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Ergun Caner’s Middle Name is What?
Ergun Caner’s father’s middle name is “Mehmet.” Is that Ergun Caner’s middle name? It’s not clear if it is or ever was his real middle name. I’ve tried to track down references to Dr. Ergun Caner before 11 September 2001. In his high school yearbooks (1981-1984) he is listed simply as Ergun Caner, no middle…
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Caner's Autobiography
Caner’s Autobiography “My full name is Ergun Michael Mehmet Giovanni Caner. I know, go ahead and laugh. I was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and raised in Europe, and came to America … .” (1:35) (UPDATE: partial clip from this can be found here) “Until I was 15 years old, I was in the Islamic Youth…
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Caner’s Autobiography
Caner’s Autobiography “My full name is Ergun Michael Mehmet Giovanni Caner. I know, go ahead and laugh. I was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and raised in Europe, and came to America … .” (1:35) (UPDATE: partial clip from this can be found here) “Until I was 15 years old, I was in the Islamic Youth…
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Acar Caner's Prominence in the Muslim Community
Dr. Ergun Caner is fond of ascribing various roles of importance within the mosque to his father. I have found nothing to corroborate his testimony in that regard. However, I have found some evidence that Ergun’s father, Acar Caner, was prominent within the Turkish community. For example, I found that Acar Caner was President of…
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Acar Caner’s Prominence in the Muslim Community
Dr. Ergun Caner is fond of ascribing various roles of importance within the mosque to his father. I have found nothing to corroborate his testimony in that regard. However, I have found some evidence that Ergun’s father, Acar Caner, was prominent within the Turkish community. For example, I found that Acar Caner was President of…
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List of Things Necessary to Salvation
One objection that is occasionally addressed to the Reformed doctrine of the perspicuity of Scripture, and also sometimes to the doctrine of the sufficiency, formal and material, of Scripture, is a request that we provide an exhaustive list of the doctrines that are necessary to salvation. After all, we claim that all the things that…
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Response to Norman Geisler on Ergun Caner
Dr. Norman Geisler’s alleged comments on the Caner scandal may be found here (link). The following is a detailed response. A. Odd Rhetorical Structure Geisler’s remarks have an odd rhetorical structure. In this structure there appear to be three motifs. 1. The Innocent Caner Motif One of several motifs in Geisler’s open letter is the…
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Is Mary Greater than John the Baptist?
One difference I’ve noticed between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics is the latter’s greater emphasis on Mary and the former’s greater emphasis on John the Baptist. Sometimes it’s subtle, other times not so much. For example, Roman Catholicism does give Mary a greater amount of worship (i.e. religious reverence and devotion through religious ritual etc.)[FN1]…
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Church Fathers on Jesus' Status as "Without Mother"
Ambrose (A.D. 337 – 397) writes: “He it is Who is without mother according to His Godhead …” (On the Mysteries, Chapter 8, Section 4 Theodoret (A.D. 393 – 457) writes: “On account of this difference of term He is said by the divine Paul to be “without father, without mother, without descent, having neither…
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Church Fathers on Jesus’ Status as "Without Mother"
Ambrose (A.D. 337 – 397) writes: “He it is Who is without mother according to His Godhead …” (On the Mysteries, Chapter 8, Section 4 Theodoret (A.D. 393 – 457) writes: “On account of this difference of term He is said by the divine Paul to be “without father, without mother, without descent, having neither…