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May 2026

May 02, 2026

Final Judgment: Works vs. Faith Alone: 12 Passages

1 Samuel 28:18-19 (RSV) Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD,...

April 2026

April 20, 2026

Reply to “Gospel” Preaching Directed to Catholics

Matthew Everhard is a Presbyterian pastor. His YouTube channel, that goes by his name,...

July 2025

July 25, 2025

Are All Protestants “Saved”? (“TurretinFan” Insanity)

The anonymous Calvinist "TurretinFan" (a lawyer in his day job) may be the most...

July 18, 2025

Vs. Geisler on Catholicism #10: “Faith Alone” 2

Including Sacraments, Grace, & Salvation; Protestants & Salvation Through Baptism & the Eucharist Norman...

July 17, 2025

Vs. Geisler on Catholicism #9: “Faith Alone” 1

Including Luther's Qualified "Faith Alone"; Catholic Soteriology Accurately Presented; Meritorious Works; Bible vs. "Faith Alone"...

April 2025

April 14, 2025

Justification in the Book of James (Different from Paul?)

The following was drawn from my debate / book, Justification: A Catholic Perspective (Aug....

April 04, 2025

New Perspective on Paul: Exegesis of “Works of the Law”

Does "Works of the Law" Refer to All Good Works Whatsoever? Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575),...

January 2025

January 30, 2025

Works & Sanctification Partly Cause Salvation: 34 Passages

Drawn from my larger collection, Bible vs. “Faith Alone”: 100 Proofs (8-26-24). All Bible citations...

December 2024

December 16, 2024

Transformation of Believers in the NT: 150 Passages

Regeneration is Only the Beginning . . . [all verses RSV] Transformation / New Life...

August 2024

August 16, 2024

Meaning of “Live by Faith” (Hab 2:4, Rom 1:17, etc.)

I will be interacting with an excellent, ecumenical, and thought-provoking article, entitled "Interpreting Faith in...

July 2024

July 04, 2024

Works & Salvation: Luther vs. Scripture

Martin Luther, the founder of Protestantism, believed that works played no direct role in salvation...

May 2024

May 28, 2024

Luther’s “Tower” Justification Idea & Catholicism

+ Early Catholic Church & St. Thomas Aquinas on Grace Alone (Contra Pelagianism) & Justification...

May 07, 2024

Vs. Turretin #10: Sanctification

François Turretin (1623-1687) was a Genevan-Italian Reformed scholastic theologian and renowned defender of the Calvinistic (Reformed) orthodoxy represented by the Synod of...

November 2023

November 29, 2023

Books by Dave Armstrong: “Justification: A Catholic Perspective”

[completed on 8-30-23] This is a book in which I debate Brazilian Calvinist Francisco Tourinho...

October 2023

October 17, 2023

The Theology of Salvation, Pt. 2

[see the book info-page / buy Kindle or Nook versions] * Part two (pp. 201-235) of chapter four of my book,...

October 17, 2023

The Theology of Salvation, Pt. 1

[see the book info-page / buy Kindle or Nook versions] * Part one (pp. 161-200) of chapter four of my book,...

September 2023

September 23, 2023

Reply to Jason Engwer on Justification

[see book information and purchase options] Jason Engwer is a prolific Protestant anti-Catholic apologist and...

September 22, 2023

Rescuing Romans from Martin Foord

Martin Foord is a Lecturer in theology at Evangelical Theological College Asia, Singapore, and formerly...

September 04, 2023

Jesus: Good Works are Meritorious & Salvific

. . . Highlighting the Discourse at the Last Supper and Sermon on the Mount...

August 2023

August 30, 2023

Abraham: Justified Twice by Works & Once by Faith

Our Protestant brethren say that one is justified by faith once for all and not...

August 30, 2023

Justification: vs. Francisco Tourinho (Rd. 3, Pt. 3)

[see book and purchase information] Francisco Tourinho is a Brazilian Calvinist apologist. He described his theological credentials on...

August 23, 2023

Justification: vs. Francisco Tourinho (Round 3, Pt. 2)

[see book and purchase information] Francisco Tourinho is a Brazilian Calvinist apologist. He described his theological credentials on...

July 2023

July 31, 2023

Jeremiah’s Catholic & Very UnProtestant Soteriology

Protestants have a very prominent and quite annoying tendency to select "pet verses" and to...

March 2023

March 09, 2023

Sanctification: Part & Parcel of Salvation? (vs. Calvin #64)

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List), starting...

August 2022

August 05, 2022

Semi-Pelagianism & Catholicism (vs. Francisco Tourinho)

This is an exchange that occurred on the public Facebook page of Brazilian Calvinist apologist...

July 2022

July 18, 2022

Reply to Francisco Tourinho on Justification: Round 2 (Pt. 2)

[see book and purchase information] See: Part 1 / Part 3 Francisco Tourinho is a Brazilian...

July 17, 2022

Reply to Francisco Tourinho on Justification: Round 2 (Pt. 1)

See: Part 2 / Part 3 Francisco Tourinho is a Brazilian Calvinist apologist. He described his...

June 2022

June 22, 2022

Justification: A Catholic Perspective (vs. Francisco Tourinho)

[book and purchase information] Francisco Tourinho is a Brazilian Calvinist apologist. He described his theological credentials on...

June 15, 2022

Banzoli’s 45 “Faith Alone” Passages; My 200 Biblical Disproofs

Lucas Banzoli is a very active Brazilian anti-Catholic polemicist, who holds to basically a Seventh-Day...

May 2022

May 20, 2022

Reply to Baptist Gavin Ortlund on Baptism

Gavin Ortlund is an author, speaker, and apologist for the Christian faith, who serves as the...

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