Schreiner’s Review of McKnight’s Blue Parakeet

All this week the folks at the CBMW blog will be posting installments of Thomas R. Schreiner’s review of Scot McKnight’s book, The Blue Parakeet. 

Part 1 is up.

Part 2 is up.

Part 3 is up.

Part 4 is up.

Part 5 is up.

How Sweet the Sound–Hymns from Covenant Life Church

Here’s a great deal from Covenant Life Church. Tell 5 friends and get some great hymns done well, done traditionally, for free!

Enjoy!

Mark Dever in WSJ on Abortion

This article quotes Mark Dever as follows:

working to reduce the number of abortions misses the point: “It’s like saying, ‘Let’s work to make sure they kill fewer Jews in the concentration camps this year,”‘ said the Rev. Mark Dever, a pastor in Washington D.C.

HT: DLP

Kentucky Baptists Resolve to Protect the Unborn

Denny Burk has the details on a resolution passed this week by the Kentucky Batpist state Convention on the need to protect the unborn. For the full resolution, see Denny’s post. Here’s the bottom line: 

WHEREAS, some religious leaders in the United States have called for churches to move beyond the abortion discussion so that the sanctity of unborn human life is reduced to one of a litany of other issues. . .

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we reiterate our conviction that the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision was based on a fundamentally flawed understanding of the United States Constitution, human embryology, and the basic principles of human rights; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we petition our new president-elect, members of Congress, our governor, and state legislature to work to legally protect the lives of all innocent American citizens, including those of the unborn; and . . .