Over at More Books and Things Carla asks:
Are Christians supposed to be involved in Halloween? For most Christians it’s a no brainer, but I’m always surprised at how many actually participate in this day, so today I’m posting a few things to consider about Halloween…

Changes for Emergent Village; links to more detail over at Apprising Ministries.

Apprising Ministries with a short post which compares the “Protestant” message of Rick Warren of the Slowly Becoming Catholic with that of Martin Luther.

Those listening to the Voice of the Spirit know that the Church of Jesus Christ is beset with false brethren (see-Acts 20:30) and genuine Christians are hearing the Call to arms. Apprising Ministries with some encouraging words from Charles Spurgeon.

Main stream bastions of conservatism are straying from orthodoxy to heresy. We are in desperate need of another reformation.
…Over 200 years of religious freedom has brought popularity to the Church. It’s fashionable to be part of a church. Thousands have flooded the American Church, having made false confessions of faith, bring with them all manner [...]

Over at Fundamentally Reformed Bob Hayton has put together some links from around the blogosphere for us concerning the Reformation. He begins his post:
This is the 491st anniversary of Martin Luther’s nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenburg Church.  Because of the printing press, this step by Luther was soon the spark that [...]

LDS leader: Ethics key in globalization by Donald W. Meyers The Salt Lake Tribune

…Using the LDS Church’s worldwide growth as an example, Uchtdorf said tolerance is another guiding principle in an interconnected world. Not only does the church respect others’ religious beliefs, but also political diversity found in all communities. He said the church operates [...]

Here’s the link to a thought-provoking piece on “evangelical” icon C.S. Lewis which features a discussion on Lewis’ view of Holy Scripture.

As part of the antidote for the contemplative drift in the visible church today Apprising Ministries shares a piece from Michael Horton on the critical importance of God’s Word.

Word and Verse shares a quote from Martin Luther and a clip from the original movie “Martin Luther.” We shudder to think what would have happened if Luther had been part of today’s evangelical “Love Train.”

by Kim Riddlebarger
It has been said that pride is the oldest sin in the universe and that it shows no signs of growing weaker with age. Pride is the overestimation of our own worth and the inevitable tendency to exaggerate our own accomplishments. If the Bible is clear about anything, it is that ours is [...]

The High School Musical 3 ‘Bible Study’ is an Epic Fail! Turns out that this ‘Bible Study’ in typical Saddleback Church fashion mangles God’s Word, rips verses from context, engages in group-therapy and is all about me me me me me me me.
Chris Rosebrough, of Fighting for the Faith spent time working through [...]

This very wrong position from postliberal theologian Dr. Walter Wink, a ”United Methodist minister, work[ing] for a Presbyterian seminary, and [who] attends Quaker meeting” will show you just how far men are prepared to go in their attempt to get away from the Word of God in order to defend their being lovers of self (2 Timothy 3:2):
Certainly heterosexual marriage [...]

Most of the formative years of my Christian walk were spent in one church from February 1987 through February 2000. During that time we had three pastors. I was in some form of teaching for most of that time. One of the things that always came up when we studied the Old Testament [...]

Greg Laurie and Harvest Ministries presents Preach the Word: The Message Hasn’t Changed coming up November 17-20. Under “What is Preach the Word?”:
In the first century, Paul told Timothy, “Preach the Word!” The importance of this command is as real today as it was then. We have a great responsibility to bring the life-changing message [...]

Christian Research Net is pleased to inform you that over at Between Two Worlds Justin Taylor tells us:
There’s some great news coming from Grace to You, the ministry ministry of John MacArthur.
I’m told that starting next Wednesday, November 5 (the day after the election), Grace to You will announce a new policy, effective immediately, that [...]

From the Pittsburg Tribune-Review we are informed:
Aaron Zimmerman, the new associate pastor at St. Stephen’s Church in Sewickley, watches the popular NBC sitcom “The Office” religiously.
Now he’s found a way to mix work with pleasure by incorporating the television show into a weekly discussion at the church.
Zimmerman, 30, was hired this year to reach out to [...]

There are so many who contact us today who are not able to find a good church to attend. And as you can see from this short Apprising Ministries piece Good Churches Hard to Find World-Wide the problem is hardly in this country alone.
Bob DeWaay, pastor Twin City Fellowship of Saint Louis Park, MN has some great resources which will at [...]

Saddleback Church’s love affair with the world continues. A Little Leaven is reporting that Saddleback Church has developed a ‘bible study’ based upon the latest installment of the Disney teen flick “High School Musical 3″. Apparently Saddleback Church doesn’t believe in actually teaching youth to honor and learn God’s word. Instead they mix [...]

In an interview with Catholic Youth Minstry Blog, which is in lock-step with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, “Red Letter Christian” Tony Campolo made the following points regarding the impact of Roman Catholic mystics:
-Great social movements that were characterized by the Wesleyan revival really grew out of the spirituality of Roman Catholic mystics. The [...]

Hell is real. All who do not repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ will spend eternity there. Those who repent and believe are those who ‘come to Jesus to drink.’ They believe as the Holy Spirit is poured out on them to the point that their lives are taken over by Him. Those [...]

It really shouldn’t be shocking to professing evangelical Protestant Christians; but I’m afraid for many it is. More at Apprising Ministries.

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Lecrae and Red Letter @ Mars Hill Church

“There is one very serious defect to my mind in Christ’s moral character, and that is that He believed in hell.” So wrote the agnostic British philosopher Bertrand Russell in 1967. The idea of eternal punishment for sin, he further notes, is “a doctrine that put cruelty in the world and gave the world generations [...]