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Cults Watch | Creciendo en Gracia Interviews

"Ever since that day, I can't learn from anybody and I mean no one," De Jesús recently told Miami New Times, a weekly South Florida newspaper. Faith News Network/February 27, 2006 By J. Lee Grady Puerto Rican preacher José Luis De Jesús Miranda says a wondrous thing happened to him in 1976 when he was…

Thomist Spotlight | Domingo Bañez (1528-1604)

Bañez, Domingo (Originally and more properly VANEZ and sometimes, but erroneously, IBAÑEZ), DOMINGO, a Spanish Dominican theologian, b. 29 February, 1528, at Medina del Campo, Old Castile; d. there 22 October, 1604. The qualifying Mondragonensis, attached to his name, seems to be a patronymic after his father John Bañez of Mondragon, Guipuscoa. At fifteen he…

Quotes from Thomas | On Wrestling

 …with the mystery of God The whole night they wrestled, muscles straining, neither yielding; but at daybreak the angel disappeared, apparently leaving the field clear to his adversary. But Jacob then felt a violent pain in his thigh. He was left wounded and limping. It is thus that the theologian grapples with the mystery when…

Reverend Ike and the god of Mammon

Matt 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Mammon–3126  mamonas (mam-o-nas') or mammonas (mam-mo-nas'); of Aramaic origin; wealth, (worldy goods; assets; possessions; material goods; revenue; earnings.)…

What Is Mark Driscoll's View of Atonement?

Roger Overton at the A-Team blog has an interesting post on Mark Driscoll's Unlimited/Limited view of the atonement (whatever that means). While I haven't heard all of Driscoll's material on the subject matter it reminded me of a similar approach taken by Eric Svendsen who is the Founder and Director of New Testament Research Ministries…

Events | Paltalk with Apologist William Lane Craig

The Theology Program has been hosting this series for some time now and talk about making these guys available to larger constituency and to a closer degree; this has all been done through a little program called Paltalk. Please set this date on your calendar and download Paltalk so that you can listen in to…