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Murder Update
Murder Update Here’s a particularly brazen couple, who are providing a great example of exortion. (Link) They threaten to kill their own child, unless , within three months, they are paid $50,000. It is a particularly depraved person who will hold his own child hostage for ransom. In case they happen to read this post,…
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Armstrong Praises James White – Insults Anonymous Blogger
First the news, then the response. In the news:In response to a request by the present “anonymous” blogger to get back to the topic under discussion, Dave Armstrong wrote (italics are Armstrong’s quotation of the present blogger’s earlier comment, the portion below the line is the second repetition of Armstrong’s praise/insult): I hope we can…
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Response to Dave Armstrong's Reply – Part II
Response to Dave Armstrong’s Replyto James White’s Review ofOne-Minute Apologist, by Dave Armstrong (Cont’d) Here’s a link to the reply. (Dr. White has provided his own response, here.) There are several parts to Mr. Armstrong’s reply, and doing justice in response requires separating the issues into those parts, and replying to each seriatim. Part 1,…
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Response to Dave Armstrong’s Reply – Part II
Response to Dave Armstrong’s Replyto James White’s Review ofOne-Minute Apologist, by Dave Armstrong (Cont’d) Here’s a link to the reply. (Dr. White has provided his own response, here.) There are several parts to Mr. Armstrong’s reply, and doing justice in response requires separating the issues into those parts, and replying to each seriatim. Part 1,…
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Judas Iscariot – Response to Sippo
Judas Iscariot A Response to Art Sippo’s Synthesis In a recent blog post, (link), Roman Catholic (lay) apologist, “Art-of-Attack” Sippo attempts to strike a middle path between extreme views of Judas. He think the conventional view of Judas is too harsh, while he realizes that the Gnostic portrayal is clearly wrong. It’s really undeniable that…
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Do Modern Roman Catholic Apologists Care about Pope Leo X?
Do Modern Roman Catholic Apologists Care about Pope Leo X? Do they fear the automatic excommunication he set in place? The reason I ask is this. Leo X, on June 15, 1520, issued a bull, Exsurge Domine, in which (among other things) he demanded the following: With the advice and consent of these our venerable…
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Transcendental Apologetics – Tidbit
In the processing of reviewing a dialogue between non-Calvinist evangelical Ergun Caner and atheist/agnostic “Rational Response Squad,” I stumbled across an interesting transcendental argument. The Rational Response Squad asked for the three best reasons to believe in God. Ergun Caner’s very first response, interestingly, was to appeal to the universal practice of worship, stating that…
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Do Lutherans think that "bishops, elders, and deacons are all synonymous terms"?
According to Dave Armstrong, “yes,” (two updates, below) quoting a Lutheran who asserts that all the offices are of the same in dignity/function. Recall that Armstrong had previously claimed:“A Protestant might further object: . . . bishops, elders, and deacons are all synonymous terms for the same office: roughly that of a pastor today.” At…
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Says Who? – A Challenge to Lay Apologists
Says Who? – A Challenge to Lay Apologists Particularly, to those who call Rome or Constantinople home. If you are not ordained to teach or interpret Scripture and/or “Tradition,” by what authority do you do so? As a Reformed Christian, my source of authority to teach and interpret Scripture comes from Scripture, but the Roman…
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Nepalese Darkness Comes to America
Nepalase Darkness Comes to America This video (link) illustrates the sad state of darkness of a significant segment of the Nepalese people. For those less inclined to wait for the video to load, watch the obligatory advertisement, etc., this article (link) provides much the same material. The subject of the video and article, a young…