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Thoughts on the Will’s Freedom
I was listening to an interesting discussion on the will’s freedom, in which the compatibilist noted the following: 1) The standard contemporary definition for Libertarian Free Will is the ability to do otherwise, given all preceding causal factors. 2) Thus, to take an example, if we choose to pull a trigger – we could have…
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Let the Nations be Glad, by John Piper, in Farsi
Terry Maveus, at Desiring God, reports the release of Let the Nations be Glad, by John Piper, in Farsi. John Piper has a lot of good things to say: he’s a great preacher, if not always a careful or systematic theologian. (link to Terry’s article, as well as to information on how to get the…
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KJVO vs. KJV Translators
A while back I came across the following article that is germane to the KJVO debate (link). This article relies on the testimony of the translators themsevles in discussion the issues. Doug Smith appears to have prepared this as part of a series – though I don’t recall seeing the rest of the series. If…
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Sad News for the Chapmans
The famous singer Steven Curtis Chapman is reported to have lost a daughter. Apparently she was accidentally killed by her older brother. From what I understand, Mr. Chapman professes faith in Christ – let us pray that God will comfort him in this time of grief. Comments on this post (both here and via backlinks)…
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Chaldean Catholics take a Stand Against the Bible and Historic Catholicism
Chaldean Catholics (a non-Latin “rite” of Roman Catholicism) have condemned the death sentence for the murderer of their late archbishop. From the mouth of their Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni: “Monsignor Rahho, would not have accepted the sentence. Christian principles say it is not allowed to sentence someone to death, and instead it invites us to…
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C. Michael Patton discussion Sproul on 6 Day Creationism
Even while astrophysicists are rejoicing at the observation of the birth of a supernova, a much more interesting cosmological discussion is being had by C. Michael Patton over at Parchment and Pen (link). The author explains that apparently noted Reformed author R.C. Sproul has taken (in 2006) a stand in favor of the traditional, literal…
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Two Interesting Posts on Relics
Erik, the Irish Calvinist, and Dr. James White, of Alpha & Omega Ministries, both have interesting posts today on the topic of relics. Erik’s post (link) focuses on the continued trade in relics, while Dr. White’s post (link) provides some additional comments addressing the fact that this is superstitious nonsense. While the articles focus on…
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Reformed Blog in Farsi
To some extent, I have to trust my Farsi-reading viewers to confirm that the blog I’m linking to below is in fact Farsi and is in fact Reformed. Nevertheless, based on the information I have, if you are interested in the Bible and more familiar with Farsi or a related language, this blog may be…
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When was Purgatory Invented?
PhatCatholic recently addressed a question related to the question above, by posing the following question (link to source): When was Purgatory first talked about? PC answered: The earliest reference to Purgatory that scholars have found so far comes from The Acts of Paul and Thecla, which was written around 160 AD. In that work, we…
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Men are Evil
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDFpiLOX6Bs&hl=en] In the clip above, Paul Washer preaches a short but powerful message from Scripture on the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell. It’s really a simple set of syllogisms: 1. All men are sinners; 2. You are a man; 3. Therefore, you are a sinner. 4. All sinners deserve death; 5. You are…