Archive for September, 2009

Coral Ridge dissidents organizing new church

I cannot help but think….crybabies. Maybe I am being too rude, but when you vote, and you loose, and you take your ball and go home, you are a crybaby. A new congregation may be in the birthing by dissident members of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church who failed to oust Pastor Tullian Tchividjian last week. […]

Posted on September 30, 2009 at 8:47 pm by Joel · Permalink · View Comments
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The Biblioblog Top 50 – September

I might add that it is very close:

Posted on September 30, 2009 at 8:09 pm by Joel · Permalink · View Comments
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NLT Mosiac Blog Tour 9/30, Critical Thinking Blog

From here: Today I am pleased to introduce Tom Fuller, a pastor, worship leader, and contributor to the new NLT Mosaic Bible project. Check the post from yesterday to read my own review of Mosaic, and don’t miss out on the giveaway a couple posts earlier to win a free copy of Mosaic! With those […]

Posted on September 30, 2009 at 5:04 pm by Joel · Permalink · View Comments
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Can Liturgical Worship Parallel Spiritual Worship?

See here and here. The new NLT Mosaic is centered on the use of the Mosaic material, which is designed to work with the Church’s calender in a liturgical manner. Coming from a Baptist, Fundamentalist, Pentecostal-like background, I was taught of the vileness of the ritualistic Catholics. To have an agenda was paramount to worshiping […]

Posted on September 30, 2009 at 2:27 pm by Joel · Permalink · View Comments
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Phyllis Schlafly Endorses Bloody Revolution; John Perry Calls For Armed Coup

Phyllis Schlafly, is an leader among the Christian conservatives, hosting programs on Christian radio, and is the founder of the Eagle Forum. Janet Porter is founder of Faith 2 Action. Both sit as co-chairs for the How To Take Back America group.

Two Views on the Rising Jewish Fundamentalism

First, from here: All the major faith traditions have seen a growth in “fundamentalism” over the past few years and this phenomenon has received wide attention. Fundamentalism is hard to define. Sol Schimmel says It is characterised by “fear of truth” in his recent book The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs.

Posted on September 30, 2009 at 8:56 am by Joel · Permalink · View Comments
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September 30th – International Blasphemy Day

I don’t want to make a habit of agreeing Dr. Mohler, however…. Ready for a day to honor blasphemy? According to press reports, September 30 is set as the observance of the first-ever International Blasphemy Day. This could be interesting. The choice of September 30 looks back to that date in the year 2005, when […]

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