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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
"The modern evangelical generic invitation to nonbelievers to develop "a personal relationship with Jesus" is... more like a suggestion for shacking up than it is a proposal of marriage. A proposal of marriage involves a church, vows, commitments, authority, and submission. Hooking up does not." - Doug Wilson

3 comments:

Colin said...

awesome.

Chris A said...

Yeah, another example of how cultural norms can redefine spiritual analogies, which in turn translate into lowered spiritual standards.

D.J. Williams said...

Wow, that's good.

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The Cross Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel The Main Thing
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
Overcoming Sin and Temptation
According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible
Disciplines of a Godly Man
Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem
When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor. . .and Ourselves
The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
Respectable Sins
The Kite Runner
Life Laid Bare: The Survivors in Rwanda Speak
Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak
A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I am a missional, evangelical, post/protestant, liberal/conservative, mystical/poetic, biblical, charismatic/contemplative, fundamentalist/calvinist, ... anabaptist/anglican, metho
Show Them No Mercy
The Lord of the Rings
Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
The Truth War: Fighting for Certainty in an Age of Deception
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming
The Chronicles of Narnia
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