THEPOINT, a blog of BreakPoint, has two post regarding Time Magazines article “Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith”
Its no surprise that commentators at BreakPoint find no issues regarding Mother Teresa’s faith.
Jason Bruce, in his post, The Crisis of Mother Teresa, quotes Mother Teresa where she says “You don’t have to be a saint to do good? [...]

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Rick Phillips pens an insightful, must-read look at the recent revelations about Mother Theresa’s life of doubt and darkness before God.
(HT: JT)

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Posted: Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 3:54 am ET
What are we to make of Mother Teresa’s crisis of faith? That is a question I have been repeatedly asked in recent days. This week’s TIME cover story by David van Biema caught the attention of millions around the world, and it raises some of the most [...]

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All remaining hostages are now freed! On the 43rd day of the Korean Christian relief workers hostage situation, the captivity has finally come to an end. [I?ve sought to regularly update folks on the situation through this blog entry]. The remaining 7 hostages were released today.
Taliban militants in Afghanistan released seven hostages [...]

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This is an illustration of the Chinese city of Tianjin done about 1887 for the book “The Evangelisation of the World” by Benjamin Broomhall. The bestseller book created such a stir that even Queen Victoria had to buy a copy to see what all of the excitement was about.
 (HT: B. E. York)

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This is an illustration called “Open Air Preaching in China” by Thomas Eyres published in “China’s Millions” January 1892. (Colors added by the writer for emphasis) The preacher is using “The Wordless Book” - a colored evangelistic tool used to communicate Christian truth - possibly invented by Charles Haddon Spurgeon in 1866. In his [...]

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Read the article here.

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David F. Wells, one of the most insightful and widely respected Christian theologians and cultural analysts of our times, has recently said: “In our time, understanding our culture takes on an urgency because this culture is so intrusive and so powerful in its capacity to shape our souls and minds that if we are not [...]

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Okay… that’s an anachronistic title for this post. But reading through Calvin’s sermons on the beatitudes, I came across this section which seemed so prophetically to apply to our day. It’s a long quote, but worth it.
“Someone might ask whether it is right for God’s children to be rich, to employ the good things which [...]

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Bob Kauflin at Worship Matters shares his thoughts to the following question.
I recently came across a message board where folks were discussing secular songs that could be done to make “seekers” feel more comfortable at church. Some folks mentioned that they had been to church’s where song such as: “She Will be Loved” by Maroon [...]

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Consider the following commentary on Luke 7:36-50 from Sacred Gateway. Please share your thoughts on the interpretation given. I think it falls short in covering all that this portion of scripture tells us.

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Don’t Contextualize the Gospel
August 28, 2007  |  By: Abraham
Category: Recommended, Media Excerpts
Watch John Piper talk about how the basics of the Gospel are understandable across cultures without contextualization (4 min).

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Tim Challies is organizing an online reading group to go through classics together. They are starting with Ryle’s Holiness and Faithfulness, edited by J. I. Packer.
They’ll do a chapter a week for 8 weeks, starting on Thursday. You can read more about it here.
I think I will join in — Shane Trammel

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The Christian Post is reporting “Taliban Agrees to Release 19 Korean Christian Hostages”.
The Taliban has agreed to release the 19 South Korean aid volunteers that have been held hostage by the militant group in Afghanistan for over a month, Al Jazeera reported.
The Qatar-based television channel said it had received the report from its Kabul correspondent, [...]

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From the The Shepherd’s Scrapbook:
I posted this worship video by Kari Jobe a few weeks past but it’s worth re-posting here again. This is a great song filled with the majesty of our Alpha and Omega God! “‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘who is and who was and who [...]

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The following audio features D.A. Carson speaking on the topic of “Is the Emergent Church Biblical” at the Henry Center on 9/21/2005.
Henry Center MP3. (Original Source)
Internet Archive MP3.

About the Henry Center:
Theologians often comment on the low levels of Christian literacy in our pews as well as our pulpits. Likewise, ministry leaders complain about the irrelevance [...]

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From ChristianNewWire read the latest attack on Marriage in California.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown file legal briefs saying the California Legislature can eliminate marriage rights and get rid of marriage
Contact: VoteYesMarriage.com, 916-265-5643
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 27 /Christian Newswire/ — In legal briefs submitted to the California Supreme Court, which is considering whether to license “same-sex marriages” next [...]

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I have found this place to be a great resource for Christian Books

Check out the “Best of WTS Sale“. See below, one example of what is on sale here.

Recommended by Timothy Witmer of Westminster Theological Seminary.
See all of Dr. Witmer’s recommendations.
Staff Review: Puritan pastor Richard Baxter of Kidderminster writes on the necessity of spiritual renewal [...]

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From Slice of Laodicea we have the following prayer request:
I would like to mention a prayer request from a sister in Washington State. I have talked with her several times, and she is really struggling physically and emotionally. Today she requested prayer for her physical issues with an autoimmune disorder that makes caring for her [...]

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David Peterson’s 2006 course “Creation to New Creation: An Introduction to Biblical Theology” is available for free in 16 MP3s along with 13 corresponding handouts.
Disclaimer: I have listened to these MP3’s myself at the writing of this post.

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MY HEART IS LIKE WAX; IT IS MELTED WITHIN MY BREAST.
Psalm 22:14
Our blessed Lord experienced a terrible sinking and melting of soul. “A man’s spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?”1 Deep spiritual depression is the most devastating of all trials; nothing compares to it. No wonder the suffering Savior cries [...]

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We are keenly interested in the missional/emergent stream of Christian faith. To that end, we will be reviewing the following book title. We will update this post with a review as we go through the book.

The Ministry of the Missional Church: A Community Led by the Spirit
By Craig Van Gelder / Baker Books* Following his [...]

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An edited manuscript of D. A. Carson’s “The Gospel of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-19)” is now available at The Gospel Coalition site. Carson preached this message in May at The Gospel Coalition’s first conference: video | audio.
Other resources at TGC site: articles (including an RSS feed for new articles), audio & video (including [...]

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Find the update here.

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Eugene Cho encourages us to rememer there is still a crisis in Afghanistan.
Spread the word. Shout. Cry. Pray. Blog. Kneel, stand, and shout in solidarity. But don’t be silent. Love wins.
On July 19, 2007, 23 Korean Christian relief workers [16 women and 7 men] went to Afghanistan on a short term relief and [...]

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If you are a book fan, it will be worth your while to check out the sale at Westminster Bookstore.

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STEVEN FURTICK: DISCERNMENT GUILT TRIP? NO BEREANS ALLOWED
Pastor Ken Silva gives some very potent advice to a young preacher man.
Read the post here.
Note: Consider supporting this blog by going to Monergism Books or Westminster Bookstore when looking for great deals on Christian books. — Shane Trammel

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The guys at Desiring God have now posted all the videos (for free, of course) from the past two conferences.
A God-Entranced Vision of All Things looks at Jonathan Edwards life and theology, with addresses by John Piper, J. I. Packer, Iain Murray, Sam Storms, and Don Whitney. (It is available as a book, too.)
The [...]

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Mother Teresa was a devout Roman Catholic and given the apostacy of the Roman Catholic Church and Mother Teresa’s own words, it is unlikely she ever had a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. I know what you are going to say, only God knows that. And to that statement I would agree, it is true [...]

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From Symphony of Scripture:
Transubstantiation is derived from the Latin term tansubsubstaniato, meaning ”change of substance”. This term was incorporated into the creed of the Forth Latern Council in A.D. 1215
Transubstantiation is defined by the Roman Catholic Church’s Council of Trent as follows: “By the consecration of the bread and wine, a conversion (or change) is [...]

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The following article is by Jacob Prasch of Moriel Ministries.
The Biblical Basis of Division
When is Church Division Ordained of God, and When is It Not?
As we have often noted, in His high-priestly prayer in the 17th chapter of John’s Gospel, Jesus prefaces His prayer for unity amongst believers, in verses 17 to 23, with a [...]

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Source: Lighthouse Trails

Mega-church leader,Willow Creek Association, is sending a clear message through their 2007 Fall Resource Catalog - contemplative spirituality and emergent theology are the way to go. The 58 page catalog is filled with heavy hitters in both camps. Those [...]

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A good friend shares this commentary on Doctrine in Music
Lately, I’ve had things on my mind (about the spiritual decline of churches in America) that have really been bugging me. The discussion of spiritual decline could lead into many areas of contemporary churches, but in this particular article, I’ll be dealing mostly with worship songs, [...]

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Eugen Echo has done an excellent job of tracking the events releated to the Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan.

You can view the complete post here.

Update [August 22] Negotiations between the Taliban and Korean officials have been at a near standstill since the release of the two Korean female hostages. New reports indicate that the [...]

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“Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament” is a promising new release from D.A. Carson and G.K. Beale
This is a volume worthy of any library, a resource you will use over and over again in your study of the Bible.

Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old TestamentEdited by G.K. Beale [...]

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This is another special prayer request I would like to share with everyone.
My very best friend, Michael McGrath, has told me his father has Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Hodgkin Lymphoma, both, forms of cancer.
Please put Micheal’s father, Robert, on your prayer list too.

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I have a very special prayer request to share with everyone.
I have a good friend who’s wife (Margie) is having very bad headaches. These headaches are serious enought that Margie recently had an MRI to try and discover what might be causing them. The good news is the MRI did not show anything abnormal in [...]

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In an age where ministries look and act more like Amazon.com than a ministry, Desiring God is a breath of fresh air with regards to how the message of Christ should go out.
This link will take you to Desiring God where John Piper talks about
why we never want money to be the reason that [...]

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Denny Burk | Baptist Press | Aug 22, 2007 | Online Source

DALLAS (BP)–The Associated Press reported Aug. 21 that one in four adults did not read a single book last year, according to a new poll.
“Of those who did read,” the story said, “women and older people were most avid, and religious works and popular [...]

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Jonathan Edwards on Suffering and the Sweetness of Christ
In September, 1725, I was taken ill at New Haven, and while endeavoring to go home to Windsor, was so ill at the North Village, that I could go no farther, where I lay sick, for about a quarter of a year. In this sickness, God was [...]

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From Scot McKnight’s Jesus Creed Blog, we find this sympathetic assessment of the Emergent Doug Pagitt and his church, Solomon’s Porch.

I’m up here in Seattle, and Doug Pagitt’s heart-felt record of his church’s, Solomon’s Porch, work, called Reimagining Spiritual Formation, which for many Emergent folk is “old hat,” was a wondrous read and gave me [...]

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From Mike:
… one of our daughters was involved in a accident on a 4-wheel ATV yesterday. At one point we were told that she would need major surgery, but a specialist was able to set the arm and we are praying for her full recovery. Please pray for Ashley.
Mike Corley is the host of the [...]

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While researching trends in todays ‘Christian Culture’ I found this.
While at http://www.catalystspace.com/, I found a link to a new magazine. The magazine is called RISEN Magazine and they say this of what their goal is:

The Art and Soul of Pop Culture
RISEN Magazine talks straight up with the people who shape culture in the worlds of [...]

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Whom does God forgive and under what conditions does he forgive? God forgives those who put their hope in him — the very God who condemns them for their wickedness:
… the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love. (Psalm 147:11)
The Lord your God is gracious and [...]

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From WorldNetDaily we find this shocking news (Online Source):

Catholic churches in the Netherlands should use the name Allah for God to ease tensions between Muslims and Christians, says a Dutch bishop.
Tiny Muskens, the bishop of Breda, told the Dutch TV program “Network” Monday night he believes God doesn’t mind what he is called, Radio Netherlands [...]

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A helpful resource can be found at The Expositor Blog. Click here.

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From Bryan Flynn at One Truth Ministries we read:

“You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way.”
Over the past few years, I have received hundreds of emails regarding my opposition to Yoga and other mystical practices being used within the body of Christ. The excuses for continuing the practices range from, it makes [...]

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From The Christian Post
A Taliban spokesman said Saturday that face-to-face negotiations with the South Korean delegation over the fate of 19 kidnapped aid volunteers have failed and future talks are unlikely.
After two rounds of in-person talks – with the last meeting held Thursday – the Taliban complained of lack of progress and said on Saturday [...]

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From Moriel Ministries we find this dated but informative perspective on Pat Robertson. (Online Source)

Pat Robertson of The 700 Club fame has once again prophesied wrongly! This time in an interview on CNN, Mr. Robertson reversed himself on a prophecy given in January of 2004. In that prophecy Mr. Robertson declared the Mr. Bush would [...]

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Signs of the Spirit: An Interpretation of Jonathan Edwards Religious Affections
By Sam Storms / Good News & Crossway
Out of vigorous, fervent, affectionate love for God arise an intense hatred and abhorrence of sin, a dread of God’s displeasure, gratitude for his goodness, delight in God when we sense his gracious presence, and grief when he [...]

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