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Everlasting Contempt
In my debates on hell, I didn’t mention the following verse: Daniel 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Perhaps I should have, as it helps to make clear one of the verses I did cited:…
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Michael Patton – Wrong 6 out of 8 Times
Michael Patton’s recent post, “Eight Issues that Do NOT Make or Break Christianity” is not his finest moment. Of the eight positions he picks, six are issues that go to the fundamentals of the faith, to wit (using his numbers): 1 . Young Earth Creationism You don’t have to agree with every argument or every…
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When did Roman Catholicism Begin?
Over at Greenbaggins, Scott asked: TF, when, exactly, do you believe Roman Catholicism began? I answer: If Roman Catholicism is defined by her (supposedly) infallibly defined dogmas, her birthday is November 1, 1950, which is when her pope defined the fiction of the bodily assumption. If she is defined by the last (supposedly) ecumenical council…
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Why Not Rome?
Reformed Reader has ten great reasons not to join the Roman communion. My own top ten list would probably be something like this (going off the cuff, and not in any particular order): 1) Worship of Bread The host is bread – it’s not God and shouldn’t be worshiped as God. In the Lord’s supper,…
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New Roman Catholic Pope Elected by the Cardinals
Not this guy (link) but Jorge Mario Bergoglio, from Argentina. Naturally, he is “Pope Francis.” To God be the Glory!
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Until He Pay the Uttermost Farthing
Two of the verses sometimes used to argue for the position that hell is eternal state: Matthew 5:26Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. Matthew 18:34And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that…
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Habemus Papam!
Habemus Papam. No, the Roman Catholics don’t have a pope. But Christians have a father. As Scripture teaches: “call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 23:9) Perhaps I should have said “Habemus Patrem” to be more accurate, but that would lose the rhetorical effect,…
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R. Scott Clark on "All Heretics Quote Scripture"
R. Scott Clark today responded on his blog to the comment that “all heretics quote Scripture.” It’s a true statement that simply testifies to the universal recognition of the authority of Scripture. It does not prove what its advocates seem to want to imagine that it proves. R. Scott Clark explains: According to the Reformed…
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R. Scott Clark on "All Heretics Quote Scripture"
R. Scott Clark today responded on his blog to the comment that “all heretics quote Scripture.” It’s a true statement that simply testifies to the universal recognition of the authority of Scripture. It does not prove what its advocates seem to want to imagine that it proves. R. Scott Clark explains: According to the Reformed…
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Trinity Review of Year of Faith
Despite the passing of John Robbins, the Trinity Review continues occasionally to publish reviews. The latest one is a review of Rome’s “Year of Faith.” The review takes a position of continuity with respect to Rome – it continues to reject the gospel now, just as it has at least since Trent. The language may…