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How Many Roman Catholics Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?

James White, February 26, 2005, Roman Catholicism

OS_X in channel wrote this one and said I inspired it, so I could used it: Answer: Seven PLUS one Protestant. One Protestant to nail a sign to the door of the monastery in Latin, explain 95 reasons why the light is burned out, THEN, one Catholic to call Rome and ask if it’s okay to change the bulb, one

Christian Convert Killed in Iraq

James White, February 26, 2005, Islam

The following appears on numerous news websites, etc.: Ziwar Muhammad Isma’il, a Christian convert from a Muslim background, has been shot and killed for his faith, according to Middle East Concern. The tragedy seems to be part of a growing hostility towards Christians in the country as the threat of military action increases. Ziwar, who worked as a taxi driver

Discussed the Pope’s Illness then Calls

James White, February 25, 2005, The Dividing Line

Sorry, forgot to provide the link to yesterday’s DL! My apologies. Yesterday I started off discussing the illness of the Pope in Rome, and then we took calls.

Why Reformed Catholicism Isn’t

James White, February 25, 2005, Reformed Apologetics

The folks over at reformedcatholicism.com would like us to think they are still Reformed in some meaningful fashion. But I simply ask you to read their own self-chosen subtitle to their site: Where Being Reformed Isn’t The Dead Faith of the Living, But the Living Faith of the Dead Now, I know it is very dangerous to actually attempt interpretation

How Not To Do Exegesis, by J.P. Holding

James White, February 25, 2005, Exegesis

Libronics is happy again. Norton re-installed (n.b. to anyone who tries to de-install and re-install Norton SystemWorks: DON’T!), BibleWorks fonts close to where they were, things looking pretty much as they were (just running a LOT faster), and all the humorous Mac e-mails filed away (even got a blog entry out of my comments about the Mac cult–maybe Mac’s don’t

Why Amazon Should Dump Stupid Reviews

James White, February 25, 2005, Misc

A while back in my response to Mark Bonocore’s errors regarding Irenaeus and a few other matters, I noted his association with Dr. Art Sippo, a medical doctor and Roman Catholic “apologist” of sorts (if angry ad-hominem and blustering denunciation can be equated with doing apologetics). I first encountered Sippo in Toledo, Ohio in 1991. It does not look like

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Quick Note

James White, February 24, 2005, Misc

Well, I try to look at it positively. My system had been upgraded from Win98 to Win2k and then WinXP. The body of data encompassed in the system registry was OLD. We found stuff in there from programs I had last used when I had hair! So when we just couldn’t find out why the new motherboard was not working,

Hays Continues Disassembling Holding

James White, February 22, 2005, Reformed Apologetics

Four more devastating refutations (#1, #2, #3, #4) of the man who evidently has no idea how to handle being in way over his head. Yes, I do intend on continuing that series, though given the level to which Holding has sunk in his responses to both myself and Steve Hays, I have no interest at all in engaging him

Computer Problems and Some Lighthearted Fun

James White, February 22, 2005, The Dividing Line

Been a wild day here, as my main computer is down for the count (upgrading issues—all techies understand the issues). Some will want to skip to the last twenty minutes or so…if you lack a sense of humor. Others will enjoy the lighthearted program. I’ve given up trying to please everyone. 🙂

The Blessedness of Blindness?

James White, February 22, 2005, Exegesis

I was translating John 9 last night before going to bed, and was struck by the following dialogue (super-functional translation warning): The blind man said to Jesus, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshipped Jesus. Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see, and so that those who see may become

The Qur’an in the Light of God-breathed Scripture: Shirk, Trinity, Christ, in Surah 5

James White, February 21, 2005, Islam

Very few Christians have ever read the Qur’an, but the interest in the topic has grown steadily since 9/11. We have been looking at some passages from the Qur’an and comparing them with God’s Word, the Bible. One will find a great deal of the most important passages relating to Islam and the Christian faith in Surahs 4, 5, and

Hyper Calvinism Revisited

James White, February 21, 2005, Reformed Apologetics

I noted a while back the response of a hyper-Calvinist to the announcement of the topic of the tenth in the Great Debate Series on Long Island, “Can a Non-Christian Enter Heaven?” Despite my lengthy history of apologetic interaction with Rome, my consistent affirmation of the fact that Rome does not possess the gospel of Jesus Christ, and my defense

Hays on Holding…Continued

James White, February 20, 2005, Reformed Apologetics

Demonstrating that he has significantly more patience with simply outrageous behavior, Steve Hays has responded once again to Holding. One has to wonder when you simply give Holding the last word and find another path upon which to walk. There seems no means to reason with those who are infallible in their own minds. Here are Hays’ responses: #1 #2

I See That is Best: But I Just Couldn’t Do It

James White, February 19, 2005, Christian Worldview

I was trying to get a laptop back into a meaningful state of functionality after it was sent back to me by Compaq with its original Win2k installation and nothing more on the hd (i.e., waiting for updates to download, installing virus protection, etc.). So I had the TV in the room on, and was watching a 20/20 program on

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Only Twenty Years Later…

James White, February 18, 2005, Personal

I had lunch with one of our channel regulars today. He’s a student at Grand Canyon University, my alma mater. He was looking through a book sale at the library, and found a 1985 yearbook, and looked me up. Bought it for me for 60 cents. I couldn’t really afford the yearbook when I graduated from GCU, so, I got

A Channel Question

James White, February 18, 2005, Exegesis

Someone came into channel last evening and posted a statement from a Ph.D. student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School regarding the interaction between myself and Holding. Specifically, he was making a comment based upon John Piper’s September 1979 JETS article that I cited as I began my response. Specifically, he asked about the following: Heck, for that matter Piper and

The Catholic Verses: Matthew 23:1-3 (Part VIII–Finale!)

James White, February 18, 2005, Roman Catholicism

But let us hurry to the real issue: Armstrong wrote, “…Christians were, therefore, bound to elements of Pharisaical teaching that were not only nonscriptural, but based on oral tradition, for this is what the Pharisees believed.” Armstrong assumes no distinction between practice, interpretation, or doctrine, regarding the teaching of the Pharisees, ignoring the function of the seat of Moses in

Many Thanks to Steve Hays

James White, February 17, 2005, Reformed Apologetics

OK, so you may need to keep dictionary.com open on your browser, but it is well worth your effort. Steve Hays has commented on the current state of dialogue between myself and Mr. Holding. I truly appreciate the perspective he brings as well as his wit. I found myself chuckling frequently in reading through this article. I appreciated especially the

Today I Preached and John 8 Was the Text :-)

James White, February 17, 2005, The Dividing Line

My text was John 8. I just preached. Some seemed to enjoy it. Hope you do, too.

Quick Thought on a Busy Day

James White, February 17, 2005, Misc

‘Here is a timely warning when you find your soul adrift in a heavy fog of tribulation… God can chart a straight course in the worst storm. He can be righteous when He uses wicked instruments, and gracious when He dispenses harsh providences. Do not overreact to changes in your temporal (circumstances). Christ told us to expect rough sailing before

Crossan vs. Wright in New Orleans

James White, February 17, 2005, General Apologetics

The Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum: Exploring the tensions of Faith and Culture is March 11-12, 2005 and will showcase N. T. Wright and John Dominic Crossan dialoguing on “The Resurrection – Historical Event or Theological Interpretation?” Responses will be made by Gary Habermas, William Lane Craig, and others in conjunction with the 2005 Southwest Regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society,

Hymn #399

James White, February 17, 2005, Misc

Sunday night at PRBC we had a hymn sing, and our new deacon asked that we sing hymn #399, but to a different tune, one that we all knew, and so we did. And we all really liked it. The words were awesome. So here they are, from the ol’ Trinity Hymnal: By grace I’m saved, grace free and boundless;

The Catholic Verses: Matthew 23:1-3 (Part VII)

James White, February 17, 2005, Roman Catholicism

Regular readers of this blog are already well aware of the fact that in almost every instance of apologetic conflict with the various religions of men the issue comes down to either the validity and accuracy of the Bible as the Word of God, or, to the proper exegesis of the text of the Bible itself. And surely that is

Re-Inventing the Wheel

James White, February 16, 2005, Reformed Apologetics

A very bright (and encouraging!) medical doctor pointed me to the fact that Steve Hays has already said everything I have said in reference to J.P. Holding’s manifold errors, exaggerations, and assorted mis-cues in his article on election. Hays’ response appeared in two parts, found here and here. I would still like to take the opportunity to document the exegetical

Islamic Apologetics and New Testament Transmission (#16)

James White, February 16, 2005, Islam

James Bentley uses very poor, or at the least, misleading language, in his description of the text of a. He writes, “Persistently and disturbingly, the codex from Mount Sinai omits cherished sentences of Holy Scripture. In Matthew chapter 17, the disciples of Jesus fail to cast out a devil from an epileptic. Verse 21 in the received text gives Jesus’s

Today on the DL: We Get Robbed! And More Review of Patterson

James White, February 15, 2005, The Dividing Line

Mainly just a discussion of issues raised by Dr. Patterson in the continuing review of that material, but also a discussion of how a woman stole our outgoing mail pile this morning, in broad daylight! Just unreal.

The Catholic Verses: Matthew 23:1-3 (Part VI)

James White, February 15, 2005, Roman Catholicism

Dave Armstrong “shows his cards” so to speak, and in so doing reveals the true motivation behind his use of Matthew 23, in these words: Thirdly, because they had the authority and no indication is given that Jesus thought they had it only when simply reading Scripture, it would follow that Christians were, therefore, bound to elements of Pharisaical teaching

Utah Seeks to Kill Free Speech: Thanks, KJVO “Street Preachers”

James White, February 14, 2005, Mormonism

Utah State Representative Douglas C. Aagard has introduced a bill in the Utah House, HB0131, found here, that is currently titled, “Access to Health Care Facilities and Places of Worship.” It reads in part, . provides that knowingly approaching within eight feet of a person for the purpose of passing out literature, displaying an object, or engaging in protest or

A Thought from Isaiah 17

James White, February 14, 2005, Exegesis

At the Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church we read through the New Testament in our AM services on the Lord’s Day, and the Old Testament in the evenings. Last night I read Isaiah 17. I noted the following as I was reading: 4 Now in that day the glory of Jacob will fade, And the fatness of his flesh will become

Islamic Apologetics and New Testament Transmission (#15)

James White, February 14, 2005, Islam

The next variant noted by Bentley in reference to Codex Sinaiticus (a) is that found in Luke 24:51. The original reading of a does not have the phrase “and was carried up into heaven.” D likewise omits the phrase, as does a wide spectrum of Latin sources and the Sinaitic Syriac. The 25th ed. of the Nestle-Aland did not place

Some Observations on Exegesis and Discernment

James White, February 13, 2005, Exegesis

The discussion of Mr. Holding’s comments on Romans 9 has once again raised the issue of the importance of exegesis in theology and apologetics. For those whose faith is determined by externals (various forms of tradition, ecclesiastical, historical, philosophical, etc.), the text of Scripture is more a field of prooftexts that are malleable in nature: they can be formed to

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