This e-mail just came in, going back to the discussion of Beckwith’s conversion a few months ago. It is illustrative again of how converts tend to be folks who only listen to Rome’s side, and it is rare, very rare indeed, to find one who actually asked themselves the question, “I wonder if anyone has responded to this stuff?” Reading
Trying to get back into the swing of things, and it is always a task to dig back out from the “normal things of life” after being gone for a while. First, here is an interview that I found fascinating and useful. Many do not realize that there are, indeed, many Islamic intellectuals. Here is an example of one, a
First DL in a while, so callers took precedence. Discussed a wide variety of topics, with one half-hour call on King James Onlyism, one call on the distinction between latria and dulia in Roman Catholic theology.
Good afternoon Alpha and Omega Ministries, I wolud like to start out by saying that I thank God for your ministry. I have a lot of you dabates on dvd and several of you books and have used these materials in refuting Catholics, JW’s, and Mormons. I do however have one doctrinal disagreement with your theological views. I do not
Just finished a quick segment with Todd Friel on Way of the Master. He had called yesterday when a Mitt Romney proponent had challenged him on his statement that Jesus and Lucifer are spirit brothers. So we did the “Todd Friel Express Interview”® thing, but I only got to read a single statement actually substantiating the doctrine, since I had
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provides a tremendous amount of literature to its people. This body of printed material can hardly be surveyed here. However, we can focus upon those publications that are specifically meant to communicate doctrinal truth to the members of the Mormon Church. Since the vast majority of this material appears in Church published
Outrage was expressed by fans all across the world that the DL will not be airing all of this week! Authorities have tried to calm the maddened crowds of DL fans by assuring them that next week will be worth the wait! OK, ok, not quite. More from the “Religion of Perpetual Outrage” about an aging British author. Want to
I am currently traveling, but happened this morning in catching up on a few items to see the following overwhelming example of Rome’s powerful biblical argumentation. You will recall that a few days ago I made note of the fact that in essence, Rome’s exhortation to her followers to pray to saints and angels means that the prohibition on contact
The LDS Temple Ceremonies Recognizing that Mormons find discussion of their ceremonies offensive, we present only that information that is vital to determining the theological teaching of those ceremonies. We have already established the fact that these ceremonies are believed to be revelatory, and hence must be allowed to speak with reference to the official LDS doctrine of God. What
In my previous article I had begun looking, I thought at first briefly, at some comments made by Armstrong regarding prayer to saints. But what was supposed to be brief has expanded a good bit, and since I thought it would be useful to bring Hahn’s recent work into the discussion, I imagine this will take a while! In the
…or so Dave Armstrong alleges this morning. As an example of his methodology of argumentation (which often includes the, “Oh, look at that issue over there that is completely irrelevant to the point at hand, isn’t it interesting?” tactic), Armstrong’s attempted response to this blog entry begins by re-posting Dan Borvan’s picture from Geneva of the “Reformation Wall” with this
Yes, we had a Dividing Line last Thursday, right before I headed out of town. My recollection is that we covered more of the Ally/Licona debate and took some good calls, but I’ve traveled so far and done so much since then, you may well have to listen just to find out!
I am writing a review of LDS author Daniel C. Peterson’s work, Muhammad: Prophet of God put out by Eerdmans (yes, Eerdmans, the formerly evangelical publisher). One of the topics addressed by the book relates to the power of the spoken word in Arabian thought. Poets were particularly potent enemies. Muhammad faced the wrath of a number of them (and
I learned Sunday evening that Paul Potts won the competition, Britain’s Got Talent. He gets a £100,000.00 prize and he gets to sing before the Queen. Anyone want to bet someday he will be singing and his cell phone will go off? In any case, I am not a big opera fan, but I would pay to hear Paul Potts
I read this on the Strange BaptistFire blog, and I thought it was worth repeating. This message was recorded by Kirk Cameron and played for the SBC pastors: Can I speak to you from my heart for a moment? I realize that, theologically, I’m not worthy to wash your socks. But imagine this scenario with me, if you will: Imagine
Callers drove the agenda on the DL today, going from Mormonism to the Qur’an and Jesus to “creeping universalism” in Roman Catholicism and finally to an encouraging call from a caller in California who left Rome ten years ago and who wished to call and thank us for our role in that. I did get to a little bit of
Dan Borvan was just over in Europe and visited Geneva and sent me a shot of the famed “Reformation Wall” (the one most folks who live in Geneva don’t know anything about anymore). I’ve seen it many times, but I’ve not seen it with someone standing in front of it. The perspective helps you to see how truly large it
As I look around at what attracts Christians today, I confess, I feel a bit out of touch. The seminars and conferences that really pack them in hold little interest for me. Spending days on end listening to folks trying to convince me about how lucky God is to have me on His team just doesn’t get me overly excited.
Under the broad topic of Mary and the Saints, Armstrong attempts to defend Rome’s doctrine of prayer to saints. Once again, we find no evidence that he is interested in responding to the strongest objections to his position, but only to the weakest. But despite this, even in responding to the weakest argumentation, the number of circular arguments and simply
More from Joseph Smith While the preceding discourse is certainly the longest extant presentation of the LDS doctrine of God and man from the Mormon Prophet, it is certainly not all he said on the subject. Indeed, in the few years before his death in 1844, Smith spoke often of this concept. He encountered a good bit of opposition, even
When I first clicked on this link I was worried it was going to be another “Man, can you believe someone like this thinks he can sing?” And when I saw Simon sitting there, my sense of foreboding only increased. But then…well, see for yourself.
(Once again, by the mouth of two or three witnesses: please see this excellent refutation of Armstrong’s errors on this same point). I recently pointed out a basic, simplistic error in Dave Armstrong’s new book: he claims Protestants (he makes no distinctions) think elders, bishops, and deacons are all one office. He is, of course, wrong about this. I know
Today I finished up Jamal Badawi’s statements against the deity of Christ, and then returned to the Ally/Licona debate on the resurrection. Covered a lot of ground!
I could not have said it better, but, it is best when someone else observes, and comments upon, the obvious. Read Armstrong’s post. Not even the mention of a single point of criticism of his position. Not once. Just “Oh, woe is me! I’m a victim!” Truly amazing. Please note, I am not reviewing Armstrong’s book for the sake of
Dave Armstrong has a new book out (anyone who has visited his website for many months is well aware of this fact). It is titled, The One-Minute Apologist. There isn’t much new here (Armstrong is not an original thinker, he just collates what others say and repeats their arguments, normally in very inflated forms), but the format is interesting. Each
Having taken a number of calls the past few programs, I settled down to work on some comments by Jamal Badawi in a debate on the deity of Christ. Spent the entire hour responding to his comments. Should that cause you to skip over the program, remember that the arguments he presented were parallel to arguments used by many opponents
Two months ago I posted a response to Greg Stafford illustrating, once again, why Christians down through the ages have believed what the Watchtower denies: that Jesus Christ is identified as hwhy (Yahweh) by the New Testament writers. Over the past two months folks have sent me notes indicating that Stafford was working on a reply. Given how long it
Last week when I posted something personal about cycling I mentioned that I hesitate to do so because there are many who read this blog who are anything but friends, anything but friendly. I think it took less than 24 hours for Armstrong to post the video along with what he thinks was a humorous commentary. But I guess one
I began working through the reasons offered by Frank Beckwith for his reversion to Rome contained in a recent National Catholic Register article, found here. Of course, such an article cannot provide an exhaustive accounting, but so far we have seen indications that the foundations of this move were rather hastily constructed, or, more accurately, the actual foundations went back
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