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January 2006

Letters

January 1, 2006
Dear Berean Call, Thank you again for the monthly newsletter. It is such a blessing and it is the truth—not some distorted belief going around these days. [God] is still in control and I don’t believe He will be grading on a curve, which is what it seems some want...Read more
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News Alert

January 1, 2006
Christianity Today, 11/1/05: New Journeys on Well -worn Paths [Excerpts] — Rick Crocker wanted to go home. Two weeks into his sabbatical at a monastery in Pecos, New Mexico, Crocker felt uncomfortable. This was a strange place for a Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor from Erie, Pennsylvania, to find himself...Read more
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Question: I have heard a number of prophecy teachers state that there could be a gap of weeks or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the 7-year tribulation period. Why couldn't there be?

January 1, 2006
Question: I have heard a number of prophecy teachers state that there could be a gap of weeks or even years between the Rapture and the beginning of the 7-year tribulation period. Why couldn't there be? Response: Referring to Antichrist , who will sit in the temple and declare himself...Read more
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Question: Have you heard of John Piper’s philosophy of “Christian Hedonism”? It is becoming more and more popular (especially among Christian youth) and I believe it to be a very dangerous teaching. Is Piper’s philosophy biblical?

January 1, 2006
Question: Have you heard of John Piper’s philosophy of “Christian Hedonism”? It is becoming more and more popular (especially among Christian youth) and I believe it to be a very dangerous teaching. Is Piper’s philosophy biblical? Response: Piper writes, “Those who know me best know that I am a Christian...Read more
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Question: How can you say [Rick] Warren loves the Lord and has a passion for souls when his actions do not support such a claim?

January 1, 2006
Question: You and Tom both wrote good, factual articles in TBC and did ten radio programs about Rick Warren and The Purpose-Driven Life . Then, at his invitation, you [Dave] attended a pastors conference at Saddleback, and when you returned you seemed to have softened your position. As you know,...Read more
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Question: It is unfair to paint...sweeping generalizations [about worship music]. Isn’t the most important issue whether the heart of the musician pleases God?

January 1, 2006
Question: Thanks for your powerful and poignant article for December. However, it is unfair to paint a sweeping generalization that “so much that passes for ‘worship’ in many churches today...is little more than the repetition of pitifully empty expressions from new song writers.” Isn’t the most important issue whether the...Read more
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Quotable

January 1, 2006
If any one note is dropped from the divine harmony of truth the music may be sadly marred. Your people may fall into grave spiritual diseases through the lack of a certain form of spiritual nutriment, which can only be supplied by the doctrines which you withhold.... We must preach...Read more
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Hyping 'Narnia' to Christians

08/01/2015
Now, Religion in the News, a report and comment on religious trends and events being covered by the media. This week’s item is from the Philadelphia Inquirer , December 4, 2005, with the headline: “Hyping Narnia to Christians. Attention, pastors, you have just four weeks remaining to work a lion,...Read more
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