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Jonathan Prejean on John Calvin
Roman Catholic (calls himself “Crimson Catholic”) Jonathan Prejean provides the following description of Calvin: In my opinion, Calvin’s Institutes is the equivalent of spiritual pornography, worse than anything you hear in 99% of Beatles’ songs, and most people who read it aren’t doing it as an example of Middle French theological literature or as a…
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Offered Often or Once?
We’re sometimes told that it an incorrect “either/or” mentality that causes us to reject the sacrifices of the mass on the basis that Christ was offered only once and not often. Yet Scripture itself has that mentality. Hebrews 9:24-2824 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures…
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Non Sequitur Illustrated
Here is a classic non sequitur: “The biggest reason I think that Protestantism lies at the heart of relativism is this. Protestants are in the awkward position of saving, ‘All of Christendom c. 1516 and before, you all misunderstand Christianity!’” (Joe Heschmeyer at Shameless Popery) Leaving aside the ridiculous claim that Protestantism has to make…
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The real Francis Turretin on: The Mosaic Covenant
Michael Brown at Pilgrim People has an interesting post in which he discusses the real Francis Turretin’s view of the Mosaic covenant (aka Siniatic Covenant)(link). I believe that the Thomas Goodwin blog actually delved into this subject a bit more deeply a while back (post 1 – post 2), nevertheless it is still an interesting…
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Allah said it?
Muslims sometimes (see footnote 1) make the claim: We should read the Quran believing this is Allah speaking to us, because that is what it is. It is Allah talking to us directly. (source) Similarly: Islam is unique among the Abrahamic religions in its understanding of sacred scripture. While the Hebrew and Christian scriptures contain…
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Internet Calvinism or Internet Lumpkinsianism
Peter Lumpkins claims that: The situation has improved somewhat on both sides now. However, websites like Triablogue offer the worst possible example of sectarian Reformed theology and thinking. The recent post entitled “The neo-Manicheans” surely stands as the quintessential rubbish plaguing otherwise sound Calvinistic thinking today (//link). To argue as does the author that James…
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A Day in God's Courts is Better than 1000 Elsewhere
A friend recently asked, in the comment box, for me to comment on the following verse: Psalm 84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For context, I provide the entirety…
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A Day in God’s Courts is Better than 1000 Elsewhere
A friend recently asked, in the comment box, for me to comment on the following verse: Psalm 84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For context, I provide the entirety…
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J.C. Ryle on the Idolatry of the Golden Calves
J.C. Ryle in his comments on idolatry, provided the following discussion relevant to my recent posts about the golden calves: It is not necessary for a man to formally deny God and Christ, in order to be an idolater. Far from it. Professed reverence for the God of the Bible, and actual idolatry, are perfectly…
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Antinomianism – The Other Side of the Island
If on one side of the island of Christianity there is the dangerous water of Legalism as taught not only by Rome but many others, there is also on the other side of the island the danger of Antinominianism. Mark Jones at Meet the Puritans provides a more complete explanation, including a quotation from the…