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First Corinthians, Chapter Nine, Verse Twenty-Five
I realize that this article (link) is very remotely related to the verse above (1Co 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.), but it is important to realize that whether our churches crown their elders…
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The Real Turretin on: Baptism
I found the following excerpt from Turretin in a Baptist essay (I have not checked its accuracy, and the point for which it was presented was clearly to suggest both a particular exegesis of the baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch and a particular historical claim as to the practice of the primitive church): The passage…
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The Real Turretin – and others – on the Atonement
I recently happened upon this Google Books scan of “A Historical Sketch of the Opinions on the Atonement” by James Renwick Willson, including a significant portion of translations from the real Turretin (link to Google Book). Note that the pdf can be downloaded (currently around 13 MB). UPDATE: Also, find here a brief exerpt from…
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Except a Man be Born Again, He Cannot See the Kingdom of God
Regeneration Precedes Faith This is the first part of a response to Kangaroo|Dort. It is the positive exposition. John 3:2-132The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with…
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Interview with Great-Great-Granddaughter of Brigham Young
I stumbled accross this interview of BY’s descendent who came out of Mormonism. It’s actually a remarkable testimony. Praise be to the Lord! It’s worth listening to, even if you have time only for the first few minutes (link). It actually exposes the same flaw that we see in other false gospels: 1. Undermine the…
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A Different Apologetic Approach – ANON vs. Scientology
As many of you may already be aware, a hacker group known as “ANON” (as in “Anonymous”) has recently declared war on Scientology. (open letter by video here) They are a very capable and elite group of hackers. Their stated goal is eradication of Scientology from the Internet. This not their first mission, and they…