Apr

Friday Morning Video – “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, Just For Fun, Video

A fun video. Can you name the artists?

Apr

Around the Horn – 04.28.11

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, _samp

Beijing Detains Illegal Church Members on Easter While these stories are always of interest to me, this one has particular interest as I know one of the leaders of this church. Please pray as the Lord leads you. Why Is The Muslim World So Resistant To The Gospel? The future shape of the world appears [...]

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Apr

My Grandson!

Posted by Steve Published in Changed Lives, Relationships

Last night at 8.43pm Jessie and Aaron had their first-born son: Lucas Christopher Wood. 8.5# 21″

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Apr

What Is Universalism?

Posted by Steve Published in Scripture, Theology

Ran across this helpful article by Richard Bauckham last week while prepping for Easter. Bauckham gives a good historical overview on a timely topic. The history of the doctrine of universal salvation (or apokastastasis) is a remarkable one. Until the nineteenth century almost all Christian theologians taught the reality of eternal torment in hell. Here [...]

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Apr

Boone Hall Easter Photos

Posted by Steve Published in St. Andrew's, _samp

We had a wonderful weekend of services as we celebrated Easter and some great photos have been posted from the Easter service at Boone Hall. Click here to check them out.

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Apr

Tim Keller on Love Wins

Posted by Steve Published in Culture, Theology

By now a several of my parishioners have read Love Wins. The consistent reaction thus far has been one of disappointment. Disappointment in the lack of substance, disappointment in the methodology of argumentation and disappointment in the tone of the book, as well. Last week I posted a link to the panel discussion on the [...]

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Apr

Moltmann, Calvin and the Cross

Posted by Steve Published in Scripture, Theology

The doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement is not exactly fashionable these days, so perhaps making its exoneration the topic of one’s first post on a blog is rather inadvisable. Yet whatever a person’s opinion of the doctrine may be, it’s only reasonable to spend a bit of time wading through some of the caricatures in [...]

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Apr