-
Ergun Caner at SBTS – November 13, 2003
We previously reviewed Dr. Caner’s comments on a panel with Mohler at SBTS on November 14, 2003 (link), but somehow we did not review his solo comments from the day before (link to mp3 – link to page for event). He presented a message he titled “The Gospel According to Oprah,” which we’ve heard elsewhere.…
-
Old Testament Canon: Patristic Use of Isaiah 3:9-10 or Wisdom 2:12?
William Albrecht has a video titled “Patristics and Scripture:Wisdom 2:12” (link). It’s an attempt to argue for the canonicity of the book, The Wisdom of Solomon. In that video Albrecht says: The book of Wisdom, a canonical book of Scripture, was a book that was employed quite often by the early church. Wisdom is a…
-
Garry Wills on Community Functions in Paul's Epistles
Garry Wills (self-identified Catholic, though he does not accept Transubstantiation and the priesthood) in “Why Priests?” describes the evidence in Paul’s epistles regarding the community functions (pp. 10-11): Thus community functions (not offices) are direct gifts (charismata) of the Spirit, making the early community charistmatic in the root original sense, entirely guided by the Spirit,…
-
Garry Wills on Community Functions in Paul’s Epistles
Garry Wills (self-identified Catholic, though he does not accept Transubstantiation and the priesthood) in “Why Priests?” describes the evidence in Paul’s epistles regarding the community functions (pp. 10-11): Thus community functions (not offices) are direct gifts (charismata) of the Spirit, making the early community charistmatic in the root original sense, entirely guided by the Spirit,…
-
Craig's Dilemma – Escape for Aseity, but Hello Grounding Objection
William Lane Craig says he doesn’t think aseity is threatened by middle knowledge, because he is an anti-realist with respect to abstract objects including possible worlds. In other words, he views possible worlds as non-existent. Thus, God’s middle knowledge is not dependent on something outside himself. While that’s an understandable response, it runs smack into…
-
Craig’s Dilemma – Escape for Aseity, but Hello Grounding Objection
William Lane Craig says he doesn’t think aseity is threatened by middle knowledge, because he is an anti-realist with respect to abstract objects including possible worlds. In other words, he views possible worlds as non-existent. Thus, God’s middle knowledge is not dependent on something outside himself. While that’s an understandable response, it runs smack into…
-
Ergun Caner – Southcrest Baptist Church – April 13, 2013
Apparently Dr. Ergun Caner spoke at the Southcrest Baptist Church on April, 13, 2013 (link). He includes some of those same comments about how bad he is or was at handling funds. 9:15 “After I said the word ‘married’ they didn’t hear a word. I could have said, ‘and by the way, I’m a member of Al-Qaeda’…
-
Ergun Caner Announcing Music School Re-opening(?) At Brewton Parker
Brewton-Parker’s Vimeo page has a video (link – downloading is enabled for now) titled: “Breaking News: President Ergun Caner announces the reopening of the music school at Brewton-Parker College.” Around 3 minutes in, Ergun Caner states: “I don’t need you money, I don’t need your dollars, I need your students. Bring ’em here.” That is surprising,…
-
The Word "Baptism" in Gothic
My baptistic friends (or any of my friends that think that only immersion is baptism) will be glad to know that in the Gothic Bible, one of the words that is translated, rather than transliterated, is the word we transliterate “baptism.” In “The Goths of the Fourth Century,” Heather et al. provide the following item:…
-
The Word "Baptism" in Gothic
My baptistic friends (or any of my friends that think that only immersion is baptism) will be glad to know that in the Gothic Bible, one of the words that is translated, rather than transliterated, is the word we transliterate “baptism.” In “The Goths of the Fourth Century,” Heather et al. provide the following item:…