Daily Archives: 29/05/2008

John Stott on ecumenism between Protestant evangelicals and Roman Catholics

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‘I find myself hoping and praying that evangelicals worldwide will take more initiatives to develop friendly conversations with Roman Catholics based on common Bible study.  It would be tragic indeed if God’s purpose of reformation were frustrated by our evangelical … Continue reading →

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J. I. Packer on biblical exegesis and the literal sense of the text

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‘Exegesis means bringing out of the text all that it contains of the thoughts, attitudes, assumptions, and so forth — in short, the whole expressed mind of the human writer.  This is the ‘literal’ sense, in the name of which … Continue reading →

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What is salvation for?

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‘At the very center of the Christian faith is Jesus . . . Unfortunately, Western Christianity has been so conditioned . . . It has concentrated on the salvation of the individual soul but has frequently disregarded God’s purpose to … Continue reading →

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Walter Wink on Frank Peretti’s ‘This Present Darkness’

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‘While I appreciate his treatments of the interconnection of heavenly and earthly reality, the role of human freedom, the centrality of prayer, the angels of the cities and nations, and the subtle coincidence of demonic promptings and people’s words or … Continue reading →

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Richard Dawkins’ god

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‘The ‘god’ in whom Richard Dawkins disbelieves is a ‘god’ in whom the major world religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam, do not believe either.’ ~ Michael Poole

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