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The Fred Principle: Fundamental Evangelicals Rejecting Reason

dee — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:57:09 +0000

The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind. Mark Noll amazon.com TWW has often quoted from Mark Noll’s landmark book called: The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. His premise is this. “The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind.” Noll contends that evangelicals need to “repent for their neglect of the mind.” He expresses deep concern that such Christians have abandoned the intellectual heritage of the Protestant Reformation. On 10/17/11, The New York Times printed an op ed piece, link, written by two self-described evangelicals, Karl Giberson and Randall Stephens titled The Evangelical Rejection of Reason. They are authors of The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age. They use Mark Noll’s premise as a basis for their assertions. All quotes from this piece are labeled (NYT). Karl Giberson also appeared on NPR on 10/20/11 discussing “Evangelical Christians Form Parallel Structure.” Link. Quotes from this piece will be labeled (NPR). In the NPR piece, Neil Conan, the host used the term fundamental evangelicals. One TWW reader calls them fundagelicals.This term appears to be used more and more frequently to describe a certain subset Continue reading →

Written by: dee on Mon, Oct 24 2011.

Categories: Al Mohler, Answers in Creation, Answers in Genesis, Creationism, Ken Ham, Science and faith

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“Divided” – A Review

deb — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:39:15 +0000

"United we stand, divided we fall." Aesop Greek slave & fable author (620 BC – 560 BC) Taken by Deb "Divided" is a documentary written by Scott Brown’s son-in-law, Peter Bradrick, as indicated in the credits. Philip Leclerc goes on a journey to discover why a purported two-thirds of young people are leaving the church. He interviews a variety of Christian leaders and slowly builds his case that the solution to this tragic problem can be found in the family-integrated church model. Folks, it's just that simple… Early in the video Leclerc attends a Christian rock concert with flashing lights, blaring music, and fanatical teens. He explains that this experience opened his eyes to how worldliness has crept into Christianity. Leclerc responds with these scripted words: “I think we all know my generation needs to abandon the world and play to Christ, but yet here I see no distinction between worldliness and Christianity. It occurred to me if the church is allowing worldliness in here and calling it Christian, how can I trust the church not allowing the brokenness of the world in elsewhere and calling it Christian?" In the next clip, we see Ken Ham, founder and president Continue reading →

Written by: deb on Wed, Sep 28 2011.

Categories: Answers in Genesis, Creationism, Doug Philips, Doug Phillips/Vision Forum, Ken Ham, NCFIC, Science and faith, Scott Brown

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