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When You Lose Sight of Moses, You Turn to Idols
Thus saith the LORD, by the pen of Moses, in the Second Book of the Law, the Book of Exodus, the Thirty-Second Chapter, First Verse:Exodus 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us…
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Pretext Illustrated
By this new logo (link). Who was it that said that every heresy seeks to justify itself from Scripture? This is nothing new. The logo is cleverly worded to confuse Protestants (who will think that it means Scripture teaches Catholicism, which it does not) while corresponding to the objective of the author of that blog,…
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Baptism Debate
Those who enjoyed the Shishko vs. White debate on baptism may enjoy the debate reported here (link). -Turretinfan To God be the Glory!
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Persecution Update
A martyr in Gaza (link) tortured and killed by those who, if they do not repent, will receive far worse in the life to come. It is a subjectively fearful thing to face torture for Christ, but it is objectively a far more fearful thing to torture someone who is Christ’s. Nevertheless, Saul of Tarsus…
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Those following the debate …
… may be interested to compare the answer I gave (link) regarding how I know Esther and the Johanine epistles to be Scripture, to this answer that I was unaware of (or at least only subconsciously aware of) at the time I wrote my answer. (link) (in accordance with my long-standing policy, since I’m linking…
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JP2 in Flames in the Afterlife
Is this an ironic claim or what (link)? All humor aside, God alone knows the heart. Since I don’t pray to the dead, I don’t have to worry about disembodied spirits trying to motion “stop” (cf. link). But then again, if I didn’t listen to Moses’ prohibition of necromancy and idol-worship, I’m not going to…
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Methodological/Empirical Criticism of Textual Criticism
One of the rules of thumb of modern textual criticism, is that a scribe is more likely to insert than omit. This rule of thumb needs to be reexamined. 1. Methodological ConsiderationsThe rule of thumb does not appear to have been derived empirically. Instead, the rule of thumb seems to have a popular solution to…
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Turn us again, Shine on Us, and We shall be Saved
Psalm 80 1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. This…
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More of the Same News
Now it’s not just chimps (link), but dogs are making choices too. (link) And, interestingly, dogs are behaving more the way humans should (sometimes even than humans do)! The articles are interesting from another point of view, though, than just as evidence that “free will” (if you simply mean the ability to make choices) is…
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Pray for Rain
Apparently the southeast United States is suffering under an unusually severe drought. More than a few Christian brethren live in that part of the World, and a goodly number of them live off the land as farmers. Pray that God will provide for their material need, in this case of water: (more details) (and especially…