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Ergun Caner – Harold Hendrick Interview
Apparently, on September 3, 2009, Harold Hendrick interviewed Ergun Caner (link)(link to mp3). 0:35 Harold Hendrick: “He’s the son of a Muslim leader, born in Turkey I believe, right Dr. Caner?”Ergun Caner: “Yes Sir” Ergun Caner was born in Sweden. 4:45 Ergun Caner: “Even my country, Turkey, which is sadly trying to be part of…
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Jacques Le Goff – Reflecting on "The Birth of Purgatory"
In The Medieval Imagination, at p. 86, Jacques Le Goff reflects on his earlier work, The Birth of Purgatory (footnote omitted): Not long ago I completed several years of work on the birth of Purgatory. From the early days of Christianity Christians have shown by their prayers for the dead that they believed in the…
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Jacques Le Goff – Reflecting on "The Birth of Purgatory"
In The Medieval Imagination, at p. 86, Jacques Le Goff reflects on his earlier work, The Birth of Purgatory (footnote omitted): Not long ago I completed several years of work on the birth of Purgatory. From the early days of Christianity Christians have shown by their prayers for the dead that they believed in the…
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Ergun Caner – International Missions Conference 2008
Apparently, on November 2, 2008, Ergun Caner delivered a message to the International Missions Conference 2008 at Forest Baptist Church (link to page)(link to mp3). The message was titled, “Your Mission Call” and Psalm 145 was the text (all times are approximate). 1:15 “I’ve been preaching for twenty-five years” That would put his beginning to…
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Reading Like an Egalitarian
Owen Strachan wrote: “The curse bore down upon Eve’s primary activity, childbearing, showing that her intended sphere of labor and dominion-taking was the home (Genesis 3:16).” Rachel Held Evans responded: “Classic. Root feminine identity in the curse rather than the redemptive work of Christ… .” I’d call Evans’ response unfair, if I thought she was…
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Ergun Caner – Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma – Annual Meeting 2009
Ergun Caner apparently addressed the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma at their annual meeting in 2009. The following are some excerpts from that address (all times approximate) (link to mp3): 0:55 “I was born overseas, to Turkish parents, as a Sunni Muslim. We came to America with my father who built mosques. We settled in…
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Ergun Caner – Northwest Baptist Convention – 2007 and 2009
Ergun Caner apparently spoke at the November 2007 NW Baptist Convention (Number 1, Number 2) and at the 2009 NW Baptist Student Convention (Number 1, Number 2) (link to the Northwest Baptist Convention homepage). All times in the following are approximate. If history is any guide, it may be beneficial to download the audio soon,…
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Did Athanasius Say Tradition Plus Scripture?
One oft-quoted passage of Athanaisus comes from his second festal letter: Festal Letter 2, section 6:For not only in outward form did those wicked men dissemble, putting on as the Lord says sheep’s clothing, and appearing like unto whited sepulchres; but they took those divine words in their mouth, while they inwardly cherished evil intentions.…
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Olive Baptist – September 13, 2009
On September 13, 2009, Drs. Emir and Ergun Caner apparently delivered four messages (two each – there was a third speaker who delivered two messages, Paige Patterson) at Olive Baptist: “Contend Earnestly for the Faith” 9:30 AM Service Message Jude 3-4 Dr.Emir Caner (link to mp3) Emir begins by pointing out that he and Ergun…
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One of the Challenges to Extreme Pro-Life Rhetoric
The Bible is not explicit about when exactly human life begins. Don’t misunderstand me – the Bible is clear that human life begins in the womb, prior to birth. However, the Bible does not explicitly say “life begins at the instant of fertilization.” Moreover, such a view encounters some problems. One of those problems is…