How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I’m loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey. Tim Keller
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The question comes in various forms. More often: “Aren’t all religions the same?” Don’t all roads lead eventually to the same place?” This is not just an academic question. When a loved one is dying, you want to know. When you are facing your own death, you want to know. What is required to assure […]
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Don Richardson Interviewed http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/februaryweb-only/2-10-22.0.html Q: But now you seem to say that not all cultures offer that bridge. A: I approached the Qur’an after 9/11, and I began to study it intensively to see if the redemptive analogy approach could work for Christians to approach Muslims winsomely. But I found that everything that a Christian […]
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In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, Frodo Baggins had a dream. It was a dream most Hobbits shared–to live a peaceful and pleasant life with no threat of evil in the Shire. In order for his dream to come true, however, Frodo was faced with a challenge–a new dream, if you will, and not […]
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[From Dww-work]… RAVI ZACHARIAS – HIS STORY Ravi Zacharias was born in India. “In India, you are what you are born into,” he began. “My father and mother were nominal Christians; in fact, the reason they were Christians was simply because they were not Buddhists, Muslims, or Hindus. I don’t recall ever hearing the gospel […]
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Gospel or Religion? (RJS) Mar 28, 2013 @ 5:32 By RJS 14 Comments http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2013/03/28/gospel-or-religion-rjs/ If the problem is Sin — and Sin is failure to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength — what is the solution? The last four […]
I know, it sounds like a joke. And it is. Three Clergymen were driving together, on their way to a conference – a Jewish Rabbi, a Hindu Cleric and a TV Evangelist. Their car broke down, so they walked to the nearest house. The farmer there offered that they could stay in the guest house, […]
How many __ does it take to change a light bulb? How many Episcopalians does it take to change a light bulb? 10. One to actually change the bulb and 9 to say how much they like the old one. How many Catholics does it take to change a lightbulb? None. They always use candles […]