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"Your Interpretation of" – a Common Objection Debunked
The Called to Communion clique is fond of replacing “Scripture” with “your interpretation of Scripture.” This has the rhetorical effect of making the appeal to Scripture sound less authoritative. After all, “that’s just your interpretation” is idiomatic of something that has little value. It’s part of the culture of relativism, in which your interpretation is…
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"Your Interpretation of" – a Common Objection Debunked
The Called to Communion clique is fond of replacing “Scripture” with “your interpretation of Scripture.” This has the rhetorical effect of making the appeal to Scripture sound less authoritative. After all, “that’s just your interpretation” is idiomatic of something that has little value. It’s part of the culture of relativism, in which your interpretation is…
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Who Led Dr. Caner to Christ? Was his Grandmother involved?
We saw that a pre-9/11 poster advertising Dr. Caner as a speaker says that Dr. Caner’s grandmother led him to Christ. We also see that in this video (about half way through – note the “almost in college” claim for his conversion date at the beginning) Dr. Caner says: “All it did, was take one…
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More Ergun Caner stuff … from MosesModel
MosesModel has a few more Caner-related posts. One offers a comparison of Caner’s statements regarding what is allegedly written on the wall of a mosque in Kabul. One highlights an amusing error regarding Caner’s marriage status. It also demonstrates that not every erroneous statement about Ergun Caner’s biography is the fault of Ergun Caner. Another…
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Caners on the John Ankerberg Show
There are a number of clips of the Caners’ previous (before 2013) appearance(s) on the John Ankerberg show. It is unclear how this appearance will compare with the 2013 appearance in terms of the Caners’ biographies/autobiographies. The following are some notes from those clips, with links to the clips. I’m not sure how much use…
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Is Charity a Means to Salvation?
Does the Pope teach works salvation? The Vatican Information Service capsulized one of his recent talks under the heading, “POPE’S LENTEN MESSAGE: CHARITY AS A MEANS TO SALVATION,” but perhaps more significantly consider his own words, as provided by VIS: All of us have received spiritual or material riches meant to be used for the…
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Is Rejecting Rome the Only Protestant Unity?
Andre writes: In my exit interview, federal vision, NPP, and NT Wright were suddenly my pastor’s best friends. He told me that he’d be comfortable if I worshipped with them but that he would worry for my soul if I joined the Catholic Church. When I heard that, I was even more comforted by my…
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Why Does the Universe Look So Old?
In human terms, of course, the universe is old. It’s thousands of years old, much older than any living human, and maybe two orders of magnitude older than a typical retiree. It’s old. It is not, however, as old as people who adopt the presupposition of naturalism think it is. These days they are telling…
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Another Beckwith-like Apostasy to Rome
You may recall that some time ago, Francis Beckwith made waves by secretly rejoining the Roman communion, while continuing in his role as president of Evangelical Theological Society. Sadly, we can add to that another similar tale. Mr. Jason Stewart was an OPC pastor. According to a letter provided by his (now former) presbytery: Whereas…
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Bodily Exercise Profiteth …
Western culture is obsessed with a variety of conflicting things. One of those obsessions is health. Perhaps from good motives connected with our duty to preserve life under the sixth commandment, or perhaps from other motives, a lot of Christians in Western culture have come to think that being healthy is godly, and that being…