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Tuesday August 19, 2008

Backtrack to Saddleback
Dr. Mohler: “With the press pushing the event as a “new face” for American evangelicals, I was not overly hopeful. Given the hype, I was positively unhopeful. But … the event turned to be quite worthwhile after all.”


Evangelical Gullibility
Ed Stetzer comments on the Lakeland Revival and Todd Bentley.


Why She Walked out of Church
WORLD’s recent cover story on NextGen worship inspired Julie R. Neidlinger, a single, 34-year-old writer/artist from North Dakota, to write an interesting post. WORLD has details.


Best Commentaries
This site looks worthy of a bookmark.


Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Kirk Wellum has a brief but interesting post on the role of the Holy Spirit. “The holy Trinity is not the Father, the Son and the Holy Scriptures, but rather, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.”


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