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Dialogue on the Death Penalty
Dialogue on the Death Penalty An Illustration of the Exegetical Impotence of the Modernist Movement A dialogue between the present author (TF), and a fictious writer named Ms. Antijur (AJ for short), sadly based on an actual dialogue. AJ: I don’t agree with the death penalty on any grounds for anything.TF: Your view is not…
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Response to Dave Armstrong's Reply
Response to Dave Armstrong’s Reply to James White’s Review of One-Minute Apologist, by Dave Armstrong Here’s a link to the reply. (Update: 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.…
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Response to Dave Armstrong’s Reply
Response to Dave Armstrong’s Reply to James White’s Review of One-Minute Apologist, by Dave Armstrong Here’s a link to the reply. (Update: 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.…
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W. L. Craig's Game
W. L. Craig, a prominent non-Calvinist, presents the following argument (summarized): Newcomb’s Paradox provides an illuminating non-theological illustration of the problem of divine foreknowledge and human freedom. We are to imagine a being with great predictive powers and to suppose we are confronted with two boxes, B1 and B2. B1 contains $1,000; B2 contains either…
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W. L. Craig’s Game
W. L. Craig, a prominent non-Calvinist, presents the following argument (summarized): Newcomb’s Paradox provides an illuminating non-theological illustration of the problem of divine foreknowledge and human freedom. We are to imagine a being with great predictive powers and to suppose we are confronted with two boxes, B1 and B2. B1 contains $1,000; B2 contains either…
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Federal Vision / Auburn Avenue Theology – Challenge
Federal Vision / Auburn Avenue Theology – Challenge Is anyone out there who considers themselves a proponent of Federal Vision / Auburn Avenue Theology willing to give a concise statement of the distinctives of that view? If someone will accept this challenge, I will agree to provide a detailed rebuttal either of the distinctiveness of…
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Dave Armstrong Takes Book Review Personally
Polemical Papist, Dave Armstrong, took personal offense today, at the critique of his recently released book, “One Minute Apologist.” Notice how Armstrong manages to post a 1000+ word post (including quotations) without ever once addressing the substantive errors raised in this quick review of his work. Here is a link to the review. If you…
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Federal Vision / Aubern Avenue Theology – News
Apparently the PCA is considering how to address the Federal Vision / Aubern Avenue Theology problem today. May God give the presbyters wisdom to distinguish error from truth, and to do so with the appropriate balance of firmness and gentleness. Having seen many comments on the issue, I’m interested to see what the PCA will…
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The Scriptural Epistemology of Dogmatism
The Scriptural Epistemology of Dogmatism A response to quasi-rationalism The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalm 111:10, Proverbs 1:7, and Proverbs 9:10). This simple, thrice-repeated truth is the foundation of Scriptural Dogmatism. Throughout Scripture we seem the same epistemology of dogmatism. You can find the phrase “Thus saith the Lord” in…
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Presuppositional Debate – Continued
JonathanB has provided a response (link here) to my previous post (link here), in which I responded to several of his objections. In the dialogue below, within the block quotations, the boldface is JonathanB’s summary of my response, and the not-boldface type is JonathanB’s response. Rejoinder 1: Some unfounded claims (and some axioms) are arbitrary…