Long list of ala carte posts....

I'll put up a few links this morning. I can just let the interested reader follow the links without adding much additional commentary. All these cause me to think about what they have said:

Justine Taylor
8 Symptoms of False Doctrine

This is my introduction to some of the teaching of R.C. Ryle and the 8 Symptoms are clearly present in today's church.

Also reviews of Rob Bell's book are just starting to come in...more next week.
Reviewing Rob Bell

This will be interesting to watch. The first full review is here: Love Wins

Albert Mohler discusses Doing Away with Hell.

And Tim Challies

 What I'd Have to Deny to Deny Hell

Everyone is talking about the existence of hell. Is hell a real place? Is it a literal place of literal torment? It seems ... myself a little thought experiment. What would I have to deny in order to deny hell? If I am ever to come to the point of denying the ...

And don't forget Ray Comfort's classic:



The 2009 Barna Survey listed:

Four out of ten Christians (40%) strongly agreed that Satan “is not a living being but is a symbol of evil.” An additional two out of ten Christians (19%) said they “agree somewhat” with that perspective. A minority of Christians indicated that they believe Satan is real by disagreeing with the statement: one-quarter (26%) disagreed strongly and about one-tenth (9%) disagreed somewhat. The remaining 8% were not sure what they believe about the existence of Satan.


Born again adults are more than twice as likely as notionals to strongly disagree that Satan is just a symbol of evil, and that Jesus sinned while He lived on earth.

There is still hope..at least in the evangelical church that Satan would just barely lose a democratic election.


Don Carson on Love and Wrath
There's also a short quote from this book: This is a good perspective on Luke 18:13-14.
There is no other joy on earth like that of appeased remorse: it is not only in heaven but on earth also that the joy over one sinner that repents surpasses that over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance.

—“’Miserable-Sinner Christianity’ in the Hands of the Rationalists,” in The Works of Benjamin B. Warfield, vol. 7, pp. 113-114

Finally a study of these audios may prove useful, I plan to find time to listen. universalism-and-the-reality-of-eternal-punishment.

On Ray Ortlund's blog there is a good call to keep a perspective on Grace a reminder need each day.

From Tullian Tchividjian


The Gospel Is For Christians

B. B. Warfield (1851 – 1921) on why the gospel is necessary for Christians:

There is nothing in us or done by us, at any stage of our earthly development, because of which we are acceptable to God. We must always be accepted for Christ’s sake, or we cannot ever be accepted at all. This is not true of us only when we believe. It is just as true after we have believed. It will continue to be trust as long as we live. Our need of Christ does not cease with our believing; nor does the nature of our relation to Him or to God through Him ever alter, no matter what our attainments in Christian graces or our achievements in behavior may be. It is always on His “blood and righteousness” alone that we can rest.