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Hypercalvinism contrasted with Calvinism
I was grateful to read an interesting post from Dr. James Galyon on the subject of Calvinism and Hyper-Calvinism (link to post). I’m not saying I agree with every aspect of the definitions he provides, but his underlying point – namely that the counter-indication of Hyper-Calvinism is active evangelism is spot-on. -TurretinFan To God be…
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Roman Catholics and History
One of the problems facing Roman Catholic apologetics generally is history. History demonstrates that many of Rome’s dogmas are not apostolic, coming into being long after the apostolic era. There have been a variety of ways that Roman Catholic apologists have attempted to deal with this problem (from simple denials of the historical fact, to…
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Cult of the Dead in Late Medieval Roman Catholicism
The eye-opening article I’ve linked below was brought to my attention by Steve Hays. The article provides some truly astonishing details of, in particular, the Spanish fascination with the cult of the dead during the reign of Philip II (king from January 16, 1556 – September 13, 1598).(link to article) To God be the Glory!
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Athanasius to Marcellinus: How Sufficient are the Psalms?
Athanasius wrote a letter to Marcellinus regarding the Psalms (full text). Athanasius wouldn’t have fit into post-Vatican II Roman Catholicism very well for a lot of reasons, but one reason is his comment in this letter: “the knowledge of God is not with [the heathen and the heretics] at all, but only in the Church.”…
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Vatican Denies Celibacy – Sex Scandal Connection
The Vatican insists that there is no link between celibacy and the various sex scandals (link to article). Their brilliant defense includes lines like “research has shown that priests guilty of abuse had long before stopped observing celibacy.” You think? Those guilty of abuse are not observantly celibate? Stay tuned for arguments about how those…
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Curt Daniel's Thesis: Hyper-Calvinism and John Gill
Fred Butler had asked for my opinion of Dr. Daniel’s doctoral thesis (March, 1983) on the topic of John Gill and Hyper-Calvinism (the title simply reads: “Hyper-Calvinism and John Gill”). As I mentioned to him immediately, I have a copy of the thesis, but I’m not read to give my full opinion of it. Nevertheless,…
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Curt Daniel’s Thesis: Hyper-Calvinism and John Gill
Fred Butler had asked for my opinion of Dr. Daniel’s doctoral thesis (March, 1983) on the topic of John Gill and Hyper-Calvinism (the title simply reads: “Hyper-Calvinism and John Gill”). As I mentioned to him immediately, I have a copy of the thesis, but I’m not read to give my full opinion of it. Nevertheless,…
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Scripture's Clarity Confirmed Against Smudges – 2/25
Dave Armstrong has posted a series of “25 Short Arguments on the Difficulties of Perspicuity (Clearness of Scripture for Salvation)” (link) from his book “501 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura: Is the Bible the Only Infallible Authority?” I can see that his list of arguments has received nearly a thousand views, so perhaps it makes…
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Scripture’s Clarity Confirmed Against Smudges – 2/25
Dave Armstrong has posted a series of “25 Short Arguments on the Difficulties of Perspicuity (Clearness of Scripture for Salvation)” (link) from his book “501 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura: Is the Bible the Only Infallible Authority?” I can see that his list of arguments has received nearly a thousand views, so perhaps it makes…