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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
The Foolishness of the Preaching
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- The Sovereignty of God <-- Reportedly this work shocked the evangelical world when it was published in 1919 and oh how much more does the modern professing circus church of Laodicea need to be shocked from her lethargic slumber in these last days! A.W. Pink thunders forth the absolute and majestic sovereignty of God with verve and forcefully demands that men grapple with some of the most profound questions that can be engaged by the human mind. I look forward to being challenged by this work again and again!
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Spurgeon!
"For every thousand hacking away at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root." Henry David Thoreau
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