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.
Well, we will be mopping up in the morning. A monsoon storm came through and ripped the roof off of the room where we fill our orders last night. Thankfully, it didn’t rain, but we were only able to get plywood laid down without anything else before nightfall tonight. And the image to the right shows the radar of a
In support of Roman Catholicism, we read, 1 John 2: 2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. – Propitiation connotes an ongoing event, and that event started and finished on the cross. The only way I can make sense of this apparent contradiction is through the
Continuing with the argumentation presented regarding the characteristics of a Davidic king, we have seen that thus far the characteristics chosen have been rather random: none, thus far, have actually defined David’s rule, the incidents/persons referred to taking place or living after David’s reign was over. We have likewise seen no foundation offered for why these particular offices/incidents/people are to
I will be on Issues Etc. today to discuss my current CRI article on Bible Translations. You can listen live at www.kfuo.org, assuming we are actually doing this live and not taping it.
Next, our Catholic correspondent referred to the “Queen Mother” in the Davidic kingdom. Of course, there was no “Queen Mother” in David’s kingdom. Instead, early on in Solomon’s reign, his mother came to him to make a request of him. The story is found here: 1 Kings 2:19-20 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah.
PBS actually had a short segment on the Emergent Church movement with both McLaren and Carson being interviewed. Anyone who has read almost anything on the movement won’t find anything new here, but it was actually handled rather fairly, which surprised me a good bit. Here’s the link to the web version of the story, which includes streaming video of
4) First, it is a very long stretch to identify the position of Shebna/Eliakim as a definitional characteristic of the Davidic kingdom. The reference is post-Davidic to begin with: can something that cannot be traced to David be definitional of the Davidic kingdom? Next, there is no indication that this is a divine institution. Further, not only is Shebna removed
I remember more than a decade ago how I could invest tons of time in personal correspondence, and enjoyed doing so. But as I look at my writing and speaking and debating schedule, I am left with the clear conclusion that those days are long past. And yet the correspondence keeps coming. So about the only way to “redeem the
It sure has been hot in Phoenix lately, and now the humidity is starting to inch upward, indicating the beginning of the monsoon flow. The humidity has increased four-fold this week. I know, in comparison with places like New Orleans, we are still as dry as a bone, but 115 feels a lot worse with four times the humidity, believe
A few weeks ago I commented on Johnny Hunt’s sermon prior to the Southern Baptist Convention regarding election. Here’s an SBC take on the same sermon, replete with links and pictures.
Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Col. 3:1-3, NASB) Wednesday night I used this
First 2/3 of the program I played clips of Tim Staples on various subjects and commented thereon; last 1/3 were calls on the Trinity and ecumenism. Another eclectic DL! Here’s the program.
Jeff Downs sent over this link to a brief reply to “Emergent Church Apologetics.” Post-modernism in all its forms is battery-acid to apologetics, and truly leaves the believer without any foundation to fulfill the commandment of God to give an answer.
My copy of the July/August 2005 Modern Reformation magazine came today. It is on the Emergent Church movement. I was thumbing through it and ran across a “bullet” quote that struck me: The Emergent movement has discovered something I think that the prior generation has forgotten. There needs to be a connection between doctrine and practice. One can well wonder
Richard Barcellos is a Reformed Baptist pastor in Southern California, a fairly regular visitor to our chat channel, an all-around good guy, and the main driving force behind The Reformed Baptist Theological Review (www.rbtr.org). We were chatting in channel recently and the subject of a new offering from Solid Ground Christian Books came up, that being the commentaries of John
There is much I could say about what I am about to post, but to be honest, I think just letting the words speak for themselves is more than enough. Any honest person who knows my work will “hear,” and everyone else I just can’t worry about. The following all appeared in the space of three days on the Envoy
I had noted that Mr. Latar had begun replying as soon as I posted my review of his position against sola scriptura and that this would result in a rejoinder from me. Upon reading his attempt, I see no reason to do so. There is no meaningful exegetical position put forward, no refutation of what I have said, with which
Discussed the new Matatics stand on the Mass and ordination, took a call on elders, and then finished up with another half hour of discussion of Adrian Rogers’ “hyper Calvinism” talk. Here’s the program.
Just got my copies of the current CRI Journal, and the cover article is my own two-part series on Bible translations: “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” I’m sure I’ll take some heat on this series, but mainly for not being as mean and nasty as my alleged reputation. When it comes to Bible translation, I have found that
Preaching again in 1 Corinthians 1 today , following the concept of “those who are perishing” from 1 Corinthians 1:18: For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Note the parallels to: But thanks be to God, who
TOKYO – A Japanese psychiatric counselor has recited pi to 83,431 decimal places from memory, breaking his own personal best of 54,000 digits and setting an unofficial world record, a media report said Saturday. Here’s the story.
Every day it is thrown in your face. A small minority group–extremely small, maybe 3% of the popoulation en toto, demanding that you not only allow for their sexual perversion, but, more so, that you abandon any way of thinking— religious, moral, social—that would say that their perversion is anything but good and moral. Out of the half dozen examples
I just finished a little project that did not take long. I sat down with the McConkie/Millet work, Sustaining and Defending the Faith and tested a little theory. See, old-time Mormons did not strive to look like, and sound like, evangelicals. In fact, they worked hard to differentiate themselves, being members of the one true Church. So, given that this
An eclectic show today! Played a clip from John Dominic Crossan the first fifteen minutes, then began about a half hour response to Dr. Art Sippo’s post, “Pseudopodeo’s PseudoChristianity” from over on the Envoy boards, and followed that up with a quick review of Timothy Enloe’s “I said this is a discussion of sola scriptura and how it works but
In our first installment we came to the point in Mr. Latar’s presentation where he made the rather amazing claim that 2 Thes. 2:15 presents us with two infallible rules of faith, one written, and one oral, and that this disproves sola scriptura. As I have pointed out, Rome does not tell us a single word Paul ever said to
I’ve been trying to get hold of some friends in London, but so far, no success. I’ll try again soon. Hopefully the furor will die down and the phone lines will open up. . But our prayers are with our brothers and sisters in London, some of whom I
A few days ago we noted the words of BYU professors Millet and McConkie in a chapter titled “The Bible Fraud” in a book titled Sustaining and Defending the Faith. The chapter began with some incredible statements, including: After the death of the Apostles the Bible was taught by the authority of the whip and the sword. To the Reformers
