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The Frankfurt Declaration/Responding to Craig Carter

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Persecution, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

First hour or so I was joined by Pastor Tobias Riemenschneider, one of the framers of the Frankfurt Declaration (Frankfurtdeclaration.com). We discussed the declaration, its purpose and function. Then I responded to Dr. Craig Carter’s inaccurate and unkind comments posted yesterday, once again focusing upon the real issue that is coming out of the development of this “Great Traditionalism.” Nearly

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Ninety Minutes of Biblical Exegesis and Theological Ruminations

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, Godly Disciplines, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Started off looking closely at Jude 3-5, then moved on to listen to a section of an interview with Carl Trueman, and then brought it all together to respond to the topic of people destroying their credibility by talking about Socinianism.

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Open Zoom Calls Road Trip Dividing Line

, , Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Road Trip, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

We managed to get through a number of excellent calls today on topics ranging from the canon to covenant theology to talking to folks who are being taught by the New Confessionalists, etc. with only one 30 second Internet drop (that, as far as we can see, was on Rich’s end, not mine!). Should be able to have another program

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Pursuing the Enemy with CrossPolitic and Delano Squires

, , Abortion, Christian Worldview, Homosexuality, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, The Dividing Line

The guys from CrossPolitic joined us in studio, together with Delano Squires, to talk gospel and law and culture. A wide-ranging discussion that we really hope will stir you up and encourage you! This was our first time working with so many guests so there is a bit of an echo that will have to be fixed before our next

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Roadtrip DL from Salt Lake City: Jackson-Brown and the Culture of Death

, , Abortion, Christian Worldview, Homosexuality, Mormonism, Personal, Road Trip, The Dividing Line

Never dreamed in the early 1980s I would someday be doing a live “webcast” (of all things!) from Salt Lake City, but here we are! Discussed the Jackson-Brown issue in light of the Christian worldview and many other related issues. Also listened to Brandan Robertson twist John 11 into a homosexual-affirming pretzel.

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Pluto, Finland, the Evil Regime, and Scripture and Tradition

, , Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Baptist Issues, Road Trip, The Dividing Line

A potpourri of topics for our last DL in studio for most of April. Had a little something for the homeschoolers about Pluto’s age, some commentary on the acquittal of the Lutheran Christians in Finland, a good deal on today’s call by the Biden Regime for surgery for “transgender children,” etc. Then we transitioned into a theological discussion based upon

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Brandan Robertson’s Continued Apostasy, Yuvul Noah Harari’s Mengelian Worldview

, , Atheism, Christian Worldview, Homosexuality, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism, Technology, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Covered a number of topics playing off of comments made by Brandan Robertson regarding the resurrection, the Bible, etc. We then talked a little bit about the discovery of an exceptionally ancient inscription in Israel that is highly relevant, and finished up looking at some quotes from Klaus Schwab’s chief scientific advisor, Yuvul Noah Harari.

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Reflections on Ukraine, Culture of Death Update 1984

, , Christian Worldview, Homosexuality, Musings, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Reflected on the shelling of the Irpin Biblical Seminary as I taught within its walls a number of times, so seeing it on fire from Russian shelling was saddening indeed. Then we discussed the current issues relating the to Culture of Death and its promotion of homosexuality, transgenderism, etc.

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Sola Scriptura: Do You Really Believe?

, , Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Talked a bit about a few current events at the start (played video from Mars, for example), but the focus today was on sola scriptura, what it means, why it is central, and why I am simply stunned to see men I used to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with using the phrase as a throw-away joke line on Twitter. Please listen and

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Deconstructed Baptists, Another Confusing Keller Tweet, Second Run at John 6.

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, Uncategorized

Talked a bit about current events amongst the Southern Baptists, including the vicious attacks from “deconstructed” Baptists (i.e., apostates). We discussed another confusing tweet from Tim Keller, and then I took the time to back up and re-do the discussion on John 6 from the last program. Much clearer, organized, and understandable this time! No technical juggling this time around!

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Pale Blue Dots, Philosophy, Feser, and Mt. Carmel

, , Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, General Apologetics, Misc, Pastoral Theology, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Yeah, good luck figuring out that title! Covered a lot on a 100 minute program today, from scientism to the Pullmann/Hess debacle back to Aquinas and the Baptists and finishing up with the “Mt. Carmel Challenge.” We definitely covered the waterfront today!

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Another Road Trip DL with Commentary, Some Keller Response, and Enduring for the Elect

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Godly Disciplines, Pastoral Theology, Pauline Studies, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

I’m settled into a quiet nook of the woods in East Texas right now, so we did a program that touched on developments in the covid insanity, provided a response on “contextualization” regarding Dr. Keller, and finished with some thoughts focused on Paul’s words in 2 Timothy 2:10.

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Live from GBTS with Jeff Johnson and Owen Strachan

, , Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Musings, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

I finished six hours of lecture and immediately set up to do a DL in the lovely library area of Grace Bible Theological Seminary and was kindly joined by President Jeffrey Johnson and by Provost Owen Strachan to talk theology and a little history as well!

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Road Trip Before the Storm

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Molinism, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Baptist Issues, Road Trip, The Dividing Line

Evidently a big winter storm is heading my way, but we got a program in anyway, discussing my recent defense of Greg Bahnsen, attacks on religious freedom, and an article on Irenaeus’ view of “apostolic tradition” (found here). We finished up with a discussion from Isaiah 10 and the freedom and power of God in history. We will try again

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John 6 Rescued from Leighton’s Scissors, then Jordan Peterson’s Amazing Statement

, , Christian Worldview, Debate, Exegesis, Provisionism, Road Trip, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Greetings from cold Springfield, Missouri! A road-trip edition of the Dividing Line as I caught a part of the Hughes/Flowers debate on John 6:44. Had to point out the basic error in Flowers’ approach, though we will do much more on that when I can download the video. Then we listened to a recent statement by Jordan Peterson on the

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Thoughts On Faithfulness in an Uncertain Future

, , Christian Worldview, Godly Disciplines, Musings, Personal, Road Trip, Technology, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

We did the program from the Mobile Command Center today as a means of testing things out before I hit the road this weekend. I also wanted to test a touch screen we have obtained that should allow me to do mot of what I do on the Flip Board in the Big Studio, but while traveling. And it worked!

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Catching Up on the March of the Secular Monster

, , Christian Worldview, Homosexuality, Musings, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, The Dividing Line

So we webcast on two platforms now: YouTube and Odysee. We have freedom to talk about vaccines, Covid, mandates, and the outrageous behavior of the left, while on Odysee, but not on YouTube, which censors anyone who would talk about those things from the “wrong” viewpoint. This means I no longer really have the freedom to do a few stories

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James Dolezal’s Biblical Evidence for DDS

, , Christian Worldview, Debate, Exegesis, Personal, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Sorry for those who aren’t overly excited about internal Reformed Baptist issues, but I said a few weeks ago that I would engage Dr. Dolezal’s biblical evidence for the doctrine of divine simplicity (DDS) and today I did so. Went just over an hour and a half, but hope that the discussion was useful.

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Two Responses, More Than Two Hours

, , Christian Worldview, Debate, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Molinism, Offense, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Simply Silly, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I chose to provide two responses on the program today, hoping that both would provide opportunities for teaching and, by refutation, edification of the saints. The first, which took up most of our time, was a response to about ten relevant points (and those were about all) in the 2 hour, 45 minute video posted recently from Tim Stratton and

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A First For the Last Day of 2021!

, , Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Exegesis, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I was literally on my way to the office to do a remote DL in the old studio, something we have done four or five times now, when I texted Rich and asked, “I know this is crazy but…any way we could use the big studio and the Flip board remotely?” And we made it work! Kudos to Rich! Now

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Cultic KJVOism, then a Deep Dive into Theological Method

, , Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Exegesis, King James Onlyism, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Went more than 90 minutes today starting off with a warning about the abusive forms of cultic KJVOism out there, looking at the Ruckman-esque behavior of one Cody Zorn, a KJV pastor down in Georgia. Then we did a major shift in direction and did a full hour lecture on theology, Scripture, and how we define our faith. We eventually

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Canada’s Official Rejection of Christ’s Claims: Bill C4

, , Christian Worldview, Homosexuality, Pastoral Theology, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism, The Dividing Line

Dr. Joe Boot of the Ezra Institute in Canada joined me for a powerful hour of discussion about the recently passed bill in Canada, C4, which bans “conversion therapy.” It is, in reality, a ban on any speech or counsel that would assist a person who is seeking to live in accordance with God’s ways who wishes to be delivered

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Reviewing Reasonable Faith’s Comments

, , Christian Worldview, Debate, Molinism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Recently Kevin Harris led William Lane Craig through a brief review of our discussion on Calvinism and Molinism on the Reasonable Faith podcast. It presented a great opportunity to highlight once again not only plethora of strawmen being burned with Molinist matches on the Internet these days, but it gave us the opportunity to delve into 1 Corinthians 3 and

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Simplicity, Molinism, and More

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Debate, Exegesis, Molinism, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with the great video that came out today, “The Essence of James White,” a wonderfully done little lark from the joke Justin Brierley made during the William Lane Craig discussion. Then we went with all that stuff that you can’t talk about on YouTube, if you know what I mean: you know, the failed vaccines and the Omicron

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Aquinas Invades the Reformed Baptists, Tim Stratton Continued

, , Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Molinism, Personal, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line

Well, I really was not trying to make today’s program a pre-view of what is upcoming for my students when teaching Church History and Apologetics, but, we did cover that area. First portion of the program was a bit “in house,” discussing the rise of Thomism in the midst of Reformed Baptists, so that some are accusing myself and Jeff

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First Program on Odysee: Omicron Variants, SCOTUS Case, TROnlyism Again, Responding to Tim Stratton

, , Abortion, Atheism, Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Molinism, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, TROnlyism

It was nice not to have to run a “words you can’t say in 2021 in the US” filter today as we were not live streaming on YouTube. Discussed the spike protein, selection pressure, Fauci’s constant lies, etc., as the Omicron Craze sweeps the nation. Briefly commented on the oral arguments from yesterday on the SC abortion case, was dragged

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When Reformed Becomes Deformed, the Fatal Flaw of Molinism Pressed

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Godly Disciplines, Homosexuality, Molinism, Pastoral Theology, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Two topics on the program today. Started off with a discussion of Kristin Kobes du Mez, a professor of history (yay!) and gender studies (seriously?) at Calvin University, that once bastion of Reformed thought that has moved from Reformed to Deformed in just a matter of decades. She wrote the Jesus and John Wayne book, if you are wondering. Then

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