The Nicene Creed is held as the standard of Orthodoxy since the year 325. Those that have come to reject it have been considered heretics. We’ll discuss the various arguments used to defend the idea the Son is eternally begotten of … Continue reading Is Eternal Generation Biblical?
I think Dr. Joshua Bowen is a nice guy. But he recently did a video promoting Dr. Idan Dershowitz view of Leviticus 18. Dr. Dershowitz just does as liberals do and invented a manuscript with no textual evidence. Plus, the biblical case against homosexuality doesn’t stand or fall on Leviticus 18-20. Robert Gagnon and Michael Brown have responded to Dershowitz: Dr. Michael Brown: Creating a New Version of Leviticus to Support Gay Sex Dr. Robert Gagnon: Leviticus and the Times Dr. Al Mohler: Leviticus in The New York Times: What’s the Real Story Here? Tyler Vela: Homosexuality and the Bible … Continue reading Desperate Dershowitz
I was asked to comment on an article written by the “Fair Mormons”. https://www.fairmormon.org/answers/Question:_How_is_Mormon_belief_compatible_with_Isaiah Some Christians claim that the Mormon doctrine of the Godhead and belief in theosis are not compatible with multiple statements in Isaiah that “beside [the Lord] there is no God.” These passages include Isaiah 43:10-11; Isaiah 44:6,8; Isaiah 45:5-6; Isaiah 45:21-22; and Isaiah 46:9-10. The author assumes theosis and deification are about polytheism. It historically is a more eastern theological idea about “experiencing God” through the “divine energies”. The verses they mentioned should be dealt with one by one because they may assert different things. These scriptures in Isaiah clearly are meant to assert the … Continue reading The Unfair Mormons
Kwaku argued that we should share the ANE perspective instead of our European. The issue is the Mormon perspective isn’t the usual perspective in the ANE. The ANE recognized the difference between men and gods. There existed a species difference between them and if they united they would result in demi-gods. That is different from a Mormon perspective where the difference between gods and men are that one is glorified and the other isn’t. In most ancient Near Eastern societies humans were basically viewed as insignificant. They possessed little dignity and worth and were thought to be merely slaves to … Continue reading Mormon Anthropology
These are just various critiques of Leighton Flowers. The Flower patch kids are just a theological mess of people that don’t know what they are talking about and it is painful to watch their attempts to debunk Calvinism. Triablogue: Wilted Flowers Does regeneration precede faith? Calvinism meets Street Epistemology TheCouncil: How to flunk Soteriology101? Flowers on the London Baptist Confession of Faith on Freewill Eternality101 Is Jesus a Compatibilist? Eric Hernandez on Presuppositionalism A Response to Soteriology 101 by Chris Harris Pelagius meets Marcion The Dodgers Leighton Flowers on Romans 8 Pots, Potters, and Flowers Flower Patch Kids The Charge … Continue reading Soteriology101
I recently installed the Periscope app and look for new options on sharing the Gospel to others. I’ve come across some nice Christians who have an online Bible study or Prayer meeting. Those can be encouraging to grow from. Last … Continue reading Former Youth Pastor turned Atheist gets a lesson on Objective Morality.
“You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord, “And My servant whom I have chosen, So that you may know and believe Me And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me.(Isa. 43:10) The Jews were surrounded by polytheist. This is a polemical statement to the ideas of the polytheist. In ANE worldviews the gods are byproducts of other gods and eventually the universe. The Biblical picture is a God that is the grounds for all reality: The gods of the pagan world were often spoken of as formed, created, … Continue reading A God not formed
The Mormons have denied various claims throughout their history that they later affirm. Here are David Mark’s select favorites: 1. Joseph Smith and Polygamy: LDS say Yes After receiving a revelation commanding him to practice plural marriage, Joseph Smith married multiple wives and introduced the practice to close associates. “Careful estimates put the number between 30 and 40. See Hales, Joseph Smith’s Polygamy, 2:272–73.” https://www.lds.org/topics/plural-marriage-in-kirtland-and-nauvoo?lang=eng LDS say No “I wish the grand jury would tell me who they are—whether it will be a curse or blessing to me. I am quite tired of the fools asking me. A man asked … Continue reading Evolving Mormonism
Further Reading: Dialogue with a Buddhist philosopher Continue reading Why I’m Not A Buddhist
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