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Wine and God's Law
The law (namely the Torah – the five books of Moses) discusses wine many times. There are some negative references, for example: Noah – Negative Gen 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. Lot’s Daughters – Negative Gen 19:32 Come, let us make our father…
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Carl Trueman vs. the SBC
Carl Trueman recently criticized the president of the SBC for being displeased by the exclusion of Evangelicals from participation in religious ceremonies commemorating 9/11. I tend to agree with Trueman’s point that SBC pastors probably shouldn’t be part of a religious event that also includes Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim figures, because it would be hard…
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Help for John Bugay
John Bugay, a Reformed blogger whose largest area of emphasis in blogging is in responding to Rome’s historical claims, has made a personal appeal for assistance in view of financial pressures placed on him by his wife’s serious illness. I don’t know John in real life, but please consider his appeal. John can be contacted…
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Updates to the Site
Thanks to my Orthodox friend Luka, I have upgraded this site’s comment features. We’ll see how that goes. In theory, it should make control of the comments easier. If it doesn’t I’ll go back to the old way. I’m also pleased to report that Blogger’s new interface for composing posts has finally been improved, so…
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Examining Bryan Cross's Christology
I’m no fan of James Jordan or his branch of the Federal Visionists. Nor do I in any way endorse Jordan’s recent speculation regarding the alleged eternal maturation of the Son. Nevertheless, I found it interesting that Called to Communion’s Bryan Cross demonstrated his lack of familiarity [UPDATE: see further comments / retractions below] with…
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Baptista Mantuanus on Scripture's Self-Attesting Authority
Baptista Mantuanus (17 April 1447 – 20 March 1516), lib. de Patientia, cap. 32, 33 (as found in the Works of John Own, Volume 18, in A Vindication of Animadversions on Fiat Lux, Chapter VII). ‘Saepenumero,’ saith he, ‘mecum cogitavi, unde tam suadibilis esset ista Scriptura, ut tam potenter influat in animos auditorum; unde tantum…
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Thomas Aquinas' Fictional Adoption of the Immaculate Conception
It ought to be well-known that Rome’s dogma of the Immaculate Conception was denied by her leading medieval saint, Thomas Aquinas (as outlined here). This has been something of a thorn in the side of those contending that Mary was immaculately conceived. They have tried to explain Aquinas’ position away in various ways – such…
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"Conservative" Ratzinger/ Benedict XVI and Evolutionism
When Ratzinger became pope, the the Times presented it this way, “The conservative Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany has been elected the 265th Pope and will be known as Benedict XVI.” Undoubtedly, Ratzinger is conservative compared to some German theologians both within his own communion (such as his former colleague, Hans Kung) and outside the…
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Repenting for Our Fathers' Sins – Part 6/6
Ezra also provides an example of the same thing in terms of prayers of repentance for the sins of our fathers. Ezra 9:1-15 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, “The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands,…
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Repenting for Our Fathers' Sins – Part 5/6
Nehemiah also provides us with two examples of repentance for the sins of our fathers. In a first example, the prayer is simply indicated, without the details being provided: Nehemiah 9:1-3 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon…