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Flowers on the London Baptist Confession of Faith on Freewill

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Leighton thinks the LBCF teaches that man has or had libertarian freedom. That is because the first two statements can be misinterpreted to state such: 1. God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty and power of acting upon choice, that it is neither forced, nor by any necessity of nature determined to do good or evil.  ( Matthew 17:12; James 1:14; Deuteronomy 30:19 ) 2. Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do that which was good and well-pleasing to God, but yet was unstable, so that he might … Continue reading Flowers on the London Baptist Confession of Faith on Freewill

apologetics, Dr. John Frame, Dr. K. Scott Oliphint, PresuppositionalismLeave a comment

Questions on Presuppositionalism

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Someone posted a few questions for presuppositionalist and I figure that I would take a shot at answering them. 1. From a historical standpoint, it seems pretty evident that the Van-Tillian method of doing apologetics was a novelty in the history of Reformed theology. I don’t know how one dispels the evidence that Calvin, Turretin, and most of the puritans held to the classical model. Well, this is true. Presuppositionalism is a development based on a lot of ideas coming together. I think it is consistent with the Worldview reasoning that Christian is forced and always had to deal with. … Continue reading Questions on Presuppositionalism

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Christianity, Science & the Dark Ages

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The idea that permeates internet atheist thought is that the dark ages were caused by Christianity and drove the world into darkness. This even setting human advancement back hundreds of years. This narrative is false and just a silly theory with only evidenced by a family guy episode. Labarum Apologetics: Christianity, Science, and the Dark Ages 001: Introduction Christianity, Science & the Dark Ages 002: What Were the Dark Ages? Christianity, Science & the Dark Ages 003: Hypatia and the Great Library of Alexandria Christianity, Science & the Dark Ages 004: The Rise of Modern Science Christianity, Science & the … Continue reading Christianity, Science & the Dark Ages

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Before Anselm

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There is a controversy about whether penal substitutionary atonement in a modern innovation introduced in the Reformation times. A good list of articles defending the idea that it predates the reformation times was made because of Jason Peterson(Clarkian) rejection of the doctrine. Contemporary writers and scholars, it seems, are beginning to deal with this subject more in our day. For instance, see the following – Atonement in “On the Incarnation of the Word” – Maged M. This Coptic Orthodox blogger notes that Athanasius, Cyril of Alexandria, and John Chrysostom affirm the idea that Christ paid the penalty for our sins in our … Continue reading Before Anselm

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Eternal Generation and Simplicity

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Some follow the more Thomist school of thought about the Trinity. That has a crossover with the issues of Eternal Generation. Thomist have a flag planted in each of those debates and that leaves them with a difficulty reconciling them. So, like Aquinas, Dolezal’s view of the Trinity is that there is one God, with three “subsistent relations.” Now it is possible that Dolezal is working with an unconventional definition of “relation.” If he is, he has not told us, and I confess that in all my study of scholasticism over sixty years I have never found a definition of … Continue reading Eternal Generation and Simplicity