Defense of 50 NT Passages Against “Faith Alone”

Last updated on: May 13, 2026 at 10:16 am By Dave Armstrong

I’m replying to a lengthy, multi-part critique of my article, 50 Unanswerable NT Passages Against “Faith Alone” (2-24-26) by a very nice Reformed / Calvinist woman who goes by “C Xa” online. We have corresponded off and on, and she promised to make this critique after I challenged her. I greatly appreciate the engagement, which is becoming increasingly rare these days. Her counter-responses can be read in their entirety in comments made underneath this article. Bible passages (RSV) from... Read more

Introducing “Faith Alone: The ‘Theological Novum’”

Last updated on: May 12, 2026 at 12:50 pm By Dave Armstrong

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→ Make a gift of $25 or more and quickly receive Faith Alone: The “Theological Novum” ***** ***** Go to my Blog Book Page with the Table of Contents, Introduction, and two sample chapters that can be read. ***** *** A Doctrine That Came From Nowhere: Announcing Faith Alone: The “Theological Novum” There’s a striking description in Alister McGrath’s Iustitia Dei, a scholarly history of the Christian doctrine of justification, that continues to astonish me. McGrath — an Anglican, not... Read more

Faith Alone: The “Theological Novum” (Dave Armstrong Book)

Last updated on: May 12, 2026 at 11:12 am By Dave Armstrong

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Subtitle: Disproofs from 525 Bible Passages & 30 Church Fathers Available only as a gift for premium supporters, as PDF, ePub, and Amazon Kindle (AZW3) files, for a 100% tax-deductible donation of $25 or more to my apologetics apostolate. Just click on the smaller book image above for a quick and easy transaction. Many thanks beforehand! [This is my 57th book, completed on 11 May 2026: 30 years to the month after I finished my first book, A Biblical Defense... Read more

Un-Protestant Bible #5: Paul Prays for a Dead Man

Last updated on: May 8, 2026 at 2:17 pm By Dave Armstrong

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This is the transcript of the initial presentation of the video, “PROOF! Catholic Prayer For The Dead is Biblical” (Catholic Bible Highlights with Kenny Burchard, 5-8-26). ***** 2 Timothy 1:16, 18 (RSV) May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, . . . [18] may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day . . . Catholics believe in prayers for the dead, in order to aid them in their journey through... Read more

Temporal Punishment of Believers (vs. Sean Luke)

Last updated on: May 7, 2026 at 1:26 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Sean Luke obtained Masters of Divinity and Masters of Systematic Theology degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He runs the YouTube channel, Anglican Aesthetics, and a Substack site with the same name. He is a member of GAFCON (Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans), which is a traditionalist or “orthodox” reform movement of “authentic Anglicans”. It opposes, for example, Anglicans “who have rejected the authority of God’s written Word and have put their trust in their own reason . . .... Read more

Transformation of Believers (NT): 134 Passages

Last updated on: May 5, 2026 at 4:01 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Transformation / New Life / Newness / Renewal Luke 5:37-38 (RSV) And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. [38] But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. (cf. Mt 9:17; Mk 2:21-22) Romans 6:6 We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the sinful body might be destroyed, and we might no... Read more

Salvation as a Process in the NT: 35 passages

Last updated on: May 4, 2026 at 8:27 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Matthew 24:13 (RSV) But he who endures to the end will be saved. Luke 21:19 By your endurance you will gain your lives. John 8:51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if any one keeps my word, he will never see death. Acts 6:7 . . . obedient to the faith. Acts 11:23 . . . he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose; Acts 15:11 But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord... Read more

Workers with God to Save Ourselves & Others: 21 Passages

Last updated on: May 5, 2026 at 1:10 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Psalm 51:13 (RSV) Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to thee. Matthew 12:41 The men of Nin’eveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. (cf. Lk 11:32) Romans 11:13-14 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry [14] in order to make my... Read more

Final Judgment: Works vs. Faith Alone: 12 Passages

Last updated on: May 2, 2026 at 2:16 pm By Dave Armstrong

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1 Samuel 28:18-19 (RSV) Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD, and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Am’alek, therefore the LORD has done this thing to you this day. [19] Moreover the LORD will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me; the LORD will give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.” 2 Kings 22:13 “Go,... Read more

Meritorious Works: 36 Biblical Proofs

Last updated on: May 2, 2026 at 1:37 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Genesis 18:19 (RSV) I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice; so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him. Genesis 22:16-18 “By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son, [17] I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars... Read more

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