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Christmas Shopping– What Should it Look Like?
By
Ben Witherington
The senior minister at my home church, Myers Park UMC in Charlotte, Dr. James Howell is both a fine minister and a fine scholar as well. He kindly sends me his e-posts to his congregation. The following post is of relevance to what we ought to do at Christmas.——————— When Tammy Faye Baker Messner was…
Seven World Views Christian’s are Up Against
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Ben Witherington
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/rick.warren.six.worldviews.youre.competing.against/13420.html Rick Warren has staked out six world views he thinks Christians are confronted with on a regular basis. You will find the link above to the Christianity Today article. What seems entirely lacking in these six is a reference to what can only called myopic parochialism, or put another way racism. I think that…
Deck the Malls with Guns and the Gory
By
Ben Witherington
Fellow bloggers Hugh Hewitt and Glenn Reynolds have had a good deal to say about the mess in Colorado at Ted Haggard’s old church in Colorado Springs and at the missionary training center. Here is what they said. “The Bravest Thing I’ve Ever Seen” Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 5:54 PM Here is a story…
Ephesians 1.6– ‘to the praise of God’s glorious grace’
By
Ben Witherington
I was asked of late –“could it be clearer than Ephes. 1.6 that God simply does what he does for his own glory?” Let’s be clear— the Greek of Ephes. 1.6 says that God does it ‘to the praise of his glorious grace’. The Greek preposition is ‘eis’ here, which is probably not the Greek…
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