Karl Keating, in his Oct 21, 2003 E-Letter, discusses an article in Modern Reformation Magazine on the subject “We Believe in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.”
The full text of the article BRAININESS: GOOD BUT NOT SUFFICIENT follows with some comments at the end. Emphasis in italics mine.

“Modern Reformation” is a bimonthly magazine published by [...]

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The latest 9Marks interview: “Proud to be a Protestant? R. Kent Hughes, pastor emeritus at College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, discusses with Mark Dever his 40 years of pastoral ministry.”

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I received the 9Marks 2007 Report Card in an email today. My attention was immediately drawn to a quote from Mark Dever.

Consider how spot-on Mark is with his words in this quote.
I want you to try a thought exercise. Suppose a business school class on non-profit organizations assigns its students the task of building [...]

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The goal of reformation in a local church should not be to make all the members Calvinists. Obviously (or at least it ought to be obvious to anyone who knows me!), I would not think that a bad thing if it happened, but I would never recommend that as the goal of restoring health to [...]

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Dr. Denny Burk has joined the CBMW team as the editor for the Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood starting with the Spring 2008 issue. He also serves as an Assistant Professor of New Testament at the Criswell College in Dallas, Texas. He brings a scholar’s mind and a pastor’s heart to the task of [...]

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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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The joint Vatican-World Council of Churches study process on religious conversion gets one step closer to its goal of a common code of conduct in seeking converts to Christianity.
With Evangelical and Pentecostal representatives joining in at an 8-12 August consultation in Toulouse, the joint Vatican-World Council of Churches study process on religious conversion gets one [...]

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