Showing posts with label titus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label titus. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 19, 2021

The End of the Apostolate in the First Century Contra Mormonism

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" You are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Ch...
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Saturday, May 23, 2020

Faith, the Gift of God to the Elect Alone

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Every Bible-believing Christian is distinguished by one doctrine: our justification before God is through fail alone. That was the message o...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

The Clerical Collar: Wearing What Pertains to a Man

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In today's culture wars, Deuteronomy 22:5 gets quoted often: " A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a wom...
Friday, November 17, 2017

What Is Faith?

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We have a lot of common sayings on the issue of faith. Two that I sincerely hate are "a leap of faith" and "you just gotta h...
Saturday, September 23, 2017

The Diagnosis Must Come Before the Prescription: Total Depravity

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A memorial to the victims in Sandy Hook, CT  The Bible says that " all have sinned " (Romans 3:23), and " the wages of si...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Bishops: Diotrophes in the Church

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Before I start, I want to mention what a landmark this post is: Post number 300! When I first started this blog, I would never have imagined...
Monday, February 2, 2015

Bishops in the Church (Part 2): the Bible versus Catholic Tradition

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I have addressed this topic more generally here , but I want to emphasize one passage in particular, that of Philippians 1:1. In it, Paul ad...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

I Peter 5:2, More Testimony from Scripture Against Bishops in the Church

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The first three verses of the fifth chapter of I Peter have some serious implications for church government. " So I exhort the elde...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Bishops: the Hidden Admission of the Catholic Church

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Titus 1:5-8 in the English Standard Version, says, " This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, a...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Bishops in the Church (Part 1): the Bible versus Catholic Tradition

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The Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox churches, and the churches of the Anglican Communion, all practice the form of church govern...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

Luke 22:24-27, Does Christ Forbid Bishops, a Class of Clergy that Rules over the Rest?

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"A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. And he said to them, 'The kings of the Ge...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

The Apostle Paul and Bishops or Elders? Does the Bible Really Say?

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"This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— ...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Isaiah 64:6 and the Absurdity of Conditional Election

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" We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and o...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

Deuteronomy 9:4-6, Not for Our Righteousness

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" Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the L...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Mode of Baptism, According to the Scriptures, Part 3

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Where Hodge most vigorously opposes the immersionists, I think, is in the symbology of baptism. Where Baptists customarily describe baptism ...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

I Timothy 2:11-14, The Bible versus Women Preachers

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" Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, s...
Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Does Jesus Believe in the Lone Ranger?

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"And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but e...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Christ's Rule in His Church

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" So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him. He said, 'These will be the ways of ...