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Theology

Calvin’s High View of the Church

July 29, 2010

Speaking of the visible church as our “mother,” Calvin writes this in his Institutes: There is no other way to enter into life unless this mother conceive us in her womb, give us birth, nourish us at her breast, and lastly, unless she keep us under her care and guidance…. Our weakness does not allow [...]

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Does Calvin Support Women Deacons?

July 28, 2010

In his Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin devotes a very significant amount of space to the Church. In Book 4, Chapter 3, Section 9, Calvin discusses deacons and divides them into two functional groups: those who “serve the church in administering the affairs of the poor” those who serve the church “in caring for the [...]

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The Semi-Pelagian Narrower Catechism

July 26, 2010

Found this at the Stuff Fundies Like Facebook page. It was too funny not to share: 1. Q: What is the chief end of each individual Christian? A: Each individual Christian’s chief end is to get saved. This is the first and great commandment. 2. Q: And what is the second great commandment? A: The [...]

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Top 10 Reasons the Reformed Theologian Did Not Cross the Road

July 23, 2010

HT: Chuck Huckaby 10. A woman already crossed. We don’t follow women. 9. We don’t believe the road is safe. It wasn’t built between 1500-1700 A.D. 8. We believe that “road crossing” ceased with the death of the last Apostle or the completion of the New Testament. 7. The crossing guard was only helping people cross from [...]

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I Wish More of You Had Watched This

July 23, 2010

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series 7 Links in 7 Days

This is the last in a series of seven posts in seven days. For the last time, here’s the list: My first post The post I enjoyed writing the most A post which had a great discussion A post on someone else’s blog that I wish I’d written My most helpful post A post with a title that I am proud of A [...]

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I’m Proud of This Title

July 22, 2010

This is the sixth in a series of seven posts in seven days. Once again, here they are: My first post The post I enjoyed writing the most A post which had a great discussion A post on someone else’s blog that I wish I’d written My most helpful post A post with a title [...]

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Just How Useful Is “Inerrancy”? Join the Discussion

July 21, 2010

Robert Jimenez is starting a series to discuss whether “inerrancy” has outlived its usefulness. This will be a fabulous discussion and one that is long overdue. As you can see inerrancy has many meanings. This is one of the major problems with this position, too many definitions. The term inerrancy has been hijacked to mean [...]

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My Most Helpful Post

July 21, 2010

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series 7 Links in 7 Days

This is the fifth in a series of seven posts in seven days. Here they are: My first post The post I enjoyed writing the most A post which had a great discussion A post on someone else’s blog that I wish I’d written My most helpful post A post with a title that I am proud of A post that I wish more [...]

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Why Didn’t I Think of That?

July 20, 2010

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series 7 Links in 7 Days

This is the fourth in a series of seven posts in seven days. I’ll give you the list again: My first post The post I enjoyed writing the most A post which had a great discussion A post on someone else’s blog that I wish I’d written My most helpful post A post with a title that I am proud of A post [...]

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I Enjoyed Writing This the Most

July 18, 2010

This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series 7 Links in 7 Days

This is the second in a series of seven posts in seven days. I’ll give you the list again: My first post The post I enjoyed writing the most A post which had a great discussion A post on someone else’s blog that I wish I’d written My most helpful post A post with a title that I am proud of A post [...]

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