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Apparently You Still Can Get Excommunicated …
Although it is the first time it happened in Little Rock in 165 years, a few nuns have been excommunicated (according to the journalists it was for heresy …) (source). One of the nuns’ comments: “We are at peace and we know that for us we are doing the right thing. We pray that the…
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Poor Gen. Pace
General pace recently made headline news for stating that homosexual behavior is sinful, and that he will not condone it (link). He immediately got labelled a “bigot” by those who either don’t recognize that homosexual behavior is sinful or who do not care. The reason that I use the adjective “poor,” though is not so…
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An Example from the Religion of Science
Apparently, now it is necessary, not only to quote an expert, but to quote an expert who cites more than one study for this proposition: “Studies have shown people fall asleep,” Docknevich said. (source) See, now you MUST believe it – an expert citing an unspecified study – no – studies (plural) have said so.…
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What does it mean to "Propitiate"?
Let’s start by reviewing the verses where that English word is used: Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our…
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What does it mean to "Propitiate"?
Let’s start by reviewing the verses where that English word is used: Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our…
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Who would have thought …
… that Dave Armstrong, the man who is too busy to reply to my posts dealing with his doctrinal errors, would have time to challenge my recollection about whether Dr. White has ever posted a response to Armstrong that was purely a personal attack on Armstrong (link)? And who would have that Armstrong’s best example…
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Reginald Suggests that Roman Catholics Deny the Subjective Sinfulness of Involuntary Sin
Reginald (a Roman Catholic blogger) in a recent comment on his own blog suggested that Roman Catholics do not believe that involuntary sin is subjectively sinful (although they would agree that it is objectively sinful). In this regard they are clearly contrary to the Orthodox who routinely pray for God to forgive both their voluntary…
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The Image of God – Short Exegetical Version
We (mankind) were created in the image of God. We were created in a position of authority, enjoyment, and responsibility over the physical world. God is ruler over all, but we were made rulers over the Earth. It is ours to enjoy, ours to subjugate, and ours to rehabilitate. God made us garderners not so…
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Getting the Contrast Wrong
In a recent post, Doug Wilson wrote:“Islamic law has its own ways of dealing with adultery. Jesus had another.” (with a photo apparently showing a Muslim woman about to be stoned for adultery, and a quotation of the pericope adulterae) The problem is, DW has drawn the wrong contrast – at least in the minds…
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Steve Ray – Double Minded? You decide
Example (1)Steve Ray wrote this blog post: Someone informed me that James White the Baptist was continuing his rant concerning my blog on the Assumption of Mary. The guy continues to take me far more seriously than I have ever taken him. He’s really just a little man full of himself — an angry know-it-all…