tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post321366309869246484..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: The bedrock of the ReformationPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-91429954466779580132008-11-01T18:12:00.000-07:002008-11-01T18:12:00.000-07:00I'm curious: where did the Scripture come from? Di...I'm curious: where did the Scripture come from? Did Luke write his gospel from having seen it himself or from having talked with eyewitnesses? Is our written tradition not based, to some extent, on oral tradition of the eye-witnesses as well as the apostles? And what of the Church fathers? Were they not trained by the Apostles and their disciples? Who is to say that we can get as close to the context, as you quoted Luther as having written, as the Church fathers? I believe that we in the age of written information underestimate oral traditions because we have little or none today. It seems to me that we don't have to remember anything very well because we can look it up.<BR/>Faith, Hope, and Love,<BR/>Curious in Chicagolandsuussolushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948256259212953949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-63524167091295749382008-11-01T18:09:00.000-07:002008-11-01T18:09:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.suussolushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948256259212953949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-70217194839711067952008-11-01T04:52:00.000-07:002008-11-01T04:52:00.000-07:00It is the misuse of Scripture that gets the Mormon...It is the misuse of Scripture that gets the Mormon religion in trouble. They claim it to be the Word of God so long as it is translated correctly. What they fail to see is how incorrectly their church translates His Word. They have been blinded. Many churches today do not properly "teach" God's Word. I hear story and story about a pastor's personal life with very little reference to the life of Christ. I have heard pastor's read a whole chapter out of the Book of Revelation and go on to tell their own personal life story.<BR/><BR/>My wife and I are starting a young adult bible study in our home this month. We have already got about 10 people who plan to come. Our hope is to teach them God's Word completely. We want to exposit the Word and train them on how they too can read Scripture and search out the meanings. we will then take our group of young adults and hit the streets reaching the lost and witnessing to people. We plan to also go anywhere God leads us to help feed the hungry, clothe the naked and help the widows. We want to do disaster relief. Our group of young adults are very excited about this because they have never heard or been taught any of this in their own churches. Please keep us in your prayers. We are taking them to a Code Blue Rally in Moline, Illinois on Nov 14th. I appreciate your post. Very well done. God bless you allpastorbrianculverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07325788116682801754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-31736869344021271282008-10-31T22:36:00.000-07:002008-10-31T22:36:00.000-07:00Nothingnewunderthesun:I see that there are 10 coun...Nothingnewunderthesun:<BR/><BR/>I see that there are 10 counties that are majority Mennonite, in Pennsylvania (Lancaster, natch), Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Kansas.<BR/><BR/>Go, Mennonites!Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-21103594397233123782008-10-31T21:46:00.000-07:002008-10-31T21:46:00.000-07:00Here's a thought:I have held many things in mh han...Here's a thought:<BR/><BR/>I have held many things in mh hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.<BR/><BR/>And may that thought from the bedrock of the reformation remind you of the rock-solid Father we have full access to, solely by the grace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As long as we place ourselves in God's hands, we will have Him, always...and we'll see the next spiritual train wreck coming from Hell, Inc.Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267525662313103148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-79742281403943735632008-10-31T21:39:00.000-07:002008-10-31T21:39:00.000-07:00Does catholicism really dominate the US as this ma...Does catholicism really dominate the US as this map might suggests?<BR/><BR/>US map of religious affiliation by county @ <A HREF="http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/church_bodies.gif" REL="nofollow">http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/church_bodies.gif</A><BR/><BR/><BR/>If true, than the Borg comparison might be even more true than I originally thought.NothingNewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499186024285784090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-76278862516411329002008-10-31T21:00:00.000-07:002008-10-31T21:00:00.000-07:00Ha! That wasn't a criticism. lolAlthough I was m...Ha! That wasn't a criticism. lol<BR/><BR/>Although I was mistaken. I thought you were taking off all of October and would be back November 1. Glad I was wrong. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-14068757279133972962008-10-31T20:04:00.000-07:002008-10-31T20:04:00.000-07:00Frank, Or Phil, or whatever your name is... ;-)OK,...Frank, Or Phil, or whatever your name is... ;-)<BR/><BR/>OK, OK...Dan,<BR/><BR/>Great first post after your hiatus (well, TeamPyro, certainly and absolutely not on your blog, yow!).<BR/><BR/>In all seriousness, I know a friend who has capitulated to the teachings of Brian McLaren, and for the first time, I had to defend myself against this Pomo nonsense. Thanks to the Bible, the grace of God, and a little help from the Pyros and other sites, I was able to come up with some good answers, but wow...the way Satan gets us train-wrecked is eye-opening, jarring and very scary sometimes. I never would have thought this person would believe it, but (sigh)...I hate Satan and his ways. I just do. Taking my friends away from Jesus...grrr...<BR/><BR/>OK, ending now before my blood boils. Welcome back! And praise Jesus for Mr. Luther.Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267525662313103148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-9344258316523940032008-10-31T17:10:00.000-07:002008-10-31T17:10:00.000-07:00Great post, sir.Great post, sir.Douglas Kofi Adu-Boahenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111110757315994466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-62382532116704907712008-10-31T14:19:00.000-07:002008-10-31T14:19:00.000-07:00Hey! Happy Reformation Day and awesome post. I am ...Hey! Happy Reformation Day and awesome post. <BR/><BR/>I am so glad you guys are back shooting from the hip. I haven't gone and read the links yet but now Barbara's comments leave me intrigued - my b.p. will probably go up too. I've had a Catholic lurker on my blog e-mailing me all kinds of links for weeks now telling me why I should "come home to Rome". This one would be a good one to "coincidentally" link to. You pretty much cover all the bases.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411152395819469453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-85251788309367213242008-10-31T14:15:00.000-07:002008-10-31T14:15:00.000-07:00"next time you make a Rome/Borg comparison, give m..."next time you make a Rome/Borg comparison, give me 36 hours heads-up and I'll make some really stellar drones for you to dress up the post."<BR/><BR/><BR/>I would pay good money to see that.NothingNewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499186024285784090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-61612510842866205702008-10-31T13:44:00.000-07:002008-10-31T13:44:00.000-07:00Trogdor: No please! Tell us what you really think...<B>Trogdor:</B> No please! Tell us what you really think and don't hold back this time. :-)David Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709270641017787218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-15975636412252148912008-10-31T13:30:00.000-07:002008-10-31T13:30:00.000-07:00"And this is Rome today, still. Theoretically, the..."And this is Rome today, still. Theoretically, the Bible is the Word of God. Actually, it's the word as-explained-by-Rome."<BR/><BR/>I love how James White explains this. For Protestants the source of authority is sola scriptura; for RC's the source is sola Roma.<BR/><BR/>They have three sources: scripture, tradition, and papal bull. The third is obviously just the blathering nonsense of Pope Palpatine and his fellow cardinals, the second is clearly also just more nonsense from Rome (it's a tradition because we say it is!). But surely their submitting to the authority of scripture is good, right?<BR/><BR/>And therein lies some of the most infuriating nonsense the Roman dictatorship (I should stop referring to it as a church, since they stopped teaching the gospel and became nothing more than a power-mad money-grubbing tyrannical collective centuries ago) has produced. In no way do they even pretend to be subordinate to the Word of God. No, these arrogant monsters dare claim authority over God's Word! Not just to have the sole authoritative knowledge of its meaning (no, not knowledge - declarative power: it means exactly what El Popo says it means, and nothing else, even when he's clearly wrong). No, they even claim power to declare what <I>is</I> God's Word. It's not God's Word because the sovereign creator and ruler of the universe spoke it as his sovereign authoritative communication to man, oh no! That would be silly! No, it's God's Word because some dork in a stupid hat in a city built with money extorted from his victims in exchange for a non-gospel of subservience to Rome says it is! If said dork decides tomorrow that <I>Green Eggs and Ham</I> is God's Word spoken through the prophet Geisel, a billion victims will soon be chanting Sam I Am in Latin.<BR/><BR/>Alright, I need to get back to work. Maybe I'll come back later when I'm ready to stop holding back.trogdorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452996348717802065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-7327930080288633992008-10-31T12:50:00.000-07:002008-10-31T12:50:00.000-07:00*It seems self-evident that the true meaning is de...*It seems self-evident that the true meaning is determined by the proper interpretation. I'm not sure what your difficulty is with that. Someone who twists the Bible's meaning is not teaching the Word of God, no matter how many Bible verses he quotes. Right?*<BR/>-----------------------<BR/>Yup I agree completely.<BR/>-----------------------<BR/><BR/>*But to say that the Bible "contains" the Word of God suggests a denial that every word of it is true. MacArthur would never use that kind of language, and it's not a particularly helpful way to paraphrase what he was saying. He obviously believes the Bible--every word of it--IS the Word of God. That's one of the reasons its so crucial to get the meaning right.*<BR/><BR/>-----------------<BR/>Again, I agree.<BR/><BR/>I think that somehow I was being confused by the statement that "...it's not the words...".<BR/><BR/>Again, I *know* that John believes in verbal inspiration. That's why I was confused. I wasn't doubting his stand, I have the utmost confidence in John and his teaching. I just didn't know what he meant by that phrase.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your patience and help. It was hard for me to verbalize where my difficulty was but I think you have addressed it.<BR/><BR/>Can I leave a tip? :)Tim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771868540726222826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-70924281142484968642008-10-31T12:49:00.000-07:002008-10-31T12:49:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771868540726222826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-65284725475090105302008-10-31T12:37:00.000-07:002008-10-31T12:37:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771868540726222826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-28280005941831235692008-10-31T12:33:00.000-07:002008-10-31T12:33:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771868540726222826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-47142380429890845132008-10-31T12:25:00.000-07:002008-10-31T12:25:00.000-07:00Welcome back Pyros, and with a powerful post too!Welcome back Pyros, and with a powerful post too!~Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819856178499938127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-14214593179866809282008-10-31T12:24:00.000-07:002008-10-31T12:24:00.000-07:00Pyros You're back! finally! :DHappy Reformation Da...Pyros You're back! finally! :D<BR/>Happy Reformation Day!...Ahh Sola Scriptura...I've had quite the discussion times before about the sufficiency of Scripture...it seems God's word is not enough and so we need to hear "words from God"(translation=someone else's opinion/idea/thought they got from a dream/vision/apparently audible voices) to know if a certain doctrine is correct, or to know if the pastor's preaching is biblical, etc...Thanks but I'll stick to the Bible, alone.Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01385067178930906667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-36723150900485722422008-10-31T11:59:00.000-07:002008-10-31T11:59:00.000-07:00Speaking of Reformation Day, did you know there is...Speaking of Reformation Day, did you know there is an official rap?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.95thesesrap.com/" REL="nofollow">95 Theses Rap</A>David Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709270641017787218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-34346992680362062622008-10-31T11:50:00.000-07:002008-10-31T11:50:00.000-07:00Nice to see y'all back in action. Good post. In ...Nice to see y'all back in action. Good post. In our southern baptist sunday school class, we have turned from the Lifeway dreck and are working through John Stott's Sermon On the Mount. As we have been discussing Jesus' exposition of murder and adultery, the first of Luther's theses keep coming to mind. Once we begin to have a "better" picture of ourselves, i.e. as God sees us, i.e. as we are described in Scripture, we cannot help but begin to have a life full of repentence.Matthew Lawrence Woodworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08811367192021200467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-46500334457769750902008-10-31T11:02:00.000-07:002008-10-31T11:02:00.000-07:00Welcome back guys.Great post Dan. Great reminder o...Welcome back guys.<BR/><BR/>Great post Dan. Great reminder of how we got here and why it matters.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for holding the written Word up so high.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-25810889108341223612008-10-31T10:33:00.000-07:002008-10-31T10:33:00.000-07:00Welcome back, gentlemen.We know how much Rome valu...Welcome back, gentlemen.<BR/><BR/>We know how much Rome valued the authority of the Bible, when it persecuted believers at the time of the Reformation who sought recourse in the authority of Scripture—like Wycliffe, Hus, and Tyndale.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-80318127995290710342008-10-31T09:16:00.000-07:002008-10-31T09:16:00.000-07:00Yes!!! They're back and to top it all off the fir...Yes!!! They're back and to top it all off the first post has a Borg Cube! Man, I missed you guys. I mean, seriously, I really did. Okay, I'm tearing up, this is just sad, I need to get out more.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09369314650729072277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-35075737356863262192008-10-31T09:14:00.000-07:002008-10-31T09:14:00.000-07:00Welcome back, Pyromaniacs!This Reformed Dispensati...Welcome back, Pyromaniacs!<BR/><BR/>This Reformed Dispensationalist has missed you!<BR/><BR/>We should make much more of this day in evangelicalism. A true demonstration of God's majestic sovereignty took place on (and leading up to) 10/31/1517. The truth, based solely on God's Word, "emerged".<BR/><BR/>Happy Reformation Day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com