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Sometimes One Just Shakes One's Head
Such as when one reads from Darryl Hart that “Maybe Mark Driscoll should turn Seattle into the Jerusalem of the Pacific Rim before setting up shop in Portland … .” What is he thinking? I certainly don’t agree with Driscoll on everything (in fact, I almost certainly disagree more with him than with Hart in…
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Sometimes One Just Shakes One’s Head
Such as when one reads from Darryl Hart that “Maybe Mark Driscoll should turn Seattle into the Jerusalem of the Pacific Rim before setting up shop in Portland … .” What is he thinking? I certainly don’t agree with Driscoll on everything (in fact, I almost certainly disagree more with him than with Hart in…
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Justification by Faith Alone – An Affirmative Constructive
The topic of today’s debate is Justification by Faith Alone. Martin Luther viewed this as one of the most critical doctrines of the Reformation – and that was even before Trent! Now that Trent has made Rome irreformable on the doctrine of justification by faith alone, it is impossible for Reformed and Roman churches to…
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A Challenge for Oneness Advocates
I normally don’t tolerate discussion of “Oneness” theology on my blog, i.e. in the comment boxes. However, there seems to be some interest in it of late from some of my commenters, so I’ll offer a challenge to Oneness advocates, that they are free to answer in the comment box of this blog post. And,…
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John Calvin Responding to the Fourth Session of the Council of Trent
The following is an excerpt from John Calvin’s famous “Antidote to the Council of Trent.” ON THE FOURTH SESSION. There is an old proverb, — The Romans conquer by sitting. Trusting to this, those degenerate and bastard sons of the Roman See, i.e., the great harlot, sat down to conquer when they appointed the third…
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Confused Arminian?
According to Arminian Today: … the key difference for Arminius was not in the issue of God’s sovereignty or election or total depravity or the atonement but Arminius’ contention was that God has chosen to reveal Himself as loving and good and that His desire is not to force people to believe the gospel but…
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Augustine's Letter 36 and Transubstantiation
Another passage where Augustine describes the Lord’s Supper can be found in one of his many letters. Augustine writes: But, he who says that the old things have passed away, so that in Christ altar yields to altar, fire to prayers, animal victims to bread, blood to the chalice, does not know that the word…
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Augustine’s Letter 36 and Transubstantiation
Another passage where Augustine describes the Lord’s Supper can be found in one of his many letters. Augustine writes: But, he who says that the old things have passed away, so that in Christ altar yields to altar, fire to prayers, animal victims to bread, blood to the chalice, does not know that the word…
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Augustine's Sermon 227 and Transubstantiation
As with Sermon 272 (which we have already discussed), some folks who allege that Augustine shared modern Rome’s view of the Eucharist like to point to Sermon 227. It is easy to confuse the two sermons, since the numbers are so similar. Additionally, both sermons are short. Given the brevity of this sermon, it will…