Pragmitism at its ugly best

This article demonstrates what happens, and where we end up, when pragmatism takes over the church’s philosophy and worldview:
If Church got rid of gay clergy it would collapse?
Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
The openly homosexual bishop whose ordination sparked the split in the Anglican Communion has claimed that the Church of England would come close to [...]

Christian Worldview Test

Do you think like a Christian? Has the neo-paganism influenced you in your view of God, ethics and the world?
Take this test and find out!
HT: Van’s Blog

Shock Jock Preaching

I’ve noticed a new trend in evangelicalism, and that is the “Howard Stern” approach to appealing to people in order to get them to like you and listen to you.
Chris over at “A Little Leaven” demonstrates how this has also crept into “Christian” bands as well, with the title of a new album called “The [...]

Biblical Inerrancy – What does it mean?

For those interested in some good work on why the Bible doesn’t contain errors, Tim Challies has done some excellent research and demonstrates what this does and does not mean, in these 3 articles:

Are there Errors in the Bible?
What Does “Inerrant” Mean?
Errors and Contradictions in the Bible

Wally the Wiener??? Oh come on now!

By posting this I am not making a statement against the necessity of addressing the porn problem, nor am I making a statement against helping those with this addiction; but I am making a statement on how we are to do it.
Specifically, I just don’t think this is how Christians should go about doing it:
From [...]

“Stand To Reason” Videos On “Why Christianity?”

Here are a couple of short videos by Greg Koukl that I believe will help explain some issues recently brought up in comments on this blog:

Do all religions offer a piece of the truth?
Why is Jesus the only way?
Is Christianity the only way?
Is Christianity right and others wrong?
Why is Jesus different?
Was what Jesus said true?
“I [...]

Way of the Master: FAQs

I love The Way of the Master, listen to the radio show, watch the TV program, buy their tracts, and study and teach the program. But I have never been to their FAQ section on the website. Brian over at Time 2 Change Churches posted this and it was a good synopsis of the teachings.
Check [...]

Our God Rains/Reigns

Our God Rains Reigns
This morning I took my 4 year old daughter out to walk the dog, and she was amazed at the amount of fog that was present. In her bewilderment she asked about the rain drops that were falling on us from the trees, “Daddy, did you water the trees?”
I responded, “No sweetheart, [...]

I hate to admit it, but I was wr___!

Pastor Mark Fox describes the pride of life, consequences, and freedom that comes from admitting we are wrooooooooong!
We need the truth even when it hurts
Have you heard of the “Semmelweis Reflex?” You know about it, even if you have never heard the definition. It is “dismissing or rejecting out of hand any information, automatically, without [...]

PSA Regarding Emergent Post-Modernism

Now this is just hilarious, if you of course aren’t a post-modern emergent Post-modernly speaking, it might even be hilarious if you are. Check it out at Fighting For The Faith.

ESV Translation is a very good translation

I have historically loved the NASB translation for its accuracy with the texts, and have used it primarily when reading slowly and studying the Word. However, I enjoy more though-for-thought translations like the NIV from time to time when I want to just read and enjoy the flow of the text.
In my opinion, the ESV [...]