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Eternal Security or Preservation / Perseverence of the Saints Debate: Kent Brandenburg vs. Larry Hafley
A number of years ago, Pastor Brandenburg debated Larry Hafley, a prominent debater of the Campbellite or so-called “Church of Christ” denomination on the subject of eternal security. The debate was never posted on YouTube, but I have now uploaded all eight videos. You can watch the Eternal Security or Preservation / Perseverance of the […]
Scrutinizing Scruton in the New York Times
Roger Scruton through the years has been, I’ve thought, a help to me. I own and have read a few of his books, as well as many free articles on line as I could. No one today writes like or even what Roger Scruton writes. He has abilities I do not possess to understand and […]
Testimonium Spiritus Sancti Internum
Nothing like accrediting your theology with an appropriate Latin phrase. Let’s talk about it. Evangelicals and fundamentalists argue for the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit. This is important to them. With the qualities of canonical books present, how would the church recognize them? Because men are depraved, they couldn’t assess the divine qualities of […]
Keswick’s Unintelligibility #2 & Summary: in Keswick’s Errors–an Analysis and Critique of So Great Salvation by Stephen Barabas, part 17 of 17
The content of this post is now available at the link viewable by clicking here. It combines all the parts of this series of blog posts in one file. Please view the material at that link. This part covers from the words: “Further lluminating the tension between Keswick’s attempt to affirm both its standard model […]
An Analysis and Review of Kevin Bauder’s “Landmarkism”, pt. 8: What Marks a True, Actual Church?
Part 7 has links to parts 1-6, so you can go there from here and get everything that way. Most of what is titled “Landmarkism” in Kevin Bauder’s Baptist Distinctives book is just biblical and historical belief and practice. It didn’t originate with the men who began to be called “Landmarkers” in the mid 19th […]
“Abide in Me,” John 15:1-8: Saved or Unsaved, Not Christian or Better Christian
What did Jesus mean when He said to the eleven on their way from the upper room to the garden, “Abide in me”? There are two very different views propagated, and even as you read this post, you might not comprehend it yet. To many, maybe even most professing Christians, “abide in me,” is some […]
A Meditation upon Matthew 25:21, 23: “His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. . . . His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”
“His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. . . . His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over […]
Psalm 119, The Hate Psalm, and the Practice of Contemporary Christianity
You have biblical love chapters, 1 Corinthians 13 and 1 John 4. For every biblical love, there is a biblical hate, as in you cannot love health without hating disease. This got my attention recently as we have been singing through Psalm 119 in our psalters in our Sunday evening service. The hate came to […]
Are Passages on Old Testament Strangers A Legitimate Basis for Taking Refugees into the Country?
The ceremonial and judicial laws of the Old Testament do not mandate positions for modern government or church policy. They apply in certain ways today, but not like they did to ancient Israel. With this regard, I draw your attention to professing Christian organizations that use the statutes or precepts of Mosaic law to push […]
Keswick’s Unintelligibility: in Keswick’s Errors–an Analysis and Critique of So Great Salvation by Stephen Barabas, part 16 of 17
The content of this post is now available at the link viewable by clicking here. It combines all the parts of this series of blog posts in one file. Please view the material at that link. This part covers from the words: “Keswick unbiblically depreciates the importance of sanctification as a process, as progressive growth. […]
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