tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post5632097122709138153..comments2024-03-27T20:28:38.015-04:00Comments on Reasonable Christian: Mike Horton, Tim Keller, and Matt Chandler Lament the Invention of the Printing Press and the InternetCharlie J. Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-35655481027361396752011-07-17T10:15:50.193-04:002011-07-17T10:15:50.193-04:00Sean Gerety makes some excellent points in a comme...Sean Gerety makes some excellent points in a comment posted over at Johannes Weslianus: <a href="http://www.weswhite.net/2011/07/free-press-orinternet-repression/#comment-10998" rel="nofollow">Sean Gerety on Free Press or Internet Repression?</a>Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-64297800400554229902011-07-15T20:43:53.896-04:002011-07-15T20:43:53.896-04:00I might add that one does not need to be a scholar...I might add that one does not need to be a scholar to understand theology. That's why the internet is so valuable. Sure, there is disinformation out there. But most folks know how to use discernment in these matters.Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-70071809730526057692011-07-15T20:40:16.444-04:002011-07-15T20:40:16.444-04:00Billy, ok you got me. You're a semi-pelagian....Billy, ok you got me. You're a semi-pelagian. Same thing. Pelagianism is still pelagianism. The fact that you think Roman Catholics and Anglo-Catholics are "saved" and "Christian" is proof enough that you have no clue what the Gospel is about.<br /><br />Secondly, your premise is still wrong. When a plow boy knows the Bible better than the pope then we have a great Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-53856417148122092212011-07-15T20:09:07.816-04:002011-07-15T20:09:07.816-04:00Sorry. In order to be a Pelagian I would have to ...Sorry. In order to be a Pelagian I would have to believe that my will was unaffected by the Fall of Adam. I would have to believe that my soul at birth was tabula rosa, and not infected with original sin. I would have to believe that I could choose Christ without the grace of God first intervening in my heart and upon my will. I would have to believe that my Lord suffered on the cross only asBillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718837086000788837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-2715922625623780792011-07-14T22:49:13.506-04:002011-07-14T22:49:13.506-04:00Every Christian has the duty to preach the Gospel ...Every Christian has the duty to preach the Gospel and to call out those who preach false doctrine, Billy. I'm calling you out. You are a pelagian, not a Christian.Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-37202282130612776002011-07-14T22:38:54.805-04:002011-07-14T22:38:54.805-04:00How in the world is it papist to criticize a metho...How in the world is it papist to criticize a method of communication which allows people who aren't always bright to speak dogmatically and without consequence? <br /><br />Your mind is so steeped in anti-Roman everyting, that you somehow make it the Vatican's fault that three Protestant ministers are questioning the internet as the best means of doing scholarship. I do understand the Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718837086000788837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-660590412877474862011-07-14T08:59:02.323-04:002011-07-14T08:59:02.323-04:00Great stuff, Charlie.Great stuff, Charlie.Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511526445868840330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-60496960193966743032011-07-13T20:26:22.391-04:002011-07-13T20:26:22.391-04:00You might want to read this excellent article over...You might want to read this excellent article over at Wikipedia on the priesthood of believers: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priesthood_of_all_believers" rel="nofollow">The Priesthood of All Believers</a>.Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-87452977732945895332011-07-13T19:10:34.829-04:002011-07-13T19:10:34.829-04:00Luther utilized blunt language. I don't see a...Luther utilized blunt language. I don't see anything wrong with using a word that expresses exactly what I think about the matter. It conveys and communicates rather nicely, does it not?Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-44533291512978443602011-07-13T19:09:31.839-04:002011-07-13T19:09:31.839-04:00Thank-you for once again demonstrating that you ha...Thank-you for once again demonstrating that you have no clue as to what the Protestant Reformation was all about, Billy. Thanks also for summarizing for us the papist position.<br /><br />Pentecostal and charismatics try the same "touch not mine anointed" bullshit. But it's still bullshit. The Scriptures are the final authority, not popes, churches, councils, bishops or Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-28146101110462336412011-07-13T10:06:59.733-04:002011-07-13T10:06:59.733-04:00Your theology on the priesthood of all believers i...Your theology on the priesthood of all believers is wrong. It does not give you the authority to question anyone and everyone. It gives you the capability of petitioning God himself, through Christ, in humility. To get to the point where you are directing profanity at appointed shepherds who are simply pointing out that the internet has a way of causing knee-jerk reactions from people who Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718837086000788837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-67426031269588837142011-07-12T21:03:39.253-04:002011-07-12T21:03:39.253-04:00Exactly, Eric. If someone claims the Reformed or L...Exactly, Eric. If someone claims the Reformed or Lutheran confessions say so and so it is fairly easy to check that online. If someone quotes Calvin or Luther, it's fairly easy to find the context of the quote online or in some low cost electronic book format. <br /><br />If someone writes a book that causes a furor, everyone can read firsthand and secondhand what the issue is about. I Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-57947420062749571072011-07-12T20:47:05.676-04:002011-07-12T20:47:05.676-04:00Dr. Rod Rosenbladt is a professional theologian, I...Dr. Rod Rosenbladt is a professional theologian, I admire, respect and listen to. I am also glad the internet allows me to read the Book of Concord online.Eric Lintzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392599287956286294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-50678474101764261392011-07-12T20:17:52.081-04:002011-07-12T20:17:52.081-04:00I don't believe most theological blogs are ano...I don't believe most theological blogs are anonymous. I have always openly acknowledged who I am. In fact, I anticipated that excuse when I decided to be completely open about who I am.<br /><br />Professional theologians tend to be more like politicians than anything else. The Protestant Reformers, on the other hand, were willing to die for their doctrinal and theological disagreements Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-81244302101182570562011-07-12T20:02:05.624-04:002011-07-12T20:02:05.624-04:00Hear! Hear!Hear! Hear!Reformationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818168068978748081noreply@blogger.com