"But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil."- Hebrews 5:14

Friday, April 1, 2022

From Eastern Orthodox Priest to Protestant Pastor: Interview with Rev. Matthew Joyner

 

From Eastern Orthodox Priest to Protestant Pastor: Interview with Rev. Matthew Joyner
https://youtu.be/cXom3oB2M8o


 

 

[The Doctrine of] Absolute Predestination by Jerome Zanchius

 

Jerome Zanchius (Girolamo Zanchi 1516 – 1590) was an Italian theologian. He wrote the following classic introduction to predestination from a (more or less) Reformed tradition titled, "[The Doctrine of] Absolute Predestination."

Though, some scholars think that the work as translated into English from the Latin by Augustus Toplady has a lot of interpolations by Toplady. Since, (e.g.) Arminians weren't around during Zanchi's time, yet the work refers to Arminians.

 Links to the work:

https://www.truecovenanter.com/gospel/zanchius_absolute_predestination.html

 Or in various formats here:

https://www.monergism.com/doctrine-absolute-predestination-ebook

 

 

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Baptist Gavin Ortlund and Lutheran Jordan B. Cooper Discuss Baptism

 

In four videos Baptist Gavin Ortlund and Lutheran Jordan B. Cooper discuss infant baptism and baptismal regeneration.

 

A Lutheran and a Baptist Discuss Infant Baptism
https://youtu.be/bbR_mzcOFko




A Lutheran and Baptist Discuss Baptismal Regeneration (Part 1)
https://youtu.be/u2k6XmgiY2A




A Lutheran and a Baptist Discuss Baptismal Regeneration Part 2
https://youtu.be/MnSxT2yFB2I




Lutheran and Baptist Live Q&A on Baptism (w/ Dr. Gavin Ortlund and Dr. Jordan B. Cooper)
https://youtu.be/LR-g3KATeEU
 





 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, March 5, 2022

Biblical Facts About Mary

 

Vincent Cheung is a controversial Christian writer with whom I have much theological agreement and disagreement. I've addressed my major disagreements about his views in another blog HERE. The purpose of this current blog is to link to Cheung's article about Mary and how the Biblical description of her doesn't seem to match up with the exalted views that some sects hold about Mary [e.g. Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, etc.]. He makes some good points about how Mary probably should have had more faith than she actually displayed in the Bible. I don't post this to denigrate Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus Christ. In many ways she is an example for Christians to emulate. But the Biblical portrayal of Mary seems to contradict what some traditional sects believe and teach about Mary.

 

 Facts About Mary by Vincent Cheung
https://www.vincentcheung.com/2021/12/06/facts-about-mary/