William Lane Craig and Gavin Ortlund Discuss the Eucharist and Real Presence

 

Craig and Ortlund Clash on the Eucharist (Respectful Dialogue) 

https://youtu.be/imFpLS1I-Hk?si=Kww5RbfGGUvVv8ua

How Did Infant Baptism Begin: A Story of Five Centuries of Church History [Gavin Ortlund]

 

How Did Infant Baptism Begin: A Story of Five Centuries of Church History 

[Gavin Ortlund]

https://youtu.be/3WE0Ea2ke_c?si=aYNPAT0NAxwC8NMv

The History and Theology of Calvinism by Curt Daniel

The following link is to Curt Daniel's excellent and well informed lecture series on Calvinism's history ans theology.

 

The History and Theology of Calvinism by Curt Daniel

More Protestant Apologetics from Gavin Ortlund

 

Many of my blogposts in this blog are to Gavin Ortlund's defense of Protestantism. Here are more videos by him all grouped together.

How Do We KNOW the New Testament Canon   
https://youtu.be/06ItjoHCp28

How Protestants View the Papacy (Debate Reaction)
https://youtu.be/Lx6GzN_qgiM

The Immaculate Conception  A Protestant Evaluation
https://youtu.be/PR9EbapyPcg

Augustine on the Rock of Matthew 16 (This Will Surprise You)
https://youtu.be/Mslw0lS1ZLQ

The Biggest Misunderstanding About Protestantism
https://youtu.be/Fsjd8xY9OSM

Answering Taylor Marshall on the Eucharist
https://youtu.be/t7xn5hyYiKk

A Protestant Take on Ignatius
https://youtu.be/z42SQYXuXok

A "Worship Problem" For Protestants?
https://youtu.be/lupFft2GqOc

Sola Scriptura is Totally Medieval!
https://youtu.be/3NuskiZmfb0

Did Protestants Remove Books From the Bible !
https://youtu.be/WnzbNkIKwUQ

No, Jerome Didn't Accept a Larger Canon
https://youtu.be/rpHUeTZjeuQ

Origen on Praying to Saints: FINAL Response to Joe Heschmeyer
https://youtu.be/fayEcMfouOc

 

 

Proto-Protestantism [Wikipedia article]

 

 We all know that Wikipedia isn't infallible and in fact makes mistakes. Nevertheless, here's an interesting Wiki article on Proto-Protestants. Meaning, people prior to the Protestant Reformation who taught (often in bits and pieces) similar things that the Protestant Reformers taught.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Protestantism

Before You Become Eastern Orthodox...[by Gavin Ortlund]

 

Before You Become Eastern Orthodox...
by Gavin Ortlund
https://youtu.be/q7eih3Bqgv0

 

 Eastern Orthodox Critics: My Question For You
by Gavin Ortlund
https://youtu.be/0J7HQCvFfTY

Why Reformation Was Needed

 

 

Why Reformation Was Needed
by Gavin Ortlund
https://youtu.be/AwoJ1N1z_No
 

 

Was Orthodox Saint & Patriarch Cyril Lucaris A Calvinist?

 

I don't take a stand on this issue. But here are some videos on the topic from Protestant points of view.

Cyril Lucaris Calvinist Patriarch Orthodox Saint

https://youtu.be/_yQBY2lPWUc?si=Ix9ueolwGMXLyIik

Let's Make Cyril Lucaris Great Again!

https://youtu.be/vM4tcSQz16A?si=ShSKmvT4bMRiHZnD

The Two Faces of Cyril Lucaris. Was He An Evil Calvinist Patriarch Or A Good Eastern Orthodox Saint?

https://youtu.be/r4Dhtkwpqw4?si=Mp92vovJl9sXrGfX

Ah Yes, That Calvinist Orthodox Patriarch (Cyril Lucaris) [by Gavin Ortlund] 

https://youtu.be/A7cE1IfHC2w?si=7fps55KQWe_poRhH

Protestant (Lutheran) Pastor William Weedon Shares His Testimony of Almost Converting to Eastern Orthodoxy, But Eventually Remaining Protestant

 

As I often point out I'm theologically Baptist, Calvinist and Continuationist. But I appreciate my fellow conservative Protestants who aren't Baptist. Here's Lutheran pastor William Weedon's testimony IN TWO PARTS. Plus another video. See also YouTube videos of Joshua Schooping who did convert to Orthodoxy, became an Orthodox priest, but later reverted back to Evangelical Protestantism and is now a Lutheran Pastor as well. One of my other blogs has a link to Schooping's testimony.

 The following videos are on YouTube.

Why you should stay Lutheran: It's all about conscience Rev. William Weedon pt 1 REMASTERED
https://youtu.be/MSArM0xxtxQ


Why you should stay Lutheran: It's all about conscience Rev. William Weedon pt 2 REMASTERED
https://youtu.be/usvyxJL4SGQ

Why you should be Lutheran INSTEAD of Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox (w/ Pr. Will Weedon)
https://youtu.be/FtJodGxj-Js

 

 

 

 

Gavin Ortlund on His New Book About Protestantism

 

 Baptist scholar Gavin Ortlund's introduction to his new book explaining Protestantism.

 

I Wrote A Book About Protestantism
[by Gavin Ortlund]

https://youtu.be/CpbNxrZlXfo?si=rNFX9aERDIDs7_-9

Does Jerome Undermine Apostolic Succession?

 

Does Jerome Undermine Apostolic Succession?
https://youtu.be/p852Zm_hfwg

 

 

 

Anglicans: Let’s Stay True to Our Reformational Catholic Heritage (A Response to The Gospel Coalition) by Sean Luke

 

A Protestant apologist and Anglican I appreciate, Sean Luke, wrote an aticle/blog disagreeing with an article by fellow Anglican Gillis J. Harp posted at TGC on Anglicanism. I'm not an Anglican, but I'm appreciative of conservative Anglicanism. Some of my favorite theological writers and heroes of the faith were Anglicans. I side more with TGC's views than Luke's. Though, there are areas where I think Luke has a good points.

 

Gillis J. Harp's article: Anglicans, Let’s Stay True to Our Confessional Heritage

Sean Luke's response article Anglicans: Let's Stay True to Our Reformational Catholic Heritage (A Response to The Gospel Coalition)

 

 

 

 

Some Older Protestant Responses to Catholicism That I Recently Read

 

The following responses to Catholicism are older and therefore less relevant and less sophisticated than modern Protestant responses. Nevertheless, they are interesting as historical glimpses as to what Protestants and Catholics believed about each other back then and the polemics used back then. I recently read them and found them profitable and encouraging. They help confirm my Protestant convictions that Catholicism is false and an incoherent ahistorical system.

 They are all freely available online:

Joseph Hall's No Peace with Rome: Wherein Is Proved, That, As Terms Now Stand, There Can Be No Reconcilation of the Reformed Religion with the Romish : And That the Romanists Are in All the Fault 


George Bull's A Vindication of the Church of England, From the Errors and Corruptions of the Church of Rome [starting at page 137]

George Bull's The Corruptions of the Church of Rome, in Relation to Ecclesiastical Government, the Rule of Faith, and Form of Divine Worship; in Answer to the Bishop of Meaux's Queries [starting at page 235]


John Jewel's An Apology of the Church of England by John Jewel

translated by Anne Lady Bacon
https://archive.org/details/a588502700jeweuoft

translated by William Withers Ewbank
https://www.google.com/books/edition/An_apology_of_the_Church_of_England_tr_b/onQEAAAAQAAJ?hl

translated by William Withers Ewbank
https://archive.org/details/anapologyofchurc00jeweuoft/mode/2up

 

 

Revival at Asbury? A Theological Reflection by Gavin Ortlund

In light of the alleged "Asbury Revival" (which I'm not necessarily endorsing OR denouncing), here's Gavin Ortlund's video on revivals in general in light of the recent Asbury Revival.

Revival at Asbury? A Theological Reflection
https://youtu.be/MwF-d4ghKVA

Why Was Jan Hus Burned? by Gavin Ortlund

 

Why Was Jan Hus Burned? by Gavin Ortlund
https://youtu.be/IkSVjPnodDc

Baptism in the Early Church: A Baptist Response by Gavin Ortlund

 

Baptism in the Early Church: A Baptist Response
https://youtu.be/X3msUZ-Ijyw

Is the Office of the Papacy The Anti-Christ?

(posted 1/5/2023) 

I'm not yet convinced that the Pope is the Anti-Christ. That's the historic Protestant position going back to the days of the Protestant Reformation. Usually with the eschatological assumption of Historicism whereby the book of Revelation has been being fulfilled slowly down through history. I myself tend to interpret the book of Revelation in a Partial Preterist and Idealist way. Though, I'm slowly looking into the case for Historicism.

I think the pope is *an* anti-Christ even if I'm not yet convinced he's *the* anti-Christ. I say that even though there probably are some genuinely saved people in the Catholic Church. I believe there's enough truth in Catholicism for some to possibly be saved despite all the "traditions of men" that water down the truth and despite the official Catholic gospel not technically being a saving gospel. This is because perfect doctrine doesn't save. Rather it is Christ who saves, normatively through the very basics of the Gospel which include things like the doctrine of the Trinity and salvation by grace. Catholicism technically teaches both. Though, Catholicism's complex Gospel with all the accretions of the traditions of men technically denies (either outright, or at the very least implicitly) the sufficiency of the redemption Christ purchased at the cross in many ways.

The following is a link to some message that argue for the historic Protestant position that the Pope is the Anti-Christ. 

https://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?currSection=sermonstopic&keyword=Papacy%20is%20the%20Antichrist&keyworddesc=Papacy%20is%20the%20Antichrist&seriesOnly=true&sourceid=swrb 

History, Doctrine and Theology

The following are links to various series of lectures on the related topics of Church History, Historical Theology, the History of Doctrine, Systematic Theology etc.


Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine by Wayne Grudem
These are based on his book with the same title. (123 lectures, with two missing totaling 125)

Systematic Theology: A Biblical and Confessional Overview by Samuel Waldron (38 Lectures)

Historical Theology I.: Early Church History by Samuel Waldron (32 Lectures)
Historical Theology II.: Medieval to Reformation Church History by Samuel Waldron (35 Lectures)



Understanding Theology by Bruce Ware (10 Lectures)

Systematic Theology I  by Bruce Ware (20 Lectures)
Systematic Theology II by Bruce Ware (20 Lectures)


Biblical Theology by Greg Beale (20 Lectures)

Lectures on Church History by James White (50 lectures)

Church History I  by Gerald Bray (13 Lectures)
Church History II by Gerald Bray (20 Lectures)

Ancient & Medieval Church History by David Calhoun (35 Lectures)

Reformation & Modern Church History by David Calhoun (37 Lectures)

Essentials of Church History by Gordon Isaac (10 Lectures)

History of Doctrine by Robert Dean Jr. (28 Lectures)

Advanced Theology by Michael Barrett

James White's Lectures on Church History

http://razorskiss.net/Downloads/audio/church%20history/  (50 lectures in total)

Here's another source from Monergism.com for James White's lectures on Church History.
The lectures linked below were given starting 2016:

https://www.monergism.com/church-history-mp3-lecture-series