July 20, 2006

Pretty much the entire program was related to Roman Catholicism today, looking at the synod meeting in Rome, the reports on the discussions therein, a little bit of Jason Stellman’s “unmitigated disaster” meme, and then, the last portion of the program, I interacted with Douglas Wilson’s FVism regarding Rome, and pounded on the theme, “It’s the Gospel” over and over

James White comments on a Catholic attempt to re-brand Purgatory as a wonderful experience in which the love of God prepares us for his presence. In response, Dr. White how the official Roman concepts of Purgatory and the ongoing belief in Indulgences are contrary to the Gospel.

Well, the video feed would not work again, sadly, but we pressed on anyway.  Spent 45 minutes covering KJV Only memes, doing a lot of basic TC stuff (textual criticism), and then moved on to a Muslim meme regarding Jesus.  Then got to finish up the video we began reviewing last week from Simply Seerah on Jesus and related issues.

Did a jumbo DL today, dedicated to the ever-remembering Algo for his 50th birthday. Gave a little info on the background of the ancient celebration of Kwanzaa (i.e., started in 1966 as part of a radical black separatist socialist movement—not very ancient at all), took a call on the cultic aspects of KJV Onlyism, then did some more work on