An anonymous commenter provided essentially five interrelated criticisms of Psalmody, which are produced (with added numbering and italic face) below. My response is in plain face. 1. “Recall what Jesus told James and John when they wanted to call down fire from heaven like Elijah? “Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.…

Read this brief quotation hosted by Oldtruth.com (link). Note especially the headline, that hymns are an effective way of transmitting Christian doctrine. Then consider that they are also – for the same reasons – an effective way of perpetuating heresy. Finally, admit that singing all and only the Psalter is a way of transmitting Christian…

I note that while Roman Catholic readers may be scandalized by the content of this link (link), it is worth noting that there is nothing inherently wrong in romantic attraction between a single man (even a man serving God) and a widow. In fact, Paul commanded young widows to marry, and ordained that bishops be…

Everyone who has been reading is probably aware that I’m not a big fan of Halloween. On the other hand, Guy Fawkes Day is a great chance to commemorate the defeat of a treacherous Roman Catholic plot to kill King James and much of Parliament. Proposed mode of celebration: 1) The traditional fireworks in mockery…

The Bible identifies as apostles only the following: 1. Simon Peter2. Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother3. James son of Zebedee4. John the brother of James5. Philip6. Bartholomew7. Thomas8. Matthew the tax collector9. James the son of Alphaeus10. Lebbeaus Thaddaeus aka Judas the brother of James11. Simon the Canaanite aka Zelotes12. Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, who…

I, for one, was saddened to see this post (link) over at Contend Earnestly. I would love the opportunity to discuss with Mr. McBee the issue, either informally backchannel or over at the debate blog (link), if he has time and interest. An Amyraldian position makes little sense, and less now than in Baxter’s day…

You may recall from previous posts that we’ve pretty clearly established that Dave explicitly rejects the teaching of Vatican II that Muslims and Catholics worship the same god. Let’s turn to justification. Here it gets interesting, because Dave agrees with Trent that justification is not by faith alone. However, when Dave goes to define Christianity,…

I respectfully submit that this country has a better grip on “the other reason for the season” than this (linked) blog. Forget the risks to kids from poisoning, kidnap, etc. Forget the risks to health from overconsumption of calories, refined sugar, carbohydrates, etc. Forget the underlying extortive theme. At its root the celebration of October…

Everyone knows about the bulletin board message.Few recall the unfundated mandate.Frankly, the latter had more immediate, profound impact on the Reformation. That is to say, on September 3, 1538, the King of England ordered the clergy of the church of England to provide by October 31, 1538, “One book of the whole Bible of the…

Recall that Dave wrote: ***QUOTATION*** Turretinfan” has recently taken to claiming not only that I am not a “real” Catholic (because I don’t answer every question about my faith the way he ignorantly demands that it should be answered), but that I also have supposedly not “apparently” defined the word Christian anywhere. He even uses…