December 2008
8 posts
Dec 28th
Happy Christmas!
Dec 26th
I am feeling good about our meetings today.
That’s all I really wanted to say.
Dec 11th
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Dec 8th
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Missions' interaction with other Cultures and...
Some conservative Protestants had adopted a “theory of degeneration,” which held that a primordial global monotheism had been corrupted and distorted in non-Christian contexts. Their more liberal counterparts often adopted a more Darwinian approach, which held that Christianity was the supreme religion, and Western civilization its greatest achievement. The inferiority of other...
Dec 8th
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I need to read...
I need to read Whither Bound in Missions (1925) by Daniel Fleming. It “[draws] a sharp distinction between Christ and Western culture.”
Dec 8th
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“Creationist writers have attempted to suppress or dismiss this prominent section...”
– Christianity’s Dangerous Idea (p. 383) Alister McGrath
Dec 2nd
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“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they...”
– 1 John 4:1-3 I’m pretty sure that’s what the spirits of the antichrist were saying then since John was countering Gnosticism. I’m pretty sure they’re saying other things now.
Dec 1st