tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post2405125010104342895..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 35/35Turretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-71280617921992201282010-02-15T05:11:29.469+00:002010-02-15T05:11:29.469+00:00BJ Buracker,
In addition to the material here, St...BJ Buracker,<br /><br />In addition to the material here, Steve Hays has a post on the schism of John the Baptist you'd probably find interesting:<br /><br />http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2009/09/john-baptist-and-other-schismatics.htmlMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784922935749497931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-27358110024736774332010-02-13T21:48:18.709+00:002010-02-13T21:48:18.709+00:00TF - Nice job! I'd like to echo the sentiment...TF - Nice job! I'd like to echo the sentiment expressed by Garret:<br /><br />"I'm sure we, your faithful readers, would like a formal collation (in order if possible) were you so willing!"<br /><br />Since the 35 "questions" were published as a PDF, it would be nice to see the questions and answers in a similar format side-by-side for reference.Andrew Suttleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006722357616296522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-25728140684074963502010-02-13T21:34:12.328+00:002010-02-13T21:34:12.328+00:00SR asks:::>
"....When did it become okay ...SR asks:::><br /><br />"....When did it become okay not only to disobey the Church's leaders, but to rebel against them and set up rival churches?...".<br /><br />There is no time when the people of God are to disobey God's Leaders.<br /><br />However, one must qualify "who" qualifies for this "honor"?<br /><br />Besides the verses already put over by TF, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-61701097152695529692010-02-13T21:17:08.089+00:002010-02-13T21:17:08.089+00:00Ah - here is Devin Rose's choice comment: &quo...Ah - here is Devin Rose's choice comment: "When I confronted Turretinfan on his blog with the contradiction about the Eucharist, he stopped publishing my comments and ignored my request to explain why he acted in this way."<br /><br />Yeah, that was back when I tried to filter out comments that are junk. There's a reason he hasn't tried to come back now that comment Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-78958518150073422032010-02-13T20:55:41.488+00:002010-02-13T20:55:41.488+00:00Hi Tfan-
Devin Rose has a thing or two to say abou...Hi Tfan-<br />Devin Rose has a thing or two to say about you here-<br />http://www.devinrose.heroicvirtuecreations.com/blog/2010/02/13/the-protestant-dilemma-on-the-canon-of-scripture/<br />God bless,<br />GarretGarret Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270243322391761689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-1594438521950338912010-02-13T20:39:48.754+00:002010-02-13T20:39:48.754+00:00Certain kinds of divisions (even among believers) ...Certain kinds of divisions (even among believers) appear to be acceptable:<br /><br />Acts 15:37-40 <br />And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: andTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-6990610064359908452010-02-13T20:33:38.971+00:002010-02-13T20:33:38.971+00:00TF,
I'm curious. Do you know of a particular...TF,<br /><br />I'm curious. Do you know of a particular place in Scripture that commands or even allows for schism? Should the righteous ever split off and start a new body?<br /><br />For instance, 1 Cor 5:13, which John cited above, dictates that the righteous should expel the wicked, but it does not suggest that the righteous should separate and begin anew. Are you aware of a passage BJ Burackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16613575838269069020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-18827595066459843442010-02-13T17:52:28.513+00:002010-02-13T17:52:28.513+00:00Good point, Garret! Once the auxiliary series (ad...Good point, Garret! Once the auxiliary series (addressing the three additional numbered questions and the fourteen un-numbered questions) is complete, I'm going to try to find a convenient way to provide all this material in one document, or at least in an easier to use format.Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-87047212781395147782010-02-13T17:49:01.096+00:002010-02-13T17:49:01.096+00:00Thank you Turretinfan-
I noticed that punching the...Thank you Turretinfan-<br />I noticed that punching the Steve Ray label provides a collation of your replies in reverse order- I'm sure we, your faithful readers, would like a formal collation (in order if possible) were you so willing!<br />Thanks for all of your work, and may the Lord continue to use you mightily!<br />In Christ,<br />GarretGarret Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270243322391761689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-48674546802265828752010-02-13T15:03:38.577+00:002010-02-13T15:03:38.577+00:00Pagey wrote: "Great series TFan! Thanks for d...Pagey wrote: "Great series TFan! Thanks for doing it."<br /><br />I'm glad you liked it. At the risk of boring readers, I have an extension to the series planned, and that extension will start, Lord Willing, immediately.Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-10881362294828767902010-02-13T15:01:44.160+00:002010-02-13T15:01:44.160+00:00"Is there an expiration date on Scripture? Is..."Is there an expiration date on Scripture? Is there a time when we will not longer obey the commands that God has given us?"<br /><br />Some commands of God are for a particular time and for a season, as it were. For example, we no longer sacrifice bulls and goats, though those were commands of God - and even commands in Scripture.<br /><br />"Would you go it to why you think we Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-91121295027136167232010-02-13T14:26:20.788+00:002010-02-13T14:26:20.788+00:00Is there an expiration date on Scripture? Is there...Is there an expiration date on Scripture? Is there a time when we will not longer obey the commands that God has given us?<br /><br />Would you go it to why you think we will not have people over us helping us grow in our understanding of our God?<br /><br />This is what struck me from your first answer. I would find it hard to put an "expiration date" on the commands of Scripture.<br /Matt Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947775531949021246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-8224835222458561052010-02-13T13:23:12.067+00:002010-02-13T13:23:12.067+00:00Great series TFan! Thanks for doing it.Great series TFan! Thanks for doing it.Pageyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617335308572844235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-16827791066187055312010-02-13T13:16:58.025+00:002010-02-13T13:16:58.025+00:00When did it become okay not only to disobey the Ch...<i>When did it become okay not only to disobey the Church's leaders, but to rebel against them and set up rival churches?</i><br /><br />I would ask, "when do "church leaders" cease to be "church leaders"? Of course, Roman Catholics will cry "donatism" and that is a code word to the effect that once ordained, your "office" endures forever. But is John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.com