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Frame on the Law/Gospel Distinction
Frame writes: So the definitions that sharply separate law and gospel break down on careful analysis. In both law and gospel, then, God proclaims his saving work, and he demands that his people respond by obeying his commands. The terms “law” and “gospel” differ in emphasis, but they overlap and intersect. They present the whole…
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Examining Stellman's Pragmatic Objection to the Reformed View of the Two Kingdoms
My attention was recently directed to a 2007 blog post from Jason Stellman (who is frying bigger fish at the moment, and that’s a good thing). I don’t know whether he still holds to the opinions expressed in that post. Nevertheless, since my friend pointed it out to me, I thought I’d briefly respond. Pastor…
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Examining Stellman’s Pragmatic Objection to the Reformed View of the Two Kingdoms
My attention was recently directed to a 2007 blog post from Jason Stellman (who is frying bigger fish at the moment, and that’s a good thing). I don’t know whether he still holds to the opinions expressed in that post. Nevertheless, since my friend pointed it out to me, I thought I’d briefly respond. Pastor…
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Biblical "Contradictions" – Saul, David, and the Javelin
Skeptics love to find inconsistencies among the accounts in the synoptic gospels. If two accounts look similar, but have different details, it is alleged that they are inconsistent and that this is proof that they are contradictory – at least one of them being in error. In this post, I’ll examine a particular situation that…
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Biblical "Contradictions" – Saul, David, and the Javelin
Skeptics love to find inconsistencies among the accounts in the synoptic gospels. If two accounts look similar, but have different details, it is alleged that they are inconsistent and that this is proof that they are contradictory – at least one of them being in error. In this post, I’ll examine a particular situation that…
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Biblical "Contradictions" – Saul-Prophet Parable Origin
Skeptics love to identify similar passages in the synoptic gospels and point out the differences in them. They then try to allege that these differences amount to contradictions. The problem for the skeptics is that these alleged contradictions are often easily harmonized. However, in this case, I want to focus on a specific example of…
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Biblical "Contradictions" – Saul-Prophet Parable Origin
Skeptics love to identify similar passages in the synoptic gospels and point out the differences in them. They then try to allege that these differences amount to contradictions. The problem for the skeptics is that these alleged contradictions are often easily harmonized. However, in this case, I want to focus on a specific example of…
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Biblical "Contradictions" – The Three Crownings of Saul
In the gospels, skeptics try to allege that the differences in the accounts are contradictions. The problem for them is that the differences in the accounts are easily (often trivially) resolved. The only reason that one might even think that they are contradictions are that they are presented in different books of the Bible. That’s…
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Biblical "Contradictions" – The Three Crownings of Saul
In the gospels, skeptics try to allege that the differences in the accounts are contradictions. The problem for them is that the differences in the accounts are easily (often trivially) resolved. The only reason that one might even think that they are contradictions are that they are presented in different books of the Bible. That’s…