Scholars Identify Biblical King Balak on the Mesha Stele
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/inscriptions/biblical-king-balak-mesha-stele/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/inscriptions/biblical-king-balak-mesha-stele/
Biblical Archaeology Society
Scholars Identify Biblical King Balak on the Mesha Stele
Scholars propose a new reading of Mesha Stele: Line 31 references not the “House of David,” but the Moab king Balak from the story of Balaam in the Bible.
Forwarded from Catholicism and Orthodoxy
A Response to Fr. Mike Schmitz on Magisterial Authority and Protestantism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwFUpBkmQH8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwFUpBkmQH8
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A Response to Fr. Mike Schmitz on Magisterial Authority and Protestantism
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The “Father of the Abortion Pill” Reveals It Was Always About Death
https://thisischemicalabortion.com/the-father-of-the-abortion-pill-reveals-it-was-always-about-death/
https://thisischemicalabortion.com/the-father-of-the-abortion-pill-reveals-it-was-always-about-death/
Revelational Epistemology
https://www.monergism.com/topics/apologetics/apologetic-methodology/presuppositional-apologetics/revelational-epistemology
https://www.monergism.com/topics/apologetics/apologetic-methodology/presuppositional-apologetics/revelational-epistemology
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Revelational Epistemology | Monergism
"According to Scripture, God has created the “universe.” God has created time and space. God has created all the “facts” of science. God has created the human
Forwarded from Gary Lineker
The Qur'an vs The Bible: Perfect Word-for-Word Preservation vs A Hopelessly Corrupted Text?
Muslim Scholars' Surprising Claims About the Qur'an's Preservation
https://streettheologian.substack.com/p/the-quran-vs-the-bible-perfect-word
Muslim Scholars' Surprising Claims About the Qur'an's Preservation
https://streettheologian.substack.com/p/the-quran-vs-the-bible-perfect-word
I spent 13 years in the occult and then Jesus saved my soul (my testimony)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf00Vek1qlo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf00Vek1qlo
YouTube
I spent 13 years in the occult and then Jesus saved my soul (my testimony)
This is super emotional and hard to post. Ill share more later. Thank you all for the support and prayers, i can feel them and they mean so much to me. Most of these tears are tears of Grace, being so overwhelmed and in awe by the Lord, although some are…
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How Protestants View the Papacy (Debate Reaction)
Gavin Ortlund responds to the debate between Ubi Petrus and Erick Ybarra hosted by Matt Fradd about the papacy in the 5th and 6th centuries.
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Gavin Ortlund…
Truth Unites (https://truthunites.org) exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth.
Gavin Ortlund…
Groundbreaking Evidence From NAMES In The Gospels PLUS 4x1-Minute Cases On The Gospels As Eyewitness Accounts With Inspiring Philosophy
Does the use of names in the Gospels mirror what a fiction writer would produce? A groundbreaking peer-reviewed article helps answer the question
https://streettheologian.substack.com/p/groundbreaking-evidence-from-names
Does the use of names in the Gospels mirror what a fiction writer would produce? A groundbreaking peer-reviewed article helps answer the question
https://streettheologian.substack.com/p/groundbreaking-evidence-from-names
Street Theologian
Groundbreaking Evidence From NAMES In The Gospels PLUS 4x1-Minute Cases On The Gospels As Eyewitness Accounts With Inspiring Philosophy
Does the use of names in the Gospels mirror what a fiction writer would produce? A groundbreaking peer-reviewed article helps answer the question
What is the Gospel of Jesus' Wife?
https://www.wesleyhuff.com/blog/2022/11/1/what-is-the-gospel-of-jesus-wife
https://www.wesleyhuff.com/blog/2022/11/1/what-is-the-gospel-of-jesus-wife
Wesley Huff
What is the Gospel of Jesus' Wife? — Wesley Huff
10 years ago, Dr. Karen King, a senior Harvard historian in early Christianity, gave an announcement across from the Vatican that an ancient papyrus in which Jesus speaks of “his wife” had just been discovered…
“Against both Aquinas and Hodge, the Bible alone is the source from which Christians are called to draw their epistemology. Scripture is adequate for every good work, including defending the faith (2 Tim. 3:16-17). In Christ are all the treasures of wisdom stored (Col. 2:3). The Christian is called to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ (2 Cor. 10:3–5). The only biblically acceptable apologetic is therefore one which is drawn from the Bible and acknowledges the epistemic lordship of Christ. Any position other than this is merely knowledge falsely so called (1 Tim. 6:20).
Not only are epistemologies derived from sources other than Scripture dishonoring to Christ, but they lead to an abortive defense of the faith. Whether one’s theory of knowledge is grounded in demonstrative reasoning, common sense or something else, this, and not Scripture becomes the ultimate authority of the one who adheres to it. It becomes surer than the sure word of God. But Scripture teaches us that Scripture itself is to be our final authority (2 Pet. 1:19, 21; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17; 1 John 5:9; 1 Thess. 2:13). If Scripture is the final authority, and if one proves the authority of Scripture on the basis of something else other than Scripture, then one proves that Scripture is not the final authority. In other words, to prove the authority of Scripture on something other than Scripture is to disprove Scripture.
Christian apologists are morally and logically compelled to defend the faith with an epistemological outlook that accords with the faith. Not only is it wrong to defend the faith with an autonomous epistemology—Christianity must be understood on its own terms—but, in the nature of the case, blending Christian theology with non-Christian epistemology always serves to undermine the Christian’s ability to defend the faith. As Christians we need to be much more epistemologically self-conscious; we need to develop a truly Reformed epistemology.
Quoting again from Greg Bahnsen's forthcoming book:
Our Christian epistemology (or theory of knowledge) should thus be elaborated and worked out in a way which is consistent with its own fundamental principles (or presuppositions), lest it be incoherent and ineffective. Our "method" of knowing is determined by our "message" as a whole—thus being influenced by, even as it influences, our convictions about reality . . . We ought not to espouse one thing theologically, then practice something else in our scholarship. One way to say this is to say that Christian scholars and apologists must be thoroughly "self-conscious" about the character of their own epistemological position, letting its standards regiment and regulate every detail of their system of beliefs and its application. They need always to form opinions and develop reasoning in light of their fundamental Christian commitments.”
http://web.archive.org/web/19991001065058/http://www.scccs.org/may97.html
Not only are epistemologies derived from sources other than Scripture dishonoring to Christ, but they lead to an abortive defense of the faith. Whether one’s theory of knowledge is grounded in demonstrative reasoning, common sense or something else, this, and not Scripture becomes the ultimate authority of the one who adheres to it. It becomes surer than the sure word of God. But Scripture teaches us that Scripture itself is to be our final authority (2 Pet. 1:19, 21; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17; 1 John 5:9; 1 Thess. 2:13). If Scripture is the final authority, and if one proves the authority of Scripture on the basis of something else other than Scripture, then one proves that Scripture is not the final authority. In other words, to prove the authority of Scripture on something other than Scripture is to disprove Scripture.
Christian apologists are morally and logically compelled to defend the faith with an epistemological outlook that accords with the faith. Not only is it wrong to defend the faith with an autonomous epistemology—Christianity must be understood on its own terms—but, in the nature of the case, blending Christian theology with non-Christian epistemology always serves to undermine the Christian’s ability to defend the faith. As Christians we need to be much more epistemologically self-conscious; we need to develop a truly Reformed epistemology.
Quoting again from Greg Bahnsen's forthcoming book:
Our Christian epistemology (or theory of knowledge) should thus be elaborated and worked out in a way which is consistent with its own fundamental principles (or presuppositions), lest it be incoherent and ineffective. Our "method" of knowing is determined by our "message" as a whole—thus being influenced by, even as it influences, our convictions about reality . . . We ought not to espouse one thing theologically, then practice something else in our scholarship. One way to say this is to say that Christian scholars and apologists must be thoroughly "self-conscious" about the character of their own epistemological position, letting its standards regiment and regulate every detail of their system of beliefs and its application. They need always to form opinions and develop reasoning in light of their fundamental Christian commitments.”
http://web.archive.org/web/19991001065058/http://www.scccs.org/may97.html