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Category: Idolatry

  • Thanks to Bellisario and a Suggestion or Two

    Yesterday, Mr. Bellisario attempted to correct what he perceived to be a factual error in my previous post (link to Bellisario)(link to previous post). I appreciate the correction, and have updated my post. There were a few main points to my post, but Mr. Bellisario happened to notice an issue with respect to a minor…

  • John of Damascus vs. An Allegedly Ecumenical Council

    This is a video response (as usual, audio only) to a post by Matthew Bellisario (link). Although Bellisario starts off his post by saying “Once again we see that Turretin Fan is clueless when it come to Biblical exegesis,” he fails to back it up, not identifying any exegetical errors or even providing any of…

  • The Sort of Evangelical I’m Not

    I’m not the sort of Evangelical who thinks that this “gear” (link1 link2 – same guy – two posts on his “gear”) is ok. I’m the sort of Reformed believer that thinks that these verses are in the Bible: Isaiah 44:10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for…

  • Knox on the Idolatry of the Mass

    One occasionally hears from us, Reformed apologists, reference to the fact that the mass is idolatry. Perhaps this seems like pure polemic, unsupported by argument. Frankly, often it is simply thrown out there without supporting argument. So, I’d like to provide for your consideration, an explanation of the issue provided by John Knox (link). Here’s…

  • An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 01

    An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 01 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenient facts that they must face. This post is the first in what, Lord willing, will be a multi-part series. Council of Elvira (306) This fourth century Spanish council, attended by around…

  • Wisdom Chapter 14 – Test of Irony

    The following is chapter fourteen from the uninspired book of Wisdom. 1 Again, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass through the raging waves, calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carrieth him. 2 For verily desire of gain devised that, and the workman built it by his…

  • Popular Culture Meets Popular Worship Song

    There is a Chris Tomin (Update: or perhaps it actually by Darlene Zschech, as Paul notes in the comments below) “Worship Song” that song that was performed on the aptly titled show, American Idol. In a move that shocked and disgusted some watchers, the word “Jesus” was replaced with “Shepherd” in the song’s chorus. As…

  • Armstrong vs. Aquinas – Classifying Reformed Christians

    As recently noted by the “Shrine for the Holy Whapping,” a Catholic blog, Aquinas quoted with approval, the following (link to source): “We believe that the bodies of the saints, above all the relics of the blessed martyrs, as being the members of Christ, should be venerated in all sincerity” and “If anyone holds a…

  • John Murray on Pictures of Christ

    As John Murray explains: The question of the propriety of pictorial representations of the Saviour is one that merits examination. It must be granted that the worship of Christ is central in our holy faith, and the thought of the Saviour must in every instance be accompanied with that reverence which belongs to his worship.…

  • Problems Unlikely to Beset the Reformed Churches

    How to react when God sends his lightening bolts against your graven images? Rio’s answer seems to be repair it: (link). Let’s hope that they get the message more quickly than the Philistines did! 1 Samuel 5 1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. 2When the Philistines…