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Bad Election Day Hermeneutics
Yes, the successor of Judas was picked by lots (Acts 1) and so was Saul (1 Samuel 10) (as was the recently elected Coptic patriarch, unlike the supposed successors of Peter in Rome). Bad it would be bad Biblical hermeneutics to suggest that you should flip a coin to decide whom to vote for (or roll a…
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Joel Taylor – Love You Brother, But …
Joel Taylor writes: “1). God did not choose Saul. Israel did. That’s your first mistake. God permitted it, but did not Himself choose Saul to rule over Israel.” 1 Samuel 10:24And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?…
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On the Dividing Line …
Lord willing, I will be on the Dividing Line webcast in about 2 hours. (link to webcast information) Dr. James White and I will be on discussing a recent debate between a member of a Free Church of Scotland church and a member of the communion of Benedict XVI. To God be the Glory!
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Fourth of a Thousand Responses …
My pal Steve continues: Just to review, in discussing the possibility that domestic violence might be grounds for divorce, one argument I used was an a minore ad maius argument. An a minore ad maius argument is a special type of a fortiori argument, which is, in turn, a special type of argument from (or…
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When You Ignore the Scriptures …
You get this tragic tale about a “deeply religious man” who was seriously injured by a falling crucifix (link). Isaiah 41:7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not…
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The Third of a Thousand Responses to Steve Hay's Rebuttal
My good friend Steve continued: This is confused on several grounds: i) To begin with, TFan has offered what appear to be contradictory statements on 1 Cor 7:15. In an earlier response to me, he said: Where does the Bible ever speak of a woman divorcing her husband? In 1 Corinthians 7 Paul addresses the issue…
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The Third of a Thousand Responses to Steve Hay’s Rebuttal
My good friend Steve continued: This is confused on several grounds: i) To begin with, TFan has offered what appear to be contradictory statements on 1 Cor 7:15. In an earlier response to me, he said: Where does the Bible ever speak of a woman divorcing her husband? In 1 Corinthians 7 Paul addresses the issue…
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The Second of the Thousand Responses to Steve Hays …
We pick up with new arguments by my good friend Steve: i) It’s odd that TFan also quotes the Markan and Lukan passages to establish adultery/fornication as the one legitimate ground of divorce, for those Synoptic variants lack the exceptive clauses in Matthew. This isn’t really an objection to my point. And, of course, the…
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Part One of Thousands in Response to Steve's Rebuttal Post
Ok, I don’t really intend to address all of the myriad points in my friend Steve’s latest divorce-related post (link to his post). Nor do I intend to address only one here. I’ll start at the beginning and get as far as I can in a reasonable amount of time. Steve is a resourceful and…
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Part One of Thousands in Response to Steve’s Rebuttal Post
Ok, I don’t really intend to address all of the myriad points in my friend Steve’s latest divorce-related post (link to his post). Nor do I intend to address only one here. I’ll start at the beginning and get as far as I can in a reasonable amount of time. Steve is a resourceful and…