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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 23/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 23/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 23) Why do Protestants follow postapostolic Jewish decisions on the boundaries of the Old Testament canon, rather than the…
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Magisterium More Sufficient than Scripture? (Part 5)
[Cont’d from previous section] Is the Roman Catholic Magisterium More Sufficient than Sacred Scripture?Bryan Cross answered on the subject of the ability of the Scripture to interpret Scripture sufficiently, from Scripture, reason, and tradition. (Part 5) Continuing to analyze the problem with Bryan’s argument, we might characterize the problem as Bryan wanting to get a…
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Temporary Forgiveness? – Responding to Dr. Robert Rayburn
Dr. Robert Rayburn (PCA pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, WA) wrote: Justification – whatever else it is – is the forgiveness of sins. It is perfectly obvious that there is such a thing as temporary forgiveness because the Bible says there is (cf. Num. 14:20 with 1 Cor. 10:5; Ezekiel 16:1-14; Matthew 18:32-34;…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 22/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 22/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 22) Why do Protestant scholars recognize the early Church councils at Hippo and Carthage as the first instances in…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 22/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 22/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 22) Why do Protestant scholars recognize the early Church councils at Hippo and Carthage as the first instances in…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 21/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 21/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 21) Who in the Church had the authority to determine which books belonged in the New Testament canon and…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 21/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 21/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 21) Who in the Church had the authority to determine which books belonged in the New Testament canon and…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 20/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 20/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 20) How did the early Church evangelize and overthrow the Roman Empire, survive and prosper almost 350 years, without…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 20/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 20/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 20) How did the early Church evangelize and overthrow the Roman Empire, survive and prosper almost 350 years, without…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 19/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 19/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 19) Protestants usually claim that they all agree “on the important things.” Who is able to decide authoritatively what…