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More Thorough Exegesis of Francis’ "Failure of the Cross" Phrase
In response to Pastor Hall quadrupling down on his misinterpretation of Francis’ words, let me explain how I know (with certainty) that Pope Francis was contrasting the divine perspective with the human perspective, when he said: The cross shows us a different way of measuring success. Ours is to plant the seeds. God sees to…
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On Founders and Fathers
People like me appeal to the Founders of the American republic as authorities on what the Constitution meant when it was written. We do that because we believe in a grammatical-historical method of interpretation of any written document. In a similar way, many people like to appeal to the Church Fathers to understand the Scriptures.…
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Humanly Speaking the Cross was a Failure
The pope wasn’t saying that Christ’s death was a failure. He was saying the same thing that both Roman Catholics and Protestants affirm, namely that the disciples were expecting a Messiah that would give military victory over the Romans. Instead, the Romans killed him. He looked like a failure to those who had only a…
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Judicial Precedent as Law – Summary
In America, judicial precedent is law. This is true even if it is true that:a) Some of that law is bad law;b) Some of that law is unconstitutional law;c) Some of that law would be “honored in the breach”;d) Some of that law outrages us;e) Some of that law could be overturned tomorrow;f) Some of…
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Calling Discernment Bloggers to Use More Discernment
Chris Bolt did an excellent job of debunking JD Hall’s inaccurate criticism of Karen Swallow Prior (link to Chris’ post). I was disappointed to see that JD has not repented of his post, but instead has doubled down on it with a new post insinuating the same kinds of things as the original post. I…
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John Owen on the Theonomy Debate between Joel McDurmon and Jordan Hall
John Owen, Works, Volume 8 (“Sermons to the Nations“), p. 394: Although the institutions and examples of the Old Testament, of the duty of magistrates in the things and about the worship of God, are not, in their whole latitude and extent, to be drawn into rules that should be obligatory to all magistrates now,…