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Jun 7 • 5 tweets • 4 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
#TMSFiles 10

Previously, I showed that @DrDanger1689 plagiarised in online lectures, his PhD dissertation and two published books.

I have now discovered that he plagiarised @johnmacarthur in an on-campus lecture at @MastersSeminary .

See video:
vimeo.com/834000200
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Sammons gave the the lecture in October 2022.

He reads out, word-for word, sections from John MacArthur's article ‘The Love of God and the Non-Elect’:

gty.org/library/Articl…

Text highlighted in yellow is plagiarised from MacArthur's article.
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Click here to access the transcript as a PDF file:

drive.proton.me/urls/HNXYCKVTX…

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It has now been 7 weeks since @MastersSeminary was contacted about this plagiarism.

At the time of writing, @MastersSeminary has still not communicated what concrete steps they are taking to address it.

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@MastersSeminary @Phil_Johnson_ @nbusenitz

I pray you take this seriously.

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Did Peter Sammons (@DrDanger1689) plagiarise @Wikipedia in his course 'Doctrine of God and the Decrees' at @MastersSeminary?

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2. By promoting arguments that do not include the Bible, Jesus, the Gospel or anything else distinctively Christian

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We naturally pass on what we value (worship) to our children.

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