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Baptism: Was Mengele Saved By It?

Last updated on: June 13, 2026 at 1:03 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Also, Other Related Issues Such as the Thief on the Cross ***** This is a collection of replies I have made in the combox of the video I made with Kenny Burchard, “BAPTISM NOW SAVES YOU – Fridays With Dave!! [14+Verses to Highlight]” (10-25-24). Comments of others (I have made some spelling and grammatical corrections) will be in blue. ***** Baptism is an outward display of excepting the ransom of Jesus. However, it’s the resurrection that gives you life. It’s... Read more

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2026-06-06T00:52:10-04:00

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Harnack, “The Amateur Exegete”, & Anti-Apologetics

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:52 am By Dave Armstrong

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Including Proof That Jesus Wasn’t Totally Silent During His Trial; That is, He Didn’t “Turn the Other Cheek” On 24 October 2024, The Amateur Exegete website (its title a great irony in light of this article), published, “Adolf von Harnack: Apologetics Is in a Deplorable State”. Words of the first anonymous commenter will be in green; words of webmaster “Ben” (aka “The Amateur Exegete”) will be in blue. I have made a few very slight changes to the original comments... Read more

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Bible vs. “Faith Alone” vs. John Calvin #3

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:52 am By Dave Armstrong

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Matthew 19:16-21 (Rich Young Ruler) On 10-8-24, I published my article, Bible vs. “Faith Alone”: 100 Proofs (100 Bible Passages On Catholic Justification, Sanctification, and Faith + Works [from 22 out of 27 NT Books]: All Disproving Protestant “Faith Alone” Soteriology). Later, I got the idea of inquiring as to how John Calvin (1509-1564), one of the two the most influential founders of Protestantism, along with Martin Luther, would react to these passages in his Commentaries (and then offering my rebuttals). My approach... Read more

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Bible vs. “Faith Alone” vs. John Calvin #2

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:52 am By Dave Armstrong

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Matthew 7:16-21; 10:22; 16:27 On 10-8-24, I published my article, Bible vs. “Faith Alone”: 100 Proofs (100 Bible Passages On Catholic Justification, Sanctification, and Faith + Works [from 22 out of 27 NT Books]: All Disproving Protestant “Faith Alone” Soteriology). Later, I got the idea of inquiring as to how John Calvin (1509-1564), one of the two the most influential founders of Protestantism, along with Martin Luther, would react to these passages in his Commentaries (and then offering my rebuttals). My approach here... Read more

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Bible vs. “Faith Alone” vs. John Calvin #1

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:52 am By Dave Armstrong

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Psalm 7:10; Isaiah 1:27; 26:2; 32:17; 33:15-16; 48:18-19; 56:1 On 10-8-24, I published my article, Bible vs. “Faith Alone”: 100 Proofs (100 Bible Passages On Catholic Justification, Sanctification, and Faith + Works [from 22 out of 27 NT Books]: All Disproving Protestant “Faith Alone” Soteriology). Later, I got the idea of inquiring as to how John Calvin (1509-1564), one of the two the most influential founders of Protestantism, along with Martin Luther, would react to these passages in his Commentaries... Read more

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Reply to Calvin’s Antidote to Trent (Justification), Pt. 2

Last updated on: October 17, 2024 at 10:28 am By Dave Armstrong

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This is a reply to John Calvin’s Acts of the Council of Trent with the Antidote (Nov. 1547), specifically his comments on the Sixth Session of the Council of Trent (Jan. 1547), regarding justification. The online treatise is taken from Selected Works of John Calvin: Tracts and Letters, Vol. 3: Tracts, Part 3; edited and translated by Henry Beveridge (Edinburgh: Calvin Translation Society, 1851). I have a hardcover copy of this volume in my own library: a reprint from Baker Book House (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1983).... Read more

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2024-10-17T10:33:29-04:00

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Reply to Calvin’s Antidote to Trent on Justification

Last updated on: October 17, 2024 at 10:33 am By Dave Armstrong

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Highlighting “Working Together with God” and Our Grounds for “Boasting” and “Pride” in the Meritorious Work We and Other Christians Do for the Sake of God and Evangelism This is a reply to John Calvin’s Acts of the Council of Trent with the Antidote (Nov. 1547), specifically his comments on the Sixth Session of the Council of Trent (Jan. 1547), regarding justification. The online treatise is taken from Selected Works of John Calvin: Tracts and Letters, Vol. 3: Tracts, Part... Read more

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2026-06-06T00:04:35-04:00

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Bible on Faith / Belief, etc. “Alone” [?] for Salvation

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:04 am By Dave Armstrong

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Fifty Bible Passages Stress Faith or Belief, Regarding the Question of Salvation, Compared to a Hundred that Emphasize or Highlight Works (Flowing from God’s Grace Through Our Faith). Who Woulda Thunk it?! Recently, I compiled 100 Bible passages proving that works had a direct or causal relationship to salvation (always alongside and brought about by grace and faith). As far as I am concerned, that utterly annihilates any semblance of a “faith alone” Protestant soteriology. Catholics are not Pelagians (the... Read more

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Reply to a Protestant on “Faith Alone”

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:52 am By Dave Armstrong

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This is my reply to a lengthy comment by “ThornyCrown” underneath the video by my friend, Kenny Burchard, “Why ‘Sola Fidei’ is 100% unbiblical!! [30+ Verses to Highlight!!]” (10-6-24; utilizing my biblical research). His words — and I cite all of them — will be in blue. I use RSV for biblical citations. ***** As a die-hard Protestant who left the Roman church 35 years ago, I’m a die-hard Catholic, who left Protestantism 34 years ago. But I continue to... Read more

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Salvation Caused by Actions: 80 Bible Passages

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:52 am By Dave Armstrong

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. . . Proving That “Faith Alone” is a False Doctrine [Bible passages: RSV] 1. The “doers of the law . . . will be justified” (Rom 2:13). 2. The “end” of “sanctification” is “eternal life” (Rom 6:22). 3. We should “abound in love to one another and to all men” in order for God to “establish” our “hearts unblamable in holiness” before Him (1 Thess 3:12-13). 4. We’re “saved, through sanctification by the Spirit” (2 Thess 2:13; cf. Heb... Read more

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