36 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. 37 And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table … Continue reading The Sinful Woman and Forgiveness
I asked Jimmy Stephens a question regarding our friend’s involvement in a documentary against Christianity: TheSire: I want your thought on this: Cooper: Paul says we are justified apart from works of the law, and Paul also says that love … Continue reading Love, the Fulfillment of the Law, and Faith
On Twitter, Bethany McGrew expressed interest in debating me on original sin, and perhaps a few related issues as well. In response, I sent her my video on the topic: Here was her response to my argument: Yes, I understand … Continue reading By Nature Children of Wrath
The issue isn’t whether God knows everything. Everyone in the debate can affirm divine omniscience. The real question is whether God’s election is unconditional or conditional—whether God chooses people for salvation because of something in them (foreseen faith, sacramental response, … Continue reading Before Any Had Done Anything: Romans 9 and the Logic of Grace
Dan’s framing: “Christianity has always maintained some kind of opposition to abortion, it has never been directly based on the Bible. It has always been socially contingent and it has only become the highly salient central identity marker of conservative … Continue reading Breath, Birth, and Abortion
——Against the Claim That Personhood Begins at First Breath I recently engaged in a dialogue with someone over when a human being becomes a person. He holds that the Bible teaches a person comes into existence at first breath, and … Continue reading From the Womb: Luke 1 and Prenatal Personhood
Often in conversations about the papacy and sola scriptura, you’ll hear the reassurance: “We’re not charismatics. Bishops don’t receive new prophecy. We can’t just invent doctrine—we only clarify what was already contained in the apostolic deposit.” It’s meant to dissolve … Continue reading The Tertium Quid Church
My Plea Let me just start with this, you will die someday, so will I, and so will everyone you know, love them or hate them. This is the undeniable truth every single living person is facing. It’s like a … Continue reading My Plea by Vincent Lancon
One of the deepest problems in the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation is not merely whether it is “miraculous,” but whether the metaphysical explanation offered for it still explains anything at all once the doctrine’s own exceptions are introduced. The … Continue reading Bare Substance
Provisionist Perspective asks: “What sacrifice ‘appeased’ Yahweh when He planned to destroy the nation of Israel in Exodus 32?” The question is meant to function as a refutation of propitiation (and, by extension, penal substitution): if God relented from wrath … Continue reading Blot Me Out
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