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How Pro-Life Are You?
Vol. 1, No. 4 • Jul/Aug 1992
Readers familiar with Modern Reformation know that we are a group committed to recovering the essence of the Christian message. That means that what you see and hear from us will usually be in the form of doctrinal discussions, issues, and debates written with the thinking layperson in mind. Nevertheless, there are some practical issues […]
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Just How Pro-Life Are You Really?
Readers familiar with Modern Reformation know that we are a group committed to recovering the essence of the Christian message. That means that what you see and hear from us will usually be in the form of doctrinal discussions, issues, and debates written with the thinking layperson in mind. Nevertheless, there are some practical issues […]
Augustine & Jerome
A few years ago, I had a discussion with U.S. Senate chaplain, Dr. Richard Halverson, and he told me how difficult it is to travel around the world and have other American believers traveling with him express their faith in extremely cultural terms. Living in Washington, he says, “No one actually says it, but it’s […]
The Rich & the Poor in Paul’s Theology
This article was previously published in Urban Mission, a publication of Westminster Theological Seminary. Used by permission. Our modern word is a study in socio-economic contrasts. Take South Africa. The average household income in Soweto, a black township on the edge of modern Johannesburg, is estimated to be only a quarter of that of Johannesburg […]
Thinking Like Christians in a TV Culture
Everyone loves justice in a crisis. The L.A. riots offered to TV viewers an opportunity to vent their fury at injustice no matter which side they took on the trial. For some, massive looting and arson were hailed as a long-overdue response to an unjust distribution of money and political power. For their law-and-order neighbors, […]
A Transforming Vision of Life
The command to love our neighbor is also an invitation to engage the mind and heart in a transforming vision of life. In this article I want us to take a look at the Christian’s responsibility to develop a Christian mind–not only for their benefit, but for the good of their neighbors. Popular television dramas–in […]
Interview with Randall Terry
Modern Reformation: What concerns you the most about evangelical action in the abortion debate?Randall Terry: Most evangelicals aren’t involved in the process. What they’re doing that is a problem is that they are letting the wicked rule. The Bible says in Proverbs 29:2, “When the righteous rule, the people rejoice. When the wicked rule the […]
