Papists and EO: ‘The early church believed Mary stayed a virgin!’
The early church of James the Just: Ἰάκωβος ὁ Ἀδελφόθεος (‘James, the brother of God’).
Day: July 16, 2025
2025-07(Jul)-16(Wed)—1833EDT
All moral claims are inherently religious claims.
2025-07(Jul)-16(Wed)—1658EDT
The fact that there are still sensitive computer systems running any version of Microsoft Windows tells you pretty much all you need to know about the competence and corruption level of the US government.
2025-07(Jul)-16(Wed)—1653EDT
To those who believe that Trump is playing ‘4D chess’ (or whatever ND chess we are up to now):
You do not win against Satan by playing his game — you win by flipping over his table and chasing him with a whip.
2025-07(Jul)-16(Wed)—1517EDT
For our people, everything; for our enemies, a foretaste of what God has stored up for them in eternity.
2025-07(Jul)-16(Wed)—1439EDT
The church, complete with organ, stained glass, and bells, is the pinnacle of European Civilization. To have one in every town must be an over-arching goal.
2025-07(Jul)-16(Wed)—1432EDT
Believing Baptism is a work is a particularly pernicious exemplar of works righteousness.
2025-07(Jul)-16(Wed)—1252EDT
I understand the nature of Baptism far better than the overwhelming majority of pastors; this provides me no ‘advantage’ with regard to this Sacrament, for it was God Who baptized me, not man, even though He acted through the hands of a man.
2025-07(Jul)-16(Wed)—1243EDT
If you deny the reality of Baptism, then you implicitly deny the core of the faith, for it is in Baptism that we die to the world and rise again in Christ.
2025-07(Jul)-16(Wed)—1208EDT
If the tiniest fraction of the crimes of the Jews were widely known, mankind would rise as one and devote them to destruction.