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The real Turretin on: the Spirit's Relation to Revelation
Viva Verbum has an interesting quotation from the real Francis Turretin, which explains the Spirit’s relation to revelation in the life of the believer: the Spirit does not give us additional personal revelation but opens our eyes to the truth of Scripture. (link) -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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What does "Sola Scriptura" mean?
I enjoyed reading an article at The Neglected Word Theology and Life by Dr. W. Robert Godfrey (link) on the topic of Sola Scriptura. I got the sense from the article that it is actually an introductory chapter to a book, but the book is not identified. If Sola Scriptura is a topic that interests…
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Who is to Blame for Svendsen's Book?
In response to this post (link) promoting a freely-downloadable mp3 related to Eric Svendsen’s book, “Upon this Slippery Rock: Countering Roman Catholic Claims to Authority,” Mr. Bellisario provided the following commentary, which I intersperse with my comments: MB: “Wow. If Sola Scriptura is so simple and easy to get, then why do all of these…
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Rebuttals to Armstrong's Ten-Step Program Against Sola Scriptura
Today, someone directed me to an article by Dave Armstrong entitled: “A Quick Ten-Step Refutation of Sola Scriptura.” (link to article) I’ll provide his points, and the brief rebuttal: 1. Sola Scriptura Is Not Taught in the Bible The briefest rebuttal is to simply respond: yes, it is taught in the Bible. Mr. Armstrong should…
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Two Reasons I'm not a Romanist
Because (1) you can do everything Rome tells you to do and still perish, and (2) the religion of Rome makes no promise to be the unique way to heaven. (link) Now, obviously, these are not the traditional doctrines (pre-Vatican II), but I don’t think I could be a Sedavacantist for other reasons. Warning: the…
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Christ's Objection to the Corban Exception
In Jesus days, the leaders of the Jews had developed a tradition whereby a child could refuse to assist his parents. In the following pericope, Jesus addresses that tradition: Mark 7:9-139And he [Jesus] said unto them [the Pharisees and scribes], Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.…
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'Tis Tradition, Stop vs. Thus the Bible Says
“Orthodox” and I are having a debate that could be roughly characterized as a Sola Scriptura vs. Sola Ecclesia debate (though neither of those terms is in the resolution.) Should this sort of thing interest you, stop by and read up, here: Resolved: “It is tradition, look no further” is less workable as applied to…
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Response to Dave Armstrong's Reply
Response to Dave Armstrong’s Reply to James White’s Review of One-Minute Apologist, by Dave Armstrong Here’s a link to the reply. (Update: Dr. White has provided his own response, here.) There are several parts to Mr. Armstrong’s reply, and doing justice in response requires separating the issues into those parts, and replying to each seriatim.…
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Comments by a Romanist, "Fred," Responded to
Response to Fred’s Comments Fred, who holds himself out as though he were a Roman Catholic, has posted comments on an earlier post. Since they have relatively little to do with the main point of that post (that Prof. Beckwith’s religious views were revealed by Dr. White), and since Fred has chosen to present rather…