Martin Luther :: The Tentative Apologist

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Quote others the way you would have them quote you

October 05th, 201109:07 AM ET

By Randal Rauser

Martin Luther is a darling of the internet infidel community not least because he provided many quotable tidbits which can be invoked at will to marginalize Christians as being "irrational" or "anti-reason". Take the case of Jag. In reference to the claim that faith is opposed to reason he noted "Martin Luther would have strenuously agreed." When ...
Calvinism preaches a God of love, and yet…

July 27th, 201101:18 AM ET

By Randal Rauser

The central objection to Calvinism has always been, and will always be, that God's decision to elect some people to salvation whilst leaving (or electing) others to damnation is inconsistent with the notion of divine love. But Calvinists are not without their rebuttals. One common rejoinder is to argue that our understanding of love is imperfect. ...
The Intolerable Martin Luther

April 17th, 200901:43 AM ET

By Randal Rauser

For years I had heard about the Martin Luther who was a hero of the Reformation. One who stood boldly against the corruption of the Catholic Church and preached a powerful and liberating gospel of justification by faith. It took a little longer to discover the vulgar Luther who filled his polemical writings with invective against his opponents. It...

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