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.
Documentation of errors on the part of Ahmed Deedat, assisted and made even better by Sam Shamoun. Thanks Sam!
A channel regular mentioned I might want to fix up my YouTube page, which I honestly did not know I even had, so I took a few moments to do so today. Once I upload the next video blog (which is converting formats even as I type this), I’ll have 59 videos posted, with, Lord willing, lots more coming. It
I’m sure some of you were disappointed that we could not make the announcement of our next major upcoming event, but once we are able to do so, I trust you will see that we needed to make sure everything was properly arranged ahead of time. I won’t set at date for that until I have absolute confirmation from all
I just got done drying out my awesome Oakley computer bag. How could I be so careless to allow it to get wet? Well, it seems my rental car leaks…not from the top, but from the bottom. So the carpet in the back seat is soaked. Not being familiar with the car, there’s no way I could know that by
The scarey thing is, there are some who can’t see, or refuse to see, how utterly lopsided this affair was. Thank God for Sam Shamoun. Pray for him!
Following the debate in Seattle I invested some time in responding to some post-debate “chatter,” you might call it, in the form of comments from Shabir Ally regarding the topics we discussed during the debate (which is now available in mp3 format, and Lord willing, in DVD format very soon). In any case, I have not been able to do
Just a quick note to say we need some more time to get everything organized and ready for the “big announcement.”. Since I will be away the next week we will hopefully have enough time to have everything finalized by the 10th. Make sure to be listening then! So we won’t be doing a DL on 1/1. Next DL will
I was looking over the top ten stories in the “Christian” world according to CT. Some were probably not even noticed by most in post-evangelicalism, such as the civil war in the Anglican communion over homosexuality. The Robinson ordination was big news, but the resultant fully appropriate reaction by Christians in the denomination hasn’t gotten quite as much notice. Persecution
I will be teaching a seminary level class on Islam for the Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary starting in late January here in the Phoenix area. I have been teaching for GGBTS at various of their campuses since 1995. I have taught Greek, Greek Exegesis, Hebrew, Hebrew Exegesis, Systematic Theology, Christology, Philosophy of Religion, Special Studies in Patristics, and a
···I was working in my office this afternoon, preparing sermons for church tomorrow, when someone with the nick “Muslm” joined our channel. I have taken out some of the channel banter that was not relevant, the joins/parts, etc., so here is the conversation that followed: * Muslm has joined #prosapologian Hello Muslm. DrOakley, Hi :]
Lane (a regular in our channel) found this video on YouTube. I don’t know who bezel333 is, but I appreciate the work that went into this. It is striking. Update: Evidently “The Secret” folks complained to YouTube and scuttled this fine video (what do you expect from folks scamming folks like they are?). So here’s a link that can take
I was catching up, as best I can before heading back out on the road soon, with my RSS feeds, and I couldn’t help but notice Dave Armstrong, who has decided recently to try his hand at church history, taking a shot at the Athanasius Problem. You see, the great bishop of Alexandria is a constant problem for Roman Catholics
Big news in the world of Mormonism as Signature Books has released The William E. McLellin Papers 1854-1880). This major work contains a collection of writings once considered legendary. McLellin was an early convert to Mormonism who left when he saw the major changes in teaching and theology taking place in Joseph Smith. I have ordered the work, but one
Today I reviewed many of the (at times outrageous) claims of Islamic apologist Nadir Ahmed, the same gentleman who appeared at my church Sunday evening. In the middle of the program I did take one call, however, from our LDS friend Pierre, who wished to discuss the series of articles I have done recenlty on the LDS concept of Jesus
I have been teaching through the Gospels at PRBC for a number of years now, mainly focusing on the Synoptics. But I covered John 5 recently, so I felt it appropriate to cover chapter six as well. In the process of teaching exegetically through the text, I happened to notice that Stephen K. Ray has a book out titled, St.
I was informed today that Jason Wallace of Christ Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake (the man behind all of the debates we did up there over the years) has begun a television program that might be of interest to our readers. In fact, tonight he will have Alma Allred on, a gentleman I have known since sometime in the 1980s
According to the Berean Call website, Dave Hunt will be debating Shabir Ally on February 23rd at 7pm at the All Saints Catholic High School (???) in Whitby, Ontario. The title is “Christianity vs. Islam.” Interestingly, this is the third of three debates Hunt is scheduled to do in only 24 hours: the first on Hinduism the night before, the
The LDS Church answered the next two questions submitted to them with the same words: Q: If so, does the Church believe that God lives on a planet named Kolob? Q: Where is the planet Kolob? What significance does the planet have to Mormons? A: ‘Kolob’ is a term found in ancient records translated by Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith did
I would like to take this Christmas morning to speak directly to the growing number of Islamic readers we have here on our blog. I would like to thank you for stopping by and reading what we have to say. We appreciate the opportunity of proclaiming to you the faith of Christianity, a faith that had been proclaimed for hundreds
I am very thankful Rich has managed to get the mp3 audio of the debate with Shabir Ally on the crucifixion uploaded and ready to go! Here is the link. Enjoy and be encouraged!
For the overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain, but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled, holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and
I was just chatting with my brothers and sisters in #prosapologian, and I mentioned that at this time of year, as we contemplate the passing of another year, I could not provide better advice than this: that each and every believer should consider the past year in the light of these divine words: Therefore we also have as our ambition,
In glancing through various sources relevant to the woman of Revelation 12 (historically taken as the people of God in the Old and New Testaments, but becoming Mary as Marian piety developed, especially in the middle ages) in response to Steve Ray’s words in his pdf from a few months ago seeking to defend the idea of the idea of
Started off with a discussion of comments on “Biblical Catholic apologetics” from Catholic Answers Live, then had a brief visit from Mike O’Fallon, then transitioned into a discussion of Muhammad in Islamic piety. Mike O’Fallon informed us that you need to be listening 1/1/08 for a major announcement! Stay tuned!
Back when I first started studying Mormonism I encountered a lot of believingMormons. Men and women who actually believed Joseph Smith was a prophet–a real prophet, and that the Book of Mormon was really true, and that the LDS Church had something called Latter-day Revelation which was, well, actually revelation. Evidently, those Mormons are now long gone, at least as
Today I was joined by Alan Conner, author of Covenant Children Today: Physical or Spiritual? (2007, Reformed Baptist Academic Press). We took many calls on a wide variety of aspects of the subject of baptism.
This was preached at our conference in Orlando in 2006. Words to ponder. Yes, Lord willing and Rich learns how to squeeze 36 hours into 24, we will have all of these great presentations available in the near future.
As I have looked over my archives I see that almost three months have passed since my last installment in response to Steve Ray’s attempt to defend the concept of the Bodily Assumption of Mary from Scripture. Of course, this 30 page pdf, cobbled together from various sources, is only partly on the subject of the Assumption. A large portion
