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Two good podcasts

We have a big backyard for the city, which gives me tons of raking to do. I couldn’t avoid the job any longer, so I spend the afternoon raking and listening to

The problem with the church

The past couple of days, there’s been some reaction to a Brian McLaren’s Christmas letter.  Bene titled a post “Brian McLaren sells out?” based on a post at Today At the

Pesky Calvinists?

Scot McKnight asks how you would respond to this letter: The main reason I am writing is to see if you know anything a person can do in response to hyper-calvinism. Around these

The enemy is within

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” At The Resurgence, Leland Ryken suggests that attacks on the Bible from outside aren't really the issue: The Bible has gone into

A farewell sermon

My uncle, Dr. John Crocker, has served as pastor of First Evangelical Free Church in Rockford, Illinois  for the past 15 years. He preached his last sermon there last Sunday. “I decided that