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John Murray – Birthday and Head Coverings
John Murray was born 110 years ago today. In honor of his birthday, I’d like to present the following excerpt from a letter he wrote on the subject of head coverings. The full letter is available at Pastor Sherman Isbell’s web site (link), to whom I am indebted for bringing this letter to my attention.…
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God's Decree = God's Endorsement?
Beowulf2k8 (b2k8) has provided a further comment illustrating his lack of understanding of Calvinism. Since I doubt he is the only person with this misunderstanding, I think it may be helpful to highlight the error he is making and explain why, biblically, he is wrong. b2k8 wrote: In the sense that Calvinism teaches that God’s…
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God’s Decree = God’s Endorsement?
Beowulf2k8 (b2k8) has provided a further comment illustrating his lack of understanding of Calvinism. Since I doubt he is the only person with this misunderstanding, I think it may be helpful to highlight the error he is making and explain why, biblically, he is wrong. b2k8 wrote: In the sense that Calvinism teaches that God’s…
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Deposit of the Funds Safe
Protestants may question whether the Vatican has safely maintained the Deposit of the Faith, but the Vatican Bank claims that those who have deposited funds are safe (link). I’m probably the last person to realize that the Vatican really was a player in the banking and finance industry in Europe, which is odd since I…
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Norma Normans vs. Norma Normata
Scripture is, as they say, the Noma Normans non Normata (the “un-normed norm normer” or more loosely, “The norm of norms that is not normed”). When Scripture is described in this way, the concept is essentially equivalent to Sola Scriptura, as it declares that Scripture the standard according to which all other standards are measured,…