Category: ChrisBolt
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“Christianity is a Man-made Religion”
It is always amusing to hear some of the language that non-Christians, and especially atheists, use in their assaults on the Christian faith and defenses of their own position.
Presumably the atheist thinks it is somewhat problematic and perhaps even insulting to the Christian to dismiss his or her position as “man-made.” We can set aside the obvious “problem” with using “man” this way in the current academic climate. We can also set aside that the unbeliever almost always merely asserts without argument that Christianity is man-made. We may then note that the statement as it stands is no insult …
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Mormonism
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“Anderson on Anderson”
It’s always a good idea to actually read the posts you are responding to in the blogosphere as Pilgrim demonstrates with respect to another Anderson.
http://pilgrimphilosopher.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/anderson-on-anderson/
HT: Steve Hays
BTW, this is post #700 at Choosing Hats. I just thought I’d rub it in that I beat the other contributors to it even though they know that I am away right now. đ
Update: http://pilgrimphilosopher.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/anderson-on-anderson-anderson-and-pilgrim/…
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Doug Wilson on the Tolerance Police
âDiversityâ has two fundamental tenets:
1. Absolute commitment to free speech.
2. Shut up.– Doug Wilson
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Why Atheism Is True
Atheism, like other false systems of thought, has enough content with the âring of truthâ to it that some people are attracted to it. Of course atheism is not monolithic, but the following themes are prevalent.
1.      Atheism rejects moral-ism.
Atheists think it is absurd to follow the whimsical preferences of an egotistical deity. Christians must acknowledge that the commands of God flow from His loving nature and are for His glory and our good.
Atheists hate the very notion of having a bunch of ârulesâ forced upon them concerning how to act, think, and live. Christians must acknowledge that …
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“Can We Prove the Existence of God?” by James Anderson
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What exactly is it that we presuppose?
Covenantal apologists frequently encounter an objection in their own mind if it is not raised by someone else in the form of the question, “What exactly is it that we presuppose?”
Perhaps it is God who is presupposed, but then God as divorced from His Word is a concept without Christian content.
Perhaps it is Scripture which is presupposed, but then Scripture as divorced from its Author is a document without authority.
So both of the above must be presupposed, but is that enough? Not if we are to avoid an implicit disconnect between the two. Not if we are …
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Annihilationism: Universalism and The Reality of Eternal Punishment: The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of Eternal Punishment by Sinclair Ferguson
…Now you see the point that is being made: if you believe in the immortality of the soul, then itâs necessary for you to do something in your theology with that immortal soul that rejects God.
In contrast, it is claimed, the New Testamentâs teaching is different. We are to fear him who is able to âdestroyâ body and soul in hell, and this is what he will do. And itâs vital that we have a biblical response to that.
And it seems to me that the biblical response to that is this: that the immortality of manâwhich of
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Does God Desire That All Be Saved?
…3Â knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. 4Â They will say, âWhere is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.â 5Â For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, 6Â and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. 7Â But -
Annihilationism: áŒÏáœčÎ»Î»Ï ÎŒÎč word study by Anthony A. Hoekema
…(1)   Sometimes apollumi  simply means to be lost. It is so used in the three âlostâ parables in Luke 15, to designate the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son. In the case of the sin, his being lost meant that he was lost to the fellowship of his father since he went against his fatherâs purpose.
(2)Â Â Â The word apollumi may be applied in a somewhat related way to mean become useless. So in Matthew 9:17 it is used to show what happens to old wineskins when you pour new wine into them: the skins