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.
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.
Lord willing and I survive my flight back from Oklahoma we will have a DL at 4pm instead of the normal 11am. Also, Rob Schlapfer informs me the inaccurate and false description of The God Who Justifies has been there for months. Other than that, he didn’t have any defense of the misrepresentation (outside of reminding me what a nasty
A few months ago some back and forth with Rob Schlapfer, owner of The Discerning Reader, appeared on my blog. I thought that while DR was taking a decidedly non-Reformed direction, at least the personal animosity expressed by Mr. Schlapfer had subsided. Unfortunately, my hopes on that level diminished when he sent me a note echoing the personal nastiness associated
It seems the Roman Catholics gang-called the Bible Answer Man show when Paul Maier was on regarding Luther. Around the 42 minute mark a fellow who sounds vaguely familiar to me who identified himself as a Roman Catholic, Mike from Covina, calls in with a clearly pre-written question presenting an argument against eternal security. He places it in the context
Dave: Regarding your suggestion that you and I spend an hour on the DL “chatting” and getting to know each other: I don’t believe that would be a proper investment of an hour of our webcast. While at times we do less than serious things for portions of the show, I don’t think “getting to know your local Roman Catholic
We mercilessly tease one of our #prosapologian regulars about advertising his blog as “blog-o-rific” even though his blog will go for months without a single change. So I feel badly when days go by without my adding something of benefit to the kind folks who take the time to stop by. But weeks where I am traveling both weekends are
Since returning from Little Rock I’ve been working at preparing for Edmond, OK this weekend and the debate in LA. Just a few representative Federal Vision quotes in passing. Doug Wilson wrote: Our duty is simply to accept this. And this means we must maintain that there is a union with Christ that all baptized Christians share, whether those Christians
I’ll be with Lance Quinn and the folks at The Bible Church of Little Rock this Sunday morning to speak on Sola Gratia. I will be illustrating what it means in the preaching of the Lord Jesus from John chapter six. See the calendar page for further trips (two more after this before we head to LA for the debate!)
Sam Waldron’s work on the New Covenant as the manifesto for the church is out. Click here.
Did you hear Senator Edwards on “The View” charging Vice President Cheney with untruths and inaccuracies, but not bothering to back up the allegation? It’s so very frustrating to see folks make allegations and then not even try to back up what they are saying. The Kerry/Edwards folks do this all the time, and it drives me nuts. On a
If you were unable to tune in last night, we recorded (from our end) the brief interview on KFAX in San Francisco. Here’sthe file. Enjoy! Dave Armstrong: I haven’t read the open letter I was informed of during the course of the DL last night, but I’ve been told you wish to “chat” as I “chatted” with Jonathan on Tuesday
Every element of God’s truth can be twisted to provide cover for man’s sin. Paul recognized this when he asked “Shall we continue in sin that grace might abound? May it never be!” (Romans 6:1-2). Paul’s doctrine of grace clearly had been twisted by his opponents so that he had to respond to this objection. Some suggest the imputation of
I had the misfortune of having to once again look over the “response” Steve Schlissel wrote to Richard Phillips in The Auburn Avenue Theology: Pros & Cons (2004). This is the kind of stuff I hope we don’t hear, at least in this form, November 5th: Phillips has difficulty identifying Christians. The Reformed faith does not. Christians are heirs of
On the DL this afternoon (7pm EDT, 4pm PDT) my daughter Summer will be joining me for the second half hour, partly because I just get to do things like that and partly because she will be interviewed on KFAX radio in San Francisco at 6:30pm PDT tonight so I wanted to 1) check the microphone and 2) give Summer
My daughter Summer and I didn’t watch the Presidential “debate” last week. First, we know who we are voting for (OK, she’s 15, she can’t vote yet), and secondly, 90 second press-conference style questions without interaction isn’t a debate to begin with. But something tells me neither of us would have enjoyed watching anyway, given that politics in this nation
Dear Dr. Seifrid: I hasten to finish this open letter as I have so many pressing duties, and I’m sure you do as well. Unless events call for more, I intend this to be my final installment in this “saga,” one that has taught me many lessons, most of which have been surprising, disappointing, to be sure, but in the
I recently read a blog commentary by a Presbyterian, and the resultant comments, regarding my response to Doug Wilson’s “What is a Christian” blog entry. I’m very glad the thesis is “Are Roman Catholics our brothers and sisters in Christ?” so that we do not simply dicker over using the term “Christian” in a way that is biblically meaningful or
Our re-scheduled DL today got some folks talking over on the Catholic Answers Forums. Just a note to the guy who thinks I should spend my time posting over there: even if that was a possibility (it isn’t: look at this just to see the next month and a half), for some reason I can’t log in anymore; repeated requests
