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Blasphemy Note
Here is what the Roman Catholic Church says in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: 1864 “Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.” There are no limits to the mercy of God, but anyone who deliberately refuses to accept his…
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TurretinFan Recommends – Sovereign Salvation
If you have been following along with the Monergism Debate (link) and would a like a pamphlet that provides a monergistic and Biblical perspective on salvation, please peruse this excellent work (link). In fact, the present author recommends the pamphlet regardless of whether one has been following that debate. It’s a well-written, logical, Scriptural exposition.…
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Response to Doug Wilson
In a recent blog post (responding to Frank Turk), Doug Wilson wrote: Scott Clark is in the URC. In that tradition, when do children who were baptized in infancy generally come to the Table? They generally come when they have been catechized, which is when they are done or mostly done with high school. Then,…
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Prayers to Saints a Pot-Kettle Scenario
Recently (by the time this has been posted, “recently” will be about three months) Dave Armstrong wrote: “And (very unlike [Dr. White]) I will actually reply to and refute his objections whenever they are offered.” I respond: Actually, Dave, no you don’t. To take one recent example, you failed to reply to or refute Dr.…
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Further Roundup of Kurschner Responses
The present author recently responded to Alan Kurschner’s “8 Reasons.” (link to the present author’s rebuttal and the original article) Assuming, however, that there might be other responses, the present author went looking and found: One other commenter suggests that Kurschner is unfairly lumping majority text advocates in with KJVO “kooks” (the commenter’s word, not…
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First Rebuttal in Monergism Debate
The soteriology (monergism vs. synergism) debate (link) is progressing. Matt has now provided his introduction (link), and I am providing a rebuttal to it. The reader may recall that the present author had previously summarized Monergism as: “God’s grace ensures the salvation of those upon whom God chooses to bestow grace.” Matt has countered by…
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Lunacy – of a different sort
Godith asks: Totally unrelated to anything:Ps. 121:6 Why would God assure His people that the moon would not strike them by night? Were they irrationally afraid of the sky falling (Chicken Little Syndrome) or meteors or lunar eclipses? Just a nagging question. It could also be that they were afraid of becoming lunatics (recall that…
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GNRHead Follow-up
A while back, GNRHead (William) had provided some comments to a rebuttal the present author had provided. GNRHead disputed the idea that Tertullian was the first early church father of record to identify Peter as “the rock” in Matthew 16. At that time he referred us to his videos. The present author can report that…
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On Responding to Critiques
Although it is not perfect, and although I in no way endorse either the author’s opinion (on this issue or in general) or any of the substance of his comments, the form of this response (link) was a model that could be adopted by others whom James White has validly criticized (such as D.A., J.P.,…
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So Benedict XVI said that, so what?
A couple months ago, the pope made a statement allegedly clarifying what Vatican II meant about the relationship between salvation and the Roman Catholic Church. Meanwhile, the CCC (Catechism of the Catholic Church) still states:“841 The Church’s relationship with the Muslims. “The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first…