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  • MacArthur & OSAS vs. Prosperity Gospel & Charismatics

    Michael Brown recently wrote: And which is worse? To preach a carnal prosperity message or to give people false assurance that, once they are saved, no matter how they live, no matter what they do, even if they renounce Jesus, they are still saved? Which message will result in more people being misled and finding…

  • Irony of Idolatry in Francis of Rome's Remarks and the Split Tenth Commandment

    Francis of Rome recently was reported as saying (VIS, 9 June 2013): “We shouldn’t see the Ten Commandments as restriction upon our freedom; no, not that way. We should see them as signs for our freedom. … They teach us how to avoid the slavery to which the many idols that we ourselves build reduce…

  • Christ – Our Only Carer in John's Repose

    In the apocryphal “Repose of St. John the Evangelist and Apostle” (found here), John is quoted as praying: Jesus is the one who plaited the crown with your own plaiting. The one who created the crown of all the saints and these many plants which transformed into people, yours is the flower which does not…

  • What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Qur'an, by James White – a Review

    With great pleasure, I recently read my friend James White’s book, “What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Qur’an,” published by Bethany House Publishers. It may be helpful to begin by clarifying what the book is not, then identifying what I liked about the book. The book is not “what every Christian needs to…

  • If that's Exoneration …

    As reported (here): Ergun Mehmet Caner @erguncaner @kylelaporte @Brutangel22 // No need to prove anything. Certainly not u. Again, 3 schools looked at it all. Finding? Exonerated As reported here: Four members of Liberty’s Board of Trustees who conducted the investigation found that “Dr. Caner has made factual statements that are self-contradictory,” the university said.…

  • "It is not Possible to find Jesus Outside the Church"

    Pope Francis in today’s homily stated (Vatican Radio translation): And so the Church was a Mother, the Mother of more children, of many children. It became more and more of a Mother. A Mother who gives us the faith, a Mother who gives us an identity. But the Christian identity is not an identity card:…

  • Binding and Loosing – a "Matter of Interpretation"?

    Roman Catholics have the burden of establishing that there is some rule of faith outside Scripture.  One typical appeal (and one I recently heard) is an appeal to the binding and loosing mentioned in Matthew 16 and 18.  The problem with such an appeal is that “binding” and “loosing,” do not refer to defining dogma.…

  • One Bad Argument Against Roman Catholicism (with a good side point)

    In the linked article, there are two points (link). One point is the quite silly and worthless ad hominem argument that Benedict XVI was (in his youth) a part of Hitler’s Nazi Youth organization. There is no doubt that he was, he admits it himself. However, it was also compulsory. Furthermore, while someone might argue…

  • Pope John XX as the Test of Papal Infallibility and Apostolic Succession

    In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s there was a pope who took the name “John XXIII.”  I get the sense that John XXIII is popular among the less traditionalist segment of Roman Catholicism.  For example, Joseph Biden is quoted as saying (source): I was raised as a Catholic, I’m a practicing Catholic, and I’m…

  • Response to "Christmas Wars"

    Steve Hays has a post called “Christmas Wars,” about objections to Christmas (link to post). As a non-celebrant of the day, I thought it would be interesting to review his identified objections and his responses to the objections. 1. Constitutional Objection As far as I know, Steve’s right about this. 2. Genetic Objection Steve has…