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.
We return to our review of Mark A. Seifrid’s Christ: our Righteousness. We had cited the following from page 176: In raising the foregoing criticism, we are touching upon problems which attend Protestant placement of justification within in an ‘order of salvation’ (ordo salutis). According to Paul, ‘justification’ has to do with Christ’s cross and resurrection for us “the whole
I was scheduled to be at the church at 7PM, but the pastor asked if I might come an hour earlier. Upon arriving, the pastor explained why he had asked me to come early. He mentioned that he truly does make a concerted effort to keep up with current trends and developments in theology (a fact I had known and
The biblical truth and importance of the final and unique authority of Scripture is vital to the Christian life and to the health of the Church. James White’s Scripture Alone is a passionate and accessible re-introduction to this significant subject. While liberals deny it and sectarians undermine it, every Bible-believing Christian ought to want to comprehend and warmly embrace
Before we continue with our examination of Dr. Seifrid’s published views on imputation, I thought it would be wise to note the presence of a rather short chapter in the new book, Justification: What’s at Stake in the Current Debates (Husbands & Treier, 2004) by Dr. Seifrid. The majority of the text is a discussion of a dialogue between Luther
Given the growth in the materials regarding imputation I have placed all of the current blog entries on a single page. I will try my best to remember to continue adding to it so that those trying to follow the situation can have a single resource rather than trying to go through the blog archives. Click here.
Who knows? Maybe that title will end up on a book in the not too distant future. But one thing is for sure: I’m simply amazed that a few blog entries interacting with a theologian’s denial of what used to be assumed to be a central, important aspect of theological teaching and belief (the imputation of the righteousness of Christ
These small button versions tend to get pretty dark. I lightened this one up a bit. Click to see my entire blog collection. This one should make you folks who like red happy. BTW, I use a default 1280×1024 size (guess what the resolution of my main system is?).
I wondered when those not involved in the issue would chime in, and I didn’t have long to wait. But in what is probably one of the saddest comments I’ve read in a while we read from Kevin Johnson: Imputation, the merit of Christ’s active obedience, and forensic justification–one wonders why they are so important for Reformed people to adhere
What was once the unthinkable is now the moral. Click here. Now Christian morals are “hate speech” and subject to suppression. The tide moves a bit higher…
It was great to meet all of you who traveled to Middletown for the apologetics conference this weekend. I’m exhausted, but it was great to get to meet you all! Thanks to Jeff Downs for all his work. I was truly blessed to get to meet again, after 30 years, the pastor who baptized me as a young person at
Al Mohler has commented on an amazing example of the hatred of the world for the “God who is there.” Check it out.
I’m off to the Apologetics Conference in Middletown, PA (click here). Lord willing, back on Monday.
Open Theism teaches that God does not have exhaustive divine foreknowledge of future events that are determined by free-will choices of men. (Open Theists are, at least, consistent Arminians: they, unlike their more historical brothers, recognize that libertarianism is the lynch-pin, the central focus, the heart, of their theology, and they are seeking to defend it fully, recognizing that God’s
Presbyterian & Reformed has released a new version of an old-time classic. S. Lance Quinn has updated The Five Points of Calvinism by David N. Steele and Curtis C. Thomas. This work contains a great deal more information than the original, including an annotated bibliography. Our readers might find the following entries interesting, if not somewhat amusing: White, James R.
I should have noted this days ago, but I will be on KDOV radio, which covers Southern Oregon and Northern California, Tuesday morning, August 17th, at 8:05AM, talking about Debating Calvinism. Dave Hunt has already told his side, now it is my turn. Of course, I am open to being on with Dave, but so far, Dave isn’t open to
Recently I took the time to obtain a number of books by Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God (www.cwg.org). For a while it looked like I would have the opportunity to respond to Walsch’s contentions in a televised setting, but he has now declined that engagement. So, I did not want the investment to go completely wasted, so
What happens when a nation which was founded with a knowledge of God’s moral law abandons that law — no, not only abandons it, but spits upon it, dances upon it, and rejoices in their rebellion against it (as we see in San Francisco and all across our nation)? We all watched an incredible example last evening. The final story
Phil Johnson of Grace To You and The Spurgeon Archive will be my guest on the DL tonight. We will be discussing NT Wright’s views on justification and why they are so controversial. Join us at 7PM EDT for the program. Now, this has nothing to do with Phil’s joining us on the program (though, he would probably enjoy this),
Below I noted an only semi-fictitious go-around with some rC’s (for those who haven’t been reading the blog for a while, that stands for “reformed Catholic”) where the constant shifting of the ground and circular argumentation was highlighted. And almost as if someone felt I needed a new example, this morning Mr. Johnson decided to chime in on the new
I was sent a response to my entry below concerning Daniel Peterson whose unwillingness to defend Mormonism in public debate runs contrary to his own stated stance (as in this clip from a radio program in California). In it Peterson does not refute any of the facts I presented, nor even mention his own statement in the audio clip. Instead,
One report on the conference contained these, somewhat ironic, words: SANDY — Bluffing is involved in a great many verbal and written attacks on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to an unofficial apologist for the church. Daniel C. Peterson, sometimes referred to as the “chief apologist for the LDS Church,” made that declaration Friday in the final
The patient people of the Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church endured the “second string” (i.e., Pastor Fry was on vacation) this past Lord’s Day. I spoke from John 8:21-59 in the AM (save) and PM (save) services. Topics addressed included false faith, man’s inabilities, Christ’s deity, and the sacred cow of libertarian freedom (the denial of which prompted the transformation of
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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people argue that Reformed theology is unbalanced because it is “so focused on Paul.” I remember Roman Catholic apologist Art Sippo rant on and on about developing a doctrine of justification from other sources, and quoting Peter’s statement that there are hard things to understand in Paul as grounds for his
