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Talking About The Gospel (Podcast)
Read more: Talking About The Gospel (Podcast)How should we define the gospel? Recently, there have been some heated discussions about the nature of the gospel. What should the central identifying feature be? Should it be the legal declaration of Justification by Faith? Or should it be the regal proclamation that Jesus is King? In this episode, Amber Bowen, John Anthony Dunne,…
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Experiencing Eastern Orthodoxy and a Recommendation
Read more: Experiencing Eastern Orthodoxy and a RecommendationMany years ago when I was new to biblical faith and largely unaware of other belief systems outside of my own (or at least of the couple congregations I had attended), I met a co-worker who described himself as ‘Eastern Orthodox’. At the time I met him I had been a Christian for only a…
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Spiritual growth through heresy
Read more: Spiritual growth through heresyThere are two ways (in my mind) in which heresy spurs spiritual growth. For the purposes of this post, I will use the word heresy in extremely broad terms. One of the ways merriam-webster.com defines heresy is: An opinion, doctrine, or practice contrary to the truth or to generally accepted beliefs or standards As I…