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Patrick’s Pejoratives vs. Rhology’s Writing
Patrick Madrid tweets: “Yet another example of the misguided, myopic #Protestant bluster about #SolaScriptura & #sects. Wow. http://t.co/tkoX1PMw #blind #clueless “ His link takes you to this comment by the redoubtable Rhology. Responding to this: The fact that there are thousands is enough to show sola Scriptura’s fruits: the individual as ultimate interpretive authority of…
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"The" Catholic Position on The Rule of Faith
An advocate for the papacy, over in the Greenbaggins comment box wrote: And, again, whether or not the Papacy is a divine institution – the Burden of Proof is always on him who asserts. In this case, Reformed Christians and Catholic Christians both have something to prove. The Reformed assertion: Scripture is the Rule of…
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"The" Catholic Position on The Rule of Faith
An advocate for the papacy, over in the Greenbaggins comment box wrote: And, again, whether or not the Papacy is a divine institution – the Burden of Proof is always on him who asserts. In this case, Reformed Christians and Catholic Christians both have something to prove. The Reformed assertion: Scripture is the Rule of…
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Response to Jason Stellman
Jason Stellman has officially announced his intention to join the Roman communion at the “Called to Communion” blog. Jason writes: Part of me has wished for a while now that I was born early enough to have been a fan of The Clash back in the Seventies. The first song I ever heard by them…
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Luke the Evangelist vs. Postmodernism and their Roman Allies
Luke 1:1-4 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of…
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Secular Anti-Islamic Materials – A Few Thoughts
There are a number of secular anti-Islamic materials that circulate. These materials, in my exposure, include only a small number of legitimate criticisms of Islam. They tend to focus on aspects of Islam that they believe will shock their fellow secularists and liberal Christians, especially Shariah. Perhaps these materials may serve a useful purpose in…
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Solomon vs. Postmodernism and Her Roman Companions
Proverbs 22:17-21 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this…
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James on the Divinity of The Lord Jesus
During the Dividing Line of July 13, 2012, Dr. White mentioned an Islamic argument alleging that James (the author of the book of James) did not believe that Jesus is God and that the church of Jerusalem (which he seemingly associates with James) was somehow in opposition to the church of Paul. But James does…
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Confessional Hermeneutic – What Man is to Believe about God and his Duty to Him
In my previous post, we saw that Jesus’ own hermeneutic with respect to the Old Testament is that all the law and the prophets hang on the two great commandments. One might wonder whether this treatment of Scripture is unique to TurretinFan, or whether others have had a similar idea. The latter is the case.…
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Christ's Own Hermeneutic of the Old Testament
A lot of the Old Testament relates to God’s plan of salvation, and so it is understandable that the so-called “Redemptive Historical Hermeneutic” is popular. Moreover, it is true that Christ’s mission included bringing the fullness of revelation that was then inscripturated by the New Testament authors. Thus, the New Testament is a guide to…