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Middle Knowledge – Part 1
This is the first part of what is planned as a multi-part discussion on middle knowledge and free will. This part discusses the fact that God’s knowledge is intrinsically simple (undivided) but can be divided extrinsically (as to its objects) into two categories: natural and free. These two categories exhaust all the objects of God’s…
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Easter Eggs and Jesus' Rebirth?
Mr. Lankford recently directed me to the following statement that betrays a misunderstanding of the connection between Easter and eggs: Easter means nothing to me. Which is why I bought all these eggs. Eggs aren’t religious symbols to me. I’m not a Christian recognising the death and rebirth of Jesus. Not a Jew celebrating the…
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Easter Eggs and Jesus’ Rebirth?
Mr. Lankford recently directed me to the following statement that betrays a misunderstanding of the connection between Easter and eggs: Easter means nothing to me. Which is why I bought all these eggs. Eggs aren’t religious symbols to me. I’m not a Christian recognising the death and rebirth of Jesus. Not a Jew celebrating the…
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Response to Bassam Zawadi on Mohamed's Belief in the Bible
Mr. Bassam Zawadi has provided an answer (link to answer) to my recent article (link to article), which demonstrated that Mohamed did not know of the currently prevalent Muslim view that the Bible is corrupt. Zawadi’s first point of contention is over why Muslims claim that the Bible is corrupt. I had asserted that it…
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Response to Bassam Zawadi on Mohamed’s Belief in the Bible
Mr. Bassam Zawadi has provided an answer (link to answer) to my recent article (link to article), which demonstrated that Mohamed did not know of the currently prevalent Muslim view that the Bible is corrupt. Zawadi’s first point of contention is over why Muslims claim that the Bible is corrupt. I had asserted that it…
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Migne – Latin Patrology – Index Page
The following is an attempted index of the available volumes of Migne’s massive Latin patrology series that are freely available for download. Most of the volumes are available at Google books, but I was (as of 10 April 2009) unable to locate any copies of around 15 percent of the volumes (UPDATE: October 9, 2010,…
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Migne – Greek Patrology – Index Page
The following is an index of the volumes of Migne’s Greek Patrology that are freely downloadable at Google’s book site and through the books section of Archive.org. See also two other helpful linked indices, which may be updated independently of my index (link one link two – see sidebar). I tried to use those lists…
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The Christian Sabbath and an Example of the Lexical Fallacy – Acts 20:7
I was sad to see someone engaging in a classical lexical fallacy over at the PuritanBoard (link). I don’t know whether the moderators there will leave it up (they have been diligent in the past about eliminating misleading posts), so let me summarize the argument the person posting uses: 1) Acts 20:7 is translated in…
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The Real Turretin on: The Relation of Faith and Reason
Dan Borvan at Geneva Redux has an interesting quotation (actually two) from Turretin on the relation of Faith and Reason (part 1)(part 2). As Turretin correctly points out that we do not make reason our first principle such that we deny what natural light and reason cannot comprehend, although we do permit reason to serve…
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From the Bunkers Beneath Liberty University – Limited Atonement and the Free Offer
As you may be aware, there is a secret Calvinist production studio hidden deep below Liberty University, where no one would think to look. From that production studio, one of our volunteers has presented a selection from John Murray on the doctrine of Limited Atonement and its interaction with the Free Offer of the Gospel.…