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What Makes a Church a Cult?

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December 11th, 2012

I was reading through a detailed article in Chicago Magazine (starts on pt. 78) on Jack Schaap’s fall and the history and legacy of First Baptist Church of Hammond, IN (HT: Sharper Iron Filings; more on Schaap here), and I came across an excellent description of what makes a church…

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John Piper’s Thoughts on Gay Marriage and Pastoral Ministry

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June 25th, 2012

Recently, John Piper preached the following sermon: Let Marriage Be Held in Honor” — Thinking Biblically About So-Called Same-Sex Marriage. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune picked up on his sermon and claimed he was “opting out” of the marriage fight, referring to the proposed marriage amendment to the MN state constitution that…

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How Do You Define Fundamentalism?

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August 16th, 2011

So how do you define Fundamentalism? Which of the following definitions seems correct to you? Which one raises your eyebrows? 1) Fundamentalism is a movement of likeminded people and churches who “still cling to the great fundamentals and who mean to do battle royal” against theological liberalism. (quote from Curtis…

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The Legalist “Not Me” Dance

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January 8th, 2011

Anytime anybody talks about legalism, everybody, and I do mean everybody, nods their head and points at someone else. We find ways to trick ourselves into thinking that the dangers of legalism only apply to all out Roman Catholic monks, or someone else in some other place than my church….

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Defining KJV-Onlyism

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July 6th, 2010

This post is from is from my newly redesigned, group KJV Only Debate blog. KJV Onlyism is hard to define. And like any grass roots movement, there are many competing manifestations of it. As a former, self-dubbed “KJV-onlyist” I will try to carefully put forth a definition. I know I’m…

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