Herbert W. Bateman IV, Charts on the Book of Hebrews (Kregel Charts of the Bible; Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2012), 126:
Well said @nathanafinn… Well said.
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Herbert W. Bateman IV, Charts on the Book of Hebrews (Kregel Charts of the Bible; Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2012), 126:
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If you want to understand Reformed Federal/Covenant/Biblical Theology but don’t have the time or funds to read books, here are the best in mp3.
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“The sexual revolution has accomplished what even the fractious Reformation could not. It has divided Protestantism so deeply that traditionalist Anglicans now have more in common with traditionalist Lutherans or even Roman Catholics, say, than with the reformers in their own denominations.” —
Writing for Time Magazine online, Mary Eberstadt:
So, for example, the reform-minded Church of England has closed over 1,000 churches since 1980, with some later becoming discos, spas and mosques. The traditionalist Anglican churches of the Global South, on the other hand, are packed to overflowing and still growing fast. Within the Catholic Church, similarly, the most vibrant renewal movements — Comunione e Liberazione, Opus Dei, Juventutem — are also the most orthodox. Meanwhile, African missionaries from both Protestant and Catholic churches are being dispatched to the West in record numbers — in effect, re-evangelizing the very peoples who carried the cross to men and women of the subcontinent in the first place.
One explanation for the resiliency of religious traditionalism in an age of secularization is demographic. As Jonathan Last shows in his recent book What to Expect When No One’s Expecting, if enough people over time decide not to be fruitful and multiply, eventually their churches will disappear. That’s because secular people have far fewer children than do believers. The flip side of that observation is equally suggestive. In the future, it is the believers of all faiths whose children will appear disproportionately in an otherwise increasingly childless world, as political scientist Eric Kaufmann showed in his 2011 book, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?
As changing views on gay marriage, among others, go to show, secularization marches on. Traditionalists may be on the losing end of historic real estate, at least for now, as well as booed out of the public square for their views on sex. Down the road, though, they still look to possess something else critical — a growing congregation without which every church, after all, is just a bed and breakfast waiting to happen.
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For many years Reformed Baptists and like minded brethren throughout the midwestern and eastern United States enjoyed annual family conferences. We were pleased to organize the return of a similar family conference in 2011 and are grateful that our brethren at Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Mebane, NC hosted one in Toccoa, GA in July 2012.
The Reformed Baptist Church of Louisville will host the 2013 conference on the campus of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY on July 2-5, 2013.
The speakers for the conference are:
- Pastor Jeremy Walker – Maidenbower Baptist Church, Crawley, England
- Dr. Michael A.G. Haykin – Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
- Pastor George McDearmon – Ballston Lake Baptist Church, Ballston Lake, NY
- Pastor Jeffery Smith- Emmanuel Baptist Church of Coconut Creek, Florida
- Pastor Jim Savastio – Reformed Baptist Church of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Registration deadline is May 10, 2013!
More info: www.rbfamilyconference.com
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