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Trent's Anathemas Removed?
The White Horse Inn posted a program in which Michael Horton interviewed Christian Smith regarding, among other things, his conversion to the Roman communion. Mr. Smith alleged that the Roman church moved toward the Lutheran position on justification and removed the anathemas that had been placed on the Lutherans in the Joint Declaration on Justification.…
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Pray for Turkey
The timing of this post was probably more than a little ambiguous (coming so close to American Thanksgiving), but there is a video posted at Heavenly Wordliness requesting prayer for the nation of Turkey. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Failure to Understand both Calvinism and One's Own Doctrine …
I saw the following comment from a lay apologist of the Roman communion recently, directed at one of my fellow Calvinists: If I am going to hell and presdestined to do so, then you don’t have to pray for me or even have any love at all, according to your warped, hideous, grotesque version of…
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Reviewing Roger Olson's "Against Calvinism"
Dr. James White reviewed Roger’s Olson’s “Against Calvinism” on the November 3, 2011, Dividing Line. Meanwhile, independently Paul Manata has prepared a detailed written review. I think both reviewers would agree with the following from Manata: In any event, Olson’s book leaves much to be desired. It isn’t anything like a “case” against Calvinism. Rather,…
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Ergun Caner "The Secret of Islam"
Apparently, on October 29, 2011 (link to partial audio)(notes from an attendee) Dr. Ergun Caner presented a talk on Islam. The audio recording is only the last twenty minutes or so of the presentation. If someone has a more complete recording, I’d be interested to hear it. A lot of the presentation was on making…
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God's Commands vs. Victor Reppert
Victor Reppert wrote: No, I do not hold that YHWH commanded the slaughter of the Amalekites. I hold that either God didn’t do that, or there are unknown reasons why He did. 1 Samuel 15:1-3 Samuel also said unto Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel:…
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Tom Brown's Response to David VanDrunen on Change and Rome
Rome’s Teaching Has Obviously Changed Dr. VanDrunen recently made the unremarkable assertion: For many years, the Roman Catholic Church taught that people could enjoy eternal life and escape everlasting damnation only by being received into its membership. In recent generations, that teaching has changed. Rome now embraces a very inclusive view that extends the hope…
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Defining "Church"
John Bugay’s recent post, “Whatever else the “definition of the word church” contains, it must be purged of Roman conceptions of Rome ” led me to consider this question: Suppose you were to ask one of the apostles to define the term “the church.” Would that definition have any reference to Rome or her bishop?…
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Answering Skeptics' Questions
Steve Hays provided concise and useful responses to 22 (he didn’t select the number, I’m not sure the significance of that number to the questioner) questions from skeptics. They are posted courtesy of Monergism.com. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Recent Email from a Friend's Account
Someone claiming to be my friend and writing from my friend’s account wrote: We’re writing this with tears.My family and i made a quick trip to Madrid Spain on a short vacation and we got mugged at the park of hotel where we stayed. Worse of it was that our bags, cash and credit cards…