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A Bit More On Dawkins

James White, January 9, 2006, Christian Worldview

After posting the link below Pastor Roger Brazier over in the UK (London, specifically–my host for my upcoming UK tour) dropped me this link to a series Dawkins is doing on channel 4 in England, and Jason from the UK came in channel and talked about it as well. Isn’t interesting how biologists become experts on religion and history? Dawkins

The Religion of Man

James White, January 9, 2006, Christian Worldview

Many of us were simply disgusted with the judge who recently sentenced a child rapist to 60 days in jail so that he could go into “rehabilitation” on time, saying he (the judge) no longer believed in punishment. But, if we were thinking clearly about how our society is disintegrating and “slouching toward Sodom,” as it has been put, we

Scripture Memorization Verse for 1/9/06

James White, January 9, 2006, Godly Disciplines

So far we have taken to memory a wonderful promise of the perfection of the work of the promised Messiah; we have also helped to prepare ourselves for almost every apologetic encounter by familiarizing ourselves with one of the key passages where the Word testifies to its own nature as God-breathed revelation. Next I thought we would consider a passage

Dembski and the Book of Daniel

James White, January 7, 2006, Christian Worldview

William Dembski posted this parody on his blog. I found it very fitting on the morning after seeing the second hour of The Book of Daniel last night. I had not intended to watch it, though I had heard all about the furor over it. I simply do not watch a lot of television. But someone in channel mentioned that

Let Us Pray

James White, January 6, 2006, Pastoral Theology

Rich and I and our families and all involved with Alpha and Omega Ministries join with all the rest of the broader Christian community in praying for a man who has blessed us all mightily, pastor John Piper of the Bethlehem Baptist Church. His ministry has announced his diagnosis with cancer, and his upcoming surgery here. May God be glorified,

Today on the Dividing Line

James White, January 5, 2006, The Dividing Line

Sorry I had all my times messed upon on the program today. Not sure how I managed that (though I have a theory as to how Adobe Audition might have thrown me a curve), but in any case, we continued responding to Ehrman on textual critical issues, looking this time at the very, very minor variant found in a very

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Various Odds and Ends

James White, January 5, 2006, Misc

I thought I’d provide the uber-cool graphic centuri0n created for his Wooden Nickel Awards for 2005, but it is in various parts, and my 1993 vintage blog format can’t handle high class stuff like that, so this is all I can mange. I got the one for being the meanest Calvinist on the net. I’m honored. While folks like Pyromaniac

A Note Regarding Steve Camp

James White, January 5, 2006, Personal

I assume most of my readers also read Steve Camp’s blog, so most of you are aware that Steve’s older brother passed away recently. But in case you didn’t, Steve wanted folks to know about his brother and his life of service and ministry. So here’s the link. May Steve find God to be his ever present strength and the

January 5, 2006

James White, January 5, 2006, The Dividing Line

The Da Vinci Code XVIII

James White, January 4, 2006, General Apologetics

We have been examining the biblically relevant claims of Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code. We are currently examining his claims regarding the alleged documents contained in four trunks, hidden together with the sarcophagus of Mary Magdalene, and what they allegedly contain. We are dealing with pure fiction here, of course—despite Brown’s claim that the references to historical documents

LDS Missionary Shot in Chesapeake, Virginia

James White, January 3, 2006, Misc

A twenty one year old LDS missionary from Bountiful, Utah, was shot and killed, and his companion wounded, by an as yet unidentified assailant Monday evening. Here’s the Salt Lake Tribune story. The article seems to suggest that the missionaries had witnessed a shooting and were themselves shot as a result. In any case, it’s such a shame to hear

I Find This…Really Odd

James White, January 3, 2006, Islam

Somone referred me to a feud between popular TV eschatologist Hal Lindsey (yes, I remember taking a standardized achievement test in my senior year in High School long ago and reading his Late Great Planet Earth between segments of the test) and TBN’s Jan and Paul Crouch. Here’s a letter from Lindsey to TBN, here’s another story on it. Seems

On Tuesday’s Dividing Line…

James White, January 3, 2006, The Dividing Line

Started off reading parts of this article, commented on the King of the Blogosphere, centuri0n, giving me a Wooden Nickel Award for being the Meanest Calvinist on the Net, then continued working on the Ehrman NPR materials and more of Ahmed Deedat, this time from his debate with Shorrosh. One call included questions on dichotomy vs. trichotomy and who should

January 3, 2006

James Swan, January 3, 2006, The Dividing Line

God-Breathed; Breathed Out By God; theopneustos

James White, January 3, 2006, Godly Disciplines

In our working on the key text in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, we wish to add in this second week the Greek term qeo,pneustoj (theopneustos, thay-AH-noo-stos, or, if you are really picky and like spitting on folks, thay-AHP-noo-stos). I highly recommend memorizing the term so that you can explain why it does not, in fact, mean “inspired” in the common usage

The Da Vinci Code XVII

James White, January 2, 2006, General Apologetics

We are nearing the end of our examination of the biblically relevant claims of Dan Brown’s best-selling novel, soon to be a major motion picture (here’s the trailer), The Da Vinci Code. We have thus far seen that Brown’s “fiction based upon fact” presentation is purely fiction, even when it pretends to present facts. The number of simple, gross errors

Christian Resolutions for 2006

James White, January 1, 2006, Pastoral Theology

It is that time of year again–everyone is making resolutions for the new year. But, for Christians, what kind of resolutions should we be making, and then trusting the Spirit of God to bring to fruition in our lives? Well, there are many that we as followers of Christ could make that would be similar to those made by the

Excellent Insights

James White, December 30, 2005, Christian Worldview

This article by David Kupelian (hat tip: Nina) touches on some very important issues regarding the shameless propoganda coming out of Hollywood in the form of Brokeback Mountain. It is well worth the read. Add to this well written and insightful article the fact that most “evangelicals” could not explain the why of the Bible’s prohibition of homosexuality (let alone

Today on the Dividing Line

James White, December 29, 2005, The Dividing Line

Continued both the Ehrman and Deedat responses and took a phone call on whether we should write letters to the editor in response to false teachings appearing in publications. Here’s the program.

December 29, 2005

James White, December 29, 2005, The Dividing Line

Today on the Dividing Line

James White, December 28, 2005, The Dividing Line

Had great pre-show music from Mylo Hatzenbuhler (really, I’m serious!) at www.farmboymusic.com (Mylo’s less flamboyant personality is a regular in our chat channel). Then we continued listening to Ehrman’s NPR interview, covering 1 Cor. 14:34 and the variant there, and then we began listening to a debate from years ago by Muslim apologist Ahmed Deedat. Here’s the program.

December 28, 2005

James White, December 28, 2005, The Dividing Line

The DaVinci Code XVI

James White, December 28, 2005, General Apologetics

It has taken quite some time to get to the center of Brown’s theory (a theory, of course, propounded by others long before he came along), but finally we have arrived. On page 249 we read, “Behold,” Teabing proclaimed, “the greatest cover-up in human history. Not only was Jesus Christ married, but He was a father. My dear, Mary Magdalene

Moving the DL to Wednesday

James White, December 27, 2005, The Dividing Line

This morning’s regular edition of The Dividing Line should, Lord willing, make its appearance tomorrow, same time. It is physically impossible for only one person to do the program and run the electronics that are located in a different location, so, we will do our best to continue with our Ehrman response, possibly throw in some Ahmed Deedat material, etc.,

Scripture Memorization for 12/26-1/1

James White, December 26, 2005, Godly Disciplines

Sorry for missing getting this up on Monday. We have been fighting the weakness of the flesh in my home for the past few days, and we still are, I’m afraid. So I’m a little slow getting back up to speed. I will have to be brief and, well, obvious, this week. What I mean by that is there

Christmas Thoughts on Matthew 1:21-23 (Part 2)

James White, December 23, 2005, Godly Disciplines

Matthew 1:22-23 22 Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 23 “BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL,” which translated means, “GOD WITH US.” Modern men, chained so tightly to this earth, to this material realm, with their implicit

Christmas Thoughts on Matthew 1:21-23 (Part 1)

James White, December 23, 2005, Godly Disciplines

Turning my thoughts toward this coming Lord’s Day (I will be preaching at PRBC in the morning), the Christmas observance, and our memorization passage, I wanted to note some of the key truths found in the passage, again as a way of helping to “fix” the text in our minds. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not

Big Announcements Made: Now to Work!

James White, December 22, 2005, The Dividing Line

We made both our big announcements today, filling folks in on the upcoming debate with Shabir Ally in May at Biola (date and specific thesis under discussion at the moment) and then spending a good bit of time laying out the November conference, cruise, and debate (see the information in the right hand column). Then we finally got around to

December 22, 2005

James White, December 22, 2005, The Dividing Line

Even More Big News on the DL Today!

James White, December 22, 2005, The Dividing Line

I’m sorry I haven’t gotten to commenting on our memory verses…it’s a busy week for most of us, of course, and even more so for me. In any case, I just got more big news to announce on the DL tonight! 2006 is going to be simply incredible for Alpha and Omega Ministries. While I’m truly excited, I also realize

Today on the DL

James White, December 20, 2005, The Dividing Line

Didn’t make the announcement, and sort of explained why; commented on the beginning of gay marriage in the UK and the striking down of the teaching of Intelligent Design in the US (complex design is random—didn’t you know that? It’s a dogma of all fundamentalist secularists, who happen to be in charge in the judiciary and the educational system, which

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