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.
I have said (many times of late) that I hate politics. The truth of the gospel is not a football to be used in political maneuvering. Unlike what many seem to wish to assume, I address what I address on this blog (outside of the rare humorous articles) for the betterment of the church of Jesus Christ, to the glory
James discusses his blog critique of the work of Dr. Seifrid and reviews the response posted by SBTS. Listen here. Update 12/30/2014: This review eventually became a major series of posts. For those interested in reading the entire series in order I post the links below. RP Dr. Seifrid on Imputation July 9, 2004 More in Response to Southern Seminary
In 1994 Richard Gaffin reviewed Mark Seifrid’s book, Justification by Faith: The Origin and Development of a Central Pauline Theme (1992). Please note this book was published twelve years ago. In the Westminster Theological Journal for the Spring of 1994 (Vol. 56 p. 195), at the very end of his review, Gaffin provides these fascinating words: One final point: it
Hi James. Do you have ANY idea how incredibly obnoxious, petty and dense you come across in your interactions with Mark Seifrid? As if you even have a clue regarding the basics of the issues that fine scholar is addressing. (You should really leave technical NT issues to folks with genuine doctorates.) In a sense, it is a good thing
It only took a moment for me to track down the quotation my fellow elder, Don Fry, had read from the pulpit in the morning sermon. Robert Reich, Labor Secretary under President Clinton, now Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy at Brandeis University and its Heller Graduate School and national editor of The American Prospect had opined
In the course of seeking to honor God through the accurate handling of His truth and through the defense of the faith, one at times steps on toes you didn’t even know were exposed. Such is the case of late. I began a short series of articles replying to just a few pages of Mark Seifrid’s book, Christ, our Righteousness,
In early September, 2004, Southern Seminary posted an official statement regarding Dr. Mark Seifrid’s views on justification. The statement was clearly prompted by the blog entries that have appeared on my blog beginning in July of this year. Allow me to begin my response by stating once again: I began my review of Dr. Seifrid’s book for purely theological, pastoral,
Yeah, he’s done it again. Having never repented of his false prophesying about 1994, and continuing his church-hating, Christ-dishonoring “church age has ended” blather (based upon the same kind of completely ridiculous manhandling of the text of Scripture), Camping has now “seen” in Scripture a new date for the end of it all: 2011. I had heard about this a
I doubt he’d recognize me today. I was barely twenty years of age when I began a series of appearances on KFYI radio in Phoenix on the radio program of one Tom Leykis, one of today’s best known “shock jocks.” I was “debating” in studio with one Dan Barker of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Barker is a genius, inarguably:
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
