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Ergun Caner's Introduction to Louis Ruggiero's Book
Continuing my review of Mr. Louis Ruggiero’s book, The God of Calvinism, I come to the foreword by Ergun Caner. I had previously analyzed the auto-biographical aspects of that forward (here) so let me continue on to discuss the substance of Ergun’s statements. Ergun writes: Though this seems like quite a simple doctrine, in our…
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Ergun Caner’s Introduction to Louis Ruggiero’s Book
Continuing my review of Mr. Louis Ruggiero’s book, The God of Calvinism, I come to the foreword by Ergun Caner. I had previously analyzed the auto-biographical aspects of that forward (here) so let me continue on to discuss the substance of Ergun’s statements. Ergun writes: Though this seems like quite a simple doctrine, in our…
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Louis Ruggiero's "The God of Calvinism"
Louis Ruggiero (aka LouRugg) has written the dangerously-titled book, “The God of Calvinism: a Rebuttal of Reformed Theology.” Ironically, the book has as front-matter before the (first) dedication “A Prayer at West Point Chapel.” The prayer reads: Make us choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong, and never to be contented with a…
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Louis Ruggiero’s "The God of Calvinism"
Louis Ruggiero (aka LouRugg) has written the dangerously-titled book, “The God of Calvinism: a Rebuttal of Reformed Theology.” Ironically, the book has as front-matter before the (first) dedication “A Prayer at West Point Chapel.” The prayer reads: Make us choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong, and never to be contented with a…
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Two Ninety-Nines in the Hadith Literature
My friend Dr. White recently (September 28, 2010) mentioned two stories from the hadith that have a similar theme and use the number ninety-nine. These stories also came up, as I recall, in a recent lecture that Dr. White provided in his polemics class. Since one of the listeners was asking about the stories, I…
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Quasi-Interview with Carl Trueman on Rome as "Default"
Someone recently quoted Dr. Carl Trueman to me in this way: “Every year I tell my Reformation history class that Roman Catholicism is, at least in the West, the default position. Rome has a better claim to historical continuity and institutional unity than any Protestant denomination… in the light of these facts, therefore, we need…
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Quasi-Interview with Carl Trueman on Rome as "Default"
Someone recently quoted Dr. Carl Trueman to me in this way: “Every year I tell my Reformation history class that Roman Catholicism is, at least in the West, the default position. Rome has a better claim to historical continuity and institutional unity than any Protestant denomination… in the light of these facts, therefore, we need…
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Compare and Contrast
Jesse Morrell: “If it were up to God, everybody would repent and be saved.” (Facebook status on 11 January 2011) Jesus: “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” (Matthew 28:18) Nebuchadnezzar: “all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army…
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Conflicting Gospel Narratives!
Steve Hays recently posted a similar item to his blog, and so I thought I would post something to my blog in a similar vein. What we have here is two accounts of Israel getting a king. The first account is the judgment account, in this account having a king a judgment brought down upon…
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Compare Bios – Caner Bros.
Compare the Biographies of the Caner Brothers Emir Caner bio: Born on August 25, 1970, Emir Fethi Caner grew up in the Columbus, Ohio, area in a Sunni Muslim family, the son of an Islamic leader. As a young teenager, he came to faith in Jesus Christ at a revival service at the Stelzer Road…