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Sola Scriptura Debate – Errata
I seem to have conflated Wycliffe and Tyndale in my opening post. (Image of Wycliffe’s Bible shown at right.) I wrote: “The first English Bible was not published until the time of Wycliffe in the 14th century. Wycliffe received martyrdom for his troubles, and the papist authorities sought to destroy the copies of the Bible…
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First Post of the First Round of Sola Scriptura Debate Posted
The post may be found here (link). I have titled the debate “Sola Scriptura vs. Roman Catholicism,” not because I am unaware of the different rites that exist within what calls itself “Catholicism,” but because I must deny (with all non-“Roman Catholic” Christians) that the church headed by the Pope is the universal church. Thus,…
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Athanasius thinks the Foundation is What?
Recently, David Waltz provided the following alleged quotation from Athanasius, which immediately caught my attention: “Moreover, aside from these scriptural utterances, let us also consider the tradition and teaching and faith of the Catholic Church from the beginning, that which the Lord has given, the apostles preached, and the fathers [596A] guarded. This is the…
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One Month to First Post in new Sola Scriptura Debate
I have accepted a challenge from Mr. Matthew Bellisario to debate Sola Scriptura. The announcement post is up on my debate blog (link). This debate is rather spaced out (the first post is not for one month) and is not expected to interfere with the Romans 9 debate that I have planned with GodisMyJudge. -TurretinFan…
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Scripture as a Rule of Faith
Introduction Scripture is the Reformed rule of Faith. It is our ultimate authority in matters of doctrine. It is our trusted revelation from God. When people come along claiming that their organization or prophet teaches something, we determine how true it is by comparison to Scripture. 1. Does Scripture Teach It? In comparing someone’s doctrine…
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Does Colossians 3:16 Command Hymn Composition?
One recent commenter suggested that it does command composition of songs for worshipping God. We’ll see, shortly, that it does not. First, let’s see what it actually says: Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing…
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Popular Culture Meets Popular Worship Song
There is a Chris Tomin (Update: or perhaps it actually by Darlene Zschech, as Paul notes in the comments below) “Worship Song” that song that was performed on the aptly titled show, American Idol. In a move that shocked and disgusted some watchers, the word “Jesus” was replaced with “Shepherd” in the song’s chorus. As…
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Dr. Godfrey on Sola Scriptura
Dr. W. Robert Godfrey provides an excellent introduction to Sola Scriptura (here), one of several key doctrinal issues that separate Reformed Christians from Roman Catholics. To God be the Glory!
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Indulgences for Reading Scripture
One Catholic blogger, who found a cute way to avoid mentioning Dr. White’s name without being offensive, has a post in which he points out that Indulgences can be gained in Roman Catholicism by reading Scriptures. (link) He believes this to be a counter-argument to Dr. White’s point that it is useless for Catholics (given…
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2 Thess 2:15 – Comments Answered
Introduction “Reginald de Piperno” has provided a post that appears to be aimed at objecting to my previous post on 2 Thessalonians 2:15, available here. I appreciate that he read my post and took the time to respond. DiscussionAs best I understand, RdP grants 1(a) and seems to grant 1(b) although he wants to define…