On September 11, 2001 “we were given a wake-up call”

My pastor, R.C. Sproul, has written an article about September 11, Ten Years Later. It ends as follows:

My fear is that we haven’t learned very much from 9/11. On 9/11, ten years ago, more babies were destroyed in the wombs of their mothers than people were killed in the terrorist attack in New York. That destruction continues to this day. The greatest attacks on the sanctity of life come not from al-Qaeda but from those who destroy their young. God will not continue to tolerate any nation that practices that culture of death and barbarism.

What is most tragic is that when we were given a wake-up call ten years ago on 9/11, we pushed the snooze button and went back to sleep.

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Doug Wilson on the arrogance of Rob Bell

 

From Canon Wired:

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson responds to the question:

“Following up on your response to Rob Bell, how would you respond to the many Christians who are offended by those Christan leaders (John Piper, Justin Taylor, yourself, and others) who respond to bell in a decisive way? It seems common to be offended and angry by the “arrogance” of asserting what you think is orthodoxy over heresy; how do to you respond without seeming arrogant yourself?”

Watch Doug Wilson’s initial response to Rob Bell’s book, “Love Wins.”

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Robbed Hell – C.A.S.T. Pearls Presents

From Canon Wired:

Do we really believe that the path to eternal life is narrow? So narrow that not even atheist hippy pop stars will make it in? Don your shallow thinking cap and come wander some contours of meaning in this parody of Rob Bell’s Love Wins book trailer.

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Love Wins: A Conversation on Rob Bell’s New Book (Al Mohler, Justin Taylor, Denny Burk, Russell Moore)

Al Mohler recently moderated a panel discussion, at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, on Rob Bell’s new book, Love Wins. His fellow panelists included Justin Taylor of Crossway Books and blogger at The Gospel Coalition, Denny Burk, dean of Boyce College, and Russell Moore, dean of the School of Theology and Senior Vice President for Academic Administration.

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Anthony Hoekema on “the eternal punishment of the lost”

Given the recent controversy started by Rob Bell and his denial of God’s Word, I thought it fitting to quote from a book I was reading last night and this morning. I read The Bible and the Future several years ago and pulled it off the shelf last night to see what Hoekema could add to the discussion. He did not disappoint.

If we take the testimony of Scripture seriously, and if we base our doctrines on its teachings – as indeed we should – we are compelled to believe in the eternal punishment of the lost. To be sure, we shrink from this teaching with all that is within us, and do not dare to try to visualize how this eternal punishment might be experienced by someone we know. But the Bible teaches it, and therefore we must accept it. — Anthony A. Hoekema, The Bible and the Future (p. 273)

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