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C Michael Patton discusses What Do You Mean by “Free Will”?:
The concept of “free will” suffers no less with regard to this misunderstanding. Does a person have free will? Well, what do you mean by “free will”? This must always be asked.
Do you mean:
1. That a person is not forced from the outside to make [...]

Pastor Joe Thorn has a set of questions pastors should ask “Before You Preach.” They’re also applicable to any time of teaching, in my opinion:
1. Does this message exalt the gospel of Jesus Christ?
2. Will people know what to do after hearing the message?
3. Am I saying anything that will distract from the point I [...]

David Wells, in his new book, The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World
It takes no courage to sign up as a Protestant…To live by the truths of historic Protestantism, however, is an entirely different matter. That takes courage in today’s context.
(HT: Quoted by Tim Challies in his review)

With Atticus, it took us until Week 9.
However, since 3dpregnancy.com today says this:
“I am just like a shrimp with a lump in the middle that will become my heart. I also have a tail.”
We have therefore decided that the nickname this time around shall be “shrimp.”

I’ve been thinking and praying a lot lately about the subject of accountability… I’ve not yet fully developed the thoughts below, but I will share them anyway. Perhaps someone “out there” will have some words of wisdom or experience.
Warning: these are generalizations, so your experience may vary by degrees.
Standards
In evangelicalism today, we set low expectations [...]

Bob Kauflin has posted the list of songs we sang at Together for the Gospel. Great music, and wonderful teaching through music.
Colossians 3:16

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (ESV)

The Real Issue with Sen. Obama’s Comments:
Liberals tend to speak in functional terms of meaning and purpose. Conservatives tend to speak functionally in terms of social order, stability, and morality.
None of these is a substitute for authentic Christianity — a faith that is predicated on being true — not merely meaningful or helpful.
(Emphasis added.)

Tim Challies has an excellent summary of RC Sproul’s session at Together for the Gospel, titled The Curse Motif of the Atonement.
In the cross not only is the Father’s justice satisfied by the atoning work of the Son, but in carrying our sins the Son removes them as far as the east is from the [...]

The audio from the “Band of Bloggers” panel discussion is now available for download here.

OK, let’s get right to it…
At Together for the Gospel, there were a lot of books to be had. The conference gave away a number of titles, I bought a number of books at the outstanding bookstore, and, as if that weren’t enough, a pre-conference event called Band of Bloggers also gave away some freebies. [...]