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PnP: A Study in Pots and Kettles

I know I said I wouldn’t blog as often anymore, but this is just too good to pass up. A male supremacist (MS) site lists Seven Common Fallacies of Biblical Interpretation, not realizing male supremacism commits every one of them in their arguments!
Let’s break it down…

1. Preunderstanding fallacy: Believing you can interpret with complete objectivity, [...]

The Body of Christ

Read these few passages on how the community of believers in the Jesus who rose from the dead are to arrange themselves:

1 Cor. 12:4-6 There are various gifts but the same Spirit; there are various services but the same Master; there are various actions but the same God works in all of them. To each [...]

Sound Familiar?

“[Slavery] was established by decree of Almighty God…it is sanctioned in the Bible, in both Testaments, from Genesis to Revelation…it has existed in all ages, has been found among the people of the highest civilization, and in nations of the highest proficiency in the arts.”
– Jefferson Davis, President, Confederate States of America, quoted by [...]

Synthesis

I just wanted to highlight a link I just added, called What Is the Hegelian Dialectic?. I see this tactic played out constantly, in all spheres of modern life, especially in the churches. Many think it’s the Holy Spirit behind movements such as the Purpose Driven courses, but holy has nothing to do with it. [...]

Series: The Hunt/White Debate, Part Fourteen

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SALVATION OFFERED TO ALL by Dave Hunt
Though Christ commands us in the Great Commission to preach the gospel to every creature, Calvinism teaches that the elect are regenerated without it and the non-elect cannot accept it. If the gospel is the power of God “to the salvation of everyone that believes” (Mark 16:15), [...]

Series: The Hunt/White Debate, Part Thirteen

CHAPTER ELEVEN: TURNING THE BIBLE INTO A CHARADE by Dave Hunt
No one would dispute that scripture is filled with commands for us to spread the gospel, and that the gospel is to accept Jesus as Savior because he died for our sins and rose again. But according to Calvinism, most of the people who will [...]