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Philip Paul Bliss (Revised) and Wade Burleson
Wade Burleson says he welcomes the charge of antinomianism (link) which I trust he simply means rhetorically. Of more interest than his main point, however, is how converts a 19th century poem from an orthodox sense to a legalist sense: I love the following song, written by Philip Paul Bliss in the mid-1800’s: “Free from…
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Antinomianism – The Other Side of the Island
If on one side of the island of Christianity there is the dangerous water of Legalism as taught not only by Rome but many others, there is also on the other side of the island the danger of Antinominianism. Mark Jones at Meet the Puritans provides a more complete explanation, including a quotation from the…
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Responding to Paul Hoffer on Morality and the Gospel
In response to anonymous comments on a previous post, Paul Hoffer wrote: Dear Anonymous, the reason that Dr. Tiller’s murder was intrinsically wrong is because he was deprived of the chance of repenting of the evil that he had done on this earth and truly coming to know the saving grace of Our Lord, Jesus…
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Multi-Apostolic Defense of Paul Washer
I had written: “This objector’s works-salvation is showing itself: note how this objector indicates that God makes a first move and then it is man that fails or succeeds. That is a great definition of works-salvation. It is to be contrasted with a salvation in which God is both the author (first mover) and finisher…
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Bellisario Burying Himself in the Carcases of More Straw Men
More response from Bellisario has come in. I’ll try to address it as thoroughly as possible, in the hopes that he’ll carefully read it and stop attacking straw men. Surely, eventually such wanton destruction of scarecrows will cause some sort of rhetorical carbon footprint problem, and we certainly don’t want that: I had written: a)…
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Bellisario Swings Again
Bellisario is at it again. Let’s go through his latest post (link to the post): MB: “Recently the un-identifiable one released an all out attack at the Catholic Church for mandating Christmas as an obligatory Holy day.” TF: A couple of blog posts equals an “all out attack”? Does that seem melodramatic to anyone? His…
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Bellisario vs. His Own Imagination on Christmas
Bellisario has a new post, in which he ferociously battles positions that have not been presented (link). The straw flies in every direction, but I thought I’d do a quick response (well, it started as a quick response … it ended up a bit long) to his post: MB: “I wanted to answer the un-identifiable…
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To the Lord, I will not be Celebrating Christ’s Birth
As an exercise of my Christian liberty, I will not be celebrating Christ’s birthday on December 25, 2008. I will not be attending a “mass” or any substitute thereof. I do not plan to set aside any business concerns that would interfere with such religious exercises. Instead, by engaging in worldly employments and recreations, I…
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Convicting Thoughts on the Lord’s Day
This author does not want Pharisaism (nor legalism either), and yet one cannot read accounts of even modern Jewish reverence for the Sabbath without being convicted that we could do more to reverence and sanctify the Lord’s day. More discussion here (link). May God give us greater respect for the fourth commandment (Remember the Sabbath…
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Fictional Dialog with Arthur Legalist
is Gnu Believer interviews Arthur Legalist in this recent dialog: G. Believer: Welcome, Arthur. Why have you agreed to come on the show?A. Legalist: Well, I want to talk to you about a real problem I’ve noticed.GB: What’s that?AL: It’s really the worst sin of our time. It has destroyed many lives.GB: What’s that? Non-Christianity,…