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
And punish the men
Who are settled in complacency,
Who say in their heart,
‘ The LORD will not do good,
Nor will He do evil.’ (Zephaniah 1:12)
Question: What sin is in view here?
Answer: “settled in [...]

Should Christians “Respect” Other Religions?

JP: A Worthwhile read from Albert Mohler, Jr. I only provide a brief except. I highly encourage readers to consider the entire article!
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Should Christians “Respect” Other Religions?
Excerpt:
In this light, any belief system that pulls persons away from the Gospel of Christ, denies and subverts Christian truth, and blinds sinners from seeing Christ as [...]

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

JP: Our study this week (May 20th) will be from Romans 6:1-14. Study notes are available here.
I found a helpful chart that illustrates four views of sanctification. It is available here. I believe the Reformed View of Sanctification is closest to the Scriptural view.
Comment: Image from Norview Baptist