Thursday, October 22, 2020

Debate Challenge to "God Loves Mormons"

Back in 2016, I wrote a series of responses to a group "God Loves Mormons." They can be found here, but for convenience, here is a listing:


Yes, We Need Modern Prophets: Responding to Godlovesmormons.com

Review of Can Our Works Save Us? Refuting Sola Fide




Since then, I have written a number of articles, including books, that touch upon these issues. E.g.:





I came across them again on Twitter, and it seems they are simply repeating claims that have been refuted. I commented on a few of their posts where they are attempting to defend their view of the Bible and salvation, denying baptismal regeneration and other (explicitly biblical!) doctrines. It is for that reason, as I told them on twitter, I will happily debate them on the following topics:

Sola Scriptura (debate thesis [which they would defend]: "the Protestant doctrine of Sola Scriptura, wherein the 66 books of the Protestant canon are the sole, infallible, formally sufficient rule of faith, is biblical")

Baptism (debate thesis [which I will defend]: "The Bible Affirms the Doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration"])

I will also happily debate the topic of justification and its nature, too, whether it is based on an imputation of an alien righteousness and other issues.

Would you like to see these debates to take place? Good. Here is what you do--you message them on their Contact page on their Website and please inform them of this debate challenge.

For those who want a listing of articles on this blog on these issues, here you go:

On Sola Scriptura:


On Baptism:

Refuting Douglas Wilson on Water Baptism and Salvation


Jerome D. Quinn on Titus 3:5 and Baptismal Regeneration

Chad Pierce on the Salvific Efficacy of Water Baptism

Acts 10:47, Cornelius, and Baptismal Regeneration (cf. Does Cornelius Help Refute Baptismal Regeneration? and. Was Cornelius Converted Before Acts 10?)

Baptismal Regeneration in Ephesians

Paul S. Williamson on Baptismal Regeneration in Ephesians

Andrew Lincoln on Paul's Theology of Water Baptism in Ephesians 5:26

J. Paul Sampley on Baptismal Regeneration and Ephesians 5:25-27 


John Greer vs. the biblical doctrine of baptismal regeneration

 No, 1 Clement does not teach Sola Fide - 1 Clement (written in the 90s) is a witness against sola fide and in favour of baptismal regeneration, among many other doctrines

For a discussion of the thief on the cross, see:

 

The Good Thief on the Cross (cf. Matthew W. Bates on the Thief on the Cross)


On Forensic Justification:



1 Corinthians 3:15: A very un-Protestant Biblical Verse

Does Galatians 2:20 and Colossians 2:14 support Forensic Justification?

Does the Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-14) Support Sola Fide?

Udo Schnelle on the Dynamic Relationship Between God's Drawing of Man to Himself and Genuine Human Freedom in the Gospel of John

An Examination and Critique of the Theological Presuppositions Underlying Reformed Theology 


Robert Boylan
22 October 2020


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