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Response to Paul Hoffer
Paul Hoffer, who submits to the dictates pope Benedict XVI, has a misleading article entitled, “A Protestant Proving the Superiority of Scriptural Revelation by Quoting from the Deuterocanonical Book of Wisdom of Solomon.” (link to Mr. Hoffer’s article) Let’s handle the headline first. 1) The “Protestant” who cited Scripture is me, but the “Protestant” who…
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Further Response to FreeGrace – Exegesis Defended Against Assertion
FreeGrace has provided some further comments, which I will respond to below. FreeGrace: “Your comment that the “all” fits perfectly with “all kinds” surprises me. I thought you had more academic training than to think that. If you want the “all” to mean only “all kinds of”, then Paul isn’t really saying that everyone in…
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Response to FreeGrace – Unlimited Atonement in Romans?
A Non-Calvinist who uses the screen name FreeGrace recently resent me a question he had sent a while back, and which I had hoped to answer more quickly. FreeGrace: “I recently discovered a phrase by Paul that I believe is clearly indicative of unlimited atonement, though not specifically mentioning it. It is Rom 3:32-25.” Here…
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Deflating Assumptions Regarding Free Will – A Response to Ben Witherington
Ben Witherington has written an interesting post on the freedom of God. It actually meshes somewhat with my ongoing discussing with Godismyjudge (Dan) in other posts, and so it is fitting that I respond to some of the issues Ben raises in his article (link to article). Ben writes: “I take it that the primary…
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Nun Pro Tunc
Apparently the number of nuns (and monks) in the Roman Catholic Church has been on a steady and strong decline since Vatican II, although the overall membership of the RCC has continued to steadily increase. During the reign of John Paul II, the ranks of the nuns declined by about 25%, and a new report…
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Part V of my Response of my Response to Centuri0n on Christmas
This is the fifth, and final, post in my series of posts to Centuri0n. As I’ve pointed out in each of the last three posts, one should really start with the first post and read sequentially. (part 1)(part 2)(part 3)(part 4) In this part, I’ll be tackling Centuri0n’s conclusion:*** Centuri0n’s Conclusion, including embedded quotations ***It…
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Part IV of my Response of my Response to Centuri0n on Christmas
This is the fourth part of a series of response to a recent post from Centuri0n. I suggest that you read the first three parts first, in order to gain a proper perspective and context. (part 1)(part 2)(part 3) In this part, I’ll be addressing Centuri0n’s claim that: “Here’s a short list of things that…
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Part III of my Response of my Response to Centuri0n on Christmas
This is the third part of a series of responses to post by Centuri0n. If you haven’t read the first two posts in the series, you should really read those first (part 1) (part 2). In this part, I’ll address Centuri0n’s contention that: “Here’s a short list of things that we have to stop doing…
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Part II of my Response of my Response to Centuri0n on Christmas
Part I of my response is provided above, and should be read first (link). In Part II, I will discuss very briefly Centuri0n’s comments on Lord’s Day worship: Centuri0n seems to think that if one took my position to its logical conclusion, one would have to “– stop worshipping on Sundays” to avoid having the…
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Part I of my Response to Centuri0n on Christmas
This is part I. There will, Lord willing, be more parts. I preface this series by indicating my sincere appreciation of Centuri0n taking his time to interact with what I have written, and to state that I consider Centuri0n to be a brother in Christ. The tone may get a little hot and heavy, but…