tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post8242399545155618472..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Always RememberTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-2111644317833460672010-11-09T15:27:07.038+00:002010-11-09T15:27:07.038+00:00And - of course - everyone except the most extreme...And - of course - everyone except the most extreme idiots exercise private judgment. It's how humans work.<br /><br />And the Scriptures were meant to be read and understood by people operating the way that people operate.Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-15702607848548897862010-11-09T15:24:23.954+00:002010-11-09T15:24:23.954+00:00If you don't think your position is right and ...If you don't think your position is right and yet you hold your position, you're an idiot.Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-45143079984452181142010-11-09T13:54:06.181+00:002010-11-09T13:54:06.181+00:00Turretinfan said...
Do you think you can establis...Turretinfan said... <br /><i>Do you think you can establish from the context that "our" means the elect?</i><br /><br />Dear Turretinfan,<br /><b>Private interpretation</b> of Scriptures can be exceedingly harmful to self and others. This has divided Christianity into hundreds if not tens of thousands of segments. <br /><br />Too many individuals claim <b>their position is right</b> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-62097475004019859512010-11-06T13:06:49.632+00:002010-11-06T13:06:49.632+00:005th of November is Fort Hood Massacre Rememberance...5th of November is <i>Fort Hood Massacre</i> Rememberance day. A radical muslim killed 13 people on 11/5/2009.<br /><br />-Another Anonymous in AmericaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-13595974331937416602010-11-06T12:39:44.929+00:002010-11-06T12:39:44.929+00:00King James I was a very status-conscious high-chur...King James I was a very status-conscious high-church Anglican ruler - that is, he had vivid appreciation for hierarchical ritual in both church liturgy and secular court ceremony.<br /><br />And nonwithstanding all this, king James was Protestant enough to realize the semi-pagan nature of RC/EO cult of the saints:<br /><br />http://www.archive.org/details/tractxcbyjhnewm00oakegoog<br /><br />p. Viisaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682159289133730565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-80154115680668317492010-11-06T11:56:39.599+00:002010-11-06T11:56:39.599+00:00No weapon that is formed against thee shall prospe...No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.<br />Isaiah 54:17<br /><br />This day is notable in English history for two great deliverances wrought by God for us. On this day the plot of the Papists to destroy our Houses of Parliament was discovered, 1605.<br /><br />While for our princes they prepare<br /><br />In caverns deep a burning snare,<br /><br />He shot from heaven a piercing Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-26270173844075336222010-11-06T11:41:44.741+00:002010-11-06T11:41:44.741+00:00I'm trying to figure out why we're talking...I'm trying to figure out why we're talking about the scope of the atonement here.<br /><br />But very briefly, the expression "he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world," is only diametrically opposed to limited atonement if "our" refers to the elect.<br /><br />Do you think you can establish from the Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-36598531992543501132010-11-06T03:57:15.471+00:002010-11-06T03:57:15.471+00:00Caholic Teaching and Limited Atonement
I don'...<b>Caholic Teaching and Limited Atonement</b> <br /><br />I don't think there's any point getting into another Limited vs Unlimited Atonement debate, so I'll just say quickly what Scripture and Tradition have to say on the matter:<br /><br /><b>Scripture</b><br /><br />St. John says: <i>"he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the daveg4gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-79629589324119798112010-11-06T03:55:46.637+00:002010-11-06T03:55:46.637+00:00Catholics and some Protestants & “Bible only” ...Catholics and some Protestants & “Bible only” Christians believe in the universal or unlimited atonement of Christ, i.e. that He died on the cross for all men, the Elect (those predestined to heaven) and the Reprobate (those predestined to hell). <br /><br />The scriptural support that Christ died on the cross for everyone is overwhelming, among which: <br /><br />And he died for all, that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-88441439270737978932010-11-06T00:43:45.216+00:002010-11-06T00:43:45.216+00:00The only troubling part of that whole sordid affai...The only troubling part of that whole sordid affair of this man, <a rel="nofollow">Fawkes</a>, clearly led astray by vicious willing dark and wicked spirits that seem to have their way with Roman Catholics too, instead of being led by the Spirit of Grace, is the stark contrast between Scripture and <a rel="nofollow">him being tortured for a few days</a> after being caught by the governing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-10468264068874827122010-11-05T22:26:18.876+00:002010-11-05T22:26:18.876+00:00T-Fan, believe it or not, I had only recently (wit...T-Fan, believe it or not, I had only recently (within the last few weeks) heard of this incident. Thanks for bringing it to attention.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-60239369739433974242010-11-05T20:43:24.952+00:002010-11-05T20:43:24.952+00:00Now I know what you meant when you kept telling us...Now I know what you meant when you kept telling us to always remember the 5th of November! I love these tidbits of history, and did not remember this one! ThanksVictoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01112932411051059792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-7406634352965260222010-11-05T20:42:44.618+00:002010-11-05T20:42:44.618+00:00Matthew, that's the one!Matthew, that's the one!Truth Unites... and Divideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891402278361538353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-66148302690587370242010-11-05T20:31:34.281+00:002010-11-05T20:31:34.281+00:00TU&D,
You might be thinking of "V for Ve...TU&D,<br /><br />You might be thinking of "V for Vendetta".2EZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824318126350495351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-40238575590242104172010-11-05T20:13:54.991+00:002010-11-05T20:13:54.991+00:00"The fifth of November is remembered as the d...<i>"The fifth of November is remembered as the day upon which the gunpowder plot, an attempt by a Roman Catholics to blow up the Protestant Parliament, was foiled by the Providence of God."</i><br /><br />Wasn't there a recent movie that updated this "theme"?Truth Unites... and Divideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891402278361538353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-15907811429123528212010-11-05T19:17:54.247+00:002010-11-05T19:17:54.247+00:00Wow...not many even bother to report such news in ...Wow...not many even bother to report such news in our day...kudos to you mr T'fan....MarkMark Farnon (Tartanarmy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11408677103336968440noreply@blogger.com