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Response to Argument for Idols from the Incarnation
In the course of the comments on a previous post (link to post), I had asked: What about the prohibition on picturing God? — Why does that prohibition not apply to pictures of Jesus? The response I got from one of my Eastern Orthodox readers was this: “Because on Sinai we saw no image. In…
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Misstatements vs. Lies – Dr. James White and Dr. Ergun Caner in Contrast
Dr. James White exposes and admits his own misstatement made over a length of time, and contrasts his situation with that of Dr. Ergun Caner. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo7Qtq853UU&rel=0&border=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] The video includes a direct personal appeal to Dr. Caner. I hope he will listen to it and take heed to it. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Response to John H. Armstrong on the Caner Situation
Mr. Armstrong writes: The board of Liberty University, which no one would rightly suggest had any reason to cover up the facts if they found them worthy of letting him go, has retained Dr. Caner on the Liberty faculty. I think fair-minded and gracious Christians should leave it there. It is none of their business…
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Response to Steve Hays on the Second Commandment
This is not a full rebuttal to what Steve Hays wrote on the second commandment (link to Steve’s post). Instead, it is a heavily short-handed rebuttal, written with his high level of understanding of Scripture and theology in mind. The goal is to persuade him, not to respond to the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox…
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A Second Anathema Against Biologos
Another – and independent – reason that I do not consider Biologos “one of us,” (see the first anathema here) is its policy of permitting and promoting articles that deny inerrancy, such as the work of Kenton Sparks. Again, I realize that true believers can be misled by false teachers, but it is a serious…
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John Piper on Sermon Preparation
John Piper has an interesting video (with transcript for those who prefer to read) on how he prepares his sermons (link). Obviously, his approach will work better for some ministers than for others. It is interesting, nevertheless, to hear how he does it. In my own opinion (for what little that is worth), I’ve always…
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Rebuttal to Argument from Exhaustive Guidance …
One of the Roman Catholic arguments that is popular is the argument that Scriptures alone are insufficient as our rule of faith and life, because they do not explicitly (or perhaps even implicitly) address issues that allegedly did not exist at the time Scripture was written. Usually topics like birth control are broached as the…
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Norman Geisler's Systematic Theology
Nick Norelli has posted a review of Norman Geisler’s Systematic Theology (link to review). The upshot of his review is that he feels he wasted $75 on the set (retails is apparently about $165). I’m sure that Dr. Geisler especially won’t like that Norelli ends up suggesting that Grudem’s single volume (very hefty, but bound…
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Norman Geisler’s Systematic Theology
Nick Norelli has posted a review of Norman Geisler’s Systematic Theology (link to review). The upshot of his review is that he feels he wasted $75 on the set (retails is apparently about $165). I’m sure that Dr. Geisler especially won’t like that Norelli ends up suggesting that Grudem’s single volume (very hefty, but bound…
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An Odds Rebuttal
Not an odd rebuttal – a clever rebuttal – but one that deals with the question of odds (link to rebuttal). The explanation is important: it shows the silliness of simply assuming that a large number of alternatives (for example, the large number of alternatives to the the truth that the God of Abraham, Isaac,…