DEATH OF A SAVED SINNER -- From Christianity Today: Died: Brennan Manning, Author of The Ragamuffin Gospel. Manning was a sinner, having gone through alcoholism and divorce, among other things. Manning was very open about his failures, which is part of what made his books so worthwhile. "Don't think I'm a saint. I'm a ragamuffin, you're …
Continue reading Around the web 4/14/2013 — Death of a sinner, fornication, horsing around, and more
"I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." -- Genesis 3:15 ESV The Bible, despite containing passages and books with a great diversity of cultural backgrounds, literary genres, authors, and topics, has …
Continue reading GeoScriptures — Genesis 3:15 — The Protoevangelium
I have updated the "Best of the GeoChristian" link up at the top of the page. There is a good variety: posts on Christianity, geology, creationism, the environment, atheism, apologetics, and more. I would be interested to hear if there is a post that has been especially meaningful or helpful to you, or one that …
I was visiting with a young-Earth creationist (a dear brother in Christ whom I did not know) during a break at the Nathaniel Jeanson presentation earlier this month. In the course of the conversation, I mentioned that there are a good number of prominent, conservative Evangelical scholars and pastors who advocate acceptance of an old …
I've always known that Jesus is for geologists, as well as for biologists, chemists, physicists, archeologists, astronomers, and all other sorts of scientists. There are, of course, many Christians who are scientists, and many scientists who are Christians. As a graduate student in geology, I found rich fellowship with a half dozen Christian geologists-in-training, and …
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I believe the Earth is about 4.6 billion years old, and that the Bible doesn't say much one way or the other about biological evolution. I believe that young-Earth creationism is neither necessary Biblically nor valid scientifically. Ken Ham is president of Answers in Genesis, and believes the Bible requires an approximately 6000-year old Earth …
Forget Halloween; October 31st is Reformation Day! On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the doors of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. The 95 Theses were Luther’s arguments against the selling of indulgences, which were documents declaring forgiveness of sins granted by the church as a result of some act …
HT: Extreme Theology, Desiring God Grace and Peace
The gospel is for unbelievers. It is also for believers. It is not just the starting point; it is our life. HT: Extreme Theology Grace and Peace
The preaching at the church we have been attending in Denver, Red Rocks Fellowship, has been consistently good. Here are two excerpts from today's sermon preached by Pastor Jack McCullough, which was on the birth of Jesus from Matthew 1:18-25. Someone has said this: "If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent …
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