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Paedobaptist Membership Enhancement Techniques?
Bob L. Ross, who blogs at Calvinist Flyswatter (in which metaphor the Calvinists are the flies to be swatted), writes: We have contended on this blog that the Pedobaptists maintain their church membership primarily by infant baptism, adding the infants to the church as bonafide “born again” members. This is based on their supposed “covenant”…
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An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 06
An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 06 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenient facts that they must face. This post is the sixth in what has become a multi-part series. Council of the Vatican I (began December 8, 1869) – Contradicts Earlier Ecumenical Council…
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An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 05
An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 05 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenient facts that they must face. This post is the fifth in what, Lord willing, will be a multi-part series. Council of Constance (1414-18?) – Councils have Higher Authority than Roman Bishop…
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Rebuttals to Armstrong's Ten-Step Program Against Sola Scriptura
Today, someone directed me to an article by Dave Armstrong entitled: “A Quick Ten-Step Refutation of Sola Scriptura.” (link to article) I’ll provide his points, and the brief rebuttal: 1. Sola Scriptura Is Not Taught in the Bible The briefest rebuttal is to simply respond: yes, it is taught in the Bible. Mr. Armstrong should…
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Rebuttals to Armstrong’s Ten-Step Program Against Sola Scriptura
Today, someone directed me to an article by Dave Armstrong entitled: “A Quick Ten-Step Refutation of Sola Scriptura.” (link to article) I’ll provide his points, and the brief rebuttal: 1. Sola Scriptura Is Not Taught in the Bible The briefest rebuttal is to simply respond: yes, it is taught in the Bible. Mr. Armstrong should…
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An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 04
An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 04 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenient facts that they must face. This post is the fourth in what, Lord willing, will be a multi-part series. Council of Ariminum (359) – Large Errant Council The Council Ariminum was…
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The Nature and Excellency of Gospel Purity (Part IX)
SERMON IX. THE NATURE AND EXCELLENCY OF Gospel Purity. (by Ralph Erskine) “There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.” — PROV. xxx. 12. IT is a sad sentence when God passes it upon any, “He which is filthy, let him be filthy still:”…
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Active Progressive Sanctification
The next post (i.e. the post that is about to be published), is a sermon from Pastor Ralph Erskine. I found it to be a convicting sermon. I hope some of my readers (perhaps those stuck away from church this Lord’s Day) will find it edifying, though I recognize that it is rather longer than…
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A Quick Apology to Readers/Commenters
Currently the oldest comment awaiting moderation is about 13 months old. It has about 90 newer colleagues waiting to be moderated. Those colleagues are mostly thought-provoking comments that I simply haven’t had time to properly digest and respond to. I hope I’ll get the chance soon to wade through some of that backlog. In the…
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An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 03
An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 03 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenient facts that they must face. This post is the third in what, Lord willing, will be a multi-part series. Council of Trent (1545 to 1563) – Not Meaningfully Ecumenical The Council…