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Monday, December 24, 2007

What is Christmas about?

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This is the song "It's About the Cross" by the band Go Fish, which is set to images from The Passion , the Jesus Film , The ...
Saturday, December 15, 2007

Monthly "What is a Reformed Baptist?" Poll Update

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It is the fifth month running this poll, and there continues to be well over half of those responding (60%) who do not think strict adherenc...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

A Timely Warning From the Didache

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I have been teaching through the book of Ephesians lately, and while studying about the apostles and prophets in 4:11, my research led me to...
Thursday, December 06, 2007

Response to the House-Church Movement: Part Five

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What is the meaning of Ekklēsía ? In a previous post ( Part Four of this series) I indicated that one possible reason for the de-emphasi...
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Saturday, December 01, 2007

SBC Increase in Calvinist Pastors

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In a November 27 article entitled, Study: Recent grads 3 times more likely to be Calvinists , Baptist Press reported a rise in Calvinist p...
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Friday, November 30, 2007

The Reformed Renewal Among Baptists

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Clint Humfrey is a former professor of New Testament Greek at Toronto Baptist Seminary and currently serves as pastor of Calvary Grace Churc...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Are You Feeling Weighed Down?

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This picture reminded me of how we can all sometimes feel. We can all feel as though we are weighed down with a heavy burden, and, try as we...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation

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On October 3, 1789, in his first year in office, George Washington signed the first proclamation of thanksgiving by a U.S. President. If yo...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

PastorThroop.com Back Online With Finalweb

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Many of you have wondered where my website went over the past few weeks. Well, I was in the process of transferring to a new host provider ...
Friday, November 16, 2007

Monthly "What is a Reformed Baptist?" Poll Update

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It is the fourth month running this poll, and there continues to be well over half of those responding (61%) who do not think strict adheren...
Friday, November 09, 2007

National Do Not Call List Registration Renewal

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Recently I received a notice from my Republican Congressman, Tim Johnson , reminding me that it is time to again sign up with the National D...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Six Televangelists Subjects of Senate Probe

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CBS News has reported today that Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican member of the Senate Finance Committee, has asked for financial s...
Monday, November 05, 2007

Band of Bloggers

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As announced at the Said at Southern blog, "the 2008 Band of Bloggers fellowship will take place during lunch (11:30-1:30) on Tuesday,...
Monday, October 29, 2007

Ligonier Ministries Reformation Day Sale

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Ligonier Ministries is offering a great study Bible for an unbelievable price on their one day only Reformation Day Sale on October 31. I ...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

"Willow Creek Repents?"

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This is the question posed in the title of an October 18 article at the Out of Ur blog at the Christianity Today website. The subtitle rea...
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Friday, October 19, 2007

The James Ossuary

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The much debated James Ossuary, with an inscription reading ""James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus," has still not been con...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Monthly "What is a Reformed Baptist?" Poll Update

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After about three months running this poll, still well over half of those responding (58%) do not think strict adherence to the Baptist Conf...
Thursday, October 11, 2007

We Need the Gospel Every Day

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Those at Immanuel Baptist Church could tell you that I have been preaching consistently for many years that we need the Gospel every day . I...
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Friday, October 05, 2007

A God-o-Meter?

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I discovered on Derick Dickens blog today that Beliefnet has partnered with Time Magazine to bring us the God-o-Meter . I think Derick sum...
Friday, September 28, 2007

Response to the House-Church Movement: Part Four

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What kind of authority – if any – do elders have in the churches? When I first encountered the particular branch of the House-Church Movem...
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