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Biologos is Not "One of Us"
Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard,That the everlasting God,The LORD,The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary?There is no searching of his understanding.(Isaiah 40:28) Lest there be any uncertainty, groups like the Biologos forum that deny the central Christian tenet of Creation are not “one of us.” Their…
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Galileo – Heretic or not?
A recent article (link) suggests that further attempts are being made at trying to rehabilitate Galileo. Almost all papists today would agree that Galileo was right and the Vatican was wrong. Most, however, would argue that the Vatican doesn’t claim any infallibility in areas of science. Here’s the problem, Galileo was tried not for science…
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Brazen Committees – Response to Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson, on his own blog, writes: “Establishing committees that are as stacked as a painting on a WWII bomber’s nose is not the way to inspire my confidence. No, I haven’t gotten over the sheer brazenness of that study committee.” (source) I think Doug is missing the point. 1) The study committee wasn’t called…
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Mormon Theology from a Mormon
When the two young men show up at your door, most will not make a presentation like the one that follows. Nevertheless, for someone wanting to see some of the differences between Christianity and Mormonism (particularly with respect to the Gospel and the afterlife), the following blog entry from Mormon Matters provides some succinct distinctions.…
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Surprising Developments in the Federal Vision
The Auburn Avenue congregation has voted to leave the PCA, and to call Wilkins (their current pastor) to continue on as their pastor. They have also voted to join Doug Wilson’s “federation” the CREC. This will presumably result in Steve Wilkins asking to be transferred out of the PCA, although he has been referred to…
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Federal Vision – Heresy not anti-Paedo-Baptistic Reductio
In this recent post from GreenBaggins, one can almost see froth on the fingertips of James B. Jordan, a profane pastor some have started calling the “godfather” of the Federal Vision movement (link) (update, apparently Jordan has apologized in part). Meanwhile, well-meaning but misinformed Reformed Baptists over in the comment thread of Centuri0n’s blog have…
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Apparently You Still Can Get Excommunicated …
Although it is the first time it happened in Little Rock in 165 years, a few nuns have been excommunicated (according to the journalists it was for heresy …) (source). One of the nuns’ comments: “We are at peace and we know that for us we are doing the right thing. We pray that the…