The Castle Church Door

Martin said:Actually, whilst it may not be readily apparent, every man relies on a warrant to believe - although since, no man fully grasps all the implications and nuances of the gospel when they first believe, the details of the warrant may vary from person to person. But every person who puts their faith in Christ, must have reason to believe that God would show them mercy else ...

Kmerian wrote:No, I did not miss it. If you read the entire section, it was on infallibity. Here is the context of his statement:"If you do not claim to be infallibly certain that your interpretation of the whole Bible is correct, then of what value is it to have an infallible Bible without an infallible interpreter? In either case, your statement crumbles (this is a statement to ...

JNorm said:The E.O. view is very similar to the Arminian one. Yes, we know. Another reason Arminians should reconsider their theological position.LFW is free will.LFW = Free WILLSays who? Other than demonstrating that he can capitalize and press the "Enter" key, JNorm has done nothing to make his case. His original complaint was that Calvinists do not affirm "free will." No, we don't ...

This evening I dropped by the local Christian bookstore and coffeehouse. I don't go there much - place is a repository of "Jesus junk," but I needed to do some work on my laptop, so I borrowed their connection to the internet.I had the privilege of overhearing a men's Bible study. Much is to be commended of these men:1. Three were ...

Dear Children,Americans today are living in the Land of Make Believe.Let me introduce you to some of our citizens and attractions....The dollar is weak because we are playing with make believe money after the banks made pretend loans for pretend homes to pretend buyers.We have make believe science and scientists.We also have make believe celebrities with make believe talent.And we have make believe political leaders who make believe ...

Obama's little slip of the tongue has garnered attention from many quarters. Nobody wants to admit that there are people out there who do, in fact, cling to God and guns, etc. when times are hard. What Obama is saying is that people turn to religion because they are "down" on their circumstances. Why is this surprising to anybody?Isn't this the gist of Black ...

Norma Jean wrote:The scriptures have no conflict with Craig’s use of middle knowledge in the same way the scriptures have no conflict with reason.According to Craig's theory of Middle Knowledge, God infallibly foresees any number of possible universes in which libertarian agents make particular choices and then decrees this and only this universe into existence.Every so often, Molinism comes up on the Arminian side, so it's helpful to ...

This is not the Reformed ViewReally? Turretinfan responds so very well.These particular words are filled with irony:Second, James White is so fixated in his theology and ministry with the sovereignty of God that he cannot speak with any kind of substand about God’s will, desire, love, or grace about anything other than God’s sovereignty, decree, and predestinating purpose1. That's what the debate actually was about.2. Dr. White has, ...

So, let's get this straight shall we:1. It's okay for the civil government to ban particular religious practices in the geographical limits of Dallas/Tarrant County, TX.2. It's okay for the authorities to interfere with the FLDS' ecclesiastical beliefs and practices.3. But it's also okay for Paige Patterson and SWBTS to fire Sherri Klouda based on their ecclesiastical beliefs. (Note, the same judge who ruled against the Santeria priest ...

“These ‘giants’ were the men of old, of renown, Genesis [6:1-4] says, and some have speculated whether the ancient myths that surround certain ‘supermen,’ for example, Hercules, the Titans, or the Gilgamesh epic may not, in fact, have some basis in this evil union. I think this is reasonable. It would explain quite a bit.”This isn't simply a demonstration of Dyer's low view of Scripture, it demonstrates ...