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Unionism Rejected (by a Lutheran, of course)
You can skip the first two minutes of the video, which has almost nothing to do with the topic of the video. The topic of the video relates to “unionism,” which is a Lutheran term for co-organization, joint worship, and/or cooperation between churches that hold to different things. Historically, the union that prompted the coining…
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Like Us – Except Without Sin – Further Response to Edward Reiss
Edward Reiss has posted a further response (link) in our on-going discussion on Christ and his human nature. Reiss states: When I say Jesus’ human nature is divinized, what do I mean? I do not mean that the divine nature is mixed with the human nature, what I mean is that the union of the…
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More Response to Edward Reiss
Edward Reiss has provided a further response. He writes: This argument is used to show that, in particular instances, what Jesus did, e.g. walk on water, was done by others, e.g. St. Peter, so this is no proof Jesus’ flesh is divinized. The problem goes back to the question of “what” instead of “whom”. My…
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One More Response to Edward Reiss
Edward Reiss has a post titled “Calvin’s Framing of the Question about the Incarnation … is Flawed.” Edward’s basic argument is this: 1) An allegation that we can’t properly ascribe things to a nature that we ordinarily ascribe to a person. There’s not much support for this allegation. Christians have been distinguishing between person and…
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Assurance in Calvinism – a Response to Edward Reiss
Steve Hays been responding to Lutheran (I’m not sure of which stripe he is) Edward Reiss (link to Steve Hays). Edward Reiss wrote: “There is no promise we will know we have eternal life.” I’m not sure what constitutes a “promise” in Edward’s mind: 1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that…
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Lutheran Response to Arminianism
Steve Hays recently pointed me to a Lutheran response to Arminianism (link to response). While I am not Lutheran (I am Calvinist, which is virtually anathema to certain Lutherans), I pass this on as being “of interest” to my Arminian readers (as well as my Lutheran readers, few though they may be). -TurretinFan To God…
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Would R. Scott Clark Respond to the Enthusiast-Calvinist Accusation?
I’d love to see R. Scott Clark or one of the other pre-eminent “Truly Reformed” folks from Westminster West respond to this Lutheran charge that Calvin was an “Enthusiast[]” who “separat[ed] the Holy Spirit from the Word.” (link) For myself, I’d point out that it is mistaken to blame Calvin (or Calvinism) for the errors…
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Heresy in the Guise of Charity
James Jordon, in a recent post at “Biblical Horizons,” has thoughts on this thesis: “it has been my observation that in every group there are those with a healthy catholic attitude toward other Christians and also those with a proud and condescending attitude toward others who call themselves Christians.” James really ought to have capitalized…