Why the Heterodoxy Hall of Shame? (4)

Part 4 (and final) of, “Why the Heterodoxy Hall of Shame?”: I was reading through old posts today in the yahoo group and found some posts regarding the “Heterodoxy hall of shame”. May I ask you why you first decided to have such a page on the website? First of all, there was no website [...]

Why the Heterodoxy Hall of Shame? (3)

Part 3 of, “Why we have a Heterodoxy Hall of Shame?” (slightly edited for clarity): Hi again Marc I was reading through old posts today in the yahoo group and found some posts regarding the “Heterodoxy hall of shame”. May I ask you why you first decided to have such a page on the website? [...]

Why the Heterodoxy Hall of Shame? (2)

This is part 2 of the “why do we have a Heterodoxy Hall of Shame?,” series: I suspect that that page and the people on it can get too much attention. Controversy can be both good and bad. Instead of real issues, Jean Calvin and his works are discussed etc. I hope you understand what [...]

Why the Heterodoxy Hall of Shame? (1)

The following discussion took place in May of 2010 regarding why we have the “Heterodoxy Hall of Shame?” (http://www.outsidethecamp.org/heterodoxy.htm) at the Outside the Camp website (this will be posted in multiple parts, the Lord willing): I was reading through old posts today in the yahoo group and found some posts regarding the “Heterodoxy hall of [...]

The narrow gate (2)

I was thinking of a couple Scripture passages related to the narrow and “constrictedness” of the gate. Job 28:12 asks: “But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?” Where, indeed? Where has it been found in the whole of “church history”? Where has it been consistently found in, say, the [...]

The narrow gate (1)

[One day when Christian was walking along, he espied an old chap heading his direction.] Christian: Hello man. How are you doing this fine morning? May I ask your name? Irenicum: Yes indeed. The name’s Irenicum. I’m doing quite well, quite well. Thank you. Say young man, do you have time for a chat? Christian: [...]

The conditionalist Calvinist

What if someone says they believe that God is sovereign and that He absolutely controls all actions and events and nothing happens outside of His decretive will and they believe that man has no free-will, and then they say that faith is a condition for justification? That describes a man like Vincent Cheung. In spite [...]

Heinrich Bullinger on the seventh commandment (2)

“Men are provoked to lust either by hearing or reading of dishonest ditties and bawdy ballads; or by looking on and beholding wanton dances, unseemly sights, ribald talk, and filthy examples. They therefore are by this law are reproved, which wink at or cherish, which are the bawds or bringers together of adulterous persons. Unto [...]

Heinrich Bullinger on the seventh commandment (1)

Once again, not a blanket-endorsement of Bullinger as a true Christian. “In this precept is forbidden fornication, or that kind of whorehunting, which is said to be the meddling of a single man with an unmarried woman. This kind of whoredom is thought of many either to be a very small offence, or none at [...]

Marriage as a Divine institution

The following is quite interesting. I found it while doing a google book word search. The following are excerpts from “The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer,” Volume XLIX for the year 1780. I’ll be interspersing my comments, the Lord willing. ABSTRACT OF THE REV. MR. MADAN’s DISSERTATION ON MARRIAGE AS A DIVINE INSTITUTION. I [...]