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Response to artsippo on Envoy
A Roman Catholic Apologist by the name of Art Sippo recently provided the following comments on the internet: Years ago, John Gerstner recommended that I read the anti-Catholic chapters in Hodge’s Systematic theology to see why Catholicism was wrong. I wrote back to him with a brief critique.First of all, Hodge basically ignored historic Christian…
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The Diary – A Challenge to FreeGrace and Godismyjudge
The Diary Imagine with me that God, in his perfect omniscience were to write down on the 8th day of the world, a diary that stated for each day of all of time (from creation until the destruction of this world at the end of time, or whatever the end of this age is from…
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Dean John William Burgon vs. Alan Kurschner
Where are the Manuscripts? In a recent article, Mr. Kurschner challenged Dean Burgon’s view of the manuscript ancestry of the so-called Byzantine text. Mr. Kurschner’s article appears simply to adopt modern methodologies and claims of the mainstream textual critical movement, and does not significantly interact with Dean Burgon’s position. Mr. Kurschner justifies this lack of…
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Murder Update
Major press outlets are reporting that the Supreme Court of the United States has affirmed the constitutionality of a law that prohibits the murder of infants by their mothers (with the assistance of doctors) using a particularly gruesome technique (or techniques… the news articles’ description of the actual law that was upheld is a bit…
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John 6 – Christ's Spiritual Nourishment – to Lurker
An internet poster inappropriately handled “Lurker” provided a typical RCC view of John 6.In the following I respond.Lurker wrote: I fail to see how one can take it as symbolic considering the reaction of his disciples in John 6. I respond:Jesus comment was that he was the fulfillment of the Old Testament manna:John 6:31-3331Our fathers…
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John 6 – Christ’s Spiritual Nourishment – to Lurker
An internet poster inappropriately handled “Lurker” provided a typical RCC view of John 6.In the following I respond.Lurker wrote: I fail to see how one can take it as symbolic considering the reaction of his disciples in John 6. I respond:Jesus comment was that he was the fulfillment of the Old Testament manna:John 6:31-3331Our fathers…
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Communicating with Dead People
There are lots of issues where reasonable people can differ, but speaking with the dead has an historical name, and it is necromancy. It is specifically forbidden in the Old Testament, there are no positive examples of it being practiced in Scripture, and its origin is clear: it is pagan. Deuteronomy 18:9-129When thou art come…
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A Canon is a Reflection of Historical Fact
Any canon (list) of the works of any author is a reflection of historical fact. If I come along and say that Macbeth was not written by Shakespeare, I am disputing the accepted canon of Shakespeare, and saying that it should be revised so as not to include that particular play. If someone comes along…
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"Foreknowledge" and "Freewill"
A respected (by me at least) not-quite-Calvinist writer, going by the handle Godismyjudge, has responded (somewhat obliquely) to my earlier post, with a full, 30+ page article on his own web site. Before you read the article, if you choose to do so, you should know that Godismyjudge is not a George Bryson, Emir/Ergun Caner,…
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"Foreknowledge" and "Freewill"
A respected (by me at least) not-quite-Calvinist writer, going by the handle Godismyjudge, has responded (somewhat obliquely) to my earlier post, with a full, 30+ page article on his own web site. Before you read the article, if you choose to do so, you should know that Godismyjudge is not a George Bryson, Emir/Ergun Caner,…