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Tyler’s Tassi
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Cranman’s Covenant
I had a conversation about Romans 9 with John Cranman. Here’s what we discussed: John Cranman: And in Romans 9, Israel is a type of Pharoah. Because they, like Pharoah, violate Gods covenant. And like Pharoah, God hardens them and … Continue reading Cranman’s Covenant
Paul at Athens
I have no idea what you’re talking about. In Acts 17 Paul isn’t referring to believers. He’s talking about human beings. All of them. The reason we know that “the divine nature” isn’t like silver or gold, the art of … Continue reading Paul at Athens
The Real Slim Shady
Here’s your problem Vincent: You’re not able to distinguish between the nature of a person, let’s say Jesus, the [hu]man, and the identity of a person, like, again, Jesus ‘the Word’ of God, the ‘son of God’, the “name” (notice a name is an identifier telling us who, not what) “that is above all names.” Once you do, all of your citations fall right into place. No need to posit non-Christian philosophical solutions like, of a sudden, we’re to suppose man now has two natures? Once again, the presupposition you hold to is showing (Classic Theism/Scholasticism), which you bring to … Continue reading The Real Slim Shady
Misogamists and Misandrists
But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. 1 Timothy 2:12 You would think this passage is as simple to a third grader to able to read and understand… What part of “I do not allow a woman to teach…” do many do not understand? It is perhaps one of the most controversial verses (next to verses that say homosexuality is a sin) that many refuse to take for what it says. Instead, many continue to tap dance around this verse and say Paul the Apostle didn’t mean what … Continue reading Misogamists and Misandrists
Kenotic Christology
6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to exploit 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, … Continue reading Kenotic Christology
Arminianism and Aseity
I’ll be looking at another article from the Arminian perspectives website. Aseity is defined as, “existence originating from and having no source other than itself.” God, according to all branches of orthodox Christian theology, is the only Being who is self-existent. The issue at hand, briefly, is that if God has endowed His creations with a measure of free will, then the creatures’ own actions come from themselves (i.e. from their own self-determination) and hence the transcendent God’s knowledge of what they will do apparently is also rooted in that self-determination. Determinists such as Mr. Prussic contend that God’s knowledge … Continue reading Arminianism and Aseity
J. V. Fesko’s Deforming Apologetics
Here’s a group of links compiled by Békefi Bálint on J. V. Fesko’s book: J. V. Fesko’s Reforming Apologetics has caused quite a stir in presuppositional circles. A number of good reviews have been written by Van Tilian scholars. I’ve collected most of them below: Sam Waldron https://founders.org/2019/07/02/j-v-feskos-reforming-apologetics-retrieving-the-classical-reformed-approach-to-defending-the-faith-a-critical-review/ Presuppositional Ponderings after Reading Thomas Aquinas Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy https://reformedforum.org/ctc596/ Mike Warren http://christianciv.com/blog/index.php/2019/05/25/common-notion-confusion-part-1-of-a-review-of-j-v-feskos-reforming-apologetics/ http://christianciv.com/blog/index.php/2019/06/12/common-notion-confusion-part-2/ http://christianciv.com/blog/index.php/2019/07/14/common-notion-confusion-part-3/ Wes Bredenhof https://yinkahdinay.wordpress.com/2019/07/03/book-review-reforming-apologetics-1/ https://yinkahdinay.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/book-review-reforming-apologetics-2/ https://yinkahdinay.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/book-review-reforming-apologetics-3/ https://yinkahdinay.wordpress.com/2019/07/09/book-review-reformed-apologetics-4/ James Anderson https://www.proginosko.com/2019/06/reforming-apologetics-introduction/ https://www.proginosko.com/2019/06/reforming-apologetics-the-light-of-nature/ https://www.proginosko.com/2019/07/reforming-apologetics-common-notions/ https://www.proginosko.com/2019/07/reforming-apologetics-calvin/ https://www.proginosko.com/2019/08/reforming-apologetics-thomas-aquinas/ https://www.proginosko.com/2019/09/reforming-apologetics-worldview/ https://www.proginosko.com/2020/01/reforming-apologetics-transcendental-arguments/ https://www.proginosko.com/2020/11/reforming-apologetics-dualisms/ https://www.proginosko.com/2021/06/reforming-apologetics-the-book-of-nature-and-apologetics/ https://www.proginosko.com/2021/07/reforming-apologetics-wrap-up/ Continue reading J. V. Fesko’s Deforming Apologetics
Inequality of Argument
So, I was sent an article to look over to show that income inequality is a bad thing. It made me chuckle because it appealed to the moral wisdom of Peter Singer. I’m sure the man that believes we are morally justified in killing people because they have very low IQ’s must have some wisdom about organizing society. Let’s see what the article says: One obvious reason for redistributing resources from the rich to the poor is simply that this is a way of making the poor better off. In his TED Talk on “effective altruism,” Peter Singer advances powerful … Continue reading Inequality of Argument
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