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“On balance it seems that Jesus is not telling the disciples to buy actual swords. He is saying that they are about to enter into very perilous times and they will need to keep the sword of the Spirit ‘half drawn’ at all times” —Paul Carter.1 “Is it foolish to be defenseless in a hostile…
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“What does Jesus say about people who engage in same-sex relationships? Or about people who identify with as something other than heterosexual, who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, queer, pansexual or any other ‘orientation’? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.” —Bart Ehrman1 “The early church, as we see her in Acts, expected and endured persecution without armed…
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“A person commits the fallacy of bifurcation when he or she claims that there are only two mutually exclusive possibilities—when, in fact, there is a third option (or more)…The fallacy of bifurcation may be more difficult to spot when the person merely implies that only two options exist, rather than explicitly stating this.” Jason Lisle1…
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“[God’s entire] word must be the standard by which we judge all things and the starting point of our thinking.” Greg Bahnsen, Always Ready INTRODUCTION: Starting points are important. This is what I teach my parishioners, my students, and my children, and it is what I emphasize to my friends and family. Where we start…
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Thousands of churches shut down during COVID-19. Many evangelical and Reformed leaders, including W. Robert Godfrey and John MacArthur, led the way … God ‘Stopped Our Worship’ and Other Lies About the Church’s Response to COVID-19 Chris Hume hits the truth hard in this convicting work. He identifies the ease in which we cave to…
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