The Root of Uncertainty: Not Can’t, Not Don’t, But Won’t
A few years ago now, Phil Johnson, executive director of Grace to You, told me something that I’ve now quoted quite a few times, but here goes again: Virtually everything is clear and certain in your mind. The pomos’ pathological uncertainty is in part a reaction to the unwarranted hubris of the rigid fundamentalist perspective […]
Same Gender Intimacy and Coition Is Bad and Worse
I’m trying to allow this article to pass through sensitive filters, so those, mainly Christians, won’t be blocked from it. That is the only reason I’m avoiding certain terms and used same gender intimacy and coition (SGIC). ****************** The NFL had its first openly SGIC claimant drafted this year #249 by the St. Louis Rams. […]
The NKJV—Just “Easier to Read,” or an Inferior Translation that, Among other Problems, is Weaker on Sodomy?
Is the NKJV simply an easier-to-read update of the King James Version, or does it alter—for the worse—the sense of the KJV? Consider, as a representative example, the following passages from the KJV: Deut. 23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 1Kings 14:24 […]
Answering the TR (Textus Receptus), Perfect Preservation of Scripture Question. One More Time.
Scripture teaches presuppositionalism, and being a presuppositionalist, I look at the problem of volition versus intellect. Applying this to the doctrine of bibliology, specifically what the Bible teaches about the preservation of scripture, I think most misunderstandings are a matter of the will and not the intellect. Almost all of them. Like most other truth, […]
Thoughtful Fundamentalists?
In a classic case of poisoning the well (a logical fallacy), Kevin Bauder concludes that “thoughtful fundamentalists” will be “OK” with Clarence Sexton preaching at their FBFI conference, because he’s now got an acceptable KJO position. I’m not kidding: if you don’t agree with Bauder, you are not a “thoughtful fundamentalist,” which, of course, he is, […]
Limited Atonement or Unlimited Atonement? Calvin Was Right About the Extent Of the Atonement – everyone ought to agree with him on it
The middle point of the TULIP of Calvinism is “Limited Atonement,” usually represented as the affirmation that only the sins of the elect were laid on Christ, while the sins of the rest of the human race were not. The Bible is very clear on this question—see my article on it here. What, however, did Calvin […]
A Primer on the Two Book Approach: Rejection of Sola Scriptura
I’ve already written on the two book approach here. It’s about the two book approach and the perpetuity of the church or church history. *************************** The Bible is enough. It is, but a two book approach has chipped away at biblical Christianity. What is the two book approach? Someone, who says he believes in it, […]
Practical Denial of the Doctrine of Perspicuity
What’s a better argument? The Bible says the teaching of the Bible is clear, is plain, is understandable. Or, a lot of people have disagreements about what the Bible means, so it must not be very easy to understand. The second one has the most traction today. The Bible talks like everyone should understand all […]
Does Saving Faith Involve Surrender to Christ as Lord?
The heresy that saving faith does not involve commitment or surrender to the Lordship of Christ is, sadly, very influential in a variety of fundamental Baptist circles. It is very easy to refute this heresy. The following five points will be brought forth. 1.) Saving faith involves repentance, and repentance requires turning from sin to […]
The Ambiguity, Confusion, Contradiction, and License of Universal Church Practice
Catholic means universal. The Catholic church came out of an allegorical, neo-platonic interpretation of scripture, convenient to amillennialism. The Reformers protested a chunk of Catholicism, not all of it. Among some other doctrines, they kept catholicism itself. They kept a state church mentality too. Protestants almost exclusively believe that the true church is a universal, […]