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Defining Hyper-Calvinism
John Sneed at Ministerial Meanderings provides a good (and much better, imho, than Phil Johnson’s) definition of hyper-calvinism in a recent re-post (link). Also important is his post’s emphasis on the need to be Biblical Christians, recalling that for us the Scripture is not just a rule of faith, but the rule of faith. -TurretinFan…
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Hays on the Atonement
Steve Hays at Triablogue has a succinct response to a commonly heard Wesleyan argument against limited atonement (link). To God be the Glory!
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What About King Saul?
In response to my post regarding the one true shepherd (Christ) as contrasted with the Roman bishop who seeks essentially to usurp that role (link to my post) I have received a rather typical response. Rather than beginning by characterizing the response, let me provide it to you: In my reading of Catholic literature, I…
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John XXIII on the Sacraments, the Mass, and the Priesthood
The following are a pair of consecutive items (quoted in full) from the papal encyclical Ad Petri Cathedram, by pope John XXIII, on 29 June 1959. J23 writes: 74. As for unity of worship, the Catholic Church has had seven sacraments, neither more nor less, from her beginning right down to the present day. Jesus…
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Rufinus on the Creed, the Canon, and the Church
Further to my previous post (link), it is probably worthwhile providing a much longer extract from Rufinus with respect to his discussion of the Creed (capitals are found in the translation from which this is taken, and seems to indicate where Rufinus is quoting the creed): 35. Let this be enough on this subject. Next…
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Believing About the Holy Catholic Church
Introduction A perennial issue in our discussions with Roman Catholics is the issue of whether, in addition to believing God’s word in Scripture, we ought also to trust (in a similar way) in the church. While nothing in Scripture suggests that the church is another rule of faith in addition to Scripture, such that we…
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Chief Shepherd – Jesus or the Roman Bishop
Mr. Bellisario is not pleased by Mr. Hays’ analogy of Christians to birds and fishes, preferring instead the metaphor of sheep (link to Bellisario’s post): In an attempt to argue against the papacy this ‘scholar’, Steve Hays from Triablogue has invented a new ecclesial typology as to how the church is composed. He now has…
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Mary Crowned in Revelation? – Part 2
In response to a first post on the idolatry involved in the Roman Catholic crowning of Mary (link), a commenter had countered that Mary is crowned in Revelation, to which I responded in a second post (link). Now, the commenter has provided some more comments, to which I’ll respond, perhaps closing this matter. “John” wrote:…
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Would R. Scott Clark Respond to the Enthusiast-Calvinist Accusation?
I’d love to see R. Scott Clark or one of the other pre-eminent “Truly Reformed” folks from Westminster West respond to this Lutheran charge that Calvin was an “Enthusiast[]” who “separat[ed] the Holy Spirit from the Word.” (link) For myself, I’d point out that it is mistaken to blame Calvin (or Calvinism) for the errors…
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Was Pharez Legitimate?
One anonymous commenter (I know who he is, but he did not put his name on this comment, and it’s not my wish to embarrass) responded to one aspect of my previous post (link) by arguing that Pharez was legitimate: Pharez was not ILLIGITAMATE! He was the son of Onan of Liviriate Marriage. (all errors…