Category Archives: Apologetics

The Remedy for Our Sins

Posted on 15 May 2013 by Islwyn

Since my reading of Walter Martin on Adventists and the Law of God it is good to come across fellow Christians who have a high view of God’s law and how the grace of God plays its part in the believer’s … Continue reading →

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Melvyn Bragg On The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene.

Posted on 11 April 2013 by Islwyn

Can’t help thinking about that BBC serving we had on ‘Good Friday’ called, ‘The Mystery of Mary Magdalene’ presented by Melvyn Bragg. Having read his ‘The Book of Books’ I found ‘The Mystery of Mary Magdalene’ so disappointing. From a scholarly point … Continue reading →

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Dr. Ben Witherington III – The Law In Romans 7

Posted on 8 March 2013 by Islwyn

Well it is not about the law as such. This is a presentation by Dr. Ben Witherington given at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature last year in Chicago. It is for academics and deals with ‘Preaching … Continue reading →

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God’s Law Is Good News

Posted on 8 March 2013 by Islwyn

So why do some want to make God’s Law contrary to God’s Grace? Continuing the theme of God’s Law from the previous post which emphasised God’s Law as a Law of love, Carolyn Arends describes God’s Law as being good … Continue reading →

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Anthony Hoekema, Adventists & Walter Martin – Part III

Posted on 16 November 2012 by Islwyn

Walter Martin, Adventists & The Law Of God in ‘The Kingdom Of The Cults, General Editor; Ravi Zacharias, Bethany House Publications, Minneapolis, 2003 I concluded the previous post by asking why would Walter Martin, or the publishers of ‘Kingdom of the … Continue reading →

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Anthony Hoekema, Adventists And Walter Martin, Part II

Posted on 31 October 2012 by Islwyn

p. 561. Is Seventh-day Adventism a Non-Christian Cult? Following from the last post, Walter Martin takes up Anthony Hoekema again on page 561 of his book, ‘The Kingdom of the Cults’. To quote Martin fully, p.561. We earlier mentioned Dr. … Continue reading →

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Anthony Hoekema; Adventists And Walter Martin, Part I

Posted on 26 October 2012 by Islwyn

Comment on excerpts from, ‘Kingdom of the Cults’, by Walter Martin – Bethany House Publishers, 2003. p. 535. As an explanation for the inclusion of a chapter in a book on cults entitled, “The Puzzle of Seventh-day Adventism,” (Appendix B), … Continue reading →

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Our Triune God

Posted on 19 October 2012 by Islwyn

CMI is a website concerned about Origins because of what it says about God and particularly about the Person of Jesus Christ, about His status in the Godhead and about his mission to our world. “If we wilfully reject Jesus’ … Continue reading →

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Here We Go Again – Karen King Unveils Jesus’ Wife

Posted on 25 September 2012 by Islwyn

A shame to deflate the newspaper stories but to add to the previous post, “I enjoy fairy tales as much as the next person . . . , and some of the best fictional early Christian stories from the late second through the … Continue reading →

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Did Jesus Have A Wife?

Posted on 20 September 2012 by Islwyn

“Harvard Professor Karen King, who is the person who has been entrusted with the text, has rightly warned us that this does not say anything about the historical Jesus. She is correct that “its possible date of composition in the … Continue reading →

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