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Revised Wesminster Standards vs. R2K
The radical separation of church and state proposed by some folks that I would designate as “R2K” rather than “2K,” is contrary to the Westminster Standards. Practically everyone knows that such positions are contrary to the original Westminster Standards (and, of course, to the Standards as modified by the RPCNA testimony), but these positions are…
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Easily Dismissed Propaganda from Hart
Hart has a new post up arguing that 2K is confessional (link to post). He tries to characterize the matter this way: “critics of 2k have repeatedly claimed that two-kingdom theology is outside the bounds of Reformed confessionalism,” referring readers to a comment box at Greenbaggins (link to box). Actually, though, if you look through…
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Dawkins Criticizes Rome and Original Sin
In a recent speech (link), Dawkins has attempted to criticize the Roman Catholic Church. Dawkins began by pointing out that contrary to the implications of Ratzinger in his recent speech in Edinburgh, Adolph Hitler was more Roman Catholic than Atheist, at least by the standard that is used by Rome when saying how many members…
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R2K Tries to Biblically Defend Itself
Give Darryl G. Hart some credit: he’s attempted to make a Biblical case. Here’s his attempted Biblical case: [We] have explicit repudiation of the kingdom of grace using arms when Jesus said in John 20: 36 “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by…
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Missing Blogger Comments and URI too Big
James Swan has helpfully explained where the missing blog comments have gone (link to his explanation). The bad news is – there is no way to turn off the feature that is causing these comments to disappear, at this time. The good news is that out of about 12,000 published comments, there appear to be…
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A Series of Unfortunate Arguments for R2K
Darryl G. Hart is continuing to attempt to defend R2K in the comment box at GreenBaggins. His arguments, however, are getting less and less Biblical – less and less Confessional – and less and less rational. Let me provide some examples: DGH wrote (source): Here’s the thing, how many citizens of the U.S. make killing…
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The American Revisions to Chapter 23 of the Westminster Confession of Faith
Daryl G. Hart has alleged that: But at least we have a disagreement by two church synods on what the Bible requires of magistrates. One says the magistrate should abolish false religion. The other says the magistrate should protect the freedoms of all people, including those who hold false religions. I don’t agree with Hart.…
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Quick Reply to "Mary is Jesus' Mother, So He'll Listen to her"
There’s a rather popular Roman Catholic argument that goes something like this: “Mary is Jesus’ mother. Jesus never sinned. The Fifth (fourth for RCs) Commandment is ‘Honor thy father and thy mother.’ Therefore, if Mary asks Jesus to do something for her, He’ll do it out of obedience to his mother.” But consider this: the…
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Quick Reply to "Mary is Jesus’ Mother, So He’ll Listen to her"
There’s a rather popular Roman Catholic argument that goes something like this: “Mary is Jesus’ mother. Jesus never sinned. The Fifth (fourth for RCs) Commandment is ‘Honor thy father and thy mother.’ Therefore, if Mary asks Jesus to do something for her, He’ll do it out of obedience to his mother.” But consider this: the…
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Thanks to My Facebook Fans
My friend Matthew Lankford who runs the unofficial fan page for me on facebook has informed me that there are 500 fans (i.e. over 500 people “liked” it). I’m amazed by and appreciative of the interest. Please pray that God will use that page (which, as I understand, aggregates my posts from my various blogs…