Symbolic Adult Baptism? (vs. Mike Winger)

Last updated on: May 2, 2022 at 7:27 pm By Dave Armstrong

Pastor Mike Winger is the featured teacher of BibleThinker online ministry. He graduated from the School of Ministry at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa and was ordained in 2006. He has since served in various ministries with a primary focus on being a pastor for the youth. Mike has since transitioned into laboring full time with BibleThinker to provide free teaching content worldwide. He also has a thriving YouTube channel called Learn to Think Biblically. Mike is strongly committed to a careful and thoughtful study of the... Read more

Pharisees, “Moses’ Seat”, Tradition & Catholicism

Last updated on: May 1, 2022 at 4:20 pm By Dave Armstrong

This is a condensed and re-edited, mildly revised version of my thoughts on this topic, drawn from writings dated December 2003 and May 2005. ***** Matthew 23:1-3 (RSV) Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; 3 so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice.” Some Protestants argue that the notion is not found in the Old... Read more

Reply to Mike Winger on Sola Scriptura

Last updated on: May 2, 2022 at 11:59 am By Dave Armstrong

Augustine & Sola Scriptura, Pt. 2 (vs. Gavin Ortlund)

Last updated on: April 29, 2022 at 4:41 pm By Dave Armstrong

Gavin Ortlund is an author, speaker, and apologist for the Christian faith, who serves as the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai in Ojai, California. Gavin has a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary in historical theology, and an M.Div from Covenant Theological Seminary. He 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... Read more

Augustine & Sola Scriptura (vs. Gavin Ortlund)

Last updated on: April 29, 2022 at 4:48 pm By Dave Armstrong

Reply to Gavin Ortlund’s “Sola Scriptura Defended”

Last updated on: April 28, 2022 at 12:39 pm By Dave Armstrong

Reply to Jordan Cooper: Invocation of Saints

Last updated on: April 27, 2022 at 10:23 am By Dave Armstrong

Rev. Dr. Jordan B. Cooper is a Lutheran pastor, adjunct professor of Systematic Theology, Executive Director of the popular Just & Sinner YouTube channel, and the President of the American Lutheran Theological Seminary (which holds to a doctrinally traditional Lutheranism, similar to the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod). He has authored several books, as well as theological articles in a variety of publications. ***** I will be responding to the “saints portion” of Jordan’s YouTube video, “Five Reasons I Am Not Roman Catholic” (1-27-19). When I cite his... Read more

Reply to Jordan Cooper’s Rejection of the Papacy

Last updated on: April 25, 2022 at 2:36 pm By Dave Armstrong

Rev. Dr. Jordan B. Cooper is a Lutheran pastor, adjunct professor of Systematic Theology, Executive Director of the popular Just & Sinner YouTube channel, and the President of the American Lutheran Theological Seminary (which holds to a doctrinally traditional Lutheranism, similar to the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod). He has authored several books, as well as theological articles in a variety of publications. ***** I will be responding to the first “papacy portion” of Jordan’s YouTube video, “Five Reasons I... Read more

Is Sola Scriptura Biblical? (vs. Jordan B. Cooper)

Last updated on: April 25, 2022 at 12:05 pm By Dave Armstrong

Rev. Dr. Jordan B. Cooper is a Lutheran pastor, adjunct professor of Systematic Theology, Executive Director of the popular Just & Sinner YouTube channel, and the President of the American Lutheran Theological Seminary (which holds to a doctrinally traditional Lutheranism, similar to the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod). He has authored several books, as well as theological articles in a variety of publications. ***** I will be responding to Jordan’s two-part YouTube series on sola Scriptura: “An Explanation of Sola... Read more

Reply to “Why Remain Protestant?” (Steven Nemes)

Last updated on: April 22, 2022 at 10:21 am By Dave Armstrong

Dr. Steven Nemes is a Protestant theologian, phenomenologist, and adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University. He received his Ph.D. in Theology in 2021 from Fuller Theological Seminary. His dissertation was entitled, “A constructive-theological phenomenology of Scripture.” Steven also oversees the YouTube channel, “Words of Life.” ***** I always hate having to transcribe or summarize video content, in order to interact with it. It’s time-consuming and tedious. But we’re in the “video age” of apologetics now, so it must be done:... Read more

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