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.
Well, there we are! The photographer almost had a cow when we showed up for our picture. “How many of you are there?” A few folks missed out, but this is the main group. Yeah, you could say they knew we were on the boat. I think the only larger group was the bridge tournament group. Ironically, they played in
I guess it is a matter of figuring anyone Gail Riplinger would attack can’t be all bad, but I’ve always kept David Cloud, a well known KJV Only fundamentalist writer, in a little different “group” in my thinking than most of the rest of the KJV Only crowd. But of late I’ve had to rethink that, given his adding anti-Calvinism
I was looking over yet another “statement” offered by an ecclesiastical body or group regarding the Auburn Avenue controversy, and I was once again struck by the fact that it is tremendously rare to find a meaningful response simply because no one, evidently, is willing to accurately represent the diversity of opinion expressed by authors loosely identified with the “Federal
I apologize for not getting to the textual variation discussion as I had planned, but the best laid plans of mice and men and all (and I would rarely call what I do these days “best laid plans”). I am traveling to LA today, and will try, as best I can, to get something blogged before the debate, and, if
Just a quick entry. I am packing for the trip and have to run by the store. I grab a bite to eat at KFC (had a hankering for corn on the cob!) and sit down at our kitchen counter to eat. We don’t have cable or satellite (no, I just know I’d spend way too much time watching the
Well, here we go! Debate last night, conference today, headed to sea tomorrow. Great group of folks headed to sea for seven days including numerous presentations on justification (along with other things). Steve Camp will be singing, Phil Johnson and David King will be speaking (I will as well, of course). I’ll report on the debate on the Dividing Line
In God’s providence I was on the same shuttle bus that picked up Doug Wilson at the airport today, and as we were riding to the hotel he said, “I’ve only been in this blue state for ten minutes, and I already feel icky.” Yes indeed, I know the feeling. But you can look at it in a positive way:
https://youtu.be/jlTMsNPjBLo
Father, my nation has no basis upon which to seek Your blessing. You are the King of Kings, the ruler over all nations, and You know how deeply my country has offended Your honor and Your law. My people seek every opportunity to engage in rebellion, and You have begun to place over us men and women who are open
I invited David Cloud to defend his constant attacks upon Calvinism on The Dividing Line. I also made sure he knew we would arrange our schedule in any fashion necessary to meet his time frame. His response, as usual, was to decline the challenge. He seems to feel he has the right to allege, the right to attack, but has
Had a great time at Bethany Baptist in Peoria, IL, speaking on the Five Solas in celebration of Reformation Day. Also got to spend some time talking with unbelievers at Bradley University there in Peoria (quite a challenge!). Have only a few days at home before heading to LA for our national conference, debate, and cruise!
I just did a “blog run.” This might be a bit longer if l0g0s’ blog even worked anymore, but this was more than enough to remind us that there is never any end to the zaniness you find on the web… First, David Cloud, the KJV Only anti-Calvinist Fundamentalist Baptist writer (who had the guts to criticize Gail Riplinger, at
Headed to Peoria for the weekend, speaking on the Five Solas in celebration of Reformation Sunday (October 31st, for those of you just discovering that there’s something more important about that date than you had been told). Won’t be able to get home till Monday evening, and with the LA debate/conference/cruise just a few days later, well, blogging is going
In a letter of clarification requested by a traveling minister, the Internal Revenue Service has declared people gathered in tax-exempt churches can’t pray for President Bush to win the election on Tuesday. Full article. Canada and homosexuality, hate-crimes legislation, the left dropping the mask and expressing their utter contempt for God, the Bible, and Christianity as a whole. God’s hand
I heard back from Dr. Robinson, and he mentioned that there is a better, fuller presentation of his position on line, available here. And he said he does read my blog! Made my day. Here is the argument Dr. Robinson presented, almost verbatim: It is peculiar that the na27/ubs4 editors would reason in such a manner, particularly since their own
If you are a leftist, you can run for office from the pulpit of a church. If you are a conservative, you can’t. If you are a leftist, you can produce films filled with outrageous lies and ridiculous conspiracy theories, and you will be celebrated and paid handsomely; if you produce a film on the right that is fully documented
I am tremendously honored to discover that Dr. Maurice Robinson, Senior Professor of New Testament and Greek at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Wake Forest, NC) reads my blog, though, I realize, it may just be that someone forwarded the current blog entry to him for his comment (I’ll hope for the former, but expect the latter). Anyway, Dr. Robinson
So I get this e-mail today from DR saying that if I really accepted the apology for the last colorful-metaphor-filled blast from a staff member there, I’d pull it from my blog. I pointed out in response that I would, but, since I read the letter on the air, and mentioned I had posted it on my blog, its absence
Fast “weekend” so I’m behind already. Peoria, IL, this weekend, back Tuesday, gone again Thursday for LA and the debate/conference/cruise! Time is short, blogging will be brief for a while. So as to utilize my time better, I tried to find a textual variant in the New Testament that involved an infinitive but that would also allow me to make
Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, CA, some folks, new to boating, were having a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t get their brand new 22 foot boat, going. It was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how much power they applied. After about an
Obviously, it was not meant to be. A fairly heavy rainstorm came into Phoenix (we need it, and I love temperatures in the 50s!!!), and in the afternoon our phone lines began failing. Hence, no calls for the DL. I quickly tried to download some clips on the issue of Calvinism and God’s knowledge to play and respond to instead.
Man, I am truly sick of nuttiness. I will keep this very, very brief. I had promoted DR for years, even when I started to hear complaints about their service, and thought, until late May of this year, that we were “on the same page.” Even when RS responded to me in a completely improper way, I did not speak
I thought I should note that Julie from DR wrote and apologized for her e-mail. Only fair to mention that.
When you study Greek as a first year student you work hard to learn basic paradigm rules and apply them so as to be able to recognize the grammatical forms of the language (in the older way of learning you just memorized huge tables of forms, but we have learned that is a very counter-productive way of doing it). And
I was asked today if I would be on with Dave Hunt on December 1st on Chuck Crismier’s national radio program to discuss Calvinism. Obviously, a single hour isn’t a debate, and I will offer the debate during the program once again, but it’s better than nothing, I suppose. We will keep you informed of further developments.
