Posted on August 14, 2009 by thinkpoint
What’s wrong with the following statements:
“Nothing is universally true.”
“All generalizations are false.”
“No belief is true for everyone.”
“Everything is relative.”
“Everyone’s beliefs are true or false only relative to himself.”
When someone says, “Everything is relative” does he expect that others should believe his statement and adjust their lives to it?
What do we mean when we say that these [...]
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Posted on December 5, 2008 by thinkpoint
–Challenges and Opportunities–
America is a pluralistic society rich in multi-ethnic and multi-cultural diversity. We (Christians) welcome this diversity and recognize that the gospel is meant for all nations and peoples on earth (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8; Heaven itself will be inhabited by people “from every tribe and language and people and nation” Revelation 5:9). [...]
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Posted on September 6, 2007 by thinkpoint
By Steve Cornell
“I cannot help feeling that the final explanation of the state of the church today is a defective sense of sin and a defective doctrine of sin.” – Martyn Lloyd-Jones
INTRODUCTION
In 1973 American psychiatrist Karl Menninger wrote a book entitled, Whatever Became of Sin? Although it is now more than three [...]
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Posted on August 21, 2007 by thinkpoint
Do all roads from Chicago lead to Atlanta? Do all religions lead to God? The answer to both questions should be obvious. Yet when religion is discussed, I am surprised by the number of people who think all religions are basically the same. Many actually think that the religions of the world are simply different paths to the same God. [...]
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