Mike O’Fallon visited us at our offices so we talked some more about cruise developments and the like to start things off. Then I played sections from Brian Flemming’s The God Who Wasn’t There and noted the horrific argumentation it presents. Also talked a bit about Tim Staples, and fielded a call on NT Wright’s view of justification.
Our world is filled with ugliness. The ugliness caused by sin, caused by rebellion, by hatred of God and His truth. Ugliness caused by the perversion of God’s goodness. Destroyed relationships, ruined marriages, are ugly. Lives marred by drug abuse and alcoholism—ugly. Beautiful women living in constant debauchery, adultery and fornication–ugly. Abortion as a birth control method, greed ruining lives.
Actually finished the challenge on the 21st, 202,000m. Given that I was gone some, I averaged right at 7800m/day. I PUMP IRON WITH THE PYROMANIACS I GOT SCHOOLED BY THE PYROMANIACS photos by Summer White
If you listened to Gene Cook’s attempted interview/discussion with Dan Corner today, you know it came to a halt when Corner began accusing Gene of editing the mp3 of the previous program. I have looked around Corner’s web-page and have not found the promised documentation of these changes (that website seriously needs help), but the one he played on the
I have some christian concerns. I see u state some strong opinions on Philips, Craig and Dean. On their doctinal stands. Yet u state they do not shove these beliefs in the face of Trinitarians. . I can’t see the Trinity or the oneness belief keeping anyone from the promise land. Why
One of the dangers of studying and practicing exegesis is getting so caught up in the minutiae of grammar and vocabulary that you don’t see the forest for the trees. In other words, it is easy to become so consumed with eliciting the meaning of words and phrases that you can forget to place these words and phrases within their
Had “dad duty” today (for my fellow dads who have almost 18 year old daughters—how many parts on a 1994 Probe can you replace before it qualifies as a new car?). Started off thanking Gene Cook for his plug of our cruise on The Narrow Mind and before we could get back to the George Bryson presentation the phones started
I just learned that the insanely low costs for the October cruise on the Mercury will go up on 1/1/07, but, still, you can sign up with nothing more than a $50 fully refundable deposit before then! It’s time to move! I have talked to literally dozens of folks who have expressed interest in coming with us for The Cross:
Gene Cook did the first part of an interview with Dan Corner on his program yesterday. Here’s a link. I listened to it while riding today. It was a tremendous example of the massive contrast between viewing the gospel as a divine act, focused upon God, done to His glory, and being man-centered in your outlook. Dan Corner may be
I just ordered a copy of J.R. Miller’s Come Ye Apart from Solid Ground. They are having a year end sale and this devotional in hard-back was only $7.50. Check out what they have available. Last, last, last chance to be a part of the apologetics class at Golden Gate in the Phoenix area starting next Tuesday evening. Also, for
Started with some brief comments on The Blasphemy Challenge, Brian Flemming, The God Who Wasn’t There, etc., and then went to an eight minute clip of Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel responding to a phone call on the subject of “Calvinism.” A truly horrific example of complete straw-man argumentation. Then Pierre called in and we once again had to go
“Whatever is pure.” Here we enter into a portion of the secret to Christian contentment that could profitably be addressed by a book-length treatise. We live in a day where we literally wallow in impurity. You cannot drive down a street without seeing billboards that are filthy and impure. You check the distance to the car in front of you
A number of times I have had students and staff from Liberty ask me a question something along the lines of, “So, why worry about this Calvinism stuff? Does it really matter?” Aside from the issues we addressed in our gift to the students at Liberty (found here), there is another example to be offered in answer to the question.
Paul Owen, former Mormon, former evangelical, former Presbyterian, etc., has added his kind, level-headed, fair commentary to the discussion of Acts 2 over at the oxymoronic website. Before I point out the many problems in this retort (it surely gives an insight into how nonreformed Owen ever was, let alone is), do you note something about the attitude and mind-set
What a wintery day here in Phoenix! A storm snuck up on us (the weather forecasters were talking about sunshine and a high of 61 right up to when the storm hit!). It’s a drizzly 44! But I love it. Anyway, two quick notes. First, there is a religion forum co-hosted by the Washington Post and Newsweek, and here you
I noticed this morning that I have fallen a good bit behind in personal electronic correspondence. There are a number of e-mails I fully intend to get to, but have not as yet, so please, if you are waiting, do not be offended. Other than my wife, everyone else has to wait in line! Normally, friends and associates get the
The following argumentation appears in Patrick Madrid’s Does the Bible Really Say That? under the topic of…infant baptism. Some argue that the command to repent in Acts 2 means that repentance, something only someone above the age of reason can do (i.e., not an infant), is a prerequisite for baptism. Since infants lack the capacity to repent, they argue, infants
We continued with George Bryson and his anti-Calvinist materials, and took a couple of calls. Also played a bit of my cross-examination of Bryson in our debate.
In light of Colin’s article on the Qur’an and Christmas, the following is quite interesting. David Ould dropped me a note about a conversation over on the White Horse Inn site about a toy set for sale. Here’s the cover. Notice anything…odd? Out of place? Look at the skyline of Bethlehem. What’s that? Yeah, a minaret. A minaret in first
As a rule, while Muslims revere Jesus as a prophet, they do not celebrate Christmas, mostly because they recognize it is a distinctly Christian festival espousing a particularly Christian belief (the Incarnation) that is blasphemy to Muslims. While some Muslims might put up lights and Christmas trees in response to the cultural celebration, even this is regarded as dangerous since
Don’t take your Bible to Saudi Arabia, noted by Tim Challies. Great post by TQuid on the always popular, but highly doubtful, “Council of Rome” claim. While you can’t take the Bible to Saudi Arabia, whatever you do, don’t talk about Mohammed in Pakistan. They’ll ban your book. I check out the ID weblog of Dembski etc. fairly regularly, and
I was informed today that my appearance on this blog has not gone unnoticed by our friends on the Envoy forum. Don’t worry, I know it’s not about me; it’s about Dr. White, of course. You see, because I happen to agree with Dr. White, and even chose to study for a Master of Theology degree (note that, not a
I was sent a link to the…talk Ergun Caner gave at a church Sunday, December 10th. I just can’t bring myself to calling this string of jokes and stories a sermon, I’m sorry. I’ve heard real sermons, and this isn’t one of them. In any case, I played just a few minutes of that, and then answered various e-mail questions
A friend wrote and gently rebuked me for noting the less-than-orthodox caption on the Lee Strobel video page. My point was that given the presence of so much bad stuff about Christ this time of year (“baby Jesus no crying He makes…” blah! Gnosticism!), we don’t need this kind of sloppy theology. I was told I needed to watch the
In between launching ad-hominems and generally avoiding ever touching the text of Scripture, Art Sippo, medical doctor and sometimes Roman Catholic apologist has been holding forth on the errors of Calvinism. He didn’t get very far, and it looks like he sort of ran out of steam, but at least in his conclusion we have another glorious example of what
Omar Abdel-Rahman, the “blind Sheik,” imprisoned years ago for his role in a plot to blow up New York City landmarks, has left instructions to “extract the most violent revenge” should he die in prison. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Quaida’s second in command, has said, “I call on every Muslim to make use of every opportunity afforded him to take revenge on
“Whatever is honorable…dwell on these things” (Phil. 4:8). Honorable, worthy of respect, dignified, serious, above reproach, even holy. These are terms used to translate the single Greek term Paul uses here. We see here the value of interpretation in context, because the use of this term in conjunction with others helps us to identify Paul’s intention (to use technical terminology,
First, I know you all have already gotten this book, and I apologize for it taking so long for us to finally start carrying it, but I would recommend to your reading Reinventing Jesus by Komoszewski, Sawyer, and Wallace. You may even disagree with a few perspectives taken in the book, but will benefit greatly nonetheless simply because the authors
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