"...contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints."- Jude 1:3

Saturday, December 12, 2015

David Wood versus Shabir Ally


Most Christian apologists agree that Shabir Ally is the best Islamic debater currently alive. A few months ago David Wood and Shabir Ally debated six times in 9 days. If anyone is interested the following are links to those debates.

Monday Sept. 28 2015
Debate 1. "Is Jesus the Son of God?"
Debate 2. "Is Jesus a Prophet of Islam?"
https://youtu.be/idHxegbSunQ?t=2m12s

Tuesday Sept. 29 2015
Debate 3. "Does Paul Give Us the Truth about Jesus?"
Debate 4. "Does Muhammad Give Us the Truth about Jesus?"
https://youtu.be/XvBB8b4VF6M

Monday, Oct. 5, 2015
Debate 5. "Is the Qur'an a Book of Peace?"
https://youtu.be/NiKtuBH5ggM

Or Here https://youtu.be/Foiu6jsI3SY         Or  Here    https://youtu.be/UVh_GlM2tro


Tuesday Oct. 6, 2015
Debate 6. "Is the Bible a Book of Peace?"
https://youtu.be/DYK-CuWV_Ug


More of their continuing debates....

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
"What Is the Quran's View of the Christian Scriptures?"
https://youtu.be/WKqe8fKhfXg

Saturday, March 3, 2018
"Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?"
https://youtu.be/WYL5TZ9jJqg









Friday, October 2, 2015

A Response to Jerry Walls on Christian Compatibilism by Steven Cowan and Greg Welty



[UPDATE: ALL the links have been gathered HERE: http://www.gregwelty.com/2016/04/wont-get-foiled-again-a-rejoinder-to-jerry-walls/ ]


  1. Jerry L. Walls, “Why No Classical Theist, Let Alone Orthodox Christian, Should Ever Be a Compatibilist,” Philosophia Christi Vol. 13 No. 1 (Summer 2011): 75-104. [link]
  2.  Steve Cowan and Greg Welty, “Pharaoh’s Magicians Redivivus: A Response to Jerry Walls on Christian Compatibilism,” Philosophia Christi Vol. 17, No. 1 (Summer 2015): 151-173. [link]
  3. Steve Cowan and Greg Welty, “Addendum: More Rebuttals of Walls from Pharaoh’s Magicians’ ‘Bag of Tricks’!” (Evangelical Philosophical Society website, September 16, 2015), 1-12. [link]
  4. Jerry L. Walls, “Pharaoh’s Magicians Foiled Again: Reply to Cowan and Welty,” Philosophia Christi Vol. 17, No. 2 (Winter 2015): 411-426. [link]
  5. Greg Welty and Steven Cowan, “Won’t Get Foiled Again: A Rejoinder to Jerry Walls,” Philosophia Christi Vol. 17, No. 2 (Winter 2015): 427-442. [link]



What’s Wrong With Jerry Walls’ Argument Against Calvinism by Dan Johnson
http://www.proginosko.com/2016/10/whats-wrong-with-jerry-walls-argument-against-calvinism/





Greg Welty describes their response article on his website:

A Response to Jerry Walls on Christian Compatibilism


Link to the actual article by Steven B. Cowan and Greg. A. Welty:

Pharaoh’s Magicians Redivivus: A Response to Jerry Walls on Christian Compatibilism


The addendum to their article:

Addendum: More Rebuttals of Walls from Pharaoh’s Magicians’ "Bag of Tricks"!









See also my other blogposts:

Massive Debate between Calvinism and Arminianism


Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Reformed Theology by Paul Manata

 

Distinctions in God's Will from a Calvinist Perspective

 

Calvinistic Responses to Molinism

 

The History and Theology of Calvinism" by Dr. Curt Daniel (Downloadable MP3 Messages)

 

Sovereign Ruler of the Skies (poem by John Ryland)

 

Calvin and Servetus










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Thursday, October 1, 2015

Calvinistic Responses to Molinism

(originally posted 11/1/2015)

There are many Calvinistic Responses to Molinism both on the internet and in book form. The following are just a sample.



James Anderson's blogposts dealing with Molinism
(This is a link to Anderson's blogposts with the Tag/Label "Molinism")

How Biblical is Molinism? (Part 1) by James Anderson
How Biblical is Molinism? (Part 2) by James Anderson
How Biblical is Molinism? (Part 3) by James Anderson
How Biblical is Molinism? (Part 4) by James Anderson
How Biblical is Molinism? (Part 5) by James Anderson
How Biblical is Molinism? (Part 6) by James Anderson

Yes, Molina, There Could Have Been a Santa Claus by James Anderson



 A Brief Philosophical & Dialectical Inquiry on Mere Molinism: A Compatibilist Reply | VOLUME 1 by Colton Carlson
Freely Downloadable HERE or HERE

VOLUME 2 Freely Downloadable HERE or HERE

VOLUME 3 Freely Downloadable HERE

Colton Carlson VIDEO where he is interviewed regarding his 300 PAGE response to Stratton's book Mere Molinism: HERE

Colton Carlson VIDEO SERIES where he reviews Stratton's book Mere Molinism. Here's the link to PART ONE of the Series: HERE


Middle Knowledge: A Reformed Critique by Travis James Campbell [or HERE]


Greg Welty's Blogposts dealing with Molinism
(This is a link to Welty's blogposts with the Tag/Label "Molinism")


A critical review and fairly comprehensive refutation of“Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism”by Timothy A. Stratton
by Guillaume Bignon [or HERE]


Does Molinism Avoid Making God the Author of Sin? | Welty on Molinism by James A. Gibson
[archived HERE]

Tyler Vela's Criticisms of Molinism
http://freedthinkerpodcast.blogspot.com/2018/07/molinism-collection.html

Turretin on Molinism by "Turretinfan"
https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6033E4C50E7BEDE8



Triablogue blogposts with the Label/Tag of "Molinism"
(There are more Triablogue blogposts which deal with Molinism but unfortunately they don't have the "Molinism" label)


See also my blogpost: Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Reformed Theology by Paul Manata


Monday, June 15, 2015

Are We Really 99% Chimp? Atheistic Source Says "No"

See the bottom part of this blog for Christian resources. This first video is Non-Christian.

Are We Really 99% Chimp?
https://youtu.be/IbY122CSC5w


Are We 99% Chimps?
http://www.breakpoint.org/bpcommentaries/entry/13/30394

Zombie science: Humans share 99% of DNA with chimpanzees?
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/zombie-science-humans-share-99-percent-of-dna-with-chimpanzees.html

Bombshell: New Research Overturns Claim that Humans and Chimps Differ by Only 1 Percent of DNA [[2025]]
https://evolutionnews.org/2025/05/bombshell-new-research-overturns-claim-that-humans-and-chimps-differ-by-only-1-percent-of-dna/

Additional Method of Analysis Confirms Human-Chimp Genomes Are About 15 Percent Different [[2025]]

https://evolutionnews.org/2025/05/additional-method-of-analysis-confirms-human-chimp-genomes-are-about-15-percent-different/

See These Articles on the 1 Percent Myth Debunked:
https://evolutionnews.org/tag/1-percent-myth/



Christian Materials on Human Origins from an Old Earth Creationist Perspective


Evidence from Molecular Anthropology for an Historical Adam and Eve [An Introduction]
- Fazale Rana, PhD
https://youtu.be/nEV5LB0ww3s


MANY MORE in-depth materials on human origins by Fazale Rana:
Resources at RTB Relating to Human Origins







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