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Properly Loving One's Neighbor
Douglas Wilson (there, I’ve now lost half my reading audience) has posted some shots at Horton’s piece on “gay marriage.” (link to Wilson) Wilson was struck by something Horton said, something that also struck me: “The challenge there is that two Christians who hold the same beliefs about marriage as Christians may appeal to neighbor-love…
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"So You Still Think Homosexuality is Sinful?"
Another graphic that is floating around the social media sites is one titled “So You Still Think Homosexuality is Sinful?” and subtitled “And therefore gays shouldn’t be allowed to marry?” (Example) That’s not actually the reason that “gay marriage” shouldn’t be allowed. The reason is that such a thing is an oxymoron. Marriage is a…
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Patrick's Pejoratives vs. Rhology's Writing
Patrick Madrid tweets: “Yet another example of the misguided, myopic #Protestant bluster about #SolaScriptura & #sects. Wow. http://t.co/tkoX1PMw #blind #clueless “ His link takes you to this comment by the redoubtable Rhology. Responding to this: The fact that there are thousands is enough to show sola Scriptura’s fruits: the individual as ultimate interpretive authority of…
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"The" Catholic Position on The Rule of Faith
An advocate for the papacy, over in the Greenbaggins comment box wrote: And, again, whether or not the Papacy is a divine institution – the Burden of Proof is always on him who asserts. In this case, Reformed Christians and Catholic Christians both have something to prove. The Reformed assertion: Scripture is the Rule of…
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Christ's Own Hermeneutic of the Old Testament
A lot of the Old Testament relates to God’s plan of salvation, and so it is understandable that the so-called “Redemptive Historical Hermeneutic” is popular. Moreover, it is true that Christ’s mission included bringing the fullness of revelation that was then inscripturated by the New Testament authors. Thus, the New Testament is a guide to…
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The Father's Testimony to Jesus – and did Jesus say, "I am God"
Sometimes when talking with Muslims, you may hear the line, “Jesus never said he was God” or “Jesus never said, ‘I am God, worship me.’” There are a lot of valid responses to this comment. Among these is the response: “He didn’t have to!” I. The Father’s Testimony to the Son The Father testified to…
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Steve Ray's "Convert" Promotion
Steve Ray recently promoted the supposed conversion story of atheist Leah Libresco. I wonder if he’s aware of her own self-description: I’m bisexual. Other queer people’s experience of their orientation varies, but, as far as I’m concerned, I’m bisexual because gender feels about as salient to me as hair color when it comes to looking…
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John the Baptist's Bones?
A recent press report indicates that some human bones have been dated to the 1st century. The bones were found in a bone box. Oddly, the bone box also contained some animal bones, and these bones were about 400 years older than the human bones. Who knows whose bones these are. The article reports: The…
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Steve Ray's Letter Addressed
Steve Ray, pilgrimage pedlar, has posted an apparently fictional letter from “Lenny” to “Beau”: Hi Beau, you mention “that Scripture is sufficient to teach us.” There is a problem with your statement is this; it is not in the Bible. Nowhere does it say that we should follow Scripture alone “Sola Scriptura” or that it…
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Debate Challenge for "Called to Communion" Team
Dr. James White has offered a debate challenge to the Roman communion group at the “Called to Communion” blog (mp3, you can start around 6 minutes, if you just want to hear the challenge in context). I am laying out an open challenge to any of the people at Called to Confusion: 2013 – let’s…