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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 24/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 24/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 24) How were the bishops at Hippo and Carthage able to determine the correct canon of Scripture, in spite…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 23/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 23/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 23) Why do Protestants follow postapostolic Jewish decisions on the boundaries of the Old Testament canon, rather than the…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 22/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 22/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 22) Why do Protestant scholars recognize the early Church councils at Hippo and Carthage as the first instances in…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 21/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 21/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 21) Who in the Church had the authority to determine which books belonged in the New Testament canon and…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 20/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 20/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 20) How did the early Church evangelize and overthrow the Roman Empire, survive and prosper almost 350 years, without…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 19/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 19/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 19) Protestants usually claim that they all agree “on the important things.” Who is able to decide authoritatively what…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 18/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 18/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 18) Since each Protestant must admit that his or her interpretation is fallible, how can any Protestant in good…
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Second Response to Scott Windsor
Scott has posted a response (link to response) to my prior post (link to post). 1) Definition of Sola Scriptura Scott Windsor denies that there is any standard definition of Sola Scriptura. Then, he claims: “The problem we have is that TF didn’t provide us with the ‘standard definition,’ and left us to assume.” How…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 17/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 17/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 17) Who may authoritatively arbitrate between Christians who claim to be led by the Holy Spirit into mutually contradictory…
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Response to Scott Windsor (regarding Steve Hays and Sola Scriptura)
I see that Scott Windsor (Roman Catholic) has responded to Steve Hays (Reformed) on the topic of Sola Scriptura (link to response). Steve is more than capable of carrying on the discussion himself. I’d like to simply address a few of the issues in Scott’s post: 1) The definition of Sola Scriptura I realize there…