“Stanley conjectures that the modern church and Christianity are resistible because the Old Testament is mixed into Christianity and that believers sense the need to defend the Old Testament’s historicity and accuracy, which leads to alienating ‘post-Christians.’” - GARBC
“By 2040, Muslims will replace Jews as the nation’s second-largest religious group. And by 2050, the U.S. Muslim population is projected to reach 8.1 million and 2.1% of the nation’s total population—nearly twice the share of today.” - Facts & Trends
Having been asked to recommend a few books on Calvinism I thought it might make a good post at Dr Reluctant. I myself am about as much a modified Calvinist as I am a modified Dispensationalist. Although many will not agree with me, I believe that “plain-sense,” old fashioned grammatico-historical hermeneutics requires some readjustment of standard Reformed formulations of Calvinist doctrines.
“Priests of Mother of Church parish in Gdansk, a city in northern Poland, drew criticism after books and other objects were burned to cleanse parishioners’ homes of evil forces.” - WRN
“The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association announced the decision about the transfer of the evangelist’s papers and the association’s archives on Thursday (March 28). ‘This is part of our continuing consolidation in Billy Graham’s hometown,’ said evangelist Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the BGEA.” - RNS
“Cultural Christians are people who claim to be Christians if asked, but their answer to why they are a Christian is basically that they aren’t atheists” - Faithwire
“We are called to find common ground where it genuinely exists, improve our own arguments, and win over persuadable Americans by answering hostility with magnanimity, understanding, good humor, and love. We cannot do that while hiding in our narrow ideological foxholes.” - National Review
“What explains the recent resurgence in self-described Christians affirming (or at least flirting with) universalism?
“Bettis’s book deals with many thorny parenting issues such as the reality of prodigal sons and daughters, how to teach children about the world, dealing with social media and electronics, explaining hypocrisy, and much more.” - TGC
“Andy Crouch, in his excellent book, Culture Making, ties the Western classical tradition to the creation blessing/mandate of Genesis 1.
