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The Real Francis Turretin on Christ's Teaching Role
“Christ is our only teacher (Matt. 23:8) in such a sense as that the ministry of the word is not thereby excluded, but necessarily included because now in it only he addresses us and by it instructs us. Christ is not set in opposition to the Scriptures; rather he is set in opposition to the…
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Is There Any Evidence of Jesus' Resurrection?
Someone recently kindly suggested a debate on the topic of “whether there is any evidence for Jesus’ resurrection.” The most surprising thing to me is that anyone would think such a topic is debatable. Normally the question people have is over the weight or credibility of the evidence, not whether there is evidence or not.…
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The Works of John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon is one signers of the Declaration of Independence, and was a minister and president of Princeton Seminary. I’m not a big fan of his writings, but they are useful in marking the initial steps of distinctively American Presbyterian, as well as reflecting the thoughts of one of the U.S.A.’s “founding fathers.” Archive.org has…
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What's Wrong with This Image? (Blessed Virgin Mary Meets Grandma Eve)
Can You Spot the Errors? The image at right was posted by Bryan Cross over at Called to Communion as a comment on a post regarding the “Solemnity of the Annunciation of Jesus Christ.” What’s wrong with this image, leaving aside the obvious and intentional anachronism? 1) Grandma Eve’s Legs and Looks For some reason,…
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Pressing Chris Date's Retreat
Over at “Rethinking Hell,” Mr. Chris Date has retreated a few steps in his discussion of the meaning of the term “punishment.” Recall that the argument that “punishment” in this case was a “result” noun was one of Mr. Date’s first supposedly “positive” arguments for his position. Now, Mr. Date tries to argue for ambiguity.…
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Review of "The Myth of Persecution" by Dr. Candida Moss
Dr. Candida Moss has provided a popular-level (as distinct from scholarly-level) account of what she calls the “myth of persecution.” Unfortunately, popular-level readers may be misled by the scholarly-style nuances that Dr. Moss uses to make her case. Nevertheless, there are a number of interesting features in her work. The overall purpose of the book…
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The Real Francis Turretin on Sin's Relation to God
The Real Francis Turretin on sin’s relation to God: Theology treats sin not as belonging to God, but as holding certain relationship to Him (either that of opposite or contrary or as coming under His providence and justice); just as medicine treats of diseases and their remedies although its principle subject is man as curable.…
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State’s Interest in Marriage?
During debate in the Supreme Court, one of the justices made an interesting comment. JUSTICE GINSBURG: Mr. Clement, the problem is that it would totally thwart the States’ decision that there is a marriage between two people, for the Federal government then to come in to say no joint return; no marital deduction; no Social…
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State's Interest in Marriage?
During debate in the Supreme Court, one of the justices made an interesting comment. JUSTICE GINSBURG: Mr. Clement, the problem is that it would totally thwart the States’ decision that there is a marriage between two people, for the Federal government then to come in to say no joint return; no marital deduction; no Social…
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Candida Moss' Surprising Omission of Jesus and Hebrews' Appeal to Abel
One surprising omission from Dr. Candida Moss’ book, “The Myth of Persecution,” is discussion of Jesus’ own framework for persecution. Jesus, you recall, stated: Matthew 23:29-36 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, “If we had been in…