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Correcting Taylor Marshall
Mr. Marshall has a post up at the Roman communion blog, “Called to Communion,” which he titled, “John Piper on “Correcting” the Apostles Creed“. Both Piper and Grudem think that the phrase, “he descended into hell” is either confusing or wrong and that it would make sense to omit it from recitations of the Apostles’…
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Cardinal George Pell vs. Richard Dawkins – Some Thoughts
Someone directed me to a sort of informal debate between Cardinal Pell and Dawkins, in the form of a moderated Questions and Answers session. Dawkins came across as insecure, accusing the audience of bias (though they routinely cheered for his statements) and repeatedly asking the audience why they are laughing (such as at his comment…
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Don't Sweat that History Stuff …
Carl Trueman expresses his frustration with attempts to force Roman apologists to confront history: Thus, as all sides need to face empirical facts and the challenges they raise, here are a few we might want to consider, along with what seem to me (as a Protestant outsider) to be the usual Roman Catholic responses: Empirical…
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Don’t Sweat that History Stuff …
Carl Trueman expresses his frustration with attempts to force Roman apologists to confront history: Thus, as all sides need to face empirical facts and the challenges they raise, here are a few we might want to consider, along with what seem to me (as a Protestant outsider) to be the usual Roman Catholic responses: Empirical…
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Interesting Observations from Benedict XVI
I am no fan of Benedict XVI. I pray for his salvation, but I fully agree with the Westminster divines about the nature of his office. That said, he made an interesting observation, according to the Vatican Information Service, in his remarks on April 11, 2012, during the morning general audience. VIS reports: Benedict XVI…
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Vatican and Economics
The Vatican may be a lot of things, but it is not especially capitalist. According to a report by the Vatican Information Service on March 30, 2012, the Bilateral Commission of the Delegations of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See’s Commission for Religious Relations with Jews, held in Rome from March 27-29…
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Which of the Two Kingdoms Does Westminster Seminary, California, Belong To?
That’s a question that was, in effect, posed to David VanDrunen and discussed by Steven Wedgeworth (here). VanDrunen ultimately came to saying “it doesn’t mean that we can always put every single activity and every single plot of ground here in one kingdom bucket or another. Sometimes it’s more complex than that.” What VanDrunen does not seem…
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Some Music/Comedy from My Friend Mylo
My friend, Mylo Hatzenbuhler, has some music, musical comedy, and comedy on-line. You can check out his “A Loan Again” and “Born at the PCA,” (not a denominational reference), as well as a snippet from one of his convention appearances (link). He has an official YouTube page, where you can listen to his hit, “Heifer…
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Sola Scriptura vs. Sola Ecclesia at Domain for Truth
EvangelZ at The Domain For Truth has a four-part paper on Sola Scriptura vs. Sola Ecclesia, that can be found here: Part 1 – Introduction. Part 2 – Definition of Sola Ecclesia. Part 3 – Definition of Sola Scriptura. Part 4 -Arguments from Scripture and Answers to Some Objections. – TurretinFan To God be the…
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Tolerance, the Third Reich, and Mark Shea
Mark Shea is complaining that the Third Reich was more tolerant of Rome’s demands than the USA is. Of course, in the U.S. government the Vice President (Biden), the minority leader in the House (Pelosi), and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Sebelius) are apparently baptized Roman Catholics, whereas in the Third Reich, Hitler,…