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September 2016

September 09, 2016

Calvin: Only God Knows Who is Elect

Portrait of Jean Calvin, by Titian (1490-1576) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (1-5-06) ***...

September 09, 2016

“Certainty” of Eternal Life? (1 Jn 5:13 & Jn 5:24)

St. John, from the Coronation Gospels: late 8th century [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (5-8-02)...

August 2016

August 09, 2016

Mortal vs. Venial Sin: Biblical?

St John the Evangelist, by Vicente Juan Masip (1507-1579) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***...

August 04, 2016

Catholic Bible Verses on Sanctification & Merit

St. Paul (1625-1626), by Nicolas Tournier (1590-1639) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** [12-20-07] ***...

June 2016

June 07, 2016

Does Catholic Merit = “Works Salvation”?

Photograph by "Gadini" (2-23-15) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** From my book, The One-Minute...

May 2016

May 22, 2016

Catholic Views: Grace, Merit, & Synergy: Collection of Articles

Cooperating with God as "Co-Laborers" in Doing Grace-Caused Good Works Paul's Conversion on the Way...

May 19, 2016

Justification in James: Catholic-Protestant Dialogue

[You Tube / Creative Commons license] *** [Uploaded from public list discussions by Dave Armstrong...

May 05, 2016

“Work Out Your Own Salvation” & Protestant Soteriology

Photograph by "skeeeze"(10-26-08) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** (4-29-08) **** Words of Baptist...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Initial Justification & “Faith Alone”: Harmonious?

Madonna and Child with Sts. Peter and Paul (1608-1609), by Giuseppe Cesari (1568-1640) [public domain...

April 14, 2016

Calvinist Irresistible Grace: Biblical?

From my book: Revelation!: 1001 Bible Answers to Theological Questions (2013). Verses KJV unless specified...

April 07, 2016

Luther’s “Snow-Covered Dunghill” (Myth?)

Photo by Emmanuel Boutet, 1-27-07 [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license]...

March 2016

March 11, 2016

Bible: Some Sins More Serious Than Others

"The man with the burden", illustration from John Bunyan's dream story (based on Bunyan's Pilgrim's...

March 11, 2016

Dialogue on Mortal and Venial Sin

vs. Ken Temple (Reformed Baptist) St. John the Evangelist, by Vicente Juan Masip (1510-1579) [public...

February 2016

February 05, 2016

The Bible on the Moral Assurance of Salvation

. . . Persevering in Faith, with Hope Photograph by "Unsplash" [public domain / Pixabay] (10-21-08)...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Philippians 2:12 & “Work[ing] Out” One’s Salvation

Finish line for a marathon race in Eugene, Oregon. Photo by Michael McCullough, 1 May...

January 25, 2016

Bible on Participation in Our Own Salvation

. . . Always Enabled by God's Grace St. Paul (c. 1468), by Marco Zoppo (1433-1478)...

January 19, 2016

Grace Alone: Perfectly Acceptable Catholic Teaching

"Art4TheGlryOfGod Photography by Sharon" [Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0 license] (2-3-09) * * * This...

December 2015

December 14, 2015

Justification is NOT by Faith Alone, and is Ongoing

Romans 4, James 2, and Abraham's Multiple Justifications Abraham and the Angels (1680-1685), by Aert de...

December 05, 2015

Bible Teaching: God’s Glory Shared with His Creatures

Here are many biblical instances (both explicit and undeniable and likely, plausible, but not indisputable...

December 01, 2015

Grace Alone: A Biblical and Fully Catholic Teaching

[Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0 license] * * * The Catholic Church teaches that...

November 2015

November 23, 2015

Fictional Dialogue on Grace, Justification, and Salvation

The Transfiguration (1594), by Lodovico Carracci (1555-1619) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (1995) * * *...

November 16, 2015

Council of Trent: List & Summary of the Canons on Justification

. . . (with a handy summary of Tridentine soteriology) Council of Trent (1588) ,...

October 2015

October 21, 2015

St. Paul on Grace, Faith, and Works (50 Passages)

Original Title: St. Paul's Teaching on the Organic Relationship of Grace, Faith and Works, and Obedience...

October 19, 2015

Limited Atonement Refuted? (John 12:32 & St. John Chrysostom)

John Calvin's Institutes of Christian Religion: manuscript from Geneva: Robert Estienne, definitive fourth edition 1559. [public...

October 13, 2015

Final Judgment & WORKS (Not Faith Alone): 50 Passages

Original title: Final Judgment in Scripture is ALWAYS Associated with Works and NEVER with Faith Alone...

September 2015

September 26, 2015

C. S. Lewis’ Belief in Purgatory & Prayer for the Dead

Photo credit: Praying Hands, by Albrecht Dürer (1508) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] This article has now...

September 18, 2015

St. Paul vs. John Calvin: “Doers of the Law” Will be Justified

Saint Paul Writing His Epistles (c. 1618-1620); attributed to Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632) [public domain...

September 06, 2015

John Wesley’s View of Purgatory and Analogous Processes

- - - A Classic Case Study of Inadvertent Approximation of the Very Catholic Teaching He...

August 2015

August 22, 2015

John Calvin: All Fathers But One Wrong Regarding Free Will

Portrait of Jean Calvin, by Titian (1490-1576) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] [A]lthough the Greek...

January 2014

January 07, 2014

St. Augustine, Calvin, & Calvinists Regarding Total Depravity

Portrait of St. Augustine (c. 1480) by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

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