17 May 2013

Religious Liberty

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RELIGIOUS LIBERTY is being redefined in America, or at least many would like it to be. Our secular establishment wants to reduce the autonomy of religious institutions and limit the influence of faith in the public square. The reason is not hard to grasp. In America, “religion” largely means Christianity, and today our secular culture...
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15 May 2013

Sanctification, Homosexuality, and the Church

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In this post my goal is to utilize the issue of homosexuality as a case study to demonstrate that the “Jesus + Nothing = Everything” approach to sanctification is not merely an academic wrinkle, but an error of such prodigious import that it threatens the very essence of the Christian church. American culture has apparently...
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13 May 2013

How Should Christians Respond to Other Religions

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Recent decades have provided Christians with an increasing evaluation of and interaction with various world religions. The growth of immigration from non-Christian nations combined with a greater global awareness through travel and communication have confronted Christians with the reality of diversity in faith and practice. Protestant Christians have responded in different ways to this reality....
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8 May 2013

Summer School Starts May 21

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The first session of the DBTS Summer School begins May 21 and lasts for two weeks (till May 31). Two classes will be offered: 2 Peter & Jude (Greek exegesis), taught by Dr. Bruce Compton, and Theology and Practice of Leadership, taught by Dr. David Doran. The second session runs from June 4–14 and the...
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6 May 2013

When Jesus Plus Nothing Doesn’t Equal Everything

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I am not a handy person. The tool chest in my basement contains only a few basic tools, many of which were given to me by my dad when I left home. Next to my tool chest is a 1995 edition of Home Depot’s very useful book Home Improvement 1–2–3, also given to me by...
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4 May 2013

Four Guidelines for Prayer

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A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about six reasons for prayer drawn from John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion (3.20.3). In addition to these reasons for prayer, and in fact immediately following them, Calvin also put forward four rules or guidelines for prayer. Here are those guidelines: Calvin suggested, first, that those who pray...
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2 May 2013

2013 Commencement

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DBTS graduation exercises will take place at 7 pm on May 16 at Inter-City Baptist Church in Allen Park, MI. Twelve men will be graduated from the Master of Divinity and Master of Theology programs. This year the commencement speaker will be missionary Phil Hunt. Dr. Hunt has been serving in Zambia since 1992. For fourteen...
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30 Apr 2013

2013 Conference on the Church for God's Glory

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Readers living within driving distance of Rockford, Illinois, will be interested in attending the annual Conference on the Church for God’s Glory held there on May 20th of this year. This year’s conference theme, “The Resolved Pastor,” promises a careful reflection on the  positive commitments that should mark the 21st-century church. First Baptist Church in Rockford will...
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