Monthly Archives: May 2009

What You Buy in Las Vegas, Stays in Las Vegas

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 29, 2009

Actually, that was not the point of Jeremy Beer’s post over at Front Porch Republic.   It was instead to encourage a way to support local businesses in local economies made up of local residents.  It is called the 3/50 Project.   And its logic is simple: “Pick 3.  Spend 50. Save your local economy.”  That is the… Read More→

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. . . Then Justification “Causes” Good Works

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 27, 2009

That would seem to be the way J. Gresham Machen thought about the relationship between forensic righteousness and the fruit of faith. Of course [Jesus] died to produce a moral effect upon man. If He did not die, man would have continued to lead a life of sin; but as it is, those for whom He… Read More→

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Evangelicals Are Now Mainline (Woo Hoo!)

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 26, 2009

Christianity Today is surprised, proud, and cautious about this state of affairs, which the American Religious Identification Survey reports.  Since 1990 the number of people identifying themselves as born-again has  almost doubled while mainline churches continue to lose numbers.  (Two important corrections to note: evangelicalism always was the mainline up until the 1920s when the mainline… Read More→

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Gentlemen, You May Smoke

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 25, 2009

Take Lincoln and Wilberforce off the list and I’d be tempted to sign this Declaration of Independence.

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Man Crush on Leon Kass

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 22, 2009

Last night, the author of the incredibly wise book, The Hungry Soul, gave the annual Jefferson Lecture (John Updike gave it last year).  Leon Kass is someone about whom more people should know.

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Incoherence or Sentimentality

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 21, 2009

Reed DePace has a thoughtful post at Greenbaggins on the inerrancy debate to which Pete Enns was a catalyst.  His point is that the defenders of Enns are incoherent.  The reason is the following syllogism to which Enns’ defenders resort: 1. The Bible contains non-incidental errors. 2. The Bible itself is inerrant. 3. This is not a… Read More→

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We Apologize

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 19, 2009

Because some readers of the NTJ took exception to a recent article, and because we had no intention of giving offense, we offer the following apology: With reference to the article “Priorities” in the last NTJ (Winter 2009), the editors unreservedly apologize for implying that there is any tension between the position of Carl Trueman… Read More→

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Godfrey on Calvin

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 19, 2009

Christianity Today interviews W. Robert Godfrey on his new book, John Calvin: Pilgrim and Pastor.

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The Great Debate: Psalms vs. Hymns IV

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 15, 2009

(Reprinted from NTJ, April 1997) From: Glenn Morangie To:T. Glen Livet Date: 9/4/96 10:46am Subject: Re: Psalmody -Reply -Reply -Reply Glen, Wow, such a sensitive guy to issue such a long and personal response. I must have struck a nerve or you must be convicted by the power of the word. (Or could it be… Read More→

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Father Interlocutor

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 14, 2009

Richard John Neuhaus, who died fairly suddenly on Jan. 8, 2009, was an inspiration for the NTJ, both as an editor and a critic of mainstream American Christianity (read: Protestantism). That is about where any comparison between this publication and his, First Things, begins and abruptly ends. Where Neuhaus rubbed shoulders with religious and political… Read More→

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