Reform & Revive

Reform & Revive is shut down

paulburkhart — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:52:53 +0000

Well, it’s been a good run. As of today, Reform & Revive, as the online magazine, is shutting down. As even the most casual of readers can see, the most recent original article posted on this site ...

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Explaining Health Care Reform & “Christian” Reflections Thereof [REPOST]

paulburkhart — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:17:50 +0000

Can the common man understand this health care debate? Is there a particularly Christian perspective on health care? Also, a curious and unexpected memorial to Ted Kennedy. Read on. by Paul Burkhart _______________ [Editor's Note: This ...

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There is No One Like You (Adv, Days 23/24; HelloGoodBye 09/10) [REPOST]

napoleonsays — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:32:19 +0000

by David Schrott “I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer.” –I Timothy 2.8, NIV There are these days, when it is so difficult to find words that wrap around concepts, that, no matter how ...

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A Theology of Ethics, Truth, & Contemporary Applications

paulburkhart — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:45:32 +0000

In a continuation of an exchange concerning Slavery in the Bible, some atheist critiques are addressed concerning ethics, the Bible, and modern society. by Paul Burkhart _______________ [EDITOR'S NOTE: At my personal blog, the long way home, I ...

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“An Evolving Creation: Oxymoron or Fruitful Insight?” by Keith Miller

paulburkhart — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:13:02 +0000

In the first in a series of posts going through the book “Perspectives on an Evolving Creation” (Keith Miller, ed.), we look at the Scientific and Theological justifications for the very idea of an “Evolving ...

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“Lord . . .”

michael.meulstee — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:05:32 +0000

artwork and article by Michael Meulstee (click for larger image) I sit down to write as a way to reflect. At this very moment in my life when there is no other thing to be certain ...

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I’m Coming Out (Intro to an Evolving Creation)

paulburkhart — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:41:41 +0000

Can one more voice crying out from the evangelical wilderness make a difference amidst the rising and seemingly never-ending din concerning Science “versus” Faith? I guess we’re about to find out. by Paul Burkhart _______________ You ever start ...

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Decision-Making Non-Answers

Katie Olmstead — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:17:08 +0000

“To seminary, or not to seminary?” That’s the question for our newest Contributor, Katie Olmstead, as she navigates the ambiguities and nuances of that most frustrating of mysteries: the Will of God. by Katie Olmstead ______________ Last February, ...

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The Infinite Beauty of Beauty

paulburkhart — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:43:45 +0000

A nine-month old brain child concerning Beauty and many of its components is finally done being birthed on a blog. Come see… by Paul Burkhart _______________ In about January of this past year, I received word that seven ...

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the pursuit of proverbs 31.30 (+ one who loves distance driving and semi-colons)

napoleonsays — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:14:05 +0000

by David Schrott It burns in my soul like few other things. And it has for as long as I can remember. In kindergarten, while all the other boys were afraid of cooties, I was tackling ...

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REVIEW: “Fearless” by Max Lucado

paulburkhart — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:35:35 +0000

Max Lucado, a Christian publishing powerhouse, releases his new book today to millions of struggling Evangelicals needing real theology applied to real problems. Does this book address that need? by Paul Burkhart _______________ Imagine Your Life Without Fear. That’s ...

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Turning the T.U.L.I.P. On Its Side

bedsideresolve — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:26:45 +0000

Can the classic Five-Points of Calvinism, notorious for inspiring complacency and judgmentalism, actually cause relationships that are gracious, self-sacrificing, and long-suffering? by Stephen Hess _______________ [Editor's Note: For those unfamiliar with the historical Five-Points of Calvinism (a.k.a. "TULIP"), ...

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Explaining Health Care Reform & “Christian” Reflections Thereof

paulburkhart — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:00:37 +0000

Can the common man understand this health care debate? Is there a particularly Christian perspective on health care? Also, a curious and unexpected memorial to Ted Kennedy. Read on. by Paul Burkhart _______________ Below is a series of ...

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Let’s play: “Guess Who’s Doctrinal Statement?”

paulburkhart — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:00:58 +0000

Given just the “Core Doctrines” of a Church, can we evaluate its true Orthodoxy and faithfulness? by Paul Burkhart _______________ Okay, we’re going to a play a little game I like to call “Guess Whose Doctrinal Statement.” ...

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Is God Done with the American Church? Perhaps Not.

DWells — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:30:57 +0000

Does an ever increasingly secular and post-Christian America necessarily mean a smaller and weaker Evangelical Church? by Daniel F. Wells _______________ Christianity is growing numerically around the world! With books such as The Next Christendom and Theology in ...

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bright as yellow

napoleonsays — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:42:16 +0000

by David Schrott _______________ Time has had its way with me, my broken, tired hands can’t build a thing… Coffee’s a murdering bitch, you know? It started with the arrhythmias, sometime in Oh-Three. They were added frustration on ...

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WTFWJD? | (on Christian cursing)

paulburkhart — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:00:30 +0000

"Andrew Murray" by Amy Roberts More Christians of prominence are being “accused” of profanity from the pulpit. How do Christians navigate the increasingly clouding waters of holiness in speech? by Paul Burkhart _________________ [NOTE: no curse words are used ...

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For your life – Flee!

sean.brendan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:01:11 +0000

Come out from among them. Run for your life. Because this is about your life. This is not just about an opposing viewpoint or conflicting theology; this is about your life.

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Independence Day?

BRGraves — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:52:00 +0000

Is it really the fact that “both sides are right” on the whole Sovereignty question? by B.Rayshawn Graves _______________ “There is another and worse evil which springs from this basic failure to grasp the radical difference between the ...

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John Piper on Obama & Abortion

paulburkhart — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:41:37 +0000

by Reform & Revive ______________ This is a video by John Piper of Desiring God Ministries in Minneapolis Minnesota. This is powerful. I’m still kind of really from it. The are difficult times in which to live ...

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Unlimited Limited Atonement? | (a discussion)

paulburkhart — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:23:01 +0000

art by Patrick Benbow A new articulation of an old idea: a Facebook exchange on the single most controversial tenet of traditional Calvinism. by Paul Burkhart _______________ This was a facebook message/discussion between a few friends and me on ...

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The Scarlet Cord

sean.brendan — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:14:58 +0000

How a prostitute can both save a city in the past and teach us how our souls are saved in the present. by Sean Brendan Stewart _______________ Our dear brother Paul of Burkhart not long ago wrote a ...

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Stephen Hess on GoingToSeminary.com

bedsideresolve — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:40:17 +0000

by Reform & Revive __________ One of our Guest Writers, Stephen Hess, recently wrote about his journey to seminary on the wonderful website, GoingToSeminary.com. Stephen is about to start his first year (of four) at Covenant Theological ...

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red as crimson, yet . . .

bedsideresolve — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:37:15 +0000

painting by Sarah Stevens How a winter ride home from church taught me more about the Gospel than the service itself. by Stephen Hess _______________ I was raised in a nominally Catholic family. By nominally, I mean that church ...

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Redemption’s Song

BRGraves — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:22:25 +0000

by Rayshawn Graves I’m mostly a listener of the older hymns, but the lyrics of this song by Israel Houghton have grown on me…it’s like my life in a verse…everything from depravity to God’s Sovereign grace…I ...

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