Your Best Links Now – 2/11/14
Real Love Wins by Burk Parsons
“One of the more loving and merciful things Jesus did was preach on hell. He preached on hell more than He preached on heaven, and He did so in order to point the lost to Himself as the way, the truth, and the life apart from condemnation and eternal punishment in hell—which He created. Although most preachers have not denied the doctrine of hell outright, they might as well have, since it is entirely absent from their sermons . . .”
Tim Chester on a Church’s Growing Pains
Good, helpful stuff here, especially in the assist from Tim Keller. It’s good to know, in an odd sort of way, that church angst from the change that growth brings isn’t a new phenomenon.
Is the Vatican Violating Children’s Rights? by Mark Movsesian
Well, perhaps in some ways. But in other ways suggested by the UN’s Committee on the Rights of a Child, we see not so much a violation of rights but a violation of the moral code of the age. Movsesian writes, “[T]he committee stated that the prohibition of abortion ‘places obvious risks on the life and health of pregnant girls’ and urged the Vatican to amend canon law to ‘identify circumstances under which access to abortion services can be permitted.’ It expressed ‘serious concern’ about the Vatican’s policy of ‘denying adolescents access to contraception.’ The Vatican must put ‘adolescents’ best interests’ ahead of other concerns, the committee said. And the committee expressed concern that the Holy See’s disapproval of homosexuality may lead to discrimination against LGBT children and the children of LGBT parents. It recommended that the Holy See amend canon law to recognize diverse family arrangements . . .”
Home of the Great Poet John Milton Abandoned, Frozen in Time
If this place isn’t haunted, the photos sure are.
Live and Let Die by Jen Thorn
“Through Paul God says, ‘Put to death therefore what is earthly in you.’ What is earthly in me?”
