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“But to affirm the Bible as the inerrant word of God, as one extreme, is so far removed from a reasonable faith that it just seems incredible for me that any thinking person can believe it.”http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/2008/05/whos-ignorant.htmlUnfortunately for Loftus, this accusation is self-incriminating. For Loftus is an apostate. He used to believe it. He used to be an ordained minister in a denomination which affirms inerrancy. He likes to ...

Even if you only casually read through news websites (such as those of CNN or FOXNews), several times per month you will notice headlines such as the following:TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE SLEEP TIED TO ILL HEALTH IN CDC STUDYStudy: Long-Term Breast-Feeding Will Raise Child's IQWOMEN, WANT A HEALTHY MARRIAGE? MARRY MAN UGLIER THAN YOU, STUDY SAYSSTUDY: FOOD IN MCDONALD'S WRAPPER TASTES BETTER TO KIDSStudy: 1 in 50 U.S. ...

“But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death” (Rev 21:8).Speaking of damnable lies:robert said...“The Triablogers, especially Steve Hays, repeatedly attack and ridicule persons, not arguments.”That’s a demonstrable falsehood. In my response to Reppert and others, I’ve gone into ...

In the comments section of Steve's post Victor Reppert asks if his "refutation" of Frankfurt Style Counterexamples, FSCs, was really as easy to refute as he thinks:Victor Reppert said:I wrote my master's thesis on free will. It still seems to me that the distinction between the freedom of action of freedom of choice means that we can ask the question "was the choice free" independent of any consideration ...

Dan at Arminian Chronicles gives some necessary and sufficient conditions for ascribing "libertarian free will" to an agent. Rather than write an entire post interacting with his post, I'm just going to draw attention to two statement. Dan said,"[Libertarian Free Will is not] The ability to create ex nihilo."But God's free will has this ability."[Libertarian free will is] Being able to choose either option implies both options are ...

Douglas Moo on Paul on hell (PDF).

On this edition of the White Horse Inn the hosts continue to interact with recent polls taken at a pastors convention on the importance of understanding theology and Biblical terminology. They also respond to the great number of pastors who preferred the sharing of one's personal testimony over the use of apologetics to reach outsiders.

The benediction was a closing prayer: Our God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise your Triune name. Lord God we are the inheritors of the great tradition of Western Christendom. A tradition that is defined by the victory of the risen Christ over the nations of the West. Lord give us wisdom. Give us the wisdom to defend what deserves defending, to reform ...

I was honored to give the invocation and benediction at the Wayne County Conservative Party Annual Dinner. I will post the invocation here and the benediction in a second post. Next week I will be doing the same at the much larger and more prestigious Monroe County Conservative Dinner. Prayer of Invocation: Lord God Almighty, as we gather together this evening we pray that your blessing would be ...

There is a new website up that will keep updates on a regular basis on the PCA. See here. This has long been a desideratum. It is good to see that Dominic Aquila and Don Clements are going to keep us up to date. A New Web Magazine for PCA News and Information   The Aquila Report is a new and independent web magazine for news and information for, of and ...