Monday, August 26, 2019

Grant Hardy on Implicit and Theological Interpretations of the Bible in the Book of Mormon

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In a recent essay on the Bible and the Book of Mormon, Grant Hardy wrote the following on the topic of (1) implicit interpretation and (2...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

Refuting "It's Me Jessie" and her father, John, on Sola Scriptura

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In a video entitled Living Prophets? Priesthood? Temples? Here are some Biblical answers, “It’s Me Jessie” and her father John, discuss ...

Paul Ellingworth on the Use of ἱλάσκεσθαι in Hebrews 2:17

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There are New Testament texts that speak of Jesus as being a present ιλασμος (propitiation) for our sins, such as 1 John 2:1-2 and Heb 2...

Camille Fronk Olson on "All We Can Do"

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Concerning the meaning “all we can do” in 2 Nephi 25:23, LDS (correctly) point out to the only other instance of “all we [could] do” else...
Friday, August 23, 2019

Leighton Flowers, "A Calvinistic Inconsistency regarding Satan"

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While he has problems with his own theology (e.g., advocating a form of eternal security), Leighton Flowers, a former Calvinist, has many g...

The Ascension of Moroni: Evidence of Theosis/Christification

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In his recollection of Moroni's initial appearance to him, Joseph Smith wrote: After this communication, I saw the light in the r...

Edward Giles on 1 Clement and Ignatius' To the Romans

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A very useful resource on the papacy is that of Anglican Edward Giles’ Documents Illustrating Papal Authority (1954). One can find a cop...