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Steve Ray and Magisterial Double Standards
Mr. Steve Ray, pilgrimage promoting papist, despite supposedly “fasting from blogging and blog reading for Lent,” has provided two recent blog posts in which he illustrates the fact that Romanist apologetics can impair one’s ability to think straight: a) According to Ray, Warren flip-flopped on homosexuality because he lacks a Magisterium (link); b) According to…
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My Assistant, Maria, Introducing The Blog
http://www.xtranormal.com/players/jwplayer.swf (Direct link to video) Thanks to Peter Pike at Triablogue for the idea (link). P.S. Several people have asked whether that’s a Democratic pin on Maria’s jacket. She tells me it is actually Balaam’s donkey – although I have a sneaking suspicion that Maria just wants to look like America’s Secretary of State. To…
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Origen – Not a Papist
Origen was not a papist, not a person who held to the modern Roman Catholic doctrine of the papacy. Origen interpreted Matthew 16:18 more like a modern Reformed believer would interpret the passage, and actually a lot like the way that Augustine interpreted the passage. Thus, in the following video, I respond to Mr. Albrecht’s…
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GreenBaggins on Theonomy – A Response
Lane Keister at GreenBaggins has a post in which he argues that “Theonomy is Biblically-Theologically Wrong” (link). I can summarize it thus: “redemptive-historical theology removes the O.T. civil laws while natural law replaces them.” 1) Limited Agreement on the Church-State Distinction I agree that the church and state are not one and the same thing…
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The Sort of Evangelical I'm Not
I’m not the sort of Evangelical who thinks that this “gear” (link1 link2 – same guy – two posts on his “gear”) is ok. I’m the sort of Reformed believer that thinks that these verses are in the Bible: Isaiah 44:10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for…
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The Sort of Evangelical I’m Not
I’m not the sort of Evangelical who thinks that this “gear” (link1 link2 – same guy – two posts on his “gear”) is ok. I’m the sort of Reformed believer that thinks that these verses are in the Bible: Isaiah 44:10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for…
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Blogging and the Church
I’m sorry to see him leave the blogosphere, but here are some serious thoughts on blogging and its consequences from Paul Wallace at Reformed and Baptist (link). I realize the irony of my linking to it, as though Mr. Wallace were Mr. Big or providing the latest “new wisdom.” Consider reading his post anyways. -TurretinFan…
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The Gates of Hell shall not Prevail Against the Church
This phrase “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” is one I hear used often and misused often. The one point everyone seems to recognize correctly is that “it” refers to the church. Not any particular church, but the church: the body of Christ universal. 1. The “We will Survive” Error The most…
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Hebrews 1:8 – A Proof of Jesus' Divinity
This is a response to a video (link) that seems to suggest that we cannot use Hebrews 1:8 to establish the divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ. I respectfully but firmly disagree, for the reasons I set forth in more detail in video (sorry, audio only, plus a slideshow in case you must watch something).…