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Response to Cursilista Regarding Church History
Cursilista wrote: The one thing that bugs me is that the question I would ask is for a protestant explanation of how did Christianity move forward through time after Christ died. We have a pretty clear answer to that. Read the book of Acts. It says zero about a Roman-centered Christianity. Rome is part of…
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A Christmas Message from the Head of the Church of England
I set aside my views of patriarchy and the appropriate relation of church and state to praise the evangelical tone of this message from one of the last outspoken Christian monarchs.[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olEp_3Spc1g&w=560&h=315] Long live her royal majesty, Queen Elizabeth II! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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A Trivium of Responses to Jamin
Let’s tackle Jamin’s recent post in three parts, which we will style rhetoric, grammar, and logic. Those familiar with classical education will catch the allusion. The labels don’t perfectly fit, but we’ll shoe-horn the arguments into those labels. We’ll also take them out of the traditional order, addressing Jamin’s rhetoric first (but immediately I will…
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Idolatry Defined
“IDOL, ‘i-dol [1 Kings xv. 13], IDOLATRY. [Acts xvii. 16.] Whatever receives the worship which is due only to God is an idol. In a figurative sense the word denotes anything which draws the affections from God [Col. iii. 5]; and, in a restricted sense, it denotes the visible image or figure to which religious…
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Why Pray to Anyone Else?
God declares: Hosea 13:4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. Mary declares: Luke 1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. The angel declares: Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this…
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Chrysostom and Vatican I
Back in 2007, James White posted the following quotation from John Chrysostom: Having said to Peter, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonas, and of having promised to lay the foundation of the Church upon his confession; not long after He says, Get thee behind me, Satan. And elsewhere he said, Upon this rock. He did not…
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The Gospel for Islam
In the following video, Dr. White provides a gospel presentation aimed at trying to reach Muslim listeners.[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi0uyXZ0rmw&w=420&h=315]If you have Muslim friends or relatives, consider either providing this to them, or sharing the gospel with them yourself, using this as an aid in your effort. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Maybe Hubner Needs to Look Up "Shill" in a Dictionary
Jamin Hubner responds to my recent post by writing: Turretinfan criticizes a recent post, saying, “ using a source that is a shill for Hamas is still using a bad source.” It seems Tur is suggesting that because a source is used as a Hamas shill, than in and of itself means the source is bad.…
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Maybe Hubner Needs to Look Up "Shill" in a Dictionary
Jamin Hubner responds to my recent post by writing: Turretinfan criticizes a recent post, saying, “ using a source that is a shill for Hamas is still using a bad source.” It seems Tur is suggesting that because a source is used as a Hamas shill, than in and of itself means the source is bad.…
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Mark Driscoll vs. Genesis 7:1
Mark Driscoll has a sermon segment (I hope it is just a segment) regarding Noah. The thesis is that Noah wasn’t a righteous man. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43OA4y27Zg] Driscoll makes some good points about the fact that Noah was saved by grace, the same way Moses, Abraham, and David were saved. However, in his eagerness to make…