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The real Turretin on: the Spirit's Relation to Revelation
Viva Verbum has an interesting quotation from the real Francis Turretin, which explains the Spirit’s relation to revelation in the life of the believer: the Spirit does not give us additional personal revelation but opens our eyes to the truth of Scripture. (link) -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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The real Turretin on: the Spirit’s Relation to Revelation
Viva Verbum has an interesting quotation from the real Francis Turretin, which explains the Spirit’s relation to revelation in the life of the believer: the Spirit does not give us additional personal revelation but opens our eyes to the truth of Scripture. (link) -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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What does Simon mean? and did "Peter" replace "Simon"?
I recently heard a terrible argument arguing that Simon means “grain of sand” and that when Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter, he was changing this grain of sand into a Rock. Obviously, as you might guess, this argument came from someone who thinks that Peter was the first pope. There are two significant problems…
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What does Simon mean? and did "Peter" replace "Simon"?
I recently heard a terrible argument arguing that Simon means “grain of sand” and that when Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter, he was changing this grain of sand into a Rock. Obviously, as you might guess, this argument came from someone who thinks that Peter was the first pope. There are two significant problems…
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A Quick Comment on the Van Til / Gordon Clark Debate
There is an odd artifact I’ve noticed in discussions between followers of Van Til and those of Clark. For some reason, those in the camp of Van Til take great delight in pointing out that Clark used the term “know” to refer to what we would call “know with absolute certainty.” As such, Clark did…
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The Editor-in-chief of the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano said it, so it must be true
The Editor-in-chief of the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano has claimed that President Barack Husein Obama “is not a pro-abortion president.” (link) If this is where Benedict XVI is getting his information about the American president (and I’m sure folks will assure me that the pope has other sources than the Vatican newspaper), then it would…
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Clarification on the Madrid Issue
A few of the folks who read my blog have taken umbrage with my recent comments (link) regarding Patrick Madrid’s apologetics forum, ironically titled “Speak Your Mind.” Two of those I’ve already addressed in part in a previous post (link) and another has posted comments on his own blog as well (a post creatively titled…
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Another Broken Link in the Darwinian Chain
There has been much hubub about a supposed missing link that has been allegedly located in the form of what appears simply to be a lemur monkey skeleton. Less attention has been given to a serious problem for evolutionists: a newly discovered species of mega-shrew (link). Why is this mega-shrew a problem? It has a…
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"We Have Apostolic Tradition"- The Unofficial Catholic Apologist Commentary #10
To a certain extent I’m treading on Mr. James Swan’s toes in posting this episode to the “We Have Apostolic Tradition” series. Mr. Swan had noticed that Roman Catholic apologists often let us know how crucial it is to have an infallible magisterium and church Tradition in order to interpret the Bible correctly. With so…