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Banzoli Lies About Jaw-Dropping Luther Quote

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:03 am By Dave Armstrong

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Lucas Banzoli is a very active Brazilian anti-Catholic polemicist, who holds to basically a Seventh-day Adventist theology, whereby there is no such thing as a soul that consciously exists outside of a body, and no hell (soul sleep and annihilationism). He has a Master’s degree in theology, a degree and postgraduate work in history, a license in letters, and is a history teacher, author of 27 self-published books, as well as blogmaster for six blogs. He has many videos on YouTube. This is my 67th refutation of Banzoli’s... Read more

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St. Jerome, Papacy, & Succession (vs. Gavin Ortlund)

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:50 am By Dave Armstrong

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Gavin Ortlund is a Reformed Baptist author, speaker, pastor, and apologist for the Christian faith. He has a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary in historical theology, and an M.Div from Covenant Theological Seminary. Gavin is the author of seven books as well as numerous academic and popular articles. For a list of publications, see his CV. He runs the YouTube channel Truth Unites, which seeks to provide an “irenic” voice on theology, apologetics, and the Christian life. See also his website, Truth... Read more

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Nutshell Biblical Intercession of the Saints & Angels

Last updated on: February 3, 2024 at 3:00 am By Dave Armstrong

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[all the information you need if the topic comes up and someone claims that these practices “aren’t biblical”; all verses RSV] 1. Saints in Heaven Are Aware of Earthly Events Hebrews 12:1 (“we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses”). Revelation 6:9-10: “I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne; they cried out with a loud voice, ‘O Sovereign Lord, holy... Read more

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Lutherans & Invocation #4 (Revelation; Luke 16)

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:03 am By Dave Armstrong

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Seth Kasten (see his blog) is a member of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. This is one of a series of replies to his book, Against the Invocation of Saints: An Apology for the Protestant Doctrine of Prayer over and against the Doctrine of the Eastern Orthodox Church (Royal Oak, Michigan: Scholastic Lutherans, 2023). I will be using RSV for Bible passages unless otherwise noted. Words from his book will be in blue. See other installments: Lutherans & Invocation #1 (Intro) [1-11-24] * Lutherans &... Read more

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Seth Kasten

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Invocation of Saints: 20 Biblical Proofs

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:50 am By Dave Armstrong

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[see book and purchase information] [all passages RSV] * 1. St. Paul states that now we only “see in a mirror dimly” and ” know in part” (1 Cor 13:12), and that “eye has not seen” (1 Cor 2:9) what God has prepared for us. * 2. We shall “see his face” (Rev 22:4) and see Him “face to face” (1 Cor 13:12), and He will be our “light” (Rev 22:5). * 3. St. Paul was “caught up into Paradise”... Read more

Saints & Purgatory & Penance

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Pope-Criticism: Ultra-Rare, Private, & Saintly

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:50 am By Dave Armstrong

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Reply to Clueless Accusations That I Supposedly Think Popes Should Never be Criticized At All, & Make No Distinctions Whatsoever Concerning Papal Critics The recent Vatican document, Fiducia Supplicans has been the trigger for many thousands of loudmouthed Catholics to engage in constant verbal diarrhea against Pope Francis: the Holy Father, supreme head of the Church, Vicar of Christ, and successor to St. Peter. I have resolved to mostly avoid this entire topic, having defended Pope Francis for over ten... Read more

Papacy & Infallibility

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Lutherans & Invocation #3

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:03 am By Dave Armstrong

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Necromancy; Can Saints Hear Us? Seth Kasten (see his blog) is a member of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. This is one of a series of replies to his book, Against the Invocation of Saints: An Apology for the Protestant Doctrine of Prayer over and against the Doctrine of the Eastern Orthodox Church (Royal Oak, Michigan: Scholastic Lutherans, 2023). I will be using RSV for Bible passages unless otherwise noted. Words from his book will be in blue. See other installments: Lutherans & Invocation #1... Read more

Lutheranism

Saints & Purgatory & Penance

communion of saints

intercession of the saints

invocation of the saints

Lutherans & invocation of the saints

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Seth Kasten

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Lutherans & Invocation #2

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:03 am By Dave Armstrong

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Definitions of Prayer & Intercession; God Sharing His Glory; Views of St. Augustine & Many Other Church Fathers Seth Kasten (see his blog) is a member of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. This is one of a series of replies to his book, Against the Invocation of Saints: An Apology for the Protestant Doctrine of Prayer over and against the Doctrine of the Eastern Orthodox Church (Royal Oak, Michigan: Scholastic Lutherans, 2023). I will be using RSV for Bible passages unless otherwise noted. Words... Read more

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Seth Kasten

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Lutherans & Invocation #1 (Intro)

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:50 am By Dave Armstrong

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Seth Kasten (see his blog) is a member of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. This is one of a series of replies to his book, Against the Invocation of Saints: An Apology for the Protestant Doctrine of Prayer over and against the Doctrine of the Eastern Orthodox Church (Royal Oak, Michigan: Scholastic Lutherans, 2023). I will be using RSV for Bible passages unless otherwise noted. Words from his book will be in blue. ***** See other installments: Lutherans & Invocation #2... Read more

Lutheranism

Saints & Purgatory & Penance

communion of saints

intercession of the saints

invocation of the saints

Lutherans & invocation of the saints

Prayer

Seth Kasten

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Vs. Turretin #9: Church #2 (Indefectibility)

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:03 am By Dave Armstrong

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François Turretin (1623-1687) was a Genevan-Italian Reformed scholastic theologian and renowned defender of the Calvinistic (Reformed) orthodoxy represented by the Synod of Dort, and was one of the authors of the Helvetic Consensus (1675). He is generally considered to be the best Calvinist apologist besides John Calvin himself. His Institutes of Elenctic Theology (three volumes, Geneva, 1679–1685) used the scholastic method. “Elenctic” means “refuting an argument by proving the falsehood of its conclusion.” Turretin contended against the conflicting Christian perspectives of Catholicism and Arminianism. It was a popular textbook; notably at Princeton Theological Seminary, until it was replaced by Charles Hodge‘s Systematic Theology in... Read more

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