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Glory Road: The Journeys of Ten African-Americans into Reformed Christianity

James Swan, February 18, 2010, Misc

Chris Arnzen hosts the daily radio show, Iron Sharpens Iron. Each day, Chris presents an hour long interview on topics that are important to Christians. For the past number of days, Chris has been interviewing the contributors to the book, Glory Road: The Journeys of Ten African-Americans into Reformed Christianity. The interviews have been fascinating. All the interviews are available

Dr. White in London

TurretinFan, February 17, 2010, Misc

Dr. James White will be in London for the next several days. Lord willing, Trinity Road Chapel will be hosting him for free talks on the reliability of the New Testament: Friday 19th February at 8pm Saturday 20th February, 3pm Additionally, Dr. White will be preaching at Trinity Road Chapel: Sunday, 21st February at 11am and 6:30 pm Finally, the

A More Sure Word

Jeff Downs, February 12, 2010, Theology Matters

A few months ago someone sent me a link to a pastor criticizing, in a blog, the ministry of Cornelius Van Til. One of the criticisms leveled against Van Til was that he was the inventor of the doctrine of the self-authenticating nature of scripture. An amazing assertion that is absolutely false. Even if you do not agree with Van

February 11, 2010

James White, February 11, 2010, The Dividing Line

Ergun Caner and the Jerry Springer Show

James White, February 11, 2010, General Apologetics

Ergun Caner appeared on Calvary Chapel’s “The Pastor’s Perspective” show on January 22nd. During the course of the program he made the following comments: “I like very informal ones. Formal debates have been taken over a lot by myopic Reformed guys, uh, they try to turn it into these little, uh, show ponies, it’s like the Jerry Springer Show, basically,

London, Here I Come!

James White, February 10, 2010, Personal

My thanks to all who prayed that the Lord would open the way for me to get to London by granting my visa in time. It was granted today, so it will arrive in time for me to depart next week! I am so thankful, and look forward to meeting all the saints there! Yes, we could still use your

The Foolishness of God, the Wisdom of the World

James White, February 10, 2010, Reformed Apologetics

The kind folks at Rockdale Community Church have posted the audio of my Sunday morning message from 1 Corinthians 1, a favorite text of mine when speaking while traveling. Timeless passage reminding us that God is God, and we are liable to a great deal of creaturely arrogance.

Responding to Brian Brodersen and Chuck Smith

James White, February 9, 2010, The Dividing Line

Started off the program today talking about the upcoming debate with Robert Price, and requesting continued prayers that I would be given my visa to visit London in time for my flight a week from Thursday. I was going to fairly briefly respond to the comments by Brian Brodersen, Chuck Smith, and Don Stewart, but once I played all the

Today on the Dividing Line: Calvary Chapel Leadership Refers to Calvinism Again

James White, February 9, 2010, The Dividing Line

While I was flying to Atlanta on Thursday the hosts of the Pastor’s Perspective radio program, featuring Chuck Smith, received a phone call about election. One of the hosts mentioned yours truly by name, making reference to the following video posted in response to his claim that Calvinism is Christianity without Jesus. He attempts to elucidate his thoughts. Today on

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Major Debate Announcement: Is the New Testament Historically Reliable? vs. Robert M. Price

James White, February 9, 2010, Christian Worldview

I will be debating Dr. Robert M. Price, a Jesus Seminar scholar and prolific author (see here for some of his books), at the CRI National Conference May 7th in Innisbrook, Florida. Hank Hanegraaff will moderate the debate. Those who have listened to my debate with John Dominic Crossan know how important this topic is. Dr. Price has expended great

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Catholic Apologist Dr. Art Sippo Says: Calvinists Are Psychotics

James Swan, February 7, 2010, Roman Catholicism

When it comes to Martin Luther, there are a number of Roman Catholic apologists that become expert pop-psychologists. I don’t recall Dr. Sippo being either a psychologist or a psychiatrist, yet he recently was able to make a clinical evaluation on a man who died hundreds of years ago, living in a different culture and country: My charge that Luther

Englishing the Bible

Jeff Downs, February 5, 2010, Textual Issues

Dr. Benjamin Shaw is professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He answers the question “Why a conference on scripture in the 21st Century” and also gives a brief word on his particular session “Englishing the Bible” For further information and to register for the conference, go to the conference Website. Back on December 30, 2009

John & Hebrews

Jeff Downs, February 5, 2010, Resources

Two books that may be of interest to the readership of this blog are: A Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters: The Word, the Christ, the Son of God, by Andreas J. Kostenberger. View sample pages here. Keven Boling recently interviewed Dr. Kostenberg on his new book. Since James is working his way through Hebrews, this is worth mentioning: The

Facts? Truth? Nah, We Want People!

James White, February 4, 2010, Islam

I feel badly today for those Islamic apologists I know who truly believe that Islam is true. I am not talking about the men like Nadir Ahmed, but the serious minded men I have met who really believe Islam is the religion of Allah. I would name some right now, but I do not want to get them in trouble.

Rome’s Arguments, Rome’s Blasphemy

James White, February 3, 2010, Roman Catholicism

Conference on Scripture

Jeff Downs, February 3, 2010, Christian Worldview

Yesterday, I had a chance to sit down with Dr. Joseph Pipa, president of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He took about 8 minutes to discuss the GPTS Annual Conference. I’m new at using our camera for such things, and the color is simply awful: Click here to register for ths conference.

Post-Mortem on Last Week’s Debates

James White, February 2, 2010, The Dividing Line

Started off with some of the very interesting comments made on the Catholic Answers Forums, and then moved to the specifics on the Staples debate, including reading the full context of both of the “Protestant” citations Staples offered. Looked at the broader issues of purgatory, and then moved on to some comments made by Dr. Brown on the issue of

On Next Tuesday’s DL

James White, January 30, 2010, Misc

Wow, what a week. I spoke 14 times over eight days, finishing up with a long period of teaching with Sam Shamoun on Islam at the First Arabic Baptist Church here in Phoenix today. A very enjoyable time! Next Tuesday on the DL I want to comment on last week’s debates. Michael Brown did a program on Calvinism the next

Seems the Followers of Catholic Answers Would Like More Debates

James White, January 30, 2010, Roman Catholicism

I mentioned yesterday my suggestion to Tim Staples that we do a similar type of fair debate and exchange on Catholic Answers Live. I said then that I would expect many in the CA audience would love to hear the “largest Catholic apologetics organization in the United States” actually doing direct, one-on-one apologetics with leading critics of their position. I

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Greetings From Kingdom Envoy, We Miss You!

James Swan, January 30, 2010, Roman Catholicism

Sometime back I had a discussion with Dr. Art Sippo on Luther biographies. It was a written exchange via Patrick Madrid’s Envoy discussion forum. I can’t provide the forum link, because it was deleted. I did though save my posts and analysis of Mr. Sippo’s opinions. Eventually, I was banned from Envoy by Patrick Madrid. In fact, if you’re a

Purgatory: 1 Corinthians 3 and Tim Staples

James White, January 28, 2010, The Dividing Line

Don’t hold your breath for the invitation for me to be on Catholic Answers Live to discuss, oh, “Does John 6 Teach the Roman Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist,” (I’d do it in a heartbeat), but today we had Tim Staples on the program for 90 minutes to debate 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 and the doctrine of purgatory. You are invited

Debate: Purgatory Mentioned in 1 Corinthians 3, Tim Staples, 1/28/2010

James White, January 28, 2010, Debate

https://youtu.be/z6KweCE5AdQ

Format for Today’s Debate with Tim Staples

James White, January 28, 2010, Roman Catholicism

Don’t forget to be with us live this afternoon at 3pm PST, 6pm EST, for the special 90-minute edition of the Dividing Line, featuring a live debate with Tim Staples of Catholic Answers on 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 and the doctrine of Purgatory. The format is as follows: 15 minute opening statements (Tim gets to go first) 8 minutes rebuttals 5

Tim Staples vs. The Reformers on Priestly Celibacy

James Swan, January 28, 2010, Roman Catholicism

Why can’t Roman Catholic priests get married? I’ve heard this question asked a number of times on Catholic Answers. Tim Staples recently commented on priestly celibacy here (mp3). Tim points out Roman Catholicism considers priestly celibacy a discipline, not a dogma. This means it’s something that could theoretically change, but probably will not because (as Tim says) “celibacy is a

Debate Audio with Dr. Michael Brown

James White, January 27, 2010, Reformed Apologetics

I have been very busy since the end of the Michael Brown debate today, and in fact, have been working toward a possible major debate event that I really didn’t think was going to happen (can’t go into details yet), so I have not had a chance to do much else. I would like to thank Dr. Brown for a

Tim Staples

TurretinFan, January 26, 2010, The Dividing Line

Yesterday, on the Dividing Line (DL), Dr. White interacted with Tim Staples’ interesting assertions regarding Mary being the Spouse of the Holy Spirit. After that, Dr. White interacted further with Sir Anthony Buzzard’s essentially Socinian teachings.

Anthony Buzzard Listens In

James White, January 26, 2010, Misc

Evidently Anthony Buzzard was listening to my exchange with Michael Brown today, and, not surprisingly, being a Socinian, is far more in line with Arminian soteriology than Reformed. Here is a comment he left on Dr. Brown’s website: Dr. Brown, I think you should continue to press your point about the constant plea of God that we choose to do

Hebrews 5:11-14: Don’t Be Satisfied with Milk!

James White, January 26, 2010, Exegesis

Debate: Calvinism vs Arminianism, Dr. Michael Brown, 1/26/2010

James White, January 25, 2010, Debate

https://youtu.be/nNcvYs-xjOI https://youtu.be/gQe9SfG8v-I https://youtu.be/vBxvJRo0WMk https://youtu.be/Vix2SVES4Wo

Hebrews 5:1-11, PRBC AM Service

James White, January 25, 2010, Exegesis

It was my privilege to minister the Word of God yesterday, and we continued in our study of Hebrews. I, however, forgot to bring my video camera to the morning service, so, here is a still shot from the evening service along with the audio of the sermon. A truly challenging portion of Scripture.

Who Really is Anti-Catholic?

James Swan, January 23, 2010, Roman Catholicism

Back in one my old philosophy classes I recall lengthy discussions as to the relationship between names and reality, and then spinning around for hours contemplating the brain teaser of what it means to “mean” something about anything. The aftermath: an entire class of young minds slipped further into skepticism, as if the reality each twenty something experienced was completely

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