In the current debate over the use, abuse, and misuse of Aquinas, certain generalizations have been touted so frequently that they are often accepted as fact. One of those generalizations is that our favorite Reformers, Luther and Calvin, uniformly rejected Aquinas. But does this claim hold water?
Read MoreFor various reasons, the debate over the eternal, functional subordination (EFS) of God the Son has been revived in some circles online.
Read MoreHow, then, are we to reference historical sources? Answer: with painful caution.
Read MoreIn this post, my goal is to throw out a life preserver to those who feel like they are adrift in a sea of new terminology and complex thought.
Read MoreEven though there is some understandable confusion when it comes to the Trinity and simplicity, believing the two doctrines contradict one another requires a dangerous assumption.
Read MoreAs the argument goes, certain doctrines are explicitly taught in Scripture and those doctrines require divine simplicity to be coherent. Therefore, if 1) a certain doctrine can be proven exegetically and 2) that doctrine necessitates simplicity, then 3) simplicity is just as “biblical” as the original doctrine.
Read MoreDr. White’s mischaracterization of simplicity is actually very common. For this reason, many defenders of simplicity have anticipated and answered it directly.
Read MoreWe are free to preach the gospel without violent persecution and through more mediums than ever. Yet, I believe there is a subtle temptation to think that legal freedom and access to social platforms means that Christians can say whatever they want, whenever they want.
Read MoreWhat Schaeffer calls “framework,” Obama calls “worldview,” and if Christians are to survive the societal meltdown we are currently experiencing, they need to understand what it is and what Scripture says about it.
Read MoreThe danger in your Bible-believing church is not that your members are reading Arius. The threat to your home is not that your children have been taken captive by crafty Socinians. Instead, the lethal poison that erodes churches, denominations, institutions, and families is known as doctrinal indifferentism.
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