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Dr. Robert Price’s Reason for Accepting the CRI Debate Challenge

James White, April 13, 2010, Christian Worldview

I was directed to the March 5, 2010 issue of “Point of Inquiry,” a program wherein Robert Price interviewed fellow Jesus Seminar participant Robert J. Miller. Toward the end of the program I encountered the following material, which explains Dr. Price’s acceptance of the CRI invitation to debate in May. I think those gathered that evening should be aware of

Romans 4, Silver Bullets, Romans 16:17, William Albrecht, and Peter Lumpkins

James White, April 13, 2010, The Dividing Line

OK, so we had to go about seven minutes long to cram all of that into one program, but given that there will not be a program on Thursday (I will be spending all Thursday in airports or in the air, heading to Rochester, NY), that was alright. Started off with an exegesis of Romans 4, then reviewed this article

Sola Scriptura and Unity Debate

TurretinFan, April 13, 2010, Roman Catholicism

The debate below took place April 10, 2010, between William Albrecht (Roman Catholic) and myself, TurretinFan. The resolution was: “Does Sola Scriptura foster disunity and division in the body?” This resolution was originally proposed by Steve Ray. Albrecht took the affirmative position and I took the negative position. While the constructive speeches may be of interest, I think both

Caner Debacle Gaining National Attention

James White, April 12, 2010, Misc

Some things just don’t go away by ignoring them, spinning them, or yelling louder that your critics are meanies. Ergun Caner’s myth-making is becoming more widely known despite the wall of silence he, and evidently, the leadership at Liberty, are hastily attempting to erect. I’m seeing other sites picking up on the story, and today ran across a very interesting

Two Very Different Calls on Last Thursday’s Dividing Line

James White, April 11, 2010, The Dividing Line

Heresy Never Dies

Jeff Downs, April 9, 2010, General Apologetics

This week, men from around the world gathered in Mississippi for the Twin Lakes Fellowship. Martin Downes (no relation to me) had the opportunity to address the issue of heresy in his lecture “Heresy Never Dies.” You can listen to this lecture by clicking here. Downes is the author of Risking the Truth: Handling Error in the Church. You can

Warren/Piper, Peter Lumpkins, Corey the Anti-Christian Apologist, and More

James White, April 8, 2010, The Dividing Line

Wow, we covered the gamut today. Started off playing Phil Johnson’s comments on the Warren/Piper controversy that erupted last week, then added a few of my own thoughts, then moved on to Peter Lumpkins being awarded the “lamest attempt to malign” award for his “James White thinks it is dangerous to preach the love of God” silliness. Then we took

Note to Peter Lumpkins: It is Hard to Lie Openly When the Videos are Posted On Line (With Update)

James White, April 7, 2010, Personal

I just saw someone responding to Malcom Yarnell (@myarnell) repeating some more slander from Peter Lumpkins (@SBC_Tomorrow), a man who has proven himself recently to have no interest in truthfulness or honesty (a shame, since he claims to be a Christian leader). What was once somewhat amusing (his constant repetition of the “hyper-Calvinist” label, etc.) has become somewhat pitiful when

A Quick and Frustrated Review

James White, April 7, 2010, General Apologetics

Yesterday on the DL I played a portion of Bart Ehrman’s comments in a “debate” that took place at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on April 1, 2010. He was debating NT scholar Craig Evans. From the introductions, folks came from all over to hear this encounter, even from the UK. As I rode along one of my familiar routes in

Lou Ruggiero on His New Book

James White, April 6, 2010, Reformed Apologetics

Some of you remember the “debate” with “Lou Rugg” of PalTalk fame: Lou is very big on self-promotion. Sometime last year he was talking about how his new book would “crush” me, etc. I have yet to see this book, but he promises us that, eventually, Calvinism will be vanished from the face of the earth through his personal brilliance

Ehrman/Evans Debate

James White, April 6, 2010, The Dividing Line

I played some of Ehrman’s comments in the debate with Craig Evans, and took calls.

A Brotherly Response: Updated! See Below

James White, April 5, 2010, General Apologetics

(Please see the end of the article for an update from Jim Elliff.) I was directed to an article posted by Jim Elliff relating to…well, what I do, and I am compelled to provide what is hopefully a brotherly rebuttal and response. On Thursday April 1 Craig Evans debated Bart Ehrman at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on the topic, “The

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You Can Tell I Have a Debate Coming Up

James White, April 5, 2010, Misc

I know, I know, I’m a geek. On many levels. Fractals and gadgets and cycling and all that, I know. So some of you know that I’ve gotten into creating special ties for major debates. I designed a tie for the Ehrman debate featuring P52. Another for my debate with Shabir Ally on the prophecies of Jesus in the Old

Dave Hunt on Romans 9: Tradition-Driven Eisegesis Once Again

James White, April 5, 2010, Reformed Apologetics

The Berean Call put out their monthly newsletter a few days ago, and I could not help but noticing the following paragraph. If you are not intimately familiar with the argument of Romans 9, and especially its insistence that the choice of Jacob and the rejection of Esau was not in any way, shape, or form, based upon the actions

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Two Evenings at the LDS Easter Pageant: Mormonism Has Changed

James White, April 4, 2010, Mormonism

Twenty seven years ago yesterday my wife and I, newlyweds, hopped on my Kawasaki 440 and drove out to the Mesa Temple in Mesa, Arizona. We stood in amazement at the large crowds attending the LDS Easter Pageant. We stood next to the now long-gone Arby’s and pondered the ministry possibilities. The next year we were back, this time with

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So Now There are Fractal….Shoes

James White, April 1, 2010, Misc

Last month Carla, who does a lot of A&O related graphics, t-shirts, etc. (see here), mentioned that she has been designing shoes. I guess Keds allows you to design…almost anything and put it on a pair of their classic Keds. I don’t remember who came up with the idea, but I provided her with the wildest, brightest fractal in my

Monergism vs. Synergism Debate Part II

James White, April 1, 2010, The Dividing Line

We took the gloves off today a bit, but remained within bounds for brothers in the Lord, as Michael and I debated again on the DL. Accusations of a “schizophrenic God” and “robots” came up, which surprised me a little, but that’s OK, at least we got down to some brass tacks, so to speak, in examining the foundations upon

Quick Response to Tim C. Guthrie

TurretinFan, March 31, 2010, Islam

Over at the “SBC Today” blog, Tim C. Guthrie is expressing his strong negative emotions regarding the disclosures that are being made about Ergun Caner’s autobiographical embellishments (link). Among a lot of other things, TCG wrote: “There is absolutely nothing new being brought to light concerning Dr. Ergun Caner.” and “How sad is the person who thinks that by doing

Amazing Things You Read on the Internet: Issue Bazillion and One

James White, March 31, 2010, Misc

I was directed to this article relating to my debates with Michael Brown on monergism and synergism. Now, I am glad this fellow is listening, but goodness, what is he hearing? We have a tremendous example here of tradition filtering out the majority of what the person just doesn’t want to hear. Take this description for example: My own reservation

Ergun Caner’s Biography Comes to Light, Your Phone Calls (Including Pierre!)

James White, March 30, 2010, The Dividing Line

Started off reviewing this piece of investigative work that helps to shed a lot of light on Ergun Caner’s claims relating to Arabic as his first language, living in only “majority Muslim countries” prior to coming to the US (must have been when he was two years of age), coming here via “Beirut and Cairo,” all that time he spent

Hebrews 6:1-6, PRBC PM Service, March 28, 2010

James White, March 30, 2010, Exegesis

Hebrews 6:1-6, PRBC AM Service, March 28, 2010

James White, March 29, 2010, Exegesis

God Refutes a False Proverb: Ezekiel 18

James White, March 28, 2010, Exegesis

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Hebrews 6 Sermon Notes

James White, March 27, 2010, Godly Disciplines

There is no possible way I will finish this in two services tomorrow. Hebrews 6 has vaulted way up in my “favorite chapters” list after preparing to preach on it at PRBC. Such promises! Such exhortations! Just awesome.

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Here’s a Test: Spot the Baptist!

James White, March 26, 2010, Personal

OK, that wasn’t too tough. This is the picture of the speakers from the Greenville Theological Seminary’s Spring Bible Conference, held just a few weeks ago. Dr. Pipa is third from the left, and that tall drink of water is Dr. Murray from Scotland. And yes, he said my Scottish accent sounded like I was from the eastern parts of

Thanks to Michael Brown

James White, March 26, 2010, Personal

I’ve been pretty busy since yesterday’s DL. Only had a small amount of time this morning to comment on Ephesians 1:11, and just got into the office. I fired up Michael Brown’s program that he did just over 20 minutes after our mini-debate from yesterday. I could tell his voice wasn’t doing too well—hard to do a program after the

Ephesians 1:11 and Bible Translation

James White, March 26, 2010, Reformed Apologetics

Yesterday’s encounter with Dr. Michael Brown was very interesting. My goal had been to provide an opportunity for the listeners to compare and contrast the exegesis of the text offered by both sides of this important issue. While that was accomplished to some extent, what ended up happening was more of a contrast of differing methods of exegesis itself, which

Monergism vs. Synergism

James White, March 25, 2010, The Dividing Line

Today kicked off the two-part debate between myself and Michael Brown. I suppose it is the classical Calvinist/Arminian debate, but I prefer the monergism/synergism description myself. In any case, we covered John 6, Romans 8-9, and Ephesians 1 over the course of 90 minutes. It is fast paced with very little break in the action, that’s for sure. Next week

Don’t Forget: Dividing Line Debate with Michael Brown at 10am PDT, 1pm EDT

James White, March 25, 2010, The Dividing Line

Don’t forget the 90 minute exegetical debate today with Dr. Michael Brown, live on the Dividing Line, 10am PDT! That is an hour earlier than the normal Tuesday time slot. There will not be a later program at the regular Thursday slot. No, we will not have time for calls. We will be working hard to get everything into only

Robert Price

James White, March 23, 2010, The Dividing Line

So, just who is Robert Price? Well, most of our listeners only know him as the guy Bart Ehrman dissed on the Infidel Guy show. I decided that needed to change, so, I played two portions of the 1999 debate between Price and William Lane Craig on the resurrection. I felt his opening statement, and his rapid-fire answering of at

Joel McDurmon’s Allegation of Ad-Hominem Argumentation

James White, March 23, 2010, General Apologetics

Very shortly after my debate with Dr. Bart Ehrman in January of 2009, Joel McDurmon, who attended the debate, posted an article on the American Vision website criticizing my argumentation and claiming I had in essence claimed to “steamroll” Ehrman. He said the debate showed the limits of “evidentialist apologetics,” which left me completely dumbfounded as well. In any case,

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