Alpha and Omega Ministries is a Christian apologetics organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. James White, director, is a professor, having taught Greek, Systematic Theology, and various topics in the field of apologetics for numerous schools.
Once again I wish to thank all the faithful believers who prayed for last night’s event at Biola University in Los Angeles. It was truly a wonderful time. The staff did a great job setting up the event, and I am very thankful to Beau Boyd and the “El Torrito Gang” for all they did to make this happen. I
Just a quick note before I hit the sack. Thank you to everyone who prayed. The Lord blessed greatly. I honestly can’t see how the debate could have gone any better…well, aside from my accidentally turning my tablet pc off for a moment during my rebuttal period anyway. But the response from the students, staff, just about everyone, has been
I’m very focused upon finishing my debate notes, studies, etc., so blogging will have to wait till next week. I deeply appreciate the kind notes from those of you who have written saying you and your church will be praying for the debate Sunday evening. That really means a lot. I am enjoying the role of “underdog,” and am likewise
All our callers today were from Canada, which was sort of odd. Two great calls, and I likewise played, and reviewed, a discussion of John 6:44-45, once again pointing out where sound, consistent exegesis will always lead you to the same conclusions. This will be the last DL before the Biola Debate, so Lord willing, next week on Tuesday I
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Can a Christian truly believe that the New Testament is inspired by God? Or, has it been corrupted and rewritten through the centuries as Muslim apologist Shabir Ally claims? In addition, can the Koran survive under the same standard that Muslims place on the New Testament, as it too, is a work of antiquity? James White and Shabir Ally debate
First, for all the procrastinators on the West Coast who are all of a sudden scrambling to get tickets to the debate this Sunday evening at Biola with Shabir Ally: I put this link up earlier, but not everyone has figured out the deep things of computer searching, so, here it is again: click here to get details and tickets.
Covered a veritable plethora of topics today, making for a rather daedal program (hey, it’s the Word of the Day!). Got everyone in the mood by having another Mylo Hatzenbuhler concert in the pre-feed, including that incredible classic, “Who Let the Hogs Out?” Anyway, having recovered our senses after that, I noted with some humor the attempt of LDS scholar
No, the Caners remain in silent mode. No responses to any e-mails, no response to the previous blog article, Dividing Line discussions, etc. The silent treatment continues. With the Shabir Ally debate this week (you’d think they would both be quite interested in my engaging one of the leading Islamic apologists, given their background, but despite repeatedly referring to this,
Most of my readers are familiar with BaptistFire.com, the conservative Baptist website that is, sadly, likewise rabidly anti-Reformed, grossly one-sided, and anonymous as to who is involved in promulgating its articles. Well, a number of folks have gotten together to launch www.StrangeBaptistFire.com, a website which will debunk the constantly misleading, imbalanced, and often easily refuted materials posted on BaptistFire.com. Now,
James White, I’m not reformed in my theology, but I did want to ask you a sincere question. How do you reconcile God not being omnibenevolent with simplicity. When you claim that God only wants some people to be saved, you are really claiming that God is only partially loving. By doing this, you are destroying God’s simplicity and really
As I promised last week, I continued my response to Dr. Wright on issues relating to the ordo salutis from our debate in Sedalia in the Bible Study hour at PRBC. I only had about 35 minutes or so, so I had to rush a bit, but hopefully this will be useful. Here’s the link to the discussion (streaming/download).
From the mail-bag: FOLLOW-UP on Revisiting the Norman Geisler/Chosen But Free/Potter’s Freedom Issue: Even you said JAmes “Unregenerate man is FULLY CAPABLE of UNDERSTANDING the facts of the Gospel”. If a man is FULLY CAPABLE of UNDERSTANDING then unregenerate man (all men)are FULLY CAPABLE of “listening and learning” from the Father as Jn. 6:45b says. Revisiting the Norman Geisler/Chosen But
I can’t see that our new location would have anything to do with phone calls, but it seems we have really been getting more calls since we moved here. We did today, to be sure. I played a small portion of a debate wherein Shabir Ally commented on the New Testament, but mainly took calls, commented on the Caner situation,
I mentioned on Tuesday that we will have to change the schedule for the DL today. I know, some folks get a little upset with that, but you know, I’m really glad we are not locked into some kind of “network” timeframe in doing the program. The “elder Elder” at PRBC, Don Cross, passed away last Friday at age 85.
Anyone notice a pattern here? Dr. Geisler writes Chosen But Free. I respond with The Potter’s Freedom. More than a dozen different churches, conferences, individuals, attempt to arrange a debate. Dr. Geisler says he will not debate fellow Christians (I guess Randall Terry isn’t a Christian then?). A thirteen page appendix appears in the second edition of Chosen But Free
I must admit. My job is fascinating. Never dull. Well, almost never dull. This morning while getting a 30 mile ride in at an average speed of 15 mph (yeah, I know—but, I also climbed 2520 feet, which explains the average speed) I was listening to Shabir Ally throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the New Testament, writing mental
This book came back into print in December. We ordered it. Took months to get it. But once we got it, it took months to get it listed. Finally, it’s here! One of the best defenses of sola scriptura ever written, William Whitaker’s Disputations on Holy Scripture is not easy reading, but it is important reading. A must for the
Let’s see…John Shelby Spong, Dr. Wilks, and the first ever playing of a minute of the dialogue that took place on board the ship between myself and John Dominic Crossan regarding John 8:24 last September…along with phone calls. A true potpourri indeed! Here’s the program. Please note: we will need to move the Thursday DL to Friday. Right now I’m
I decided to delve into one of the main arguments Dr. Wright repeated a number of times in Sedalia during the Sunday morning Bible Study at PRBC. For all my many critics I confess to a mistake, well, a couple, in this study, so you won’t want to miss it! I failed to see that Dr. Wright was focusing his
If a person had done a flow-chart on the debate, and had looked for Jonathan Wright’s refutation of my opening presentation, that portion of the paper would be pretty much blank, as he really did not even try. As with all inconsistent Arminians, Dr. Wright was forced to do the Dave Hunt “it can’t mean that, because there are all
I am very thankful to report that the debate in Sedalia provided a wonderful time of biblical discussion and presentation. In fact, you can read a surprisingly fair account of the debate here in a local newspaper. Those who have listened to my response to Dr. Davis’ sermon could have predicted the direction it would go, and it did. There
Went a little long on the DL today because we filled up the phone lines by about twenty after the hour! I started with a little John Shelby Spong, and then responded to Dr. Davis on Romans 9, and when you mention Romans 9, well, look out! First caller, Joe, is a Pentecostal minister who had asked months ago that
I leave early in the morning for Sedalia and the debate tomorrow evening, and I have a lot to get done before trying to get at least a few hours of sleep before heading to the airport. Don’t forget the DL this afternoon! Anyway, I was sent this excellent citation that I intend to use tomorrow evening, and I thought
You have to be a tremendous communicator for folks to be quoting you a hundred years after you die. Spurgeon was a wordsmith, to be sure. I saw the prayer portion of the following quote on a web board today, so I looked it up. And I really thought merely quoting the prayer portion (esp. in the context of basically
