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The Third of a Thousand Responses to Steve Hay's Rebuttal
My good friend Steve continued: This is confused on several grounds: i) To begin with, TFan has offered what appear to be contradictory statements on 1 Cor 7:15. In an earlier response to me, he said: Where does the Bible ever speak of a woman divorcing her husband? In 1 Corinthians 7 Paul addresses the issue…
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Part One of Thousands in Response to Steve's Rebuttal Post
Ok, I don’t really intend to address all of the myriad points in my friend Steve’s latest divorce-related post (link to his post). Nor do I intend to address only one here. I’ll start at the beginning and get as far as I can in a reasonable amount of time. Steve is a resourceful and…
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Responding to Steve Hays' Argument for Divorce Grounded in "Domestic Violence"
Steve Hays recently published a post (link to post) in which he argued in favor of the notion that domestic violence is a legitimate ground of divorce. I provided some comments in the comment box of that post, which led to Steve posting two new posts addressing some of my comments (link to Steve’s second…
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William Lane Craig – If God's Just a Player, Who is the House?
William Lane Craig wrote: God doesn’t create such a choice for Himself. The counterfactuals of creaturely freedom which confront Him are outside His control. He has to play with the hand He has been dealt. (source) One of the objections to Molinism is precisely that it reduces God to playing the cards he has been…
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If you are looking for a speaker at a reasonable cost …
I think it is safe to say that Carl Trueman charges significantly less than $10,000 per speaking engagement (see his discussion here). Incidentally, it is sad to see the scandal surrounding Dinesh D’Souza. I have no idea what the whole story is, but it is sad to hear about his family situation. To God be…
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Why Don't These Arguments Persuade All the Atheists?
William Lane Craig gave an amusing but persuasive lecture in which he “Eastwooded” Richard Dawkins (embedded below). The argument rehashed arguments for the existence of God, such as the cosmological argument and the ontological argument. Some of these, like the cosmological argument, are so airtight that one really wonders how some atheists continue to reject…
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"The Real Catholics" – R. Scott Clark and Perkins
R. Scott Clark has posted a series (so far two, I’m not sure if more are in the works) drawn from the works of William Perkins (1558–1602) discussing what constitutes true Catholicity. (part 1)(part 2) In general, both Clark’s and Perkins’ comments are excellent. Clark notes, “Vatican II changed none of the doctrines against which…
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Does the Bible Have a Rule about That?
Mob rule brings out the worst in Americans every four years. Sadly, that’s also true of Christians. At this time of year, especially every four years, we get all sorts of appeals from our friends and brethren who are eager to have us join and/or financially support their mob, which will hopefully outnumber, outspend or…
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Response to "The Quick and Easy Guide to God"
The “quick and easy guide to God,” is an image that has been circulating on the Internet in the form of a flow-chart. The flow chart begins with the premise “evil exists.” I suppose that one easy way to address this chart is to point out that “evil” doesn’t exist. “Evil” is an abstract idea.…
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The "One Visible Church" Argument – Response to Bryan Cross
The “Called to Communion” blog has posted a roundup of their previous posts that allegedly provide a positive case for the papacy. Within that round-up, the leading section is entitled, “Christ founded a visible Church and Magisterium.” The first post of that section is entitled, “That Christ founded a visible Church.” The first argument of…