Tag Archives: sufficiency of Scripture

How Extreme is 2K If. . .

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 20, 2012
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Even Peter Leithart realizes that the Bible doesn’t give the kind of moral specificity that so many practically minded believers desire? The Bible rarely lives up to our ordinary standards of practicality. Page after page is given over to genealogical lists of obscure people whose only role is to be a human bridge between famous… Read More→

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Why You Won’t Find Jesus On Facebook

By D. G. Hart | Published: August 1, 2011

For those who prefer personal embodiment to an on-line presence as the means for maintaining friendship, Facebook has no real appeal. This doesn’t necessarily make non-Facebook users better people but it may make for better friendship since the real me is more of me than the virtual me. (Of course, the real me could always… Read More→

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Does Roman Catholic Emancipation Involve Breaking the First Commandment?

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 6, 2011

According to the logic of the Baylys, the answer is yes. The brothers who are “out of their minds” are upset with Marvin Olasky and the rest of World Magazine for a piece on homosexual marriage by Megan Dunham in which she writes: For the longest time I’ve struggled to put my finger on just… Read More→

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Silence is Leaden

By D. G. Hart | Published: January 22, 2011

I am detecting a parallel among critics and questioners of 2k. On the one hand, opponents have trouble with the idea (sorry Jeff, I’m not going ad hominem intentionally) that the Bible is silent on a range of subjects and activities. At the same time on the other hand, critics feel free to draw conclusions… Read More→

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If Only Kuyperians Were As Reasonable as Godfrey

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 9, 2010

Over at Confessional Outhouse, RubeRad (what’s up with those names?) has a quotation from Bob Godfrey’s address at the Westminster California conference on Christ and culture. Here it is: As is often true in the history of the church, we [Kuyperians and 2K-ers] may not all perfectly agree what the Bible says, but I think… Read More→

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Ken Myers on the Bible

By D. G. Hart | Published: January 7, 2010

Many years ago – too many for those of his vintage – Ken Myers, the talking voice behind Mars Hill Audio, wrote a piece that should be more widely known and read, “Christianity, Culture, and Common Grace.” It is available in pdf at the Mars Hill website. Ken is one of the best students of… Read More→

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