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From RC Sproul Jr’s 10 Things I Would Tell My 18 Year Old Self:

#5. Relax, wind down, recreate by doing rather than watching. Reading is better than television. Talking is better than reading. Learning to play music is better than listening to music. Making is better than buying.

#4. Read less theological controversies, more Lewis, Chesterton; less spy novels, more Jon Krakaur, Paul Johnson, Iain Murray. Read people whose insights flow less out of what they have studied, more out of what they have lived.

#7. Encourage yourself and your circle of influence to find your and their satisfaction in Jesus.

Five Errors of the Prosperity Gospel

David W. Jones over at Nine Marks outlined five basic errors of the health and wealth gospel that’s prevalent in the church today: 1) the misapplication of the Abrahamic Covenant; 2) a faulty view of the atonement; 3) giving in order to gain compensation from God; 4) faith as a self-generated spiritual force that leads to prosperity; 5) and prayer as a tool to force God to grant prosperity. If you’re tired of the empty promises of the prosperity preachers, read this post. Continue reading From the Interwebs (12/07/13)

Jesus not only removed the guilt of our sin; He also continually removes the pollution of sin and renews us in the image of God.

Douglas Sean O’Donnell:

Nobody talks the way Jesus talked. Those today who have great authority, even if they overestimate their power and over-esteem themselves, do not talk like Jesus talked. They do not claim to be the king of Heaven and earth… They do not claim to have authority to forgive sins… They do not claim that their rule will spread to every corner of the world… They do not claim to establish an unconquerable church and institute new sacraments that have themselves as the foundation and focus. They do not claim that all their commandments are to be obeyed.

Continue reading Maybe We’re Just Gullible?

24 Reasons Childhood Friends Are The Best Friends:

#1. You never have to worry about telling them your life story. They were there.

#5. Their quirks and idiosyncrasies, which might bother other people, feel like home to you.

#15. You were friends in a world without Netflix so you’re really good at finding ways to entertain yourselves.

#18. You can go ages without talking, but when important stuff happens, they’re the ones you want around.

Ben Witherington III raises some important questions in his book “What Have They Done with Jesus?”

What is it about our culture that makes us prone to listen to sensational claims about Jesus and his earliest followers, even when there is little or no hard evidence to support such conjectures? Why are we especially prone to this when it comes to the origins of Christianity? Why would a poorly researched but a readable thriller like The Da Vinci Code, which claims to reveal startling new truths about Jesus and his life, create such a sensation in our culture?

Those were very good questions. Why indeed?

About a month ago, Joseph Atwill boldly announced in London his recent findings that Jesus, according to him, was actually just a character made up by the Romans and that the New Testament was written by the Roman aristocrats.

Continue reading Our Propensity for Sensationalism