Author Archive for: DrOakley

The Evolution of Mormon Theology

James White, December 27, 2001, Mormonism

Is the teaching of the LDS Church today consistent with that of the early 1830’s? If the Mormon Church’s claim to be the “only true church on earth today” is to be believed, one would expect consistency in teaching from the beginning until today. However, based on the earliest works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (then

The Prologue of the Gospel of John

James White, December 27, 2001, General Apologetics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Oneness Pentecostalism

Chapter 1 1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was Deity. This verse provides the framework not only for the prologue that encompasses verses one through eighteen, but for the entire Gospel itself. The prologue functions, I believe, as an “interpretive window” for the entire Gospel. John means us to read

Biblical Inerrancy

James White, December 27, 2001, General Apologetics

(The following is “The Chicago Statement of Biblical Inerrancy” taken from Inerrancy edited by Norman Geisler, Academie Books, 1980, pages 493-497.) Article I We affirm that the Holy Scriptures are to be received as the authoritative Word of God. We deny that the Scriptures receive their authority from the Church, tradition, or any other human source. Article II We affirm

Eternal Security: Based in the Tri-Unity of God

James White, December 27, 2001, Theology Matters

I remember passing notes with a friend of mine in high school. We were debating that age old doctrine of eternal security. He didn’t believe in it, and I did. A few months ago, while cleaning out one of those old drawers that you haven’t opened in about ten years, I found one of those notes. I had to chuckle

THE NATURE OF GOD – THE TRI-UNITY OF GOD

James White, December 27, 2001, General Apologetics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Oneness Pentecostalism

I. The Attributes of God: A. Natural: 1. Spirituality (John 4:24) 2. Personality (Exodus 3:14) 3. Life (Jeremiah 10:6-11) B. Pertaining to His Infinity 1. Absoluteness – Uniqueness 2. Sovereignty/Supremacy (Isaiah 40:12-17, 43:12-13, 46:9-10, Psalm 135:6) 3. Self-existence 4. Immutability – He doesn’t change – Psalm 102:27, Malachi 3:6, James 1:17 5. Unity – one substance, one ousia (Deuteronomy 6:4)

Many Gods, Many Lords

James White, December 27, 2001, Mormonism

“As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there

The Doctrine of Man – Anthropology

James White, December 27, 2001, General Apologetics

(Doctrines of Anthropology, Sin, and Soteriology Inclusive) Man as Creature. Man has a derivative nature – Acts 17:28. Man is finite Man is dependent Man must receive revelation Man in the Image of God The Image as Personality The Image as Intellect The Image as differing from animals Man as Sinful Being Sin as rebellion, denial of God’s true Being

Karl Keating’s Response to Eric Svenson and the State of Roman Catholic Apologetics

James White, December 22, 2001, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

James observes that both the Catholic Karl Keating and the Protestant Dave Hunt reject the Reformed Doctrines of Grace with the same argumentation. He then demonstrates that Keating does not accurately represent Svensson’s argument, and also exaggerates the quality of the performance of Roman Catholics apologists in their debates with Protestants, and exaggerates their willingness to do more direct interaction.

Erasmus of Rotterdam: His New Testament and its Importance

James White, December 21, 2001, King James Onlyism

Europe of 1516 presented quite a world of contrasts. Superstition still ruled many people’s minds, yet men of great scholarship and insight were to be found in every nation. Great political struggles were taking place, struggles which would soon give form and outline to the Europe of today. Nationalism was on the rise, and the papacy on the decline. Heretics

Teaching: What is Reformed Theology? Grace Reformed Baptist Church, Wake County, NC, 12/15/2001

James White, December 19, 2001, Uncategorized

Teaching: God Who Justifies, Grace Reformed Baptist Church, Wake County, NC, 12/16/2001

James White, December 19, 2001, Uncategorized

Teaching: Teaching the Trinity, Grace Reformed Baptist Church, Wake County, NC, 12/16/2001

James White, December 16, 2001, Uncategorized

Teaching: Bible Versions, Grace Reformed Baptist Church, Wake County, NC, 12/15/2001

James White, December 15, 2001, Uncategorized

Teaching: Reformed Apologetics and Theology, Grace Reformed Baptist Church, Wake County, NC, 12/14/2001

James White, December 14, 2001, Uncategorized

KJV Onlyism Revisited: Separating Fact from Fiction, Part 3 – Gail Riplinger “Logic.”

James White, December 8, 2001, King James Onlyism, The Dividing Line

The program starts with an interesting five minute clip from Gail Riplinger as an example especially fallacious argumentation, and continues to explain the presuppositions of KJOnlyists that lead to seemingly irrational apologetics from them, and point out more problems with their position, from with the view that the best antidote to KJOnlyism is learning the truth of God did preserve

KJV Onlyism Revisited:Separating Fact from Fiction Part 2 – Text Type History

James White, November 24, 2001, King James Onlyism, The Dividing Line

James White explains how textual criticism works in order to show that there is no conspiracy to suppress the true Scriptures, rather scholarship has merely improved over the centuries since the KJV was produced. The program also includes the history behind textual criticism, and the simple point that all text types contain the same Christian doctrine anyway.

KJV Onlyism Revisited:Separating Fact from Fiction, Part 1 – – How Translation Works

James White, November 17, 2001, King James Onlyism, The Dividing Line

While the emphatic claims of KJOnly preachers might sound like they have merit when information is selectively presented and when the KVJ is assumed to be ultimate standard, the conspiracy theories that modern translations have removed precious material from Scripture can be explained by understanding textual or translational issues. Dr. White also clears up confusion with text types – a

Notes for On-Air Webcasts in Response to CBF 2nd Edition

James White, November 15, 2001, Reformed Apologetics

Below I have produced the notes I used in doing the Dividing Line Webcasts responding to Dr. Geisler’s added appendix on The Potter’s Freedom (these programs aired 8/11, 8/18, and 8/25/01. This is not my “published” reply to Dr. Geisler. That is found at here. These are simply the rough notes I used. I expanded on some points in my written

A Most Disappointing Response: Dr. Norman Geisler’s “Reply” to The Potter’s Freedom Raises Serious Issues, But Not the Ones You Would Expect

James White, November 15, 2001, Reformed Apologetics

I had not heard even a whisper about the inclusion of an appendix (now the 13th appendix in the book) in a new edition of Dr. Norman Geisler’s Chosen But Free. Thankfully, a kind brother in Indianapolis e-mailed me and informed me of the appendix, assuming, however, that I had already seen it. I had not. I immediately requested, and

Basic Training for Sharing the Trinity and Listening for Presuppositions

James White, November 3, 2001, Jehovah's Witnesses, The Dividing Line

Dr. White gives a tutorial on how to listen and plan an effective apologetic response that takes into account the worldview of the other side, and introduces the foundational tenets of the Trinity, including Monotheism, Equality of Persons and the deity of Christ, and the existence of Three Persons, although the program ended up focusing on caller questions about the

Open Phones, Live from Founder’s Conference in Lynchburg, VA

James White, October 20, 2001, Mormonism, The Dividing Line

Dr. White took calls in between conference lectures related to Potter’s Freedom, including an introduction to cessationism with a charismatic caller that had recently become Reformed, and a Mormon caller asked why it was necessary to do evangelism at LDS general conferences. Dr. White also shares about a lecture on Open Theism.

SLC : Debate with Richard Hopkins of BYU and Interference from Proteste

James White, October 13, 2001, Mormonism, The Dividing Line

Dr. White describes his debate with Richard Hopkins, who had converted from liberal Protestantism to a liberal stream of Mormonism and now teaches at BYU. The debate was supposed to be on Justification, but Hopkin’s liberal view required White to also describe the typical LDS view of works and “grace”. Also, normally, the team would also pass out flyers outside

The Muslim Claim That The Gospel of John Predicted Muhammad

James White, September 29, 2001, Islam, The Dividing Line

Dr. White examines the claim that John 14:16 is a corrupted text that originally referenced a prophecy about Muhammad, although no manuscripts support the claim. In the article, both the facts presented and the argumentation are found wanting on just about every point – this theory can not hold up against the context of the passages or manuscript evidence.

America’s Response to 9/11 and Comparing Christianity to Islam

James White, September 22, 2001, The Dividing Line

Based on strong feedback from his last program, Dr. White revisits America’s need for repentance and God’s purpose in tragedy. Also, while the world may reject both Christianity and Islam for making truth claims, or even attack Christianity more for having laid a godly foundation in America, Islam has significant issues with a violent founding prophet, dubious textual criticism, and

A Sober Word Following the 9/11 Terrorist Attack, part 1 of 2

James White, September 15, 2001, The Dividing Line

Dr. White compares our nation’s godless culture and reaction to 9/11 to the words of Lincoln, who called for a day of prayer and humiliation during the Civil War. In a timely yet counter-cultural message, Dr. White reminds listeners of God’s purpose exists in all things, and of America’s great need for repentance.

America’s New Religiosity: “God Bless America, But Don’t You Dare Tell Us To Repent!”

James White, September 14, 2001, Reformed Apologetics

Christians are unpopular folks today. I mean by that, anyone who takes seriously biblical truth and biblical principles will find himself on the sharp end of angry stares if we dare speak the truth in the midst of today’s national crisis. To what do I refer? America has all of the sudden gotten very religious. There are vigils and candlelight

Same Sex Controversy part 3 of 3: Leviticus and the Application of the Holiness Code

James White, September 8, 2001, Homosexuality, The Dividing Line

The clear wording of this passage makes it difficult for revisionists to limit its scope to narrow situations, so most pro homosex theologians try to argue that the Holiness Code does not apply to Christians. This does not work because of its context as moral law, its context that is applied to Gentiles in the text of Leviticus 18, and because

Same Sex Controversy part 2 of 3: Refuting 8 Revisionist Theories about Romans 1

James White, September 1, 2001, Homosexuality, The Dividing Line

As societal rebellion against God increases, all truths of Scripture become targets, include what God’s law says against sins like homosexuality, about which there are currently a flood of new books. Callers try their best to respond to some of the pro-homosex theories based clear statements of the text, and Dr. White fills in additional exegesis and historical background to

Norman Geisler’s Second Edition of Chosen But Free, Part 3 of 3 – A Class Project?

James White, August 25, 2001, The Dividing Line

Dr. White theorizes that, due to the poor quality of the appendix that responds to his book the Potter’s Freedom, it could not have been written by a scholar like Geisler, but seems to have been the result of a group project from Geisler’s undergraduate logic class. The original text of CBF ignored some key texts that help establish Reformed

Norman Geisler’s Second Edition of Chosen But Free, Part 2 of 3 – Logical Fallacy?

James White, August 18, 2001, The Dividing Line

Dr. White continues covering the error-laden 13th appendix of Chosen But Free, which had claimed to be a response to his book The Potter’s Freedom. This program covers a supposed list of logical fallacies in White’s PF, including ad hominem attacks and name calling. A closer look, however, reveals that the CBF appendix is littered with not just citations of

Norman Geisler’s Second Edition of Chosen But Free, Part 1 of 3 – Misrepresentation?

James White, August 11, 2001, The Dividing Line

The second edition of Geisler’s book does include an appendix that makes a response to Dr. White’s Potter’s Freedom, but the quality of this appendix is even lower than that of the book itself, with wrong citations and no attempt at exegesis. Dr. White’s PF had demonstrated that Geisler’s CBF strangely redefines terms that have been in use for centuries,

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