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

Last updated on: April 4, 2025 at 4:09 pm By Dave Armstrong

Does “Works of the Law” Refer to All Good Works Whatsoever? Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575), a Calvinist leader in early Protestantism, or “reformer”, after citing Galatians 2:16, wrote the following in his most significant work, Decades (1551; rep. Cambridge University Press, 1849; first and second decades): This is now the third time that Paul saith, that men are not justified by the works of the law: in the which clause he comprehendeth all manner of works of what sort soever. (p.... Read more

Veneration in the Bible (“Roman Creature-Worship”?)

Last updated on: April 1, 2025 at 5:57 pm By Dave Armstrong

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The Anglo-Irish clergyman and scholar Richard Frederick Littledale (1833-1890) wrote a book called Plain Reasons Against Joining the Church of Rome (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1881), which I will critique. His words will be in blue. I use RSV for biblical citations. ***** We have only four examples in the New Testament of acts of reverence being done to Saints, and in all these cases they were promptly rejected and forbidden, showing that they were offensive to the... Read more

Intercessors in Heaven: Four Protestant Commentaries

Last updated on: March 31, 2025 at 3:27 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Revelation 5:8 (Elders) and Revelation 8:3-4 (Angels) Are Undeniably Involved with “the Prayers of the Saints” Revelation 5:8 (RSV) . . . the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints; Revelation 8:3-4 And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer; and he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers... Read more

Consecrated Celibacy (vs. Lutheran von Hase)

Last updated on: March 29, 2025 at 10:05 am By Dave Armstrong

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Karl August von Hase (1800-1890) was a German Lutheran theologian and church historian, who was a professor of theology at Jena from 1829 to 1883, and the great-grandfather of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He wrote many books; his most influential one being A History of the Christian Church (1834; 12th edition, 1900). I will be critiquing one portion of the first volume of von Hase’s two-volume work (one / two), Handbook to the Controversy with Rome (1862; 7th edition, 1900; English translation... Read more

Relics: Biblical Proofs (vs. Anglican C. H. H. Wright #2)

Last updated on: March 26, 2025 at 11:36 am By Dave Armstrong

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+ Ten Protestant Commentaries in Support of Peter’s Healing Shadow (Acts 5:15): Which Rev. Wright Denied Charles Henry Hamilton Wright (1836-1909) was an Irish Anglican clergyman. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1857, was the Grinfield lecturer on the Septuagint at Oxford (1893–97), vicar of Saint John’s, Liverpool (1891–98), examiner in Hebrew at the University of London (1897–99), and clerical superintendent of the Protestant Reformation Society (1898–1907). He authored a number of books, including The Intermediate State and Prayers for the... Read more

Deus me curou! (Úlcera, alergias alimentares)

Last updated on: March 25, 2025 at 12:57 pm By Dave Armstrong

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[see also the English version] Sim; uma cura sobrenatural é o que estou alegando, e posso comprová-la tanto com meu histórico de problemas estomacais quanto com a maneira sistemática com que experimentei ao longo de um período de duas semanas, experimentando os vários e numerosos alimentos que não consegui comer — a maioria por muitos anos –, desde o suposto milagre. Eu fiz isso praticamente como a Igreja faz quando investiga supostas ocorrências milagrosas de vários tipos, com um exame... Read more

God Has Healed Me! (Ulcer, Irritable Bowel Syndrome)

Last updated on: April 9, 2025 at 11:23 am By Dave Armstrong

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[see also the Brazilian Portugese version] Yes; a supernatural healing is what I’m claiming, and I can substantiate it with both my history of stomach problems and the systematic way in which I’ve experimented over a two-week period by trying out the various, numerous foods I haven’t been able to eat — most for many years — , since the suspected miracle. I went about it pretty much as the Church does when it investigates purported miraculous occurrences of various... Read more

Invocation of Saints (vs. Anglican C. H. H. Wright #1)

Last updated on: April 1, 2025 at 5:56 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Five Biblical Proofs Charles Henry Hamilton Wright (1836-1909) was an Irish Anglican clergyman. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1857, was the Grinfield lecturer on the Septuagint at Oxford (1893–97), vicar of Saint John’s, Liverpool (1891–98), examiner in Hebrew at the University of London (1897–99), and clerical superintendent of the Protestant Reformation Society (1898–1907). He authored a number of books, including The Intermediate State and Prayers for the Dead (1900) and the volume I will be examining, Roman Catholicism,... Read more

Bible On Mortal & Venial Sin (vs. Anglican Stearns #5)

Last updated on: March 20, 2025 at 2:01 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Edward Josiah Stearns (1810-1890) was an Episcopal clergyman from Maryland and author of several books. His volume, The Faith of Our Forefathers (New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1879), was a reply to The Faith of Our Fathers (1876), by James Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921), one of the best and most well-known Catholic apologetics works, with an emphasis on scriptural arguments and replies to Protestant critiques of Catholicism. It had sold over 1.4 million copies by the time of its 83rd edition in 1917 and was the most popular book in the... Read more

Worshiping God Through Images (vs. Anglican Stearns #4)

Last updated on: March 20, 2025 at 10:37 am By Dave Armstrong

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Including the Biblical Case for Icons Edward Josiah Stearns (1810-1890) was an Episcopal clergyman from Maryland and author of several books. His volume, The Faith of Our Forefathers (New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1879), was a reply to The Faith of Our Fathers (1876), by James Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921), one of the best and most well-known Catholic apologetics works, with an emphasis on scriptural arguments and replies to Protestant critiques of Catholicism. It had sold over 1.4 million copies by the time of its 83rd edition in 1917 and was... Read more