BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND

Proof of what is unseen.

ABOUT MARK WARD

BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND

Proof of what is unseen.

ABOUT MARK WARD

The Five Tenants of Calvinism

Approximately 30 different sites on the Internet make reference to the "five tenants of Calvinism." None of them, however, has revealed who those five tenants are. So now, for the first time in the history of the Internet, I will reveal every one of the five tenants: John Calvin - room "T" Jonathan Edwards - room "U" Charles Spurgeon - room "L" Abraham Kuyper - room "I" John Piper - room "P" (he also rents rooms "B" and "D", according to the records) Some uncomfortable questions are left...

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Evolutionary Hymn by C. S. Lewis

Evolutionary Hymn Lead us, Evolution, lead us Up the future's endless stair; Chop us, change us, prod us, weed us. For stagnation is despair: Groping, guessing, yet progressing, Lead us nobody knows where. Wrong or justice, joy or sorrow, In the present what are they while there's always jam-tomorrow, While we tread the onward way? Never knowing where we're going, We can never go astray. To whatever variation Our posterity may turn Hairy, squashy, or crustacean, Bulbous-eyed or square of...

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Tim Keller MP3s

A friend e-mailed after my post yesterday recommending Tim Keller's The Reason for God . He suggested I provide a link to Keller MP3s on the Internet. I have not listened to even the majority of these recently collected Keller resources, but if you want to start somewhere I suggest listening to a few talks on "defeater beliefs," evangelistic material which made it into his book. Or try these two stimulating lectures I just listened to in the last two days, delivered at the Highland Theological...

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The Reason for Buying Keller

I began listening to Tim Keller MP3s at the recommendation of a friend a few years ago. He never fails to stimulate and challenge me. (And he's a real wit.) As I heard him give wise point after incisive comment about evangelism, I knew I had to buy whatever book he put out on the subject. I wasn't disappointed. The Reason for God has been a real help to me as I prepare myself for difficult questions in evangelism. (Right now, I'm not getting any difficult questions because my current harvest...

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Joy, Part 3

An addendum to the previous post. Try out the common definition of joy as non-emotional action on your wife: "Honey, I rejoice in you by taking out the trash and mowing the lawn, despite what you are actually like! My joy in our marriage exists independent of any qualities inherent in you; I give my joy freely as a gift to one who is not worthy of it! And my joy is not an emotion, so you can count on its constancy! Honey...? Honey!? Where are you going!!"

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