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Is Faith a Work? Of course not! But why not?
Roy Ingle (Arminian) says, “no.” And that’s fine. Properly considered, faith is not a work. But what is missing from his explanation is any cogent explanation of why obedient response to the command to “Believe,” that is proclaimed in the Gospel is not properly a work. For example, Ingle does not argue from the fact…
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Did the Acts 15 "Council" Rely on the Exegesis of Scripture?
Jason Stewart (whose apostasy was recently discussed), has posted a fictitious (and apparently also intended as facetious) dialog under the title, “Taking a Stand on the Scriptures Against the Traditions of Men.” The title is mocking, of course. Stewart posits a hypothetical dialog between two Judaizers in the mid-first century. Stewart’s attempt flops for a…
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Is Charity a Means to Salvation?
Does the Pope teach works salvation? The Vatican Information Service capsulized one of his recent talks under the heading, “POPE’S LENTEN MESSAGE: CHARITY AS A MEANS TO SALVATION,” but perhaps more significantly consider his own words, as provided by VIS: All of us have received spiritual or material riches meant to be used for the…
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>The real Francis Turretin on: Salvation of the Old Testament Saints by Grace through Faith
>Martin Downes, at Against Heresies, has posted some interesting thoughts from the real Francis Turretin on the fact that the Old Testaments saints were saved by grace through faith in Christ(link). I hope it’s edifying! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Fishers of Men
I couldn’t help but smile at this lovely feel-good news story about a river rescue (link). At the same time it reminded me of the Biblical analogy between fishing and evangelism. We need to be careful, of course, to remember that we do not fish with a baited (or lured) hook, but with a net.…
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Misconceptions about Roman Catholicism: Works Salvation
This post is intended to be part of series on misconceptions about Roman Catholicism. In this post, we address the issue of works salvation. Roman Catholicism, according to the Reformation, teaches works salvation. What we do not mean: 1) We do not mean that Roman Catholicism teaches that man unassisted by grace merits salvation.2) We…
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Monergism vs. Synergism Discussion
In the video below, Dr. James White discusses monergist salvation with a synergist. http://www.youtube.com/v/iZYKJPfSXAY&rel=1 I mostly agree with Dr. White’s answers. However, as to the answer regarding the burning house, I’d have something else to say. The analogy about the burning house is inaccurate, because the synergist does not assert that total passivity is the…
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Did Trent Embrace Sola Gratia?
In the session on Justification, Trent writes:CANON IV.-If any one saith, that man’s free will moved and excited by God, by assenting to God exciting and calling, nowise co-operates towards disposing and preparing itself for obtaining the grace of Justification; that it cannot refuse its consent, if it would, but that, as something inanimate, it…
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Comments by a Romanist, "Fred," Responded to
Response to Fred’s Comments Fred, who holds himself out as though he were a Roman Catholic, has posted comments on an earlier post. Since they have relatively little to do with the main point of that post (that Prof. Beckwith’s religious views were revealed by Dr. White), and since Fred has chosen to present rather…