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Formal Insufficiency – An Insult to Jesus
Those Roman Catholics who think that the Scriptures are an insufficient rule of faith and life – that the Scriptures are not clear enough to stand sola Scriptura as the way by which we know God: please consider that the Gospels give us verbatim teachings of Jesus himself in his own words. It’s bad enough…
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World's Worst Serial Killer
No one really knows who the world’s worst serial killer is, and one normally thinks of murderers as being mostly male, but this lady would certainly receive my vote as the most prolific serial killer (link to story). To God be the Glory!
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World’s Worst Serial Killer
No one really knows who the world’s worst serial killer is, and one normally thinks of murderers as being mostly male, but this lady would certainly receive my vote as the most prolific serial killer (link to story). To God be the Glory!
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The Modern Roman Canon and the Book of Esdras A
The following was originally written by Sir Henry H. Howorth, as “The Modern Roman Canon and the Book of Esdras A,” The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume VII, pp. 343-54 (Oxford: 1906). I’m simply republishing this as a scholarly discussion of the issue of Septuagint Esdras 1 or “Esdras A” (Ἔσδρας Α) and the North…
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James Gall on the Second Commandment
The following is excerpted from “A Key to the Shorter Catechism” by James Gall. Q. 49. Which is the second commandment ? A. The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or…
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Understanding Human Judgment
Human judgment frequently operates at a subconscious level. Many of the judgments we make are not the result of conscious, deliberate thought. Nevertheless, it may be helpful to consider how human judgment works. Human judgment is the application of a standard of judgment to an object of judgment. One example is the judgment of whether…
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Crowds or No Crowds at the Narrow Gate?
One popular theory in economics is the idea that there is wisdom in the crowd. A typical demonstration experiment in this area is to have a classroom full of students guess the number of coins or marbles in a jar. The individual guesses are then averaged and the result is compared to the final answer.…
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Innocent III vs. Benedict XVI — Use Scripture as Your Standard Instead
“Here I wish to affirm once more that religion can never justify intolerance or war. We cannot kill in God’s name!” (Benedict XVI, Verbum Domini, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, September 30, 2010, Part 3) Desiring with an ardent desire to liberate the Holy Land from the hands of the ungodly, we decree with the advice of…
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>Innocent III vs. Benedict XVI — Use Scripture as Your Standard Instead
>”Here I wish to affirm once more that religion can never justify intolerance or war. We cannot kill in God’s name!” (Benedict XVI, Verbum Domini, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, September 30, 2010, Part 3) Desiring with an ardent desire to liberate the Holy Land from the hands of the ungodly, we decree with the advice of…
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Can Religions Justify War?
“Religions can never justify intolerance and war.” – Benedict XVI (according to this article) UPDATE Citation/Quotation from Authoritative Source: “Here I wish to affirm once more that religion can never justify intolerance or war. We cannot kill in God’s name!” (Benedict XVI, Verbum Domini, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, September 30, 2010, Part 3) Compare to the…