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Joseph and Mary’s Marriage
On a recent Dividing Line there was a clip played taken from, if I recall correctly, the “Catholic Answers” show, regarding Joseph and Mary’s “marriage.” The caller asked (and I may be slightly paraphrasing) two questions: 1) Where in the Bible does it say that marriage is only valid when it is consummated? 2) Did…
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Why Did They Burn the Reformers?
The William Tyndale web site has provided a re-print of an article by J.C. Ryle, on the topic, “Why Were Our Reformers Burned?” (link) There are a number of OCR/transcription errors in the article, but the points it makes are important, and often forgotten. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Simple Challenge for Kent Brandenburg
Mr. Brandenburg has posted an article in which he states: Bart Ehrman, in Misquoting Jesus, had nine propositions that he developed in the course of the book. In his debate with Ehrman, James White could not challenge the assessment that he himself agreed with eight and a half of the propositions in Misquoting Jesus. The…
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Humble Epistemology
Todd Pruitt at the 1517 blog has provided some interesting thoughts on epistemology from Albert Mohler, including a catchy quotation from Gordon Clark (link): If man can know nothing truly, man can truly know nothing. We cannot know that the Bible is the Word of God, that Christ died for our sin, or that Christ…
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Response to Jay Dyer on Calvinism (Part 13 of 13)
This is part 13 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Throughout the series, we have seen the Calvinist position explained with respect to each of the eleven accusations leveled against Calvinism, we have seen the accusation refuted in most cases (the exception being…
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New Calvin Graphic
In honor of Calvin’s 500th Birthday, Carla Rolfe has provided an exciting new Calvin graphic. If such things interest you, check it out (link)! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Works of Thomas Smythe
Thomas Smythe (aka Thomas Smyth and Thomas Smith) was a leading Southern Presbyterian who has unfortunately fallen into a degree of obscurity. Some of his background (and the source of the hot-linked image) can be found at the PCA’s historical web site (link). I am pleased to report that Smyth’s works are now freely available…
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Two Kingdoms, Yes – But Don't Go Beyond the Bible
Mr. James Swan, for a very different purpose, brought the following two quotations to my attention (link to source). Both are from Martin Luther and help to demonstrate the danger of taking the two kingdoms distinction beyond the Bible: It is pure invention that pope, bishops, priests and monks are called the spiritual estate, while…
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Two Kingdoms, Yes – But Don’t Go Beyond the Bible
Mr. James Swan, for a very different purpose, brought the following two quotations to my attention (link to source). Both are from Martin Luther and help to demonstrate the danger of taking the two kingdoms distinction beyond the Bible: It is pure invention that pope, bishops, priests and monks are called the spiritual estate, while…
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Response to Jay Dyer on Calvinism (Part 12 of 13)
This is part 12 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 11) [A consistent Calvinist must be] An agnostic, in that human reason is so damaged by the fall and total depravity, it cannot accurately reason about God and ever attain…