Seminar - Jesus in the Canonical and Apocryphal Gospels
The Synoptic "I Have Come" Sayings of Jesus and Pre-Existence
See also my Blog Trinity Notes
and the blogpost titled: Pre-Existence of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels
Friday, April 8, 2016
Friday, April 1, 2016
Flat Earth Refutations
I don't take seriously the idea of a flat Earth. Supposedly there are some interesting arguments in favor of the theory. However, I don't see the need for Christians to argue for a flat Earth. Nothing in the Bible requires it. Also, the arguments I have come across seem very far fetched. So, in my opinion, Christians who defend a flat earth are doing a disservice to Christianity. They are needlessly creating a stumbling block or obstacle for non-Christians which makes it even more difficult for non-Christians to embrace Christianity. The same goes for those who insist on absolute geocentrism. I find the arguments for geocentrism more plausible than for a flat Earth. However, I don't dogmatically hold to geocentrism for the same reason. Namely, there's no Biblical need to. Having said that I do have a blogpost on the topic here: Quotes in Favor of Geocentrism
The following are links to refutations of a Flat Earth. Some are Christian and others are non-Christian refutations:
Earth is a sphere. Few proofs for the Flat Earth Society
https://youtu.be/d3GD9gXzUBk
Dr. Jason Lisle DESTROYS Flat Earth NONSENSE! | ICR - Christian Creationism
https://youtu.be/KbYbCB5Zj_E
Blowing up the flat earth
http://bedejournal.blogspot.com/2017/08/blowing-up-flat-earth.html
Proving the Earth is not Flat - Part 1 - The Horizon
https://youtu.be/W9ksbh88OJs?list=PLAbO4DdyTGZpp-IOSB7qUbb_QYYg9ZA9B
Soundly Proving the Curvature of the Earth at Lake Pontchartrain
https://www.metabunk.org/soundly-proving-the-curvature-of-the-earth-at-lake-pontchartrain.t8939/
Dr. Jonathan Sarfati -Why the Bible is NOT a Flat Earth Book & Other Discoveries - Awakening Report
https://youtu.be/8iK5QILwahE
[[Sarfati is a well known Young Earth [Christian] Creationist. I lean toward an Old Earth Creationist position]]
Response to Globebusters - The Earth Still Isn't Flat
https://youtu.be/JDy95_eNPzM
10 Challenges For Flat Earthers
https://youtu.be/AQl8h7Aa75s
Destroying Flat Earth Without Using Science - Part 1: The Moon
https://youtu.be/_bHqBy92iGM
Destroying Flat Earth Without Using Science - Part 2: The Stars
https://youtu.be/su-fmoZUkF8
Destroying Flat Earth Without Using Science - Part 3: Airplanes
https://youtu.be/Dd-FAyHdpxI
The 10 Things That All Flat Earthers Say
https://youtu.be/KyD8VIK032o
Monday, January 4, 2016
Daniel 9:24 Fulfilled
(posted 1/5/2017)
Dispensational Premillennialism denies that Daniel 9:24 has been fulfilled. However, there are other Christian views of the Millennium that does affirm that (at least) Daniel 9:24 has been fulfilled.
Mp3 lecture by Kim Riddlebarger on Daniel's 70 Weeks (AMILLENNIALIST)
http://links.christreformed.org/realaudio/A20101008-Amillenialism.mp3
Mp3 lecture by Ken Gentry on Daniel's 70 Week Prophecy (POSTMILLENNIALIST)
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1270414171
Video lecture by Michael Brown on Daniel 9:24-27 (CLASSIC PREMILLENNIALIST)
https://youtu.be/hESNdHdYGbU?list=UUbINn3x-intLp88Zrf8acpg
More lectures by Ken Gentry. Many of which are on eschatology and Postmillennialism:
http://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?speakeronly=true&currsection=sermonsspeaker&keyword=Rev._Ken_Gentry
More lectures by Kim Riddlebarger. Many of which are on Amillennialism:
https://www.monergism.com/legacy/mt/mp3/amillennialism-101-mp3-series-kim-riddlebarger
http://christreformedinfo.squarespace.com/mp3s-and-real-audio-of-academy/
http://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?SpeakerOnly=true&currSection=sermonsspeaker&keyword=Kim_Riddlebarger
http://kimriddlebarger.squarespace.com/reformed-amillennialism/
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
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Warranted Christian Belief by Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga's book Warranted Christian Belief can be read at the following links:
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/plantinga/warrant3
or
http://home.sogang.ac.kr/sites/sgphilobk21/%EC%9E%90%EB%A3%8C%EC%8B%A4/Lists/b8/Attachments/3/warranted_christian_belief_alvin_plantinga.pdf
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/ ]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- Jerry L. Walls, “Pharaoh’s Magicians Foiled Again: Reply to Cowan and Welty,” Philosophia Christi Vol. 17, No. 2 (Winter 2015): 411-426. [link]
- 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/
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
short url link: http://alturl.com/doxo6
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
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