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Smoking Books?
Some Brisbane atheist has made himself a minor celebrity by smoking homemade cigarettes using pages from the Bible and the Koran as the rolling papers (link to article). It seems like a dumb and unhealthy move. It is also a violation of the 3rd commandment to show a lack of reverence for God’s word. Obviously,…
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Two Kingdoms vs. Radical Two Kingdoms
Pastor Jason Stellman has twice (first time, second time) drawn my attention to a post from Darryl G. Hart disputing the “radical” label with respect to the radical form of two kingdoms theology that he (Hart) advocates (link). Stellman seems to think himself in agreement with Hart, though I cannot confirm that Stellman is aware…
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Does the Bible Bind the Civil Magistrate?
Kurt A. Scharping posed a couple of propositions to one member of the radical two kingdoms group (I’m hesitant to name him, lest I embarass him). The propositions were these: 1. The Scripture says things that bind the civil magistrate. 2. The Church can proclaim those things that bind the civil magistrate. He then asked…
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ISI September 2, 2010, Recording
A handful of folks were wondering what happened to the recording of my September 2, 2010, discussion on Iron Sharpens Iron. Apparently there were some recording difficulties. Despite those difficulties, most of the program was rescued from a backup recording, and is now available (link to mp3). In the discussion, I talked about Dr. White’s…
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Radical Two Kingdoms – Both Anti-Biblical and Worthless
Jason Stellman wrote an article (link) in which he suggested that preachers preaching against the sins of the nation is somehow improper. I can’t imagine an article that would be more universally dismissed by not only all the Reformers but also by all the Presbyterians and Puritans from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Even…
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Scripture or "Fitness" – Two Standards Compared
Augustine wrote: It is by these manners of speech, when we speak of things that do not happen to God as though they did, that we acknowledge it is he who makes them happen to us, those things at least that are praiseworthy, and these only to the extent that scriptural usage allows it. I…
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Scripture or "Fitness" – Two Standards Compared
Augustine wrote: It is by these manners of speech, when we speak of things that do not happen to God as though they did, that we acknowledge it is he who makes them happen to us, those things at least that are praiseworthy, and these only to the extent that scriptural usage allows it. I…
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If I Ran the Blogosphere …
No one would be able to protest (on their blogs) what some private citizens are planning on doing in Florida, unless they protested what the U.S. government did in Afghanistan (referring to this). To God be the Glory!
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Immaculate Conception Discussion on ISI
Yesterday’s discussion on the Iron Sharpens Iron radio program has posted (link to the mp3)(link to Iron Sharpens Iron). Those who listened live will recall that we discussed Dr. James White’s debate with Christopher Ferrara on the Roman Catholic error of the Immaculate Conception. To God be the Glory!
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Response to John H. Armstrong regarding Roman Catholicism
John H. Armsrong writes: First, it utterly amazes me that there are evangelicals (more likely they are fundamentalists if this distinction is properly nuanced) who still think Catholics are not members of the Christian church. Some even think Roman Catholicism is a massive cult or “the synagogue of Satan.” This was not the view of…