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Worst Argument Against Sola Scriptura
There are many bad arguments against Sola Scriptura. There are many terrible arguments made to suggest that none of the early church fathers taught or practiced Sola Scriptura. But there is, in my opinion, one worst argument. That worst argument is this: 1) Reformed apologist demonstrates that early church father X taught Sola Scriptura. 2)…
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Response to Nick Regarding Spiral Argument and Private Judgment
Nick has provided a response to my rebuttal of Karl Keating’s “Spiral Argument” (link). Nick wrote: “I think you should distinguish between private judgment and a circular argument. Each of those terms correspond to different issues.” That’s true. They do often correspond to different issues. The come together, however, because the spiral argument employs private…
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2 Thess 2:15 – Comments Answered
Introduction “Reginald de Piperno” has provided a post that appears to be aimed at objecting to my previous post on 2 Thessalonians 2:15, available here. I appreciate that he read my post and took the time to respond. DiscussionAs best I understand, RdP grants 1(a) and seems to grant 1(b) although he wants to define…
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Love God – Don’t Sin – and Don’t Make Excuses
I read some rather feeble responses in letters to the editor at PSU today, on the topic of the Bible’s testimony against homosexuality. (link) Let me summarize the flaws in the letters. 1. Misuse of “Love one another.” Apparently the author of the first letter thinks that convicting others of sin is unloving. But Scripture…
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TurretinFan, the Dead, Homeless Atheist
One frequent tired argument that one hears from atheists, is that we monotheists are basically atheists, because we reject all of the gods, except one. The problem for the atheist is that this is rather like saying that a person is homeless who has only one home, because he lacks all the other homes that…