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Archibald Alexander on the Study of Theology
Joshua Lim at Reformed Blogging has provided some useful thoughts of Archibald Alexander on the study of theology. (link) Enjoy! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Calvinism and Mariah Carey
Reformed folks are probably more familiar with William Carey, sometimes referred to as the father of modern missions. William Carey is famous for saying, “Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.” The following video, however, speculates about possible Calvinistic tendencies of his fellow Carey clansman (clansperson?), Mariah: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imuTROz5Pow&color1=11645361&color2=13619151&hl=en&fs=1] Enjoy! -TurretinFan H.T. Brought,…
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The Real Turretin on: The Duty of the King Toward Religion
JetBrane at Iron Ink has provide a quotation from the real Francis Turretin on the subject of the duty of the Christian magistrate. (link) JetBrane goes on to make an application to the so-called R2KT (Radical Two-Kingdom Theology) viewpoint. Without getting embroiled (for now) with that topic, I can of course commend Turretin’s comments as…
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Science Rejects Free Will
This article (link) is not going to convince anyone, and perhaps it shouldn’t. The article basically says that a team of scientists have discovered that they can determine people’s decisions (at least some simple ones) before the people themselves can determine their decisions. That suggests something to the effect of determinism. While I enjoy the…
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Amazing Prediction
The self-titled “Plain Path Puritan” recently made the following prediction: “I predict a mass conversion of paedo-baptist Reformed Christians at the [so-called] PuritanBoard to Roman Catholicism within the next five years.” (brackets in the original) (link) It’s an amazing prediction. It’s amazing for this reason: the folks at Puritan Board are among the most conservative…
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Biblical Evidence for the Veneration of Relics Ignored?
Previously, I discussed (and rebutted) the claim that the Scriptural discussion of the transport of Joseph’s bones from Egypt to Canaan was evidence of the veneration of relics in the Old Testament (link). Now, I turn to a second favorite passage that relic-venerators tend to appeal to, as allegedly supporting their position. That passage is…
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The Real Turretin on: Perseverance and the Law
Josh Lim at Reformed Blogging, has posted a nice selection from the real Francis Turretin on the relationship between Perseverance of the Saints and the Law. (link) As you can imagine, Turretin insists that certainty of salvation does not give us license to sin freely. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Biblical Evidence for Indulgences?
Dave Armstrong (DA), a lay apologist for Rome, asserts that there is “explicit biblical [sic] evidence for all the essential notions behind indulgences” (link to source of discussion) (link to quotation). Initially, it’s worth noting that the explicitness of the “explicit biblical [sic] evidence” is undermined by the fact that it is not for indulgences,…
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Christian vs. Christian
Please consider praying for peace between the neighboring nations of Georgia (almost 90 “Orthodox”) and Russia (at least about 20% “Orthodox” and perhaps higher). Without taking sides on the issue of who started and who is to blame, please consider praying that peace will be restored between these two nations. -TurretinFan To God be the…
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Cur Deus Homo? Further Response to Horne
Gene Bridges provided the following comments (link) which I have reproduced in part below: As you noted, stating that the Covenant of Grace is in some way “conditional” or “conditioned” on faith does not lead to it being (a) meritorious or (b) pactum merit. Indeed that’s a non sequitur. Turretin (the real one) went over…