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Can we admit that some unbelievers on earth might not be medieval Roman Catholics in their hearts?

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

http://riverandrhett.blogspot.com/2006/11/keller-on-hell.html
http://www.dbu.edu/jeanhumphreys/DeathDying/preachinghell.htm
 Nothing is more characteristic of the modern mindset than the statement: “I think Christ is fine, but I believe a devout Muslim or Buddhist or even a good atheist will certainly find God.” A slightly different version is: “I don’t think God would send a person who lives a good life to hell just for [...]

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Covenant of works

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

I discovered this quite by accident.

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Update

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

OK, you may have noticed I dropped the Blogging While Sick tag a few posts ago. I was reminded of it today when, at a meeting, I began feeling that tickle in the back of my throat and began coughing intermittently. Still, I’m immensely better than I was the week before last.
Jennifer is [...]

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Revisiting voting, church membership, and heads of households, and family stuff

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Awhile back, I wrote this. It begins:
Increasingly, I have been made aware of an idea and practice floating around in Reformed circles of the need for heads of household membership in a church, with its sometimes attendant practice of “male-heads-of-household voting.” What follows are my thoughts on the practice.
I occasionally get asked about this [...]

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If it were about books

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

“Reformed” Is Not Enough

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The Kingdom is like a soap opera and court tv

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

In Job chapter 2, Yahweh boasts in Job’s integrity to Satan, saying that==even though he has permitted Satan to destroy his prosperity and his children–Job refuses to curse God. Satan replies that Job still has his health. “But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse [...]

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