Monthly Archives: June 2010

YouTube – Judy Kuhn – “Nobody’s Side” from CHESS (live!)

YouTube – Judy Kuhn – “Nobody’s Side” from CHESS (live!).

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Amazing Grace

I finally saw this movie.  The pietistic slogans were somewhat tiresome in the beginning.  It got much better. Some things I thought were especially interesting. One learned the Wilberforce was considered less than a nationalist–antiwar, opposed to fighting the American … Continue reading

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Did Clement (with his whole church) have amnesia?

Proving an unbroken chain of succession in the Roman Catholic Church is, by the strict definition, impossible. But the strict definition is pretty useless for most things, so I don’t see much reason to use it to defend Protestantism on … Continue reading

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A note on the (too-short) quest for the true succession

If someone claims that there is found in Scripture a need for an infallible teaching authority for the Church which is a legitimate succession from the original NT Church, the first question that comes to mind is: “If you need … Continue reading

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“Cool is not PostMillennial”

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Mark 4.30-32 and the growth of the Kingdom

With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, … Continue reading

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The Future of Jesus 8: When is Jesus King of Kings?

First Post in Series Second Post in Series Third Post in Series Fourth Post in Series Fifth Post in Series Sixth Post in Series Seventh Post in Series I’m not sure if this belongs in “eschatology” or not (except in … Continue reading

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If “active” obedience is imputed, it is not to make up with an insufficiency in the passive

I want to make a few comments about “the imputation of the active obedience of Christ,” or the rhetoric about it or the way people are treated who do not affirm it. The Roman Catholic Error is not about denying … Continue reading

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Today’s short stories (thus far)

The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce (Wow!) Casting the Runes by M. R. James (Passable) The Rats in the Walls by H. P. Lovecraft (Chilling but contrived and confused)

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Adam was God’s son and servant

This issue will not be resolved by simply citing Luke 3:38. We do not, in that text, have any indication whether that was a pre-lapsarian (pre-fall) or post-lapsarian relationship. via Was Adam a Servant or a Son Before the Fall? || Feeding … Continue reading

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