James White, Author at Alpha and Omega Ministries

Sola Scriptura and the Mail Bag

James White, January 7, 2010, The Dividing Line

Today on the Dividing Line I spent the first half of the program responding to Bryan Cross and Frank Beckwith on the issue of sola scriptura. The fundamental attack upon the sufficiency of Scripture and hence its truly divine character and purpose in Roman Catholicism remains central to any discussion of the issues that separate us. Then I went to

Roman Unity: If it Promotes Mother Rome, It’s All Good

James White, January 6, 2010, Roman Catholicism

My first moderated, public debate was on the subject of Roman Catholicism. It took place in August of 1990. Since I have a few decades of experience now, I find myself shaking my head in disbelief at one particular fact over and over again: Rome’s apologists just don’t seem driven to work hard in their field. Further, they clearly observe

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Inspiration, Inerrancy, Preservation

James White, January 5, 2010, Textual Issues

Starting with a flawed foundation dooms a building, and starting with improper instruction in the Christian faith can often have disastrous consequences. Thankfully, the Spirit overcomes our ignorance and our traditions, all to His glory, but we should surely be very concerned that we give new believers a solid foundation upon which to develop a heart of wisdom to God’s

Hypocrisy of the Secularists

James White, January 5, 2010, The Dividing Line

Started off playing the Brit Hume clip and discussing the hypocrisy of the secularists in demanding that Christians remain silent in the public square. Lesson here: free speech dies when secularists rule. Then we moved on to a half hour examination of the text of the Qur’an and the topic of “being subdued,” i.e., humbled, humiliated, and such texts as

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The Most Fundamentalist Materialist I Have Ever Heard

James White, January 5, 2010, Christian Worldview

While riding yesterday with my lovely wife I listened to the encounter between William Dembski and a South African atheist and biologist, Lewis Wolpert, that took place on the Unbelievable radio program. You can listen to it here, but I warn you, if you are looking for a meaningful exchange on intelligent design, you won’t get it. You will, in

Brit Hume Incident Illustrates Secularism’s Hatred of Christianity

James White, January 5, 2010, Christian Worldview

Most have heard about these comments by Brit Hume: The secularists are, of course, howling in protest, but if you read what they are saying, one obvious underlying theme comes to the fore. No one is offering reasoned, objective criticism of the substance of Hume’s comments, because, quite simply, he is right. Buddhism does not, in fact, provide for redemption

A Loving Comment from a Calvary Chapelite

James White, January 4, 2010, Mail Bag

You’re strutting on you tube with your chest stuck way out boasting “I know more than Chuck, I’m more spiritual than Chuck” Even if you do have superior biblical knowledge, you don’t get to use it to attack and tear down the reputations of your fellow servants of the risen Lord Jesus Christ. Also, regarding what you said about Chuck

A Quick Note on “saghara” and Surah 7:13/9:29

James White, January 2, 2010, Islam

A caller on the last DL asked about something I have noted a few times in the past regarding the text of the Qur’an. As it would take a while to type all of this out, I will address it on the DL on Tuesday instead. But for now, in fulfillment of my promise to provide the information, here it

Another Contrast Between Christianity and Islam

James White, December 31, 2009, Islam

You may have seen this new item today: As many as 50 Muslim villagers armed with clubs and axes recently attacked a showing of the ‘Jesus’ film near Sargodha, Pakistan, injuring three part-time evangelists and four Christians in attendance. Two of the evangelists were said to be seriously injured. The Muslim hardliners also damaged a movie projector, burned reels of

A Personal Word of Thanks

James White, December 31, 2009, Personal

For years I have been responsible for deciding on a film to show at our New Years Eve celebration at PRBC. We’ve shown all sorts of films, like Martin Luther: Heretic, the Radicals, etc. Last year we saw Facing the Giants. This year I wanted to show FireProof. So I e-mailed Kirk Cameron and asked if sometime this week we

Christmas Day Disaster

James White, December 31, 2009, The Dividing Line

Well, OK, it was just a few days ago. But I forgot to blog the program. When that happens, remember, the file name is always consistent! For example, this DL’s URL is http://store.aomin.org/catalogsearch/result/?q=20091231. Next Tuesday’s DL will be http://store.aomin.org/catalogsearch/result/?q=20100105, and so forth. In any case, I started off discussing a bit about Islam and the Christmas day disaster in Detroit

Moving the DL Up to 2pm MST

James White, December 30, 2009, The Dividing Line

We need to move the Thursday DL to 2pm to allow us to do what we need to do for our New Years Eve get together at PRBC. Join us then!

Heading to Georgia

James White, December 30, 2009, General Apologetics

WHO: Dr. James White, writer and founder of Alpha & Omega Ministries WHAT: Winter Bible Conference – A Faith Worth Defending WHERE: Rockdale Community Church, Conyers, GA (DIRECTIONS) WHEN: Feb. 5th-7th, 2010 (Friday 7pm – 9:30pm & Saturday 9am – 5pm) WHY: Because we are all commanded to be prepared to give a defense CONFERENCE SCHEDULE REGISTRATION: Registration for this

Islam, Mormonism, and the Trinity

James White, December 29, 2009, The Dividing Line

As I promised, I began with a discussion of the issues relating to the recent attempted murder of civilians by a Muslim soldier of Allah. Then we had a fairly lengthy call on witnessing to Mormons, and a call on the procession of the Holy Spirit in the Trinity.

Approaching the Throne of Grace

James White, December 29, 2009, Pastoral Theology

Bill Maher: Never Take Him Seriously

James White, December 28, 2009, Christian Worldview

Bill Maher is a comedian. He is not a historian, theologian, or philosopher. All one need do is take a quick look at the inane tweets he posted for Christmas, drawing from all the worst foolishness of atheism, to see why. Clearly, he has never undertaken to verify his sources, because, of course, comedians do not verify sources. The goal

Dar Al-Harb: Why You Need to Know This Arabic Phrase

James White, December 28, 2009, Islam

دار الحرب It is an Arabic phrase. It is pronounced “dar al harb.” Memorize it, because it explains why the Nigerian in the window seat is trying to blow you, and the nearly 300 other people with you on your international flight, to pieces as you descend into a major American city. Dar al-Harb means “the world of war.” It

Hold Fast Your Profession!

James White, December 28, 2009, Pastoral Theology

A Reader Misses My Point on the Manhattan Declaration

James White, December 26, 2009, Mail Bag

I take it you are distancing yourself from the Nicene creed since you know the “One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church” of the creed has a different meaning to Catholic and Orthodox, than to Protestant denominations? Will you distance yourself from the bible also, since Catholic and Orthodox sign off on it? If I can get a Catholic to sign

My Response to Pastor Walsh on the Manhattan Declaration

James White, December 25, 2009, Roman Catholicism

Hitchens/D’Souza/Prager Debate

James White, December 24, 2009, The Dividing Line

Great calls on the program today, followed by an examination of some comments in the Hitchens/D’Souza/Prager debate from 2008.

Don’t Forget: Early DL Today!

James White, December 24, 2009, The Dividing Line

We will be doing the DL live today at 2pm MST, 4pm EST, and 3:13am PST (just kidding for you confused folks in California). Join us then!

Pray for Our Brothers and Sisters in Pakistan

James White, December 24, 2009, Persecution

This article from the AP reminds us that as we enjoy God’s blessings, we have brothers and sisters living under the threat of violence from Muslims in many lands. Let us all take time to pray for them, that God would protect them from the hatred of the world. 18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated

Immanuel, God With Us

James White, December 24, 2009, Exegesis

Upgraded Version of Sermon on Manhattan Declaration Posted

James White, December 24, 2009, Christian Worldview

Rich took the time to take the video of my sermon on the MD and to sync up the higher quality audio. The result is much easier to listen to, to be sure. Since the topic is not going away anytime soon, I am posting the better version here.

Cross-Fire Section on the Deity of Christ

James White, December 23, 2009, Islam

Another clip from the London debates of 2008 (the video of which just arrived). Again, we are hoping to get the masters so we can fix the image sizing, annoying graphic, etc. But, the information is still there. Here is the “cross-fire” round (that’s what you do when you can’t really trust that cross-examination will be done properly).

The Kindle, and Many Calls

James White, December 22, 2009, The Dividing Line

I started off with a brief discussion of how I’ve found the Amazon Kindle to be a great asset in my studies (and how you might as well), and then went to the phones, which filled up pretty quickly. Then, once I cleared them all, I responded to this article from WorldNet Daily on the Manhattan Declaration.

Does Belief in the Trinity Necessitate Shirk?

James White, December 22, 2009, Islam

Some of the London debates arrived yesterday. Well, sorta, anyway. We requested DV, unedited video, we got plain DVDs with a highly annoying graphic plastered on the screen. So, we have made inquiry as to how to get what we requested. But, till then, at least we have something! I have no idea why the shape of the shot is

Robert George and Natural Theology

James White, December 21, 2009, Roman Catholicism

Phil Johnson wrote a great blog article that goes hand-in-hand with my preceding discussion of the consistency and (as a result) supremacy of biblical revelation and truth. It focuses upon the primary writer of the Manhattan Declaration, Robert George, a Roman Catholic philosopher and leading conservative political thinker. Read Phil’s article, and follow his links. I wanted to provide one

Chicken Coop Theology

James White, December 21, 2009, Theology Matters

I have had a growing awareness over the past number of years of the beauty and harmony of Christian truth as it is revealed in divine Scripture. God’s truth is not expressed to us in modern, Western, text-book fashion, with an index in the back so you can skip past the stuff you don’t care about, read a few paragraphs,

Birthday Ride, 2009

James White, December 18, 2009, Roman Catholicism

Five years ago now I decided to celebrate my birthday by riding up South Mountain three times. The goal was simple enough: climb 100 ft in ascent for every year of my age. So, today I did that for the fifth time. Obviously, as the years have passed, each effort gets a little harder, partly due to the simple rules

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