Alpha and Omega Ministries is a Christian apologetics organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. James White, director, is a professor, having taught Greek, Systematic Theology, and various topics in the field of apologetics for numerous schools.
Today I started off with Osama Abdullah’s allegation that Jesus “ran” from His own creation when He fled to Egypt. Of course, He was an infant in His mother’s arms at the time, but hey, let’s not let reality get in the way of a good argument! Then we took a call on the role of presuppositions in the study
So this morning I see a shot of Mark Driscoll’s sermon notes, found here. And so I thought it might be helpful to some folks if I posted my own. So, here is exactly what I had in the pulpit with me when I preached this sermon on John 3 a few weeks ago. Here’s a PDF (ignore the blank
I intended to get back into the sola scriptura debate but I first wanted to report on the debates this past weekend. That took the first half hour, then we took a call on the Granville Sharp Rule (see the video below), and then I wanted to work through Surah 5 in reference to the “people of the Gospel,” and
You know how Amazon has a “wish list”? I wish Solid Ground had a “wish list,” because this volume would be right up at the top of mine. With such swill as The Shack being promoted by non-discerning “evangelicals” today, oh how wonderful it would be if Bunyan’s work had a re-birth amongst those so desperate for sound reading and
Here is my first rebuttal from Saturday night’s debate with Osama Abdullah. The debate was supposed to be on the reliability of the New Testament, but Osama decided to do the “scatter gun” thing, raising a dozen different topics or more, throwing out everything he could think of, all the while completely ignoring my presentation and the material I presented.
The last debate of the weekend took place outside Escondido, California. I had the privilege of engaging young Farhan Qureshi. I hesitate, honestly, to speak of how much I respect this young man, and pray for this young man, simply because I know he might take heat for my doing so! But I truly did find in him a debater
I engaged in two debates today in Bellflower, California. I have never done two debates in one day before, so that was quite the interesting experience. David Wood likewise debated today. Just a quick clip of the second rebuttal I offered in the first debate on the crucifixion against Osama Abdullah.
https://youtu.be/8nkfdRpsB_4
As most of you know, this coming weekend will be filled with opportunities to proclaim the Gospel of our glorious Jesus Christ. I will be presenting and defending the Christian view of sin and redemption Friday evening, the atoning work of Christ and the accuracy of the New Testament documents on Saturday, and the deity of our Lord Jesus on
Sorry about being slow in getting this blogged. We had a death in our fellowship, the funeral was today (the Lord gives, the Lord takes away; blessed be the name of the Lord), and I am attempting to be as focused as I can be on preparation for this weekend. I appreciate those of you who even today stood with
Sometimes I wonder at the level of theological dialogue and discourse today, especially when I have those precious few moments to rummage through the words of the giants of the past. One of those men was John Owen. I have been greatly blessed by his writings, and greatly challenged as well. He calls us to think far beyond the level
I was noticing news reports concerning the rise in violence against Ahmadi Muslims in the news this morning. Evidently, an Islamic scholar, Dr. Aamer Liaqat Hussain, during a television program commemorating the 1974 act by Pakistan’s parliament that declared Ahmadis “non-Muslims,” argued that the murder of Ahmadis is a “religious duty.” This sparked violence and murder, including the shooting of
I am speaking at the Discern 08 Conference in Santa Fe, and we just had a Q&A section. Some of the panel included Rob Bowman, Bill McKeever, Ron Rhodes, and myself. At one point Ron Rhodes was asked about Calvinism and Arminianism. Since the question was not addressed to me, I did not intrude upon the response. But toward the
Here is part 2 of the debate from 1999 on the Trinity.
One of Bob Ross’ devotees, a fellow named Stephen Garrett, posted this on his blog today: How many know of the famous debate that James White had with Bob Wilkins in Oklahoma City on April 22, 2005? How many know that James White tried to defend his “born again before faith” heresy in this debate? Does James sell
We continued the discussion of the 1993 sola scriptura debate with Patrick Madrid on the program yesterday. The last ten minutes or so we took a call from Florida on the subject of “prophet” Joel Hemphill, his attacks upon the deity of Christ, and his willingness to “minister in music” in Trinitarian churches.
Just a couple of quick notes. We will be continuing our review of the 1993 sola scriptura debate on the Dividing Line tomorrow. I have to chuckle when I see people commenting on the video, “Hey, let it go! It was 15 years ago!” The double standards are amazing. Madrid is free to make claims about the debate that simply
While we have made this debate available in audio format for almost a decade, this is the first time we’ve made it available in video format. The quality is far below our normal video recording (single video camera, poor lighting, etc.), but it is still usable. In fact, you can see the text on the screen as I used PowerPoint
Today I will be joined by Alan Kurschner to discuss the textual variant at Luke 23:34. I have placed the variant in brackets in the following citation to give you an idea of what we are talking about: And they cast lots, dividing up
Sorry to be so slow in getting this linked. I like posting the video with the audio, and it took me all day to get around to uploading the video (I wonder how many will be able to notice why?). In any case, yesterday we had a fairly technical program. Alan Kurschner and I discussed his paper on the textual
The Great Debate Series Admission $10 – One Day $15 – Both Days Students free with valid ID September 20, 2008 Location: 16705 Bellflower Bl. Bellflower, CA 90706 Registration 9:30 AM Was Jesus Crucified or Substituted? Debate 10:00 AM —12:30 PM Dr. James White vs. Apologist Osama Abdullah Can We Trust the Qur’an? Debate 2:00 PM — 4:30
We began listening to the 1993 San Diego debate on sola scriptura with Roman Catholic apologist Patrick Madrid today. We will continue this review over the course of the next few programs, with the exception of this Thursday when we will be examining the textual variant at Luke 23:34 with Alan Kurschner. Many have commented that they find this kind
