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A Word of Thanks
This post is simply a quick word of thanks to those who read this blog. I am very thankful that you stop by and read what I post. I am also thankful when you post comments, even comments that challenge what I wrote. If you’d like to see certain topics discussed, remember that you can…
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David's Son – an Unworkable Argument
One of David’s sons died in infancy. David mourned him before he died, but stopped grieving when the child died. This puzzled the servants of David. When asked about his odd behavior: 2 Samuel 12:22-23And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD…
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David’s Son – an Unworkable Argument
One of David’s sons died in infancy. David mourned him before he died, but stopped grieving when the child died. This puzzled the servants of David. When asked about his odd behavior: 2 Samuel 12:22-23And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD…
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Does God Blind the Blind?
The title of this post is the title of a post by William Watson (“Billy”) Birch who thinks that he has found a weakness in Calvinism (though, as he admits, he’s not actually responding to a Calvinist)(link to his post). His essential argument is this (I am paraphrasing): “Reformed theology says God blinds the reprobate.…
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ISI Discussion Regarding Harold Camping
I was recently on the “Iron Sharpens Iron” (ISI) radio program. Here’s a link to the ISI page about the call (link) and here is direct link to the mp3 (link). The following is an outline of some of the topics discussed. This is not a transcript, but more or less notes for the discussion.…
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Don't Be Surprised if You Make Some Mistakes
Jerome wrote: And if the ingenuity of perverse men finds something which they may plausibly censure in the writings even of evangelists and prophets, are you amazed if, in your books, especially in your exposition of passages in Scripture which are exceedingly difficult of interpretation, some things be found which are not perfectly correct? –…
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Don’t Be Surprised if You Make Some Mistakes
Jerome wrote: And if the ingenuity of perverse men finds something which they may plausibly censure in the writings even of evangelists and prophets, are you amazed if, in your books, especially in your exposition of passages in Scripture which are exceedingly difficult of interpretation, some things be found which are not perfectly correct? –…
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Corpus Reformatorum – Index Page
Google seems to have pulled the Corpus Reformatorum from their library. I have no idea why, and I’d rather not speculate. Hopefully, some day they will be back up again. Thankfully, Archive.org has images of many of the volumes, although the emphasis seems to be on Melancthon’s works. I suspect that many of the volumes…
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Athanasius Praising the Psalms
The man who was God’s instrument to bring me to faith in Christ recently brought to my attention a letter from Athanasius. The letter is Athanasius’ Letter to Marcellinus. If it were not in the form of a letter, I’d be tempted to call it has work “In Praise of the Psalms.” Here are some…
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Augustine vs. Rome – Definition of Grace
“Mercy and judgment I will sing to thee, O Lord, for it is only through unmerited mercy that anyone is freed, and only through deserved judgment that anyone is condemned.“(Augustine, On Faith, Hope, & Charity, as provided in Fathers of the Church, Volume 2, p. 447) The Reformed doctrine of grace, because it is drawn…