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So-called Jehovah's Witnesses Cult Suppressed in Russia
This is something that would have happened in Geneva under a Reformed view of the two kingdoms, but would not happen under a Lutheran view of the two kingdoms (link to story). Of course, calling the radical view of two kingdoms theology promoted by Darryl Hart and others “Lutheran,” is perhaps unfair to modern Lutherans.…
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Arminius' Supposed Impact on Calvinism
Dan (aka GodIsMyJudge) has provided a post alleging another impact of Arminius on Calvinism (link to his post). The first part of his post I’ll pass over, since I feel my previous post (link to my previous post) has adequately addressed that issue. However, Dan states: TF notes well the WCF is open to supra,…
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Justin Martyr's Source of Apostolic Information – the Memoirs of the Apostles
Justin Martyr’s biography is necessarily a bit uncertain. Nevertheless, according to our best guesses, Justin Martyr was born around the year of our Lord 100, only a few years after the last of the apostles, the Apostle John, died. Thus, one might imagine that Justin Martyr’s knowledge of the Apostles’ teachings would come primarily from…
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Didn't Augustine Say That He Wouldn't Believe the Gospel but for the Catholic Church?
I anticipate a response to my post on the Augustinian approach of seeking the Church through Scripture. The response is to provide the following quotation: But should you meet with a person not yet believing the gospel, how would you reply to him were he to say, I do not believe? For my part, I…
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Responding to Nathan from "Called to Communion"
Over at the Roman Catholic blog Called to Communion (the link was this, though it seems to be broken at the moment), a commenter going by the name “Nathan” provided the following comment: Thus far your attempt to rebut the claims of this article seems to be simply a restatement of sola scriptura as including…
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Response to Bryan Cross at "Called to Communion"
The following is a detailed response to Bryan Cross’ comment #441 here (link to the comment) at the Roman Catholic blog, Called to Communion. Dear Bryan Cross: Thanks for your thoughtful reply to my comments. I have a few rejoinders, which I’ll try to group in some sort of organized way below – not necessarily…
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Lucifer and Angels' Names
JohnFrancis left this comment on an earlier blog post: Harold Camping has recently taught that Jerome translated the Hebrew word “hyll” to be the angel “Lucifer” when it should read “praise”(root word) or “boaster(er)”. “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which…
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Is Jesus' Divinity Clearly Revealed in Scripture?
Over in the ever-growing comment box at Called to Communion (a Roman Catholic blog), there is at least one man, Mr. Ciatoris, who is trying to argue that the Scriptures do not clearly teach that Jesus is God. (link to the comment box in question) John Cassian (lived about A.D. 360 – 435) thought differently:…
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The World's Worst Evangelist
He enters the city, spends the first day just getting himself deeper into the city, and then preaches his message: Yet forty days, and the city shall be overthrown. He doesn’t have any particular care for the people of the city, and you can see it on his face. He’s just going through the motions.…
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Pastor King Responds to Bryan Cross' Misuse of Jerome
The following guest post from Pastor David King, is in response to Bryan Cross’ remarks (#166) on the blog entry, “Solo Scriptura, Sola Scriptura, and the Question of Interpretive Authority.” Cross’ misuse of Jerome… “Jerome in Context: A Case Study Surrounding Epistle 15 with respect to the Roman Claims about interpretive authority” It is an…