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Who Caused Job’s Suffering?
Was it Job’s own free will? Check out this interesting analysis and then update your theodicy, if your theodicy depends on “free will.” UPDATE: The link seems to be broken. This is the chart that I thought was interesting: Who Caused The Death And Suffering In Job Ref. Who Inference Text Job 1:11 God Implied…
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Posted this comment at Called to Communion …
(Not sure if this comment will eventually be released from “moderation” there — at least one subsequent comment has published since the comment was submitted — but I figured I can post it here, and if Mr. Stewart wants to reply here, he’s welcome.) Mr. Stewart, Having posted a longer reply to your post here:…
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Perspicuity Perspicuously Presented
Ephesians 3:3-4 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) It’s not the whole doctrine of perspicuity, but it does at a minimum suggest the formal sufficiency of Scripture. On top…
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Did the Acts 15 "Council" Rely on the Exegesis of Scripture?
Jason Stewart (whose apostasy was recently discussed), has posted a fictitious (and apparently also intended as facetious) dialog under the title, “Taking a Stand on the Scriptures Against the Traditions of Men.” The title is mocking, of course. Stewart posits a hypothetical dialog between two Judaizers in the mid-first century. Stewart’s attempt flops for a…
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Did the Acts 15 "Council" Rely on the Exegesis of Scripture?
Jason Stewart (whose apostasy was recently discussed), has posted a fictitious (and apparently also intended as facetious) dialog under the title, “Taking a Stand on the Scriptures Against the Traditions of Men.” The title is mocking, of course. Stewart posits a hypothetical dialog between two Judaizers in the mid-first century. Stewart’s attempt flops for a…
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Note the Response of the Community…
That St. Joseph’s has a couple of Leviticus 18:22 alumnae is not really a news story. What is remarkable is the approbation of their story by their fellow alumni. The school, it seems, initially tried to exclude them from a contest, “How I met my Hawkmate,” but then caved. (read more here – not for…
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Lent is Biblical?!
So proclaims one blog. Of course, there’s no mention of Lent in Scripture. So, how could it be Biblical? The tortured reasoning is that there are “several forty day parallels in Scripture.” Let’s look at those parallels: Moses’ fasts on the the holy mountain (Ex 24:18; 34:28; Deut 9:9) and his intercession for Israel (Deut…
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This Goes Beyond Lampoon …
I’m not sure what else to say about this story about a pair of Columbian priests (Roman communion) who made the headlines when they were discovered murdered. Martyrs, do you think? It turns out it was a murder for hire. They were the ones who hired the hitmen. There’s more, but it’s not for tender…
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Fenner on the Second Commandment
From Christs Alarm To Drowsy Saints: Or, Christs Epistle to his Churches, by William Fenner (1600-1640): Q. 66. What art thou commanded in the second Commandment? A. Not to serve God with will-worship, though it seem never so wise and humble, and mortifying (Colossians 2:23). To abhor all gross thoughts of God (Acts 17:29) as…
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Vatican Politics – Not Quite the 15th and 16th Centuries But …
There have been some interesting happenings at the Vatican (link to article). The Vatican was busy last week denying what the leaked communication implied (and who knows where the truth lies), but it will be interesting to see how this pans out in terms of who is the next pope. The article suggests that Tarcisio…