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An Analysis and Review of Kevin Bauder’s “Landmarkism”, pt. 4
Part One, Part Two, Part Three Kevin Bauder sees a “universal church” in Matthew 16:18. Then he argues for the universal church from 1 Corinthians 12:13. When you examine every other usage of ekklesia by Jesus other than Matthew 16:18, it is obviously an assembly and local only. The burden of Bauder and those like […]
An Analysis and Review of Kevin Bauder’s “Landmarkism”, pt. 3
Part One, Part Two Kevin Bauder addresses the presupposition for church successionism by dealing with Matthew 16:18, treating it as the proof text for the position. I don’t mind calling it Baptist successionism, because Baptists can trace their lineage to Jerusalem. Succession implies an unbroken line of continuity and perpetuity suggests the permanence of the […]
An Analysis and Review of Kevin Bauder’s “Landmarkism”, pt. 2
Part One Contrary to Kevin Bauder, local only ecclesiology did not originate with “landmarkism” and J. R. Graves in the mid 19th century. First, the church is local only in the New Testament. Second, first century Clement of Rome provides patristic testimony to local-only ecclesiology. Third, very early orthodox, printed doctrinal statements support a local […]
“The Old Testament is Mainly Fiction, not Fact”: the Dan Barker – Thomas Ross Debate
I am very pleased to announce that my debate with Dan Barker, President of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, on the topic: “The Old Testament is Mainly Fiction, not Fact,” is now available online. (Of course, Mr. Barker was in the affirmative and I was in the negative.) Mr. Barker and his organization are very […]
An Analysis and Review of Kevin Bauder’s “Landmarkism”
Someone gave me a copy of two books by Kevin Bauder, his Baptist Distinctives and New Testament Church Order, and One in Hope and Doctrine: Origins of Baptist Fundamentalism, 1870-1950, the latter co-written by Robert Delnay. Despite our differences and perhaps even his protests, Kevin Bauder and I have a lot in common, I think […]
Case Study in the Rise of a False Doctrine or Misinterpretation of Scripture: Preservation Passages
Paul told Timothy that from a child he had known the holy scriptures (1 Tim 3:15). God wrote scripture so that people could understand it, so it isn’t God and it isn’t the Bible that people don’t understand it. What is it? What happens? Many things. Men teach false doctrine. They conform scripture to their […]
Keswick’s Corrupt Gospel: in Keswick’s Errors–an Analysis and Critique of So Great Salvation by Stephen Barabas, part 7 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 adopted the error of the Broadlands Conference and its successors … Many […]
The Male and the Female Vote
I don’t want to preempt my own post from Wednesday with this little one, so please read yesterday’s posting HERE. Nate Silver has compared, if only women voted and if only men voted, percentages. You can see the impact of women on the vote. Does this mean anything scripturally? Should Christians take this into consideration?
Comparative: Amending the U. S. Constitution and Amending the Bible
Perhaps you are impressed with the founding fathers of the United States and their work on the Constitution. Perhaps you like that document and its outcome for the United States. The United States was no powerhouse when the Constitution was written. They became one with it. We can’t chalk that up only to the Constitution, […]
You Should Consider Very Strongly How Bad A Clinton Administration Will Be
When you go to vote and you consider third party, write-in, not voting at all, or voting for Hillary Clinton, you need to consider how bad that administration will be. The Democrats aren’t going to miss on their Supreme Court justices like Republicans have. They will get a liberal justice to replace Scalia. It will […]
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