From the Council of Trent:
“If anyone says that after the reception of the grace of justification the guilt is so remitted and the debt of eternal punishment so blotted out to every repentant sinner, that no debt of temporal punishment remains to be discharged either in this world or in purgatory before the gates of [...]
James White says, in response to the announcement of Steve Ray’s new DVD: “Oh man, if I could just get a flight to Troy, Michigan, for the World Premiere of this…DVD! I wonder who will be there? Mel? Britney? Denzel? This would be big enough to break out the kilt! But alas, I probably [...]
Tomorrow is my favorite day of the year. No, I don’t trick-or-treat. No, I’m not into holidays for the devil. But the last day of October has been more than “All Hallows’ Eve” for 489 years now.
It’s Reformation Day. It’s the anniversary of Martin Luther nailing the Ninety-five Theses to the [...]
On Wednesday evening, the church I attend had the distinct pleasure of welcoming (again) Pastor Andrea Ferrari to hear news from the beautiful land of Italy.
I’d like to share some of what we heard from this kind-hearted, strong and passionate Christian pioneer. And thus to hopefully invite your prayers and supplications to the Lord [...]
If you are Roman Catholic, here is what the Apostle Paul might say to you:
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 Listen
14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What accord has Christ with Belial? [1] Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What [...]
A friend emailed me today about the documentary film Deliver Us From Evil. I’ve not seen it, but apparently it deals with pedophilia and other sexual abuses in the Roman Catholic Church.
A few points:
1. I’m not exactly sure why pedophilia has so afflicted the Catholic Church in particular, in a way that it has [...]
In the combox of the preceding post, Charlie asks the following question:
I think the usual Catholic response to this is that the word used for brothers here can mean close relatives. Would you care to comment on that?
Dagnabit! No, not really.
But I guess I should at least try to say a few [...]
A common question which crops up among Christians and non-Christians alike is, was Mary the mother of Jesus perpetually a virgin? Or perhaps to ask it another way, did Jesus have any siblings? I thought I’d collate the relevant verses (in my view, and so far as I’m aware, at least) and let [...]
Hi Mrs. XXXXX,
> Dear Patrick, I hear the truth in the readings and the
> Gospel. I believe the bread and wine to be the body and
> blood of Christ. Faith in God is the most important thing
> and then acting on it. I was gently trying to make the
> point that God is love, Jesus [...]
Hi Mrs. XXXXX,
If you mean that you do not believe you can discuss the Bible and its teachings with me, then I would have to humbly conclude that you are wrong. Certainly you know some of its main points, as I see evidenced below (e.g., “God is love,” “Jesus is God,” etc.). [...]
Hi Mrs. XXXXX,
Oh, I’m so sorry about that. I really did not mean to come off belligerent or argumentative or anything like that. And I really hope you didn’t and don’t take it that way. If I did come off that way, though, I do want to apologize to you, and ask for your forgiveness, [...]
The sede is no longer vacante, which is a good thing because I was a day behind on posts anyway.
Front page of FOXNews and CNN has the few details available so far, but there have been white smoke, bells, and little Tattoo yelling, “Boss! The Pope! The Pope!”
Sorry, Fantasy Island flashback.
Update: it’s Ratzinger. [...]
Here is something you could write on John Paul II’s tombstone:
Indeed, what you have in a guy like JP2 is a man with one foot firmly in modernity, and another foot firmly in the Middle Ages. He doesn’t believe that Isaiah or Daniel foresaw the future, yet he does believe that the BVM foresaw the [...]
A site that hasn’t posted much (that I can find) related to the death of the Pope, but has posted a lot related to the false gospel of Roman Catholicism, is Christian Resources.
Go straight to the articles for the good stuff, among which you will find the following:
Justification, a comparison of the Biblical view of [...]
Here are the articles so far on Steve Camp’s site, all of which have something to do with Roman Catholicism and/or the death of the Pope:
Waking up in Perdition, to which we have linked before
The Importance of Justification, regarding the glorious truth of sola fide (faith alone), which has been rejected by Rome—authored by R.C. [...]
Our third Sede Vacante post is a link to Tim Challies’ review of James White’s book, The Roman Catholic Controversy. I own this book, but have not read it yet; based on Dr. White’s ongoing discussions after the death of the Pope, I am inclined to think that it lives up to the high [...]
As the second Sede Vacante post, I point you to the Real Clear Theology blog. Dr. Svendsen is an expert on Roman Catholicism and he has posted several times since John Paul II’s death. The latest post at the moment shows the Pope kissing a copy of the Koran. They also have [...]
As long as there isn’t a Pope, there might as well be a continuation of the discussion about the differences between Roman Catholicism and Biblical Christianity. I insist that you listen to the 1:10 sermon mentioned yesterday by Dr. Bahnsen, but if you still want more, and in some ways a more historical view [...]
Unfortunately there will be no new teachings from me this week; our hostess was sick and the group didn’t mean yesterday or today.
However, instead I am posting a sermon preached by Dr. Greg Bahnsen about the difference between Roman Catholicism and Biblical Christianity. Check it out on our streaming audio page. This MP3 [...]
I have gotten some interesting feedback from my links a few days ago, and my occasional posts elsewhere, and even from a discussion or two in the Big Blue Room (meaning, not on the computer—the BBR being the world outside, encompassed by the sky, etc.). None from Catholics, but I wouldn’t expect many Catholics [...]
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