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.
Didn’t get a chance to do much today…meetings and traffic But I was sent this utterly odd thing about the music for the Passion. I’m starting to think working on the set of that film must have been very, very strange. From MSNBC: John Debney, who composed the music for “The Passion of the Christ,” says he did battle with
Hebrews 1:3 calls Jesus the “exact representation” of the being of the Father. The term translated here is carakth,r. Its background can be traced to the concept of the impression made by a signet ring, creating an exact impression of the original. Surely, no such term could be used of a mere creature, for the being of the Father is
Well, the book arrived. I refer to A Guide to the Passion: 100 Questions About The Passion of the Christ, a book designed especially to be given out by Catholics to folks who have seen The Passion of the Christ from Ascension Press, written by the Catholic Exchange. The URL given for the book is: www.evangelization.com. Notice that there are
DA, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism, pp. 69-70: The theme of the Epistle to the Hebrews is Christ as our High Priest. As such, the “priestly” verses are very numerous (for example, 2:17, 3:1, 4:14-16, 5:1-10, 6:20, 7:1-28, 8:1-6, 9:11-15, 24-28, 10:19-22). The teaching here acquires much more meaning within Catholic Eucharistic theology, whereas, in evangelical, non-sacramental Protestant interpretation, it is
Since I was in Georgia last weekend, we started showing the Tampa debate with Greg Stafford in the Bible Study class I teach at PRBC. We continued that this morning, since we hadn’t quite finished my opening statement last week. I had presented the first portion of the debate in my Systematic Theology class at GGBTS a few weeks ago
I hear Rosie O’Donnell joined the growing anarchy movement. You can’t listen to the media these days without hearing the left (and the middle) spitting in God’s face. Surely, “the wrath of God is being revealed (present tense) from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men” (Romans 1:18). The culture wars seem to be little more than a rear-guard
Evidently some folks think a quick listing of “random thoughts” upon seeing the Passion movie is a “review.” Please. Take a blog for what it is: a blog. It is amazing to me how folks will look at two paragraphs here and ignore four hours of commentary on the Dividing Line, including the playing of clips, etc., and jump to
Ack, sorry, I can’t believe I missed yesterday. Well, no apologies. I could have blogged something, but I invested that time in taking my kids to a late lunch. There I informed my son that I’m dedicating my next book to him in celebration of God’s grace in his life in his baptism last summer, and then I told my
OK, saw it. Random thoughts time. Hopefully something more coherent will develop by the time of the Dividing Line tomorrow morning. 1) When Jesus said “I AM” to the soldiers, they fell back upon the ground. Why on EARTH delete that even when Jesus says “I am”? 2) “It is accomplished” and “It is finished” are not, in the context
Yeah, yeah, I’m going to see the film….but can we talk about something else a second? I’ve been re-doing my personal info page, mainly because though I enjoyed sharing things about my personal life (hobbies and the like), I have had to remove that material. Far too many unfriendly folk in the world today, it seems. Anyway, I have been
Just happened to run across the cover to the book on ecclesiology that is coming out later this year. I defended the plurality of elders in this work. There are four other views (I guess that’s why the title speaks of “Five Views”) and, most interestingly for most of our readers, Dr. Robert Reymond presented the Presbyterian view. Our interaction
The flood of Passion discussion is overwhelming. You can’t even keep up with it anymore. I’m glad I got started on it months ago. 🙂 Please note the article posted below; for Reformed Baptists you may wish to listen to Pastor A.N. Martin’s sermon from Trinity Baptist on this topic as well. There is stuff coming out now that is
Just a quick note as I try to get caught up from my Atlanta trip. Met some great folks, even a few folks from channel. Here’s a little picture. From left to right, using our IRC nicks (to protect the not-so-innocent) we have redgoatee, RDD, DrOakley, johnMark, and XB6. skyman drove down with his lovely wife, but didn’t hang around
The senator from Georgia, Zell Miller, delivered an address on the floor of the Senate recently. It is a must read. Not that there are many with ears to hear any longer. Law has been overthrown by the King-Priests of the judiciary who think themselves free of the law’s constraints. The anarchy that can ensue from this judicial revolution is
We should probably get used to it. If it is associated with ABC, it will be as anti-Christian as it can possibly be. And so it was tonight, after the interview with Gibson on ABC. The local affiliate, notoriously one of the worst in the Phoenix area as far as news coverage is concerned, presented what it called an “investigation”
Isn’t it amazing that this is the big question today because of the Gibson film? And isn’t it even more amazing that the early church, long before the first gospel was written or the first epistle penned, knew the answer? And isn’t it just sad that most evangelicals don’t even believe what the Bible says about it anymore, and refuse
Everyone is talking about it, as expected. I preached a sermon on it a few months ago, and this past Sunday I sort of “updated” our folks at PRBC on more recent developments. Here is the sermon for streaming, here for downloading; here is the more recent Sunday School lesson for streaming, here for saving. I’m heading for Atlanta this
I mentioned a while back that I am really working hard to finish this book for Bethany House, and that I would try to post little snippets. Here’s today’s snippet: Just as God’s saving grace instructs those it saves, so too the Word of God trains, instructs, disciplines believers as they seek to live in the realm or sphere of
Hear those crickets? Yeah, it’s quiet. The books have shipped (and I’m sure they were busy at The Berean Call as well), but they are still in transit. Won’t be hitting the bookstores for a while, either. Hence, the calm before the storm. 🙂 Joined Paul Edwards for an hour on his program in Detroit today (www.ontheword.net) to talk about
James analyzes Ignatius’ letter to the Smyrnaeans in light of the Roman Catholic claim that all of the early church fathers (ECFs) believed in the Real Presence, with a careful look at the differences that exists between the Real Presence, the word “eucharist,” and transubstantiation.
Last night in class we went over Ignatius’ epistle to the Smyrnaeans. Someone remind me on a future edition of the DL to go over the first six sections in reference to the gross abuse of this material by Roman Catholic apologists (and those deceived by them). I could post the text here on the website, or a link to
James discusses today about the importance of debates, and with his disappointed announcement that Dr Strauss cancelled his debate on the KJV-only position, explains how important cross examination is in a debate. Then he moves on to a question on the BAM show about election and predestination in relation to libertarian free-will. A Mormon calls in and discusses free-will in
I am currently teaching Development of Patristic Theology Through Augustine for GGBTS, and we are reading through Ignatius. Last week we read this section: For there are some who maliciously and deceitfully are accustomed to carrying about the Name while doing other things unworthy of God. You must avoid them as wild beasts. For they are made dogs that
TGE replied to my corrections of his statements about me, and answered the question whether my view of baptism is, in fact, as heretical as Rome’s doctrine of the Mass. An important exchange anyone concerned about AAPCism, NPism, and the entire “Reformed Catholic” movement, needs to read. Click here, and be prepared. After posting this, Kevin Johnson wrote a passionate
We spent some time on Thursday’s DL talking about the recent “decision” (hard to call such obvious judicial chicanery and despotism a “decision” since that assumes some basis can be found in law, and in this situation, the state constitution) by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts forcing the complete overthrow of the institution of marriage by utter redefinition. This
Real briefly today: two odd, odd things I saw this morning. First, TGE was confusing “New Covenant Theology” with various other viewpoints he doesn’t like, and in the process said, The Incarnation means the SPACE TIME world is IMPORTANT, which therefore means that BODY is important, which therefore means that RITUAL is important, which therefore means that theology that downplays
The first major topic that James talked about today was how a handful of Supreme Court judges in Massachusetts were able to redefine marriage to include homosexuality. A caller from Massachusetts calls in on that very subject and then switches gears and debates James on John chapter 6 and Calvinism. The last caller talked about comparing and contrasting the interpretation
