Thoughts of Francis Turretin
Friday, May 27, 2016

Westminster Confession: Cessationist as to Revelatory Gifts

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The Westminster Confession of Faith is explicitly cessationist, at least with respect to the revelatory gifts. It states: I. Although the l...
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Monday, May 02, 2016

Veneration of Images - Affirmative Constructive

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The question today is whether image veneration is Biblical and Historical. Well, of course, in a sense it is. In Genesis 31 we have the fi...
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Monday, April 11, 2016

Theonomy vs. Contemporary Christian Legal Norms

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Using the Bible to define what laws are just and unjust can lead to a number of conflicts with contemporary legal systems and even legal sys...
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Monday, March 28, 2016

Confucianism, Islam, and Christianity - One Point of Contrast

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Qin Shi Huang (260 - 210 BC) is the most prominent of the Chinese emperors. He united China through conquest, began the Great Wall of China...
Monday, March 07, 2016

Further Evidence of Jesus' Divinity from the Modern Versions

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Jude 5 provides another evidence of Jesus' divinity in the modern versions. In the KJV, Jude includes the following pair of pericopes: ...
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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Dichotomies and Options

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Apparently some atheists with whom Matt Slick deals have been accusing him of presenting a false dichotomy. He's not. Let me explain. ...
Friday, February 19, 2016

Another Evidence of Jesus' Divinity from the Modern Versions

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John 14:14 provides another evidence of Jesus' divinity that is not found in the King James Version. Now, even the KJV at John 14:14 in...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Charitable Reading

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No one can force you to read people charitably, giving them the benefit of the doubt when they are ambiguous or make statements that sound h...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Critical Text: Extra Evidence of Jesus' Divinity

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Listening to someone preaching from the gospels, I noticed an interesting evidence of Jesus' divinity I had previously overlooked. I ge...
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Friday, January 08, 2016

We are all children of God? Pope vs. Jesus

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In his first video, Pope Francis asserts: "In this crowd, in this range of religions, there is only one certainty we have for all: we a...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Origen Against the Innovation of Christmas? Check your sources!

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I came across the following statement, which immediately sparked my interest ( source ): Speculation on the proper date began in the 3rd and...
Monday, December 21, 2015

James 2:24 Debate with William Albrecht

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Roman Catholics shouldn't cite James 2:24, because it doesn't mean what they think it means. Last Saturday I conducted a debate wit...
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Monday, December 14, 2015

Immediate Context of James' Faith/Works Pericope

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James discusses the relationship of faith and works in a pericope with well-defined boundaries: the passage starts at James 2:14 and ends at...
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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Not So Much Mystery, as Error

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Per Cardinal Koch ( link to report ), the RCC affirms salvation through an explicit or even implicit faith in Christ and says that Jews can ...
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Friday, December 04, 2015

Should We Pray to Michael the Archangel?

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Pope Francis tweeted: "Let us ask the help of Saint Michael the Archangel to defend us from the snares of the devil." ( source ) ...
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Thursday, December 03, 2015

Early Father Worshiping with Icons?

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I was listening to a recent panel discussion with William Albrecht and David Withun and a caller called in and asked if they could name any...
Tuesday, December 01, 2015

James as Wisdom Literature

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It's important to recognize that James is unlike most of Paul's epistles. James, while a letter (James 1:1), is a book of wisdom in...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Faith Demonstrated - a Central Jacobian Theme

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After a brief greeting, James immediately begins his first of several brotherly admonitions. James 1:2-3 calls believers to be thankful for ...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

Infants and the Millenium - a Pre-Millenial Quadralemma (Guest Post by Ben. W)

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The following guest post by Ben W. presents a question to our premillennial brothers and sisters: *** Guest Post *** What happens to babie...
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Tuesday, November 03, 2015

James White: The Same Sex Marriage Debate vs Codrington

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Dr. White debated Graeme Codrington on the topic of same sex marriage ( link to debate on SermonAudio ). I agreed with Codrington that Dr. ...
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