James White, Author at Alpha and Omega Ministries

I Guess That’s My Answer

James White, October 16, 2009, General Apologetics

Greetings from Great Falls, Montana! I really wish the wind was whipping and it was like 20 degrees, but alas, it is a gorgeous day in the 60s. Oh well! So while traveling yesterday I started a little firestorm by asking a simple question: why does Ergun Caner claim to be a leading apologetic figure when he doesn’t do apologetics?

Using Words….Differently

James White, October 15, 2009, Misc

Greetings from the Denver airport. OK, while I’ve been traveling today someone sent in a link to Dr. Caner’s debates. Well, sorta. Here’s the link. It is a total of eight “interviews.” One with “Mormons,” two with a female Christian scientist, two with a Bahai representative, two with Mel White (homosexual), and one with a representative of Eastern Orthodoxy. Is

Resource Assistance, Please?

James White, October 15, 2009, Misc

Hacim, King of Graphics, improved my last post by adding a screen shot of the exact statement by Ergun Caner noted in my previous blog notes. Now, as I looked at it, I started reading the side bar, and I ran across this line: He has debated leaders in Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Bahai, Taoism, and many cult leaders in forty

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Post-Modern Emotionalism at Liberty?

James White, October 15, 2009, Misc

I have been informed that some students think I am “lying” about Ergun Caner’s comment that I posted last night from Twitter. I’m not sure how you “lie” about someone when you quote their entire comment. Surely, a “tweet” has little context, but I think I know Caner’s context (here’s proof). But as I have read the argument (which, ironically,

Barack Obama’s Dream for a Secular, Non-Christian Nation

James White, October 15, 2009, Christian Worldview

We Don’t Need Reformation, We Need…Soul-Winning!

James White, October 14, 2009, Pastoral Theology

Ergun Caner just tweeted this: Conservative churches do not need Reformation of doctrine. We believe…We need a Revolution of soul winning. Note the implicit separation of doctrine (the substance of the message preached) and the desired result, the conversion of sinners. As if churches that are confused on the substance of the faith (i.e., in need of reformation of doctrine)

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An Ancient Critical Text of the Qur’an

James White, October 14, 2009, Islam

The Ministry Resource List continues to be a tremendous blessing to this apologist doing his best to bless the people of God. Last week I listed a very expensive volume, one of the earliest Shia pieces of literature to have come down to us, the Kitab al-qira’at of Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Sayyari. This new edition, with extensive introduction and notes,

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What I Did Last Friday

James White, October 14, 2009, Personal

I planned on this for a few months. Thanks to Summer and tucsonmom for driving up the hill in support. 26 miles, 6,234 feet of ascent, topping out at 8,300 feet. Mt. Lemmon, Arizona. Next time I will plan to descend this monster. I didn’t this time because I was planning on riding Gate’s Pass the next day, and wanted

Traveling All Over

James White, October 14, 2009, Personal

This weekend I will be at Westside Baptist Church in Great Falls, Montana speaking at the Acts 13:48 Conference Friday night, all day Saturday (literally!), and then in both morning and evening services on Sunday. For more information you can call 406-761-3511. Their website is here. The following weekend I will be in Southern California. On Friday night the 23rd

Barack Obama’s Anti-Christian Dream for the US

James White, October 13, 2009, The Dividing Line

I went through Barack Obama’s speech/sermon to a radical homosexual organization on Saturday on the DL today, demonstrating that Obama’s dream for the US is for a nation without Christian morals or guidance. I didn’t bother leaving my seat when it was over, for I then did the next hour on Iron Sharpens Iron with Chris Arnzen on the same

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Taking the Calvin Quiz….

James White, October 13, 2009, Misc

More about John Calvin at Calvin 500

LouRugg Listens to the DL!

James White, October 13, 2009, Mail Bag

As is so often the case, commentary would be superfluous: Message: Dr. White, I thought I’d send you a quick note to ask if you’ve considered getting therapy for your obvious emotional breakdown? I also wanted to thank you for playing a portion of my debate with Turretinfan on your program yesterday (10/8/09) and making sure that it was made

President Obama’s Promotion of Homosexuality on Today’s Dividing Line and Iron Sharpens Iron

James White, October 13, 2009, Christian Worldview

I will be addressing clips from Barack Obama’s Saturday speech to the Human Rights Campaign, a radical group promoting super rights based upon sexual behavior, on both the Dividing Line and then immediately afterward, Iron Sharpens Iron. I will share here the one line that, as I listened to the speech on Saturday evening, caused me to stop the recording

Sorry This is Late…

James White, October 12, 2009, Misc

I will be on the Trinity Talk webcast today at 11pm CDT. You can listen here.

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Stunningly Silly

James White, October 11, 2009, General Apologetics

I was directed to an amazingly arrogant, yet, “What do you expect from Northern European academics these days?” article, found here, that illustrates one of the problems we have in our modern day due to the Internet. In the “olden days,” academics (a term that could, in some contexts, refer to someone with trained insights and disciplined study, but today

A Wild Radio Free Geneva and More

James White, October 8, 2009, The Dividing Line

I intended to spend the whole hour doing a Radio Free Geneva, announcing that I had learned that Ergun Caner has written a foreword for Lou Ruggiero’s new book, The God of Calvinism, but the first two calls that came in (early in the program) were on Camping (from a fellow who has called the ministry many times) and atheism

Dan Barker Continues to Object

James White, October 7, 2009, Christian Worldview

Dear Mr. Barker: Thank you for your lengthy note. Your response to the events in Newberg strike me as tremendously non-reflective. You do not seem willing, or capable, of giving serious consideration to your own positions, and your own actions. You do not seem to see the obvious, and evidently, this is due to what might be called the apostasy

A Gospel Worth Suffering For: Part II

James White, October 6, 2009, Exegesis

Chuck Smith/Calvary Chapel Comments

James White, October 6, 2009, The Dividing Line

I forgot to blog the DL we did up in Oregon on the 24th of September. As I recall, we finished off our review of the George/Beckwith ecumenical dialogue at that time. My apologies for not having gotten it blogged before. Today on the program we started off wishing Rich Pierce a happy birthday, and then moved on to a

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My Calvinist Bike Ride

James White, October 5, 2009, Personal

Part of me says I shouldn’t post this, but I figure those who don’t like me will use anything anyway, so why not give them something fun? This morning I did a Calvinist ride. It didn’t start out that way, but hey, it must have been predestined. I was originally focused on doing the steepest, toughest climbs I know of

Dan Wallace on NT Wright and the Righteousness of God

James White, October 5, 2009, Theology Matters

Dan Wallace has published a fairly lengthy response to NT Wright’s central assertions regarding the righteousness of God. The article is titled Δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ and N. T. Wright. The first URL Dan provided contained unicode, like this: http://bible.org/article/δικαιοσύνη-θεοῦ-and-n-t-wright. While that is really pretty and all, I don’t think the majority of folks would find that to work, and e-mail programs

God’s Law and Life

James White, October 5, 2009, Christian Worldview

The Truth About Justin Martyr’s Argument in the First Apology

James White, October 4, 2009, General Apologetics

I fully expected Dan Barker to use (or, I should say, misuse), the quotation from Justin Martyr’s First Apology, and so I had invested a fair amount of time reviewing the material prior to our debate. In fact, in the video below, watch my face during Mr. Barker’s opening statement when he mentions Justin. That is the smile of “Another

Jeremiah 10:6-16, PRBC Sunday Evening Sermon, 9/27/09

James White, October 2, 2009, Exegesis

October 1, 2009

James White, October 1, 2009, The Dividing Line

James 2:14-26

James White, October 1, 2009, Exegesis

A decade ago I preached on James 2, a text often cited by those promoting works-salvation systems. Of course, they always say we have “no response” to the text, but, they have also rarely ever taken the time to actually hear how we understand and honor this text. For those who wish a written discussion, please see the lengthy exegesis

Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church AM Service, 9/27/09

James White, September 29, 2009, Exegesis

Brief Debate Commentary, Chuck Smith and Calvary Chapel Leaders Demonstrate How NOT To Handle Scripture

James White, September 29, 2009, The Dividing Line

I started off today’s program with a brief recap of the debate from Newberg, and Dan Barker’s continued damage control campaign. Moved fairly quickly on to the comments of Chuck Smith and his co-hosts on the “Pastor’s Perspective” radio program, as found here. This just under five minute clip is a study in shallow eisegesis. It is incredible that these

Debate: Was Jesus a Myth? Dan Barker, Newburg, Oregon, 9/26/2009

James White, September 29, 2009, Christian Worldview, Debate

https://youtu.be/-XKOlOnRsD4

Islam on Capitol Hill

James White, September 28, 2009, Islam

Just a quick note: I heard much about the Islamic rally in Washington this past weekend. Many were all up tight and worried that Bibles would be banned on Monday and women would have to wear the hijab by Wednesday. Now don’t get me wrong. There is reason to resist the imposition of sharia to be sure, but let’s face

An Atheist Review of the Newberg Debate

James White, September 28, 2009, Christian Worldview

I was directed to this review of the debate from Saturday. I am thankful the writer identified himself as an atheist, for that, at least, explains the oddity of the review found in its praise of Godless. He writes, “I, as an Atheist, was happy to see Dan Barker defend our positions so deftly. I would invite anyone to read

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