https://triablogue.blogspot.com/2015/03/whats-wrong-with-romes-christ-church.html John Bugay at Triablogue, back in 2015 did a series of excellent articles on Gregg Allison’s book, “Roman Catholic Theology and Practice” I remember seeing them at the time and reading some of them, but I must have forgotten. … Continue reading
Just a friendly push back on a common meme from Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox folks: They say since the early church did not have all the NT books in one place or list, until either Origen’s list (around 250 … Continue reading
(Photo of ancient church ruins in Philadelphia of Revelation 3:7-13 & a Mosque in between) Even Philadelphia eventually left it’s first love. (see Rev. 2:4-5) The ruins of columns of an ancient Byzantine church in the ancient city of Philadelphia, now … Continue reading
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By the group “sons of Korah” from Australia. They have done a lot of the Psalms and their music is excellent and they keep very close to the text of Scripture. This song…
This is an excellent examination of some of the aspects of what drives Evangelical Protestants to convert to Roman Catholicism (and I would add that conversions to EO have similar aspects.) The quotes by Raymond Brown are especially enlightening. Be … Continue reading
This is an excellent examination of some of the aspects of what drives Evangelical Protestants to convert to Roman Catholicism (and I would add that conversions to EO have similar aspects.) The quotes by Raymond Brown are especially enlightening. Be … Continue reading
Two excellent series by Dr. Jordan Cooper, a Lutheran minister. As a committed Protestant, Evangelical, Reformed Baptist, I agree with him on these issues. Excellent analaysis. I am making my own comments here and there, but please listen to Dr. … Continue reading
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And so, according to the circumstances and disposition, and even age, of each individual, the delay of baptism is preferable; principally, however, in the case of little children. For why is it necessary — if…
Yasir Qadhi seems to admit that taking sex slaves as a result of war by early Muslims was permissible. He admits that this is controversial in Islam and that he gets lots of questions about this issue. The issue is … Continue reading
Some key quotes that demonstrate against the idea that baptismal regeneration was unanimous by the early church fathers and early church writers. “That baptismal washing is a sealing of faith, which faith is begun and is commended by the faith of repentance. … Continue reading
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“In Islam, there is no fatherhood of God and no purpose of redemption to soften the doctrine of the decrees.” Samuel Zwemer, The Moslem Doctrine of God, page 100. (see link to Zwemer’s book) *…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_s9Rcsg5UI&t=305s And also, in this post, I will address Archpriest Josiah Trenham – his EO perspective on Evangelical Protestant Faith The first video (above) by Dr. Ryan Reeves gives a good overview of the…
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Revelation 1:18 Jesus Christ said “I was dead, and now I am alive forevermore – into eternity”. I will never forget in 1986, first hearing a debate between Josh McDowell & the famous Muslim…
This video by David Wood demonstrates how Muslim “apologists” (those that give Da’wa and defense of Islam) really failed in 2020 and damaged their own religion. This video is a synopsis of major things that happened in response to Dr. … Continue reading
Most of Jordan Cooper’s videos are very good (I just disagree with him on Baptism and his views against Reformed theology, but on other historical theology and church history issues, and justification by faith alone, he is great!) Especially this … Continue reading
“O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me;Let them bring me to Your holy hillAnd to Your dwelling places.Then I will go to the altar of God,To God my exceeding joy;And upon the lyre I shall … Continue reading
“In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God,and the Word was God. “ John 1:1 If one only has a beginning knowledge of Greek, it can be very dangerous. The grammar and Greek syntax of John 1:1 … Continue reading
Anthony Rogers preaches the gospel here from Romans and Galatians. Shows how the churches in Galatia had forsaken the gospel, they even turned away from Christ Himself. Anthony provides an interesting insight in that the letter to the Galatians says, … Continue reading
See all 10 passages and the notes. I am just going to highlight the first one with the notes for this one. A great reminder for this Thanksgiving Day. 10 key Bible verses on Thankfulness with the ESV study notes: … Continue reading
Be sure to listen carefully to all of this video and the one I linked to earlier. (see below) You can go to Shamoun’s YouTube channel (Shamounian) and see the 2 videos he did against Anthony Rogers, in a back … Continue reading
I wrote an article on this years ago (2012) at James Swan’s blog, “Beggar’s All Reformation and Apologetics”. You can see the old article there. I have updated and edited this here. Anthony Rogers excellent recent presentation on Sola Fide … Continue reading
I listened to the whole presentation once; I wish I had time to take notes and type up more right now. This was a great way to celebrate the Protestant Reformation on October 31, 2021. Anthony Rogers did a great … Continue reading
Jerome lived from 342-420 AD, and translated the Bible into the Latin Vulgate, and was one of the most famous early church scholars. “A presbyter, therefore, is the same as a bishop, and before dissensions were introduced into religion by … Continue reading
My Roman Catholic friend Rod Bennett, gave a sneak pre-view of his upcoming book, “Four More Witnesses”. (in the 2nd half of Gary Michuta’s podcast.) Somehow I stumbled upon this – https://player.fm/series/hands-on-apologetics/ep-25-jun-21-rod-bennett-four-more-witnesses It bears repeating that I still love Rod … Continue reading
Overall, a Baptist History has to have 3 elements: 1. The Anabaptists – 1500s around Luther and Zwingli and then forward. Most of the Anabaptists were Arminian in theology, except for, apparently, Zwingli’s students. 2. The General Baptists – 1601 … Continue reading
I want to thank Allan Ruhl for having me on his You Tube channel. The sound quality was not good at times, but hopefully, Lord willing, we can do more of these in the future. Basically, I mentioned the major … Continue reading
Can physical matter (water, bread, relics, icons, statues, rituals, pilgrimages) cause regeneration or increase in sanctifying grace to come into our souls? My comments here are responses to Jay Dyer’s Response to Vocab Malone’s criticism of Eastern Orthodoxy and Chrismation. … Continue reading
When Protestants quote 1 Clement 32 to demonstrate “Sola Fide” in the early church, the Roman Catholic apologist answers back with 1 Clement 30. But see the context! When he says in I Clement 30, “being justified by works and … Continue reading
The same application of this video and my arguments can be made to Evangelicals who are tempted to convert to Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy or the Assyrian Church of the East. This is an excellent analysis of how Roman … Continue reading
