AI-generated featured image for: Mary, the Protoevangelium, and the Marian Dogmas

By:
On:
In: Apologetics, Catholicism, Mary
With: 0 Comments

The Protoevangelium of James is the earliest surviving written source for several beliefs about Mary that later became Roman Catholic dogma or devotion. When we trace those beliefs back, we find a second-century legend, not the apostles’ writings. What the Protoevangelium says about Mary Quotations are from the Alexander Walker translation, *Ante-Nicene Fathers*, Vol. 8 (1886). – Her miraculous birth. An angel announces it to her childless mother: > “Anna, Anna, the Lord has heard your prayer, and you shall conceive, and shall bring forth.” (ch. 4) – Her childhood in the Temple. At age three she is presented at the Temple and lives there: > “MaryRead More →

Fatima, Signs, and the Question of Authority: Why I Hold to Scripture Alone

By:
On:
In: Catholicism, Mary
With: 0 Comments

Every year on October 13, Roman Catholics around the world remember the final apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. It happened in 1917, in the fields outside a small village in Portugal. For many Catholics it is a treasured part of their faith. For me, as a Protestant, it raises a question that is worth asking calmly and honestly: when someone says they have received a message from heaven, how do we know whether it is true? I want to describe what Rome teaches as fairly as I can, in its own words, and then explain from Scripture why I hold the position I do.Read More →

By:
On:
In: Apologetics, Jesus, Theology

Christ is the Son of the Most High—the King who reigns forever, whose kingdom will never end. He cannot be merely a man, for He bears the unique and holy title “Son of God,” begotten of the Father. Scripture does not leave us guessing about who He is. So who is He? He cannot be “a god,” for the Lord Himself declares that there are no other gods besides Him. He cannot be an angel, for though He was made for a time lower than the angels, all the angels worship Him. He cannot be just another savior, because salvation belongs to God alone. Therefore,Read More →

By:
On:
In: Belgic Confession, Church History

Today the Roman Catholic Church uses the term “Catholic” and most of the protestant world has also granted that term. Both protestants and Roman Catholics seem to be unaware of the historical meaning of Catholic. Rome taking it for themselves and to mean the Roman Catholic Church, and protestants totally rejecting the word…The truth is the reformers professed one true, Holy Catholic and apostolic church but there was a difference in how it was defined. The Belgic Confession written in 1561 was a confession of faith to appeal to the king of Spain who was persecuting protestants. I would also argue that the Catholic ChurchRead More →

By:
On:
In: Abortion

We keep hearing the argument, a woman has a right to do what she wants with her body. In the article it doesn’t say a pregnant mother, and her body were killed. It says Monique Steward and her unborn baby. He was sentenced for killing them both. Yet today the argument is being made that a woman has the right to do whatever she wants with her body. A baby is not the mothers body it is a human being from conception. Therefore willfully taking the life of a child who is unable to defend itself is murder. No matter how much we try toRead More →

By:
On:
In: Catholicism, Mary

In Matthew 1:25 the greek word for know is “ginosko” which can mean “come to know” – or sexual intercourse. Roman Catholicism teaches Mary remained a virgin her entire life. So they must posit here that Joseph got to know her better after Jesus was born and they stayed married but never engaged in any marital relations. In Genesis 4:1 Adam knew (yāḏa) his wife and she conceived and bore Cain. Even though the word know is used here we can deduct that this use of the word know was referring to marital relations.   Matthew 1:25 25 and did not know her till sheRead More →

By:
On:
In: Abortion

Last night I watched the presidential debate against Joe Biden and Donald Trump. On the one hand the democrats(Biden) are for full unrestricted abortions, and on the republicans (Trump) said he is against 9 month abortions or after their born abortions in the one breathe and in the other says he will leave it up to the states. Personally he said “and some disagree” but I think there should be an exception for “rape”, “incest” and “life of the mother.” Essentially they are both for the murder of children. …. In regards to the debate last night Trump said: “Except for “Rape”, “incest”, “life ofRead More →

By:
On:
In: Bible Study

Today many of us still separate Jews some even believing that they were saved by the law. But salvation was always by Faith from the beginning to the end. This is why Abraham is brought up the Jewish audience who would have been reading this letter at the time. The Jew would have thought “We are Gods chosen people because of our ethnicity and because we were circumcised” – The Apostle Paul explains that circumcision was a sign of the seal of righteousness of faith. The sign wasn’t what saved actually made them right before God. There is still mass confusion about this today manyRead More →

By:
On:
In: Atheism

You have heard the saying “there are no atheists in fox holes” – but according to scripture there are no atheists. Verse 18 – They are suppressing the truth Verse 19 – The truth of Gods existence is manifest in them Verse 20 – Gods existence is clearly evident in the creation. They are without excuse Verse 21 – It says “they knew God” Verse 22 – Is this not true how the atheists love to boast in their knowledge and mock those who believe in God as less intelligent, less ‘evolved’ humans. Verse 25 – they lie to themselves. Verse 28 – They knowRead More →

By:
On:
In: Attributes of God, Bible Study

The Solitariness of God Genesis 1:26-27, 26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.   Exodus 15:11 nkjv “Who is like You, O Lord, among the [a]gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? Judges 21:24-25Read More →