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Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Piper on Katrina as evidence of "Intelligent Design"

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For the next two weeks, I have the privilege of taking some time off to just be a dad! We praise God that our son Seth was released from NI...
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Friday, September 23, 2005

Hurricanes, Fuel Prices, and Other Reasons we Need a Sovereign God: Part II

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As I write, the low volume hum of FOX News plays in the background, reporting on Hurricane Rita, and already placing sobering pictures on di...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Hurricanes, Fuel Prices, and other Reasons we Need a Sovereign God, Part I

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Does God know the future? Furthermore, has God declared the future? How much control does He actually exert over His creation? Questions of ...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

The Debate Rages On: Evangelical Views of Education

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Back on June 19, I wrote an article that addressed the debate among Christians concerning public vs. private education. The context surround...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

The Peril and Promise of "Vision."

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The concept of "vision" is at one and the same time neccessary and confusing. As both the church and business world continue to e...
Friday, August 12, 2005

Wealth in Tribulation and Poverty: Lessons from our Brothers in the "Third World."

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American Christianity truly presents what will likely be one of the most amazing ironies of the 21st Century. On the one hand, the church in...
Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Evangelicals and the Kingdom of God

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For some time now, accusations have been hurled against conservative evangelicals which contend that we are so concerned about the eternal t...
Friday, July 22, 2005

Emerging Evangelical: What's in a Name?

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"Labeling" has become an artform in western life, to the extent that most in our culture, including many within the church, care m...
Friday, July 15, 2005

Making Love to the Glory of God

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Following Jesus and having great sex are two concepts that, unfortunately, are rarely viewed as belonging together. The hijacking of human s...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Liberalism Lives! A Review of Bishop Spong's "The Sins of Scripture"

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Since the 1970s, research abounds showing the close correlations between ecclesiastical decline and "mainline" theology that seeks...
Sunday, June 19, 2005

The Public Education Resolution: Southern Baptists and Cultural Engagement

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As Russ Moore has already so eloquently stated, gatherings of the Southern Baptist Convention over the past 10 years could be called many th...
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Dr. Joel Rainey is an imperfect, but growing follower of Jesus Christ, husband to Amy, father of three, and Lead Pastor at Covenant Church, Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He serves on the adjunct faculty of two seminaries, and the author of three books.
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