{"id":2040,"date":"2006-03-31T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T18:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2006\/03\/2040\/"},"modified":"2006-03-31T18:22:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-31T18:22:00","slug":"2040","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2006\/03\/2040\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><b>links for 2006-03-31<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alesrarus.funkydung.com\/archives\/2259\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Funky Dung Joins the Fray<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">My post on Catholicism bouncing off my mate, Dave Anthony, seems to have stirred up something of a hornet\u2019s nest \u2013 perhaps I have more Catholic readers left than Evangelical Cessationists . . . ?<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/catholic\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">catholic<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/cessationist\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">cessationist<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gracechurch.org\/sfellowship\/pulpitcm\/forumlist_blog.asp?topic_id=940&amp;ministry_id=69&amp;id=11\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gambling: Covetousness Distilled to Its Very Essence<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">\u201cGambling places something valuable at risk for an illegitimate purpose.\u201d Phil Johnson explains why gambling violates the most basic principle of wise and faithful stewardship.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/sin\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">sin<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/pyromaniacs\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pyromaniacs<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.togetherforthegospel.org\/2006\/03\/ryle_on_heart_r.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">True Heart Religion<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Ryle: \u201cWhat is the first thing we need in order to be Christians? A new heart.  What is the sacrifice God asks us to bring to Him? A broken and a contrite heart.  What is the true circumcision? The circumcision of the heart . . . .\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/religion\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">religion<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/theology\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">theology<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/T4GB\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">T4GB<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mrlauterbach.typepad.com\/gospeldrivenlife\/2006\/03\/the_heart_of_th_1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Heart of the Matter\u2013Where the Battle Lies<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">\u201cConvictions are not the enemy of unity and honor, pride is. We are at at time when the battle lines are around the Gospel itself\u2014where we must position ourselves is with \u2018mere Christianity\u2019 and how that distinguishes us from all other \u2018gospels\u2019.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/gospel\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">gospel<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.churchexecutive.com\/News.asp?Article=2610\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Fastest Growing of the 25 Largest USA Denominations<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Only 4 are growing: 1. The Orthodox Church in America 1,064,000 ( increased 6.40 %) 2. <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/pentecostal' target='_blank'>Assemblies of God<\/a> 2,779,095 (increased 1.81% ) 3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 5,999,177 (increased 1.7%) 4. Roman Catholics 67,820,833 (increased 0.83%)<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/pentecostal\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pentecostal<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/church\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">church<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/evangelism\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">evangelism<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.togetherforthegospel.org\/2006\/03\/the_apparent_pi.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Threats to the Gospel: The Apparent Piety of Numerical Goals<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">\u201cThe greatest threat to the gospel specific to today is the indirect challenge of pragmatism among evangelicals . . . evangelicals are particlarly open to self-deception when it comes to counting converts.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/T4GB\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">T4GB<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/church\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">church<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/evangelical\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">evangelical<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theologica.blogspot.com\/2006\/03\/mclaren-and-driscoll-on-emerging.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">McLaren and Driscoll on the Emerging Church Movement<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Criswell Theology Review posts two articles from their latest issue.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/driscoll\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">driscoll<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/apwarnock\/emerging\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">emerging<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>links for 2006-03-31 Funky Dung Joins the Fray My post on Catholicism bouncing off my mate, Dave Anthony, seems to have stirred up something of a hornet\u2019s nest \u2013 perhaps I have more Catholic readers left than Evangelical Cessationists . . . ? (tags: catholic cessationist) Gambling: Covetousness Distilled to Its Very Essence \u201cGambling places [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-romans"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Adrian Warnock<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"links for 2006-03-31 Funky Dung Joins the Fray My post on Catholicism bouncing off my mate, Dave Anthony, seems to have stirred up something of a hornet&#039;s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2006\/03\/2040\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"links for 2006-03-31 Funky Dung Joins the Fray My post on Catholicism bouncing off my mate, Dave Anthony, seems to have stirred up something of a hornet&#039;s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2006\/03\/2040\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Adrian Warnock\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adrianwarnockpage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-03-31T18:22:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrian Warnock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@adrianwarnock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrian Warnock\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2006\/03\/2040\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2006\/03\/2040\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-03-31T18:22:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2006-03-31T18:22:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/#\/schema\/person\/4dc7481b9baa3553d9a7698715084eaa\"},\"description\":\"links for 2006-03-31 Funky Dung Joins the Fray My post on Catholicism bouncing off my mate, Dave Anthony, seems to have stirred up something of a hornet's\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2006\/03\/2040\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/\",\"name\":\"Adrian Warnock\",\"description\":\"Patheos Evangelical\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/#\/schema\/person\/4dc7481b9baa3553d9a7698715084eaa\",\"name\":\"Adrian Warnock\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5ff2076e287d1578e3b13fc015d78be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5ff2076e287d1578e3b13fc015d78be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Adrian Warnock\"},\"description\":\"The resurrection of Jesus changes everything. 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