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Thanksgiving Verses – Part 15
Even Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, mentions thanksgiving. He mentions it in the context of the return of the captivity of the people of Israel. The biggest point of the passage is to point out that God is predicting the future. He is telling Jeremiah to write this down as proof, as it were, that God…
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Thanksgiving Verses – Part 14
The next thanksgiving verse is found among three calls to hearken to the people of God in Isaiah 51. The first call mentions the joy and thanksgiving to which the people of God will be called, calling to mind the origins of men. The second call mentions the coming judgment and contrasts it with the…
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Open Question for Michael Horton
Dear Prof. Horton, In view of your article “Can We Be Confessional and Catholic?” and in view of your recent blurb for a book on the theology of Benedict XVI by Roman Catholic apologist Scott Hahn, we are wondering: Do you agree or disagree that Trent declared the Gospel of Christ to be Anathema and…
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Irenaeus on Eisegesis
Eisegesis is not something that Roman Catholicism invented. It has been around almost since the beginning, having been practiced by the Valentinians: Such, then, is their system, which neither the prophets announced, nor the Lord taught, nor the apostles delivered, but of which they boast that beyond all others they have a perfect knowledge. They…
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Michael Horton did What now?
I am surprised and disappointed by this report regarding Michael Horton (link). To God be the Glory!
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Thanksgiving Verses – Part 13
In this section we’ll look at a number of verses in the psalms that mention thanks, although that is not necessarily the theme of the whole psalm. The first group of psalms are psalms where the primary request is one of mercy, restoration, help, salvation, or deliverance. In Psalm 6, in the context of asking…
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The real Francis Turretin on: Insufficiency of Human Merit
Joshua189 has provided a short but sweet quotation from the real Francis Turretin explaining why mere human merit can never be enough to serve as a ground for justification (link) Enjoy! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Misquoting Matthew 23:37 or Luke 13:34
The following texts get misquoted amazingly often. First, here are the texts. Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Luke 13:34…
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Creature-Worship in Islam
Islam does not attempt to make likenesses of Allah. Nevertheless, there is something akin to idolatry in Islam, namely the worship of Hajar Aswad, the black stone. The black stone is the cornerstone of the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Kaaba is the black cubic building that is central to a number of aspects…
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Thanksgiving Verses – Part 12
We come now to a first discussion of some of the thanks given in the book of Psalms, aka the Psalter. We have already reviewed Psalm 18 (in Part 3 of this series), Psalms 105, 96, and 106 (Part 4), Psalms 39, 62, and 77 (Part 6), Psalms 107, 118, and 136 (Part 8), Psalms…