Reformed + Missional = Reformissional
The number of electoral democracies around the world rose from 119 to 122 this year, setting a new record as freedom made inroads in the Middle East and Africa.
Number of electoral democracies reaches 122 as freedom spreads
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The Guardian is an English newspaper that takes aim at The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in a recent review entitled Narnia represents everything that is most hateful about religion
With a title like that, you’ve got to expect some caustic, anti-Christian propaganda. The article delivers, striking right at the heart of the Christian faith:
Of all the elements of Christianity, the most repugnant is the notion of the Christ who took our sins upon himself and sacrificed his body in agony to save our souls. Did we ask him to?
The Apostle Paul perfectly anticipated these types of reponses to the gospel.
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
-I Corinthians 1:18-25
One of the reasons I love the gospel is precisely its foolishness to the human mind. God is a master of irony.
Obviously blogging hasn’t been my highest priority in recent weeks. However, I’ve still been dealing with the irritant of comment and trackback ping spam. I’ve looked into my options and have determined that the best approach will be to change my blog hosting software from MovableType to WordPress. In order to accomplish this, I’m going to have to spend time creating new HTML/PHP templates for this website. If you’re interested in viewing my progress in this venture, feel free to visit http://test.jeffdoolittle.com.
Once I get the correct look-and-feel on the new site, I’ll move the test site here to http://www.jeffdoolittle.com.
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