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Camping and the Atonement
In a previous post (link) we discussed how Mr. Harold Camping errs on the simple question of who Moses’ father is, according to the Scriptures, and how this has a chain reaction effect on his chronology. There are other clear errors in Mr. Camping’s theology that relate less directly to his date-setting error. Scripture Says…
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Camping Jenga
Mr. Harold Camping’s views of the end times are extremely complex, which is one of the reason that they attract many folks. In some ways, they are like a more complicated version of Jenga, in which a tower is constructed from numerous sticks that seem to be more or less separable from the tower. One…
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Works of Hugh Binning – Index
Hugh Binning is little known today. However, in his day he was viewed as one of the leading young Scottish ministers. It is even reported that John Owen was left unable to answer his arguments. (link to a brief biography – slightly longer version) He died at the young age of 26, but left behind…
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No Women Pastors
It is crystal clear in Scripture that pastors must be men. It is totally unequivocal. Yet we still hear folks attempting to get around this: 1) Objection: The Scriptures are Culturally Conditioned The reason given for women not teaching in the church goes back to the garden of Eden. That’s not something culturally conditioned. 2)…
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Whose Line Is It Anyway?
I was amused to note one example of Rome’s improvisational informal magisterium at work to poach another Reformed slogan. It’s not one of the slogans that the first generation reformers used (Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Solus Christus, Sola Deo Gloria), but one that became popular in the 17th century: “Ecclesia reformata quia semper…
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Whitfield Criticized for Breaking a Child's Will
Challies endorses criticism of Whitfield for requiring a boy to pray, even to the point of using corporal discipline (link). Challies passes judgment on Pastor Whitfield by endorsing this comment: “We must deplore both the custom [of attempting to conquer a child’s will] and Whitefield’s action on the basis of it.” (brackets are Challies’) Challies…
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Whitfield Criticized for Breaking a Child’s Will
Challies endorses criticism of Whitfield for requiring a boy to pray, even to the point of using corporal discipline (link). Challies passes judgment on Pastor Whitfield by endorsing this comment: “We must deplore both the custom [of attempting to conquer a child’s will] and Whitefield’s action on the basis of it.” (brackets are Challies’) Challies…
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Surprising Wisdom from Harold Camping
“If this world is still in existence after the end of 2011, we will know that there is still much more we can learn from the Bible.“ – Harold Camping, “Time Has an End,” Preface, page xxii Mr. Camping is right about this. The problem, I fear, is that on January 1, 2012, he will…
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Perspicuity of Scripture Contra Bellisario – Part 1
Introduction The path to this post is hardly perspicuous in itself. This post is a response to Mr. Matthew Bellisario (link), who is responding to my earlier post (link), which was a response to Mr. Mark Shea’s post (link), which was a response to Dr. White’s post (link), which was a response to a post…
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Valid or Invalid Comparison?
How dare I suggest that this story (link) about an Indian idol’s problem with folks outdoing themselves by giving their idols large crowns have anything to do either with this photo of an idol to Mary (attempted image of Jesus in the background) or these similar idols (first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and…