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Scripture and the Church – Response to John Martin
The following is a response to comments from John Martin (Roman Catholic) in the comment box of a previous post (link to previous post). In general, the quotations (using normal quotation marks) are from John Martin. My responses follow line-by-line. “All scriptures were written by prophets either of the OT church of Israel of the…
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Holy Scripture – The Foundation of the Church – A Response to Stellman
Jason J. Stellman wrote: I think we need to make a simple distinction between the “Word” and the “Scriptures.” The New Covenant church was founded on the Word (that is, upon Christ and his message as preached by the apostles), but it was not founded upon “the Scriptures,” for the obvious reason that decades elapsed…
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No Food or Water for 70 Years / Only the Eucharistic Host for Decades
That’s the claim that the man described in this article (link to article) makes. Of course, it’s false. What is interesting, though, is that his claims are being taken seriously and investigated. Roman Catholic priest, Dwight Longenecker, pointed out an interesting coincidence, namely that he noticed a related article on the feast day of Catherine…
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Tom Chantry on Stephen Ambrose, Ergun Caner, and the Credibility of the Gospel
Tom Chantry has a very thoughtful article on the Credibility of the Gospel with a comparison and contrast between the situation that befell historian Stephen Ambrose and the situation that is occurring with respect to Dean Ergun Caner: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Enjoy! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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A Note of Thanks to John Martin
John Martin (Roman Catholic) has been taking the time to provide long responses to a number of my posts in the comment box. I want to express my appreciation to him for providing these comments. I’ve been kept busy trying to answer his comments, and I hope that I will be able eventually to answer…
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Resources: Adferit
Adferit is a news feed on Twitter (link to feed). The guy who runs it, Matthew Lankford (who also runs my unofficial Facebook fanpage), provides a variety of interesting news items in any easy to digest and access format. To God be the Glory!
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Scriptural Doctrine of the Atonement Defended – against John Martin
John Martin has also responded to another of my previous posts (link to post, his comments are in the comment box there). I had written: “The Christian position is that Christ is our substitute.” JM responded: “If Christ is our substitute and we are impute a legal righteousness, even though the Father knows we are…
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Resources: Aomin.org
My friend Dr. White is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries and an elder (Reformed Baptists apparently don’t distinguish between teaching and ruling elders) at the Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church. His website, AOMin.org, is full of a variety of resources. There is of course the blog, where I am a contributor (link). There is…
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R. Scott Clark Responds to Molinism
I am glad to report that R. Scott Clark provided a fairly concise response to Molinism on his blog (link to response). Enjoy! -TurretinFan UPDATE/ADDENDUM: RSC is getting some heat for characterizing MK this way: According to MK, God knows all the contingencies which could be actualized in the world by persons with free will…
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Compare and Contrast
Dr. Ergun Caner (actual quotation): “All Christian ministers have critics. Some mean well; Others are just corrosive. U can’t shut them up, but U CAN SHUT THEM OUT.” (source) Paul the Apostle (actual quotation): “I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof…