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Clarkian Epistemology – Contra Van-Tillian Objections
Clarkian Epistemology Distinguished Against Van Tillian Responses There has been a recent spat of comments flowing out of a discussion generally related to TJH’s post (link) and my response (link). In particular, TJH, Keith, and an internet poster who has adopted the handle “John Calvin” (JC), have provided some comments worthy of further discussion. TJH’s…
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Says Who? – A Challenge to Lay Apologists
Says Who? – A Challenge to Lay Apologists Particularly, to those who call Rome or Constantinople home. If you are not ordained to teach or interpret Scripture and/or “Tradition,” by what authority do you do so? As a Reformed Christian, my source of authority to teach and interpret Scripture comes from Scripture, but the Roman…
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Response to Dave Armstrong’s Reply
Response to Dave Armstrong’s Reply to James White’s Review of One-Minute Apologist, by Dave Armstrong Here’s a link to the reply. (Update: Dr. White has provided his own response, here.) There are several parts to Mr. Armstrong’s reply, and doing justice in response requires separating the issues into those parts, and replying to each seriatim.…
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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…
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Response to artsippo on Envoy
A Roman Catholic Apologist by the name of Art Sippo recently provided the following comments on the internet: Years ago, John Gerstner recommended that I read the anti-Catholic chapters in Hodge’s Systematic theology to see why Catholicism was wrong. I wrote back to him with a brief critique.First of all, Hodge basically ignored historic Christian…
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Exegesis – Then and Now
One kind reader of this blog recently asked me to discuss the style of exegesis used by the Apostles. I must admit I’m a bit puzzled by the request. The only recorded teachings of the Apostles are found in Scripture itself. Occassionally, in Scripture, the Apostles provide some exegesis of (other) Scripture. Example: Hebrews 4:1-101Let…