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Benedict XVI to Resign for "Health" Reasons
Benedict XVI is an octogenarian, so it is not in the least surprising if he has serious medical concerns. On the other hand, as many people are pointing out, a pope hasn’t resigned the papacy since 1415, when Pope Gregory XII “resigned” to end the Western Schism (his resignation was basically forced by the Council…
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A Woman's Response to Rachel Held Evans' "A Year of Biblical Womanhood" – Index
Obviously, my dear readers know perfectly well that I’m not a woman. Nevertheless, a woman who will remain anonymous (at least, that’s the plan) to my dear readers kindly volunteered to write a response to Rachel Held Evans’ “A Year in Biblical Womanhood.” I edited this response and posted it to this blog in installments.…
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Sin, Satan, and Satan's Fall
I was recently directed to some questions about Sin, Satan, and Satan’s fall. Did Satan exist before Adam and Eve? How and when did he fall? The Scriptures do not specify when God created the angels or when specifically Satan fell. Jude 6 states: “And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left…
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Textual "Corruption" of the Quran
A very impressive presentation on the corruption of Quran may be found at this link (link to beginning of relevant section). This was much more detailed than any similar presentation I had seen before. The following is a brief outline: 1. Preservation of the Bible [I will omit these points, which were things I already…
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Hart on the Lord's Day and the NFL
Darryl Hart points out the rules that churches who decide to show the Superbowl at church must abide by, but notes that a better incentive might be provided by pointing out the 4th commandment (3rd for the Papalists). It’s also provides an opportunity for pointing out the changing attitude of Rome toward’s the Lord’s Day…
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God "has chosen to teach [orthodoxy and orthopraxy] by the Holy Scriptures" – A Hippolytian Response to Mr. Alt
Mr. Scott Alt was kind enough to respond to the recent Dividing Line episode (and associated post) in which Dr. White and I responded to his previous set of questions. Unfortunately, there is very limited interaction with any of the substance of points we raised. In fact, I will skip over Section I of his…
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Women's Ages in the Bible
Women these days tend to be very sensitive about their ages. They go to significant lengths to use cosmetic concoctions and surgeries to render their appearance more youthful than it would otherwise be. Some of this is probably just vanity and a mistaken emphasis on something ephemeral and ultimately unsatisfying. That said, it is interesting…
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Partisan Baptisms
One troubling concept I hear made from time to time is something to the effect of a person being baptized into “the PCA” or the “OPC” or the “RPCNA” or the like. I have even heard people argue against Roman Catholic baptism on the basis that baptism is into a church, and that because the…
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Don't Conflate Middle Knowledge and Knowledge of Contingents of Creaturely Freedom
Alfred J. Freddoso in his lengthy introduction to his translation of Molina’s “On Divine Knowledge,” provides some advice that would be well taken by his fellow Molinists (p. 23): Molina claims that infinitely many conditional future contingents obtained from eternity and that from eternity God had comprehensive knowledge of them. However — and this is…
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"Call Me Maybe" Meets Women Priests
Carla Rae Jepson’s “Call Me Maybe,” has sparked a number of take-offs and covers, none more amusing than this: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0S2WlvNTU8] The Lyrics: (Stanza 1) I had a dream as a girl, | It wasn’t a divine vision. like Therese of Lisieux | Her visions also weren’t from God. I need to give this a…