Is it necessary to have the sins purged of those who are in Christ Jesus before they can go to heaven?
This is the famous/infamous ‘Pay now, pay later’ debate, so named for Dr. Stravinskas’ response to a question regarding a passage from Tobit. This debate quickly drifts off of Purgatory to the underlying issue of authority and Rome’s claim to it. A very eye-opening dialogue highlighting the difference between the biblical gospel and Rome’s gospel of self-righteousness.
Managed to pull off a solid internet connection from a slight wide spot in the road called Lordsburg, New Mexico (really sad little town…lots of abandoned buildings). We covered a wide variety of things, including announcing the upcoming debates, April 24th and 25th, in Lafayette, Louisiana, with Catholic Answers apologist Jimmy Akin (sola scriptura, and “How Does a Man Have
Reviewed comments by Dr. Peter J. Williams on the subject of evidentialism and presuppositionalism, and then moved to a review of key verses you might want to be familiar with in sharing with various groups, including Roman Catholics, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Oneness Pentecostals, Secular Humanists, “Gay” Affirming “Christians,” and finally…with our dear beloved Arminian friends. Hope it is useful! Here
Sometime back I had a discussion with Dr. Art Sippo on Luther biographies. It was a written exchange via Patrick Madrid’s Envoy discussion forum. I can’t provide the forum link, because it was deleted. I did though save my posts and analysis of Mr. Sippo’s opinions. Eventually, I was banned from Envoy by Patrick Madrid. In fact, if you’re a
Given the continuing conflict in the Middle East, we looked at the comments from the head of Hamas, looked at the concept of “the world at war” and “the world at peace,” and then worked through a short clip of a Muslim debater arguing against the clarity of the Christian Scriptures. Then finished with a response to the explosion of
Dr. White had recently done a pair of debates on papal infallibility, but his opponents Staples and Sungenis took contradictory approaches to the issue of Honorius. While the article in This Rock attempting to respond to James White did not meaningfully engage with his arguments, but at least the article included the AoMin website that is ready with plenty of
I guess the difference between my view of Rome’s gospel and C. Michael Patton’s (as seen in his most recent comments, following up on last week’s article) is summed up in the title line: “credo” means “I believe,” in the indicative; “credam” would be in the subjunctive, a less forceful and clear affirmation. I believe Rome’s gospel is a false
Quick note: yesterday, when Dave Armstrong first posted his “I’m done with critics” stuff, his blog showed exactly two articles. Everything else was gone. Later in the day the rest of the material re-appeared. Obviously, at some point, an error was made in posting material (a common enough event). I’ve seen something similar happen at PowerLine, where all of a
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