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Women’s Ages in the Bible
Women these days tend to be very sensitive about their ages. They go to significant lengths to use cosmetic concoctions and surgeries to render their appearance more youthful than it would otherwise be. Some of this is probably just vanity and a mistaken emphasis on something ephemeral and ultimately unsatisfying. That said, it is interesting…
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Women Teaching – a Titus 2 Limitation to Patriarchy?
We previously considered the case of the daughters of Zelophehad and the limit on the patriarchy seen there (link to discussion). Some people seem ready to appeal to Titus 2 to invest women with teaching authority in the church – perhaps not in the pulpit, but in the Sunday Schools, Bible Studies, or the like.…
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Partisan Baptisms
One troubling concept I hear made from time to time is something to the effect of a person being baptized into “the PCA” or the “OPC” or the “RPCNA” or the like. I have even heard people argue against Roman Catholic baptism on the basis that baptism is into a church, and that because the…
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Feminism – Also Contrary to Common Sense
I was directed to an interesting video titled, “Fempocalypse,” by a Muslim blog. Here is the video: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w__PJ8ymliw&w=420&h=315] The analysis seems to be basically godless (God is not mentioned, but Neanderthals are). The analysis, however, does highlight the fundamental problem that feminism is contrary to natural law – and we’re seeing that in the…
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Treatise on the Right Use of the Fathers in Controversies (John Daillé) – Chapter IV
The following is the second chapter of Daillé’s excellent work on the right use of the fathers. (see the contents post for more background) CHAPTER IV. Reason IV. — The writings of the Fathers, which are considered legitimate, have been in many places corrupted by time, ignorance, and fraud, pious and malicious, both in the…
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Don't Conflate Middle Knowledge and Knowledge of Contingents of Creaturely Freedom
Alfred J. Freddoso in his lengthy introduction to his translation of Molina’s “On Divine Knowledge,” provides some advice that would be well taken by his fellow Molinists (p. 23): Molina claims that infinitely many conditional future contingents obtained from eternity and that from eternity God had comprehensive knowledge of them. However — and this is…
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Don’t Conflate Middle Knowledge and Knowledge of Contingents of Creaturely Freedom
Alfred J. Freddoso in his lengthy introduction to his translation of Molina’s “On Divine Knowledge,” provides some advice that would be well taken by his fellow Molinists (p. 23): Molina claims that infinitely many conditional future contingents obtained from eternity and that from eternity God had comprehensive knowledge of them. However — and this is…
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Gun Control and Scripture
The earliest historical record of arms control actually predates guns. The Philistines implemented a weapons control regime in order to suppress the Israelites: 1 Samuel 13:19-20Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:” but all the Israelites went down…
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"Call Me Maybe" Meets Women Priests
Carla Rae Jepson’s “Call Me Maybe,” has sparked a number of take-offs and covers, none more amusing than this: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0S2WlvNTU8] The Lyrics: (Stanza 1) I had a dream as a girl, | It wasn’t a divine vision. like Therese of Lisieux | Her visions also weren’t from God. I need to give this a…
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"Call Me Maybe" Meets Women Priests
Carla Rae Jepson’s “Call Me Maybe,” has sparked a number of take-offs and covers, none more amusing than this: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0S2WlvNTU8] The Lyrics:(Stanza 1)I had a dream as a girl, | It wasn’t a divine vision. like Therese of Lisieux | Her visions also weren’t from God.I need to give this a whirl | Such…