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“HOW FEW THERE ARE WHO DIE SO HARD” ~ THE LIFE OF ADONIRAM JUDSON
Myanmar, known in the past as Burma, has about as many people as South Africa (around 55 million), though the country is half the size. The majority, 80-90%, of the people are Buddhist. Only about 8% have any Christian conviction. … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Missions, Orthopathy
Tagged Adoniram Judson, Ann Judson, Biography, Emily Judson, Examples, George Boardman, Missions, Ordinate affection, Sarah Judson, Suffering
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Similarities Between ATR and World Religions~ ATR 3
Similarities between ATR and all other false religions. ATR has many gods like Hinduism or the spiritism of South America. (Some sources do claim that ATR reveres one god at the top of all the other gods. However, all the … Continue reading
Posted in Missions, Multiculturalism
Tagged Africa, Animism, ATR, Missions, Religion, Theology
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The Gods Never Sleep~ ATR 2
Most people born in Africa before the 20th century received by default the glasses of African Traditional Religion with which they involuntarily came to know the world. For many today the world is still colored by those old lenses. In … Continue reading
Africa’s God~ ATR 1
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” (A. W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy) We all wear mental “glasses” that control what we think about God. Most of us … Continue reading
The Book I Wish I Could Have Written
When writing The Conservative Church, De Bruyn sang as he slew, especially in the last 100 pages. He argues: A church must have a care to preserve true doctrine and a holy lifestyle, but especially, in these days, ordinate affection. … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Orthopathy
Tagged Book Reviews, de Bruyn, Ecclesiology, Orthopathy
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Sincere, but Wrong
“When living in an egotistical age, it is hard to convince people that what they give to God sincerely may not be acceptable to Him. Narcissism imagines that God must simply melt at the sight His child’s scribble-drawing, knowing how … Continue reading
Little Gods: The Deification Heresy
Some false teachings are so bizarre that one wonders how anyone can believe them. Yet people do believe the charismatic doctrine of deification. Deification is the belief that the incommunicable (non-moral) attributes of God can be given to men. Examples: … Continue reading
Posted in Missions, Prosperity gospel
Tagged Charismatics, Creflo Dollar, Deification, False teachers, Heresy, Joyce Meyer, Little gods, TBN, Word Faith
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The Value of Memory
“The great ancient rhetoricians considered a strong memory indispensable for their craft. Medieval and Renaissance thinkers turned out books and treatises on the art, containing elaborate systems to train the memory to store copious amounts of material and access it … Continue reading
Should Pastors Read Widely?
Reading widely provides a sure-footed stance when a preacher gives facts in teaching and preaching; it produces interesting illustrations; it guides him away from time-wasting topics when evangelizing the particular group to which God has called him; it produces applications … Continue reading
Posted in Orthopathy, Pastoral
Tagged Books, Fiction, Pastoral ministry, Reading suggestions
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