I am continuing with my response to LDS writer Daniel McClellan’s blog article from April 8, 2011, found here. I note as well that Mr. McClellan has already begun replying to me, resulting in a very, and I mean very, large amount of text. My intention is to finish this initial response, comment briefly on anything I find helpful or
Started off with a brief report on my encounter with Brian McLaren on the Unbelievable program in London (the show airs on Saturday, we will link to it once it is posted). Then finished off the Ehrman/Licona dialogue, alson from Unbelievable, and then took a call from Patrick on the role of evidence in apologetics.
Some of the newer readers of this blog may not even know I do fractal art. Well, here we go… That one, and more, can be found here. But I decided to take it all the way, and put the design on a tie! PurpleFractalGalaxies by DrOakleyBrowse other Fractal Ties No, Brian McClaren had nothing to do with this. 🙂
It is truly a reason for concern to think that people with this kind of end-times mania (which makes the most fevered adherent of the most fevered forms of the most fevered apocalyptic premillenialism look comatose) are working hard to get themselves an…atomic bomb.
Given that I will be at the office at 4:30am to be on Unbelievable in London with Brian McLaren, we are going to move the DL to the normal Thursday afternoon time (4pm PDT). Join us then!
Turn your sound up!
Additionally, given that Christianity must be allowed to define itself (as James asserts), in any objective approach to the question, Mormonism must be allowed to participate in that process of definition. To preclude Mormonism from Christianity’s self-definition is, again, begging the question. It assumes the conclusion in setting up the premise. Would it be begging the
I have been responding to an article by Daniel O. McClellan regarding the status of Mormonism and its claims to be a Christian religion. I continue my response in this, the third part. These are peculiar fundamental defining issues, as every single one is a direct response to an ostensibly LDS ideology. If the above are the fundamental defining issues
Almost made it through, but not quite. Spent the hour listening to, and commenting on, the exchange from Unbelievable. I will finish it up on Tuesday.
In Response to Mr. McClellan I would like to respond point by point to Mr. McClellan’s claims in his article. I am uncertain as to the source of his familiarity with me, as we have, to my knowledge, never met, but it is possible that in modern Mormon homes, using someone’s first name, even if they are older than you
Given how useful I find Justin Brierley’s program in London (and yes, I enjoy participating in the program), I thought I would mention for our UK readers the upcoming conference Justin is putting on. You can read all about it here. And don’t forget to tune in Thursday as I continue my review of the Licona/Ehrman discussion from last Saturday’s
Started off reading a certified letter that was sent to me from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Very insightful. Then discussed George Bryson’s article (noted on the blog earlier), then got into playing the key portions of last Saturday’s Unbelievable program from London, where Justin Brierley had on Bart Ehrman and Mike Licona. Another important examination of how Christian truth can be
I was recently referred to a blog article by a young Mormon writer and scholar, Daniel McClellan. He seems like a bright, intelligent young man, though, sadly, he has clearly been influenced by the less-than-mature behavioral ticks of his mentors at BYU, men like Daniel C. Peterson and William Hamblin. We will note how this mars his otherwise interesting article
Over the past few years I have experienced what has become a regular occurrence when traveling and speaking across the US, UK, and Australia. I will be approached by someone, most often a man, who tells me his story of being a member of a Calvary Chapel, following the exhortation to read and study the Scriptures, and coming to an
I’ve told the story a number of times. Young college kid…19 years old, poor as a church mouse, riding a Suzuki GS750L home from school. Newly married. Stops at the LDS bookstore because he’s studying this strange religion so as to witness to Mormons. He’s been seeing a source cited over and over again in the books he is reading.
Think about it: Secularists, such as those in charge of the United States government, will gladly engage in religious persecution and favoritism in the interests of “the state.” Pray that God will have mercy and give His people freedom to preach the Gospel to His glory.
Nice to have had internet connectivity during the entirety of the Dividing Line today, that’s for sure. Finished up the Harris rebuttal in the recent (expensive) debate from Notre Dame, then listened to Norman Geisler on a national radio program dodge a clear question focused upon the incoherence of his views of divine sovereignty, and then addressed an e-mail about
Delivered yesterday by Paige Patterson. As you listen to it, remember… Born in Istanbul, studied in madrassas in Istanbul, Cairo, and Beirut; speaks Arabic; done many debates with Muslims, even in Arabic, in mosques! Debated Shabir Ally in Nebraska; father an “ulema” who was surrounded by “caliphs” on his death bed, and who was a polygamist who brought his “wives”
Deadcast, i.e., once again, though we had perfect connectivity all weekend, 50 minutes before the program, BOOM, network outages. Rich has spent the past four hours since the program working on stuff, and, for the moment, we are back up and seemingly operational. For now. In any case, started off with the announcement of the 2012 Apologetics Cruise out of
Glad to be home, though I had a great time at the Psalm 119 conference with Todd Friel, Phil Johnson and all the folks up there in the frozen North (which was 20 degrees warmer on Saturday than it was in Phoenix, if you can believe that). Got back in the saddle today, have so far crunched out 100k on
Well, I got through TSA without experiencing what Phil Johnson did, so that’s a good thing. Headed for the wild (and much cooler) North, back to my hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Looking forward to meeting the Freakishly Tall One (been on his show, never met him in person—not sure what to expect!), and catching up with Phil Johnson (I think
I am starting to think Peter Lumpkins has relatives that work for Cox Communications. We started off with a brief discussion of Harold Camping and what to do with Campingites starting May 22, 2011. Then we looked again at some Silly Atheist Bible Thumper Arguments, managed a whopping 15 more seconds of Abdullah Kunde’s comments from a recent debate (at
The best laid plans of mice and men…. We were supposed to have one of those “back rooms” at a local restaurant to have a get-together with the staff of Trinity Law School while I was over there a few weeks ago. But, once we got there, we discovered the room wasn’t available. Ok, had a nice breakfast and headed
I will be joining Chris Arnzen on Iron Sharpens Iron tonight at 7pm EDT. Listen in!
https://youtu.be/qGQvZA8QRww
https://youtu.be/oIdLahSzuag
https://youtu.be/qrWsDdwoW_w
Robbed Hell – C.A.S.T. Pearls Presents from Canon Wired on Vimeo.
Almost canceled the program today (our Internet access went down thirty minutes before the program again), but we got it back and made it through. Talked with Justin about witnessing to LDS missionaries, covered a common argument about the Bible and the Qur’an, took calls on baptism in the early church and a wide variety of other issues, going about
©2025 Alpha and Omega Ministries. All Rights Reserved.
