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.
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. (1 Cor. 1:18) This is directly connected to what came before: why is it that preaching the gospel with the words of wordly wisdom, with “wise speech,” speech marked by earthly wisdom, can empty
I’m sure some of the regular readers here love old books…especially new, old books, the kind Soli Deo Gloria sells. But you also know that since the market for Puritans is not exactly Jabez-sized, they can be a bit on the pricey side. So, I’m not sure how they did it, but the folks at Solid Ground have managed to
Last Sunday morning I began a series of sermons drawn from 1 Corinthians 1 and 2. Toward the end of my time I commented briefly on Paul’s words in verse 17: For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.
Just a quick note from Mill Valley and the campus of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. Taught all day today, will do so again tomorrow. Will probably keep me from doing much here on the blog. It is like 62 degrees here right now. It will be 112/113/112 the first three days I get home. What is wrong with this
I don’t know…maybe you all can figure this kind of rant out: That’s why white doesn’t post the answers to my questions on his blog. Answer the questions in the threads: Is Jesus Christ God, is the Holy Spirit God etc. He can’t answer those questions because he thinks he is a god. He is a pretex evangelist. Any obedient
I had written about two pages in response to “Crimson Catholic” but decided I just didn’t have the time this weekend to continue it. I have to fly up to Mill Valley Sunday afternoon after preaching the morning service at PRBC, tomorrow is my wedding anniversary (talk about a patient woman!), and next week I talk with Bethany House about
I am a little surprised how few know who John Dominic Crossan is, given the wide exposure he has received in the media and the large (almost 20) number of books he has written. In any case, I commented on some of his views regarding the Synoptic gospels, and the reliability of the gospel accounts in general, during our Sunday
According to one thread on the CA Forums, a small group of folks are praying the rosary for my conversion today. I mentioned this on the DL last night. And I noted then the fact that I find this extremely odd. I’m a Calvinist. I believe God can change the heart, and I’m consistent in believing that and accepting the
As if on cue Art Sippo demonstrates that not only is Angelz’ insight spot-on, but that Art is blind to his own constant use of ad-hominem. Doesn’t look like any of his friends are up to helping him see, either. He writes today:
I just got an e-mail through the website from Ryan L. in response to the blog entry below. Evidently, since Ryan didn’t call, and gave as his e-mail address notreal@fakeaddress.com, Ryan doesn’t want to hear back from me. So I won’t reproduce the e-mail. In essence, I was told that it is OK to refer to me as a rabid dog
The DL today was quite eclectic since it was almost totally caller-driven. Calls on the nature of imputation, eis at Acts 2:38, a little something about Mary, and I likewise discussed some threads on the Catholic Answers forums, including one that had just begun about praying the Rosary for me instead of calling in. Ryan L did not call, but
Most everyone has already seen this, but I thought I’d join the wave….Joel Osteen, pastor of one of the largest “evangelical” churches in all of America, was on Larry King a few nights ago. Can you just imagine Paul or John responding to these direct questions the way Osteen did? What a wonderful opportunity to present the awesome holiness of
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This speaks for itself. Sadly, Robert doesn’t understand that. Thanks for making my point, Bob.
Ryan L has posted on another thread in the CA forums regarding my invitation to him to call in and back up his allegations against me: Yeah…I read it. It kinda’ feels like being called out by Jack Chick. If I’m not with my wife in the delivery room (which is a distinct possibility), I may indeed give him a
I would not want to extinguish anyone’s new found passion, for in this day of post-modernism it is nice to find someone who can get fired up about anything at all! But just what is “blogspotting” anyway? I had never heard of it till Phil Johnson made it a national pastime. Now, I would not have learned about www.technorati.com if
This is the 10th debate in the Great Debate series covering the topic of whether or not a non-Christian can enter Heaven. In this debate, Dr. White takes the negative whereas Bill Rutland takes the positive side. This is certainly one of the more gentlemanly debates with both sides behaving in a cordial manner towards one another. The focus of
OK, I’ve read some really, really odd stuff lately on Catholic web boards, but I just set a new record. Or, I guess, I should say john6jmj over at Planet Envoy did. See, Angelz had enough of the Sippo stuff…Sippo’s bombastic, ad hominem filled invectives, his double-standards, his “I’m all brave and you are a chicken” thing, and when you
In reference to the preceding article on the Catholic Answers Forum thread, I note the thread has now been closed by the moderators. But before it was closed a few more comments worth noting appeared. First, for some reason, a number of folks on the forums have been willing to throw Bill Rutland under the bus, so to speak. One
Someone came into channel asking about Ignatius this morning and in the process dropped the URL to another thread on the Catholic Answers Forums about yours truly, and once again I sit here in utter disbelief at the double standards that people will use without blinking an eye as long as it is in the service of Mother Church (and
The reason all major English translations do not produce the tortured, first-year Greek rendering Lavender offers is simple: they recognize the common use of the subjunctive in these sorts of conditional sentences. John uses this kind of construction frequently, and consider the utter mess it would make of the language to use Lavenders artificial translation: John 3:2 this man came
Let’s say you were in an extended debate/conversation with a believing member of the LDS faith (then again, why would a non-believing member bother debating with you anyway, but I digress). You are debating the LDS belief that God the Father is a physical–being, separate and distinct ontologically from the Son (i.e., they are two separate beings, not just two
I managed to get through eleven minutes of Adrian Rogers’ college Bible study on “Hyper Calvinism” (i.e., just plain ol’ Calvinism) and then took a good call on John 6:44, 3:16, Dr. Lavender’s arguments, etc., that took us to the end of the hour. Listen here.
Every few months someone will ask, “Have you seen this site?” and will drop www.crisispub.com on me in e-mail or in our chat channel. And I always sigh and say, “Yes, years ago. Nothing new.” But, since the author of the material, “Malcolm Lavender, Litt.D.” fills his writings with repetitive, obscure references to Greek, few are able to critically analyze
OK, I will refrain from any comments. The comic strip says it all. You’ll see. Hat-tip, bird-dog, etc., to centuri0n via the Fluffy One. Don’t ask, it wouldn’t make sense if I explained it anyway.
Added a layer, tweaked things, and poof something completely different pops out. Once again, here’s the full size version.
Well, posting the cross-ex portion on John 6:37 has been such a smash hit that Rich thought it would be fair to provide an equal length portion of the cross-ex where Bill Rutland is asking the questions, so here is a three-minute segment of some of the material from that section of the debate. Enjoy!
The United Church of Christ, the denomination in which Barry Lynn is a minister (the same Barry Lynn I debated on the issue of homosexuality a few years ago), is currently debating, and will probably reject, a resolution simply stating that Jesus is the Lord. Here’s a quick summary. There should be some means of burying the corpses of former
