Infallibility 101

One of the core doctrines of Roman Catholicism is that of Infallibility. It is quite common for Catholics to tell Protestants that they do not understand Infallibility because they are not Catholics. This is the genetic fallacy. The reality is that Protestants understand infallibility better than Roman Catholics do. Yes, …

Jesus and Hyperbole, Part 2

At “Jesus and Hyperbole,” the professor writes: Yes, repeatedly throughout history God has condemned and destroyed nations. You owe society nothing beyond responding to evil with good. God’s job is vengeance. Ours is doing good. The fundamental fault with lex talionis is that it tends to assign to us what …

Jesus and Hyperbole

In “Review: Do we “Resist the devil” or “Resist not evil”?” I opened the series with a discussion on this take on Jesus’ teaching on violence in the Sermon on the Mount: The post is based in large part on the 21-page paper “A Methodology For Detecting and Mitigating Hyperbole …

John MacArthur on Contemplative Prayer

We’ve been discussing the occult in the mainstream church. “The Occult in the Mainstream Church, Part 1” “The Occult in the Mainstream Church, Part 2” “The Occult in the Mainstream Church, Part 3” “The Occult in the Mainstream Church, Part 4“ On this topic, here is an (imperfect) transcript of this …

Dr. Michael Heiser

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been discussing the occult in the church. As part of that discussion, I noted how Radix Fidem teaches a false gospel.[1] This got the attention of some of its members (see this thread), who contacted me privately. I immediately stopped writing new articles …

The Occult in the Mainstream Church, Part 2

NOTE: In this post I will be heavily referencing this article by Marcia Montenegro. I strongly recommend reading it at some point, either before or after this one. “Occult mysticism has penetrated to the heart of mainstream American Christianity” Throughout the last few posts, I’ve been discussing the corruption of …

The Occult in the Mainstream Church, Part 1

“Occult mysticism has penetrated to the heart of mainstream American Christianity” Until his death, Tim Keller was considered on of the most important Christian pastors in America, pastoring the Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City for many years. He preached many sermons and published many books. His influence across …