In the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the bride’s father, Gus, loved to throw out the challenge, “Give me a word, any word, and I show you how the root of that word is Greek.” When offered a noun built on the Japanese words for “to wear” and “a thing,” he was undaunted, replying, …
Some Historical Roots of African American Big God Theology (Desiring God) Pragmatism: The Enemy of the Authentic Christianity (The Christian Post) Catholics, Evangelicals Team Up in Pressing for Immigration Reform (NC Reporter) Korean Christian Publisher Has Strong Presence at India’s Oldest Book Fair (The Korea Herald) Syrian Christians Pledge Submission to Islamists: Report (The Washington …
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National Church or Kingdom Church: The Challenges of the New America (Pt. 1) (The Christian Post) Snakes and Church vs. State (CNN) Arizona Governor Vetoes Religious Liberty Bill Passed by Legislature (The Guardian) Moderate Islam? Look to Central Asia (The New York Times) Syria: Jihadist Group Imposes Rules of Submission on Raqqa Christians (Asia News) …
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Pascal’s Method for Presenting the Christian Faith (Redeemer Report) Russians Return to Religion, But Not to Church (Pew Forum) Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed? (Reformation 21) Six Major Issues Regarding the Digital Church (The Christian Post) Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church Organizing “Mental Health and the Church” Gathering (Charisma) Founder of World’s Largest Megachurch Convicted of …
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Herman Bavinck taught theology at Kampen in Holland, and subsequently at the Free University of Amsterdam. He is highly regarded for his four-volume Reformed Dogmatics—recently translated into English and published in North America. One contemporary Princeton theologian eulogized Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics saying “[t]he book is so excellent that it seems almost impossible to be too generous in its praise.”1 Bavinck’s …
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Seven Egyptian Christians Executed on Benghazi Beach (Christianity Today) Bombs Target Church, Restaurant in Zanzibar (Reuters) Hundreds of Terrified Muslims Seem Asylum at Catholic Church in Central African Republic (FOX News) Indonesia’s Religious Tolerance Problem (The Wall Street Journal) Blasphemy Returns to Britain (Dispatch International) Count the Cost before Mentioning Christ in a Work Environment …
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