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Showing posts with label Terminology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terminology. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

What is a Ruckmanite?

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Anyone who engages in the Bible Versions debates will become familiar with the name of Peter S. Ruckman. Some elevate him as a demigod and o...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

So grows the Lotus

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Back in May of 2014, I wrote about “ Tulips, Roses, Poinsettias and Lilies: a veritable theological garden .” Now ten years later, I have di...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Hyper…ism

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In religious speak, various views are often labeled some type of “hyper-ism” – Hyper-Calvinism, Hyper-Dispensationalism, Hyper-Arminianism, ...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

Origin of “The Great Commission”

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Ever wonder who coined the term “The Great Commission” in reference to Matthew 28:18-20 ? Reading a piece in the  Themelios journal , I no...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Unlimited Atonement

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“The doctrine that Christ’s redemptive death was for all persons.” – Ron Rhodes “The doctrine states that Jesus died as a propitiation for...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Gospel issues

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On July 3, 2016, Dave Miller posted on SBC Voices a writing titled "Not Everything Is a “Gospel” Issue – But Race Is!" The author...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

The terms Traditionalist and Traditionalism

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Traditionalism  seems to be the “term of choice” for most Southern Baptists who hold a certain soteriological position somewhere between Cal...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

Tulips, Roses, Poinsettias and Lilies: a veritable theological garden

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Several years ago I posted on Calvinism and other acrostics . Since that time I’ve noticed a few other theological acronyms blooming. Here’s...
Friday, August 01, 2008

Hapax legomenon

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According to Wikipedia , a " hapax legomenon (pl. hapax legomena , though sometimes called hapaxes for short) is a word which occurs ...
Friday, July 25, 2008

Adiaphoron

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Adiaphoron , pl. -a (Greek language αδιάφορα "indifferent things"; German "Mitteldinge" "middle matters") was ...
Sunday, January 06, 2008

Latin word of the day

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missio dei -- a Latin theological term that can be translated as the "sending of God." "When kept in the context of the Scri...
Saturday, July 07, 2007

Calvinism and other acrostics

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Below are several acrostics vying to replace the old standard T.U.L.I.P Calvinistic acrostic. Also included in Malcolm Yarnell's non-Cal...
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Friday, May 11, 2007

Some Baptists

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bapti- (Greek: dip, immersion, dipping in water) Anabaptist : A "rebaptizer"; From the Greek ana up, again Antipaedobaptist : One...
Monday, April 30, 2007

Origin of the term "landmark"

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In an earlier post, I defined Landmark ecclesiology as I see it. A reader has brought up the question of the origin of the terms "Land...
Friday, March 02, 2007

Pejorative terms

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"It would seem more appropriate in academic debate, and indeed a simple matter of common courtesy, to refer to positions by the terms t...
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Saturday, November 25, 2006

Definitions of terms

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One thing often done for clarity in discussion is to give definitions of terms. It should be helpful to define some of the terminology that ...
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