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The Fallacy of the Catholic Argument from Doctrinal Division

The Roman Catholic challenge—“So which of the many different doctrines of non-Catholic churches is the truth? All claim to be true but differ from others! Can’t all be true if they differ!”—is a logically flawed, theologically inconsistent, and self-defeating argument. It assumes that the mere existence of doctrinal disagreement within Protestantism invalidates Protestantism itself. However, by this same standard, Roman Catholicism would also be invalidated since it has its own significant doctrinal divisions.

The Necessity of a Supernatural Work for Faith in Christ - A Response to Leighton Flowers

The following piece is a response to a recent assertion by Leighton Flowers: 

"Putting your faith in someone else doesn't require a supernatural miracle.  People put genuine faith in false gods all the time, so much so they would sacrifice their own lives.  No one believes it requires a supernatural intervention of God to grant someone the ability to do that, so why would anyone assume it takes a miracle for someone to put that kind of faith in the one true God?" - Leighton Flowers

Read this if you have difficulty believing you are a hell deserving sinner.

Question: How do I recognise and accept that I'm a guilty sinner deserving of hell forever and there's nothing I can do to save myself because I'm struggling to accept this?

Answer: Thank you for your inquiry.  Before we can rightly understand sin and our need for salvation, we must first have a true understanding of who God is—in the splendor of His holiness, majesty, and absolute perfection. When we see God rightly, we will see why sinful man cannot stand in His presence apart from His grace.

Man does not live by bread alone

And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. - Deuteronomy 8:2-4

What is your preferred pronoun?

You will likely be asked the following questions about gender identity at some point by either your teacher or doctor. How should you respond? Here are some possible answers

Question: What is your preferred pronoun?

Response: I reject the premise of the question. The question assumes that gender is a matter of personal preference, which is a philosophical assertion—not a neutral fact.

You shall remember the Lord your God,

You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” - Deuteronomy 8:18

Overthrowing the Strongholds of Carnal Presumption

by Anthony Burgess

Let us now consider the proper means to overthrow those strongholds into which the carnally confident man retreats, and what way may be taken to undeceive such a one and set him in the path of salvation.

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