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Evangelical Feminism and Liberalism (again)

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Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism? by Wayne Grudem is "an expression of deep concern about a widespread undermining of the authority of Scripture in the arguments that are frequently used to support evangelical feminism. And it is also a way of posing a question: can a movement that espouses this many ways of undermining the authority of Scripture possibly be right?" (from the Preface) Chapter 2 does a good job showing that denominations which move away from a position of biblical inerrancy seem to also embrace the ordination of women. Grudem names a few denominations, such … [Read more...] about Evangelical Feminism and Liberalism (again)

Mark Dever speaks at J.I. Packer’s 80th Birthday

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Mark Dever was one of the speakers at the recent Beeson Divinity School conference entitled "J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future." The conference took place on the occasion of J.I. Packer's 80th Birthday. As reported by Ligon Duncan, Dever "bravely and kindly expressed his concerns about Packer's endorsement of ECT [Evangelicals and Catholics Together], and gave the best presentation on Packer, justification and ECT that I've ever read." Apparently, there is a conference book forthcoming which will contain Dever's address. Also present at the conference were Chuck Colson, Bruce … [Read more...] about Mark Dever speaks at J.I. Packer’s 80th Birthday

Thabiti M. Anyabwile

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Thabiti M. Anyabwile is the senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. I had the pleasure of listening to his testimony a few weeks ago. The content was engaging and its delivery Christ-centered. I'm delighted that Focus on the Family's Boundless.org ministry has now published his testimony. Also, Pastor Thabiti is the Pastoral speaker at the 2007 Desiring God Pastors Conference (February 5-7, 2007). … [Read more...] about Thabiti M. Anyabwile

Picture of Human Depravity

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One consequence of the Fall is that people do things when nobody is looking that display a profound degree of lawlessness. We've seen a number of random killings in schools recently (girls are still dying in the recent Amish shooting). Of course, this is a picture of human depravity. It seems molestation was an aim. But I was struck by a perhaps more graphic manifestation of man's depravity in watching a portion of 60 Minutes this past Sunday. There is supposedly a national trend of high school boys going out and violently beating homeless men. One gentleman in the story makes the … [Read more...] about Picture of Human Depravity

Looking back on the Desiring God Conference

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I really enjoyed and was blessed by the Desiring God National Conference. Hosting Mark Driscoll was fun. We had a good time chatting about the 10 year anniversary of Mars Hill Church, his upcoming writing projects (Death by Love, and an essay in a multiviews book on the Trinity, the atonement, and one other big topic....the multiviews book is ready to go, and it comes out in January), and general church/culture stuff. The funniest moment came about 30 minutes before the Friday evening Q&A session when he asked me to please run and get him a couple cans of Red Bull. To accomplish this in a … [Read more...] about Looking back on the Desiring God Conference