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John 15, the Vine and the Branches, and an Example of Cultic Scripture Twisting Provided by Martin Smart, One of Jehovah’s Witnesses

James White, April 21, 2001, General Apologetics, Jehovah's Witnesses

(To listen to the discussion of this passage) One of the most disturbing tendencies of modern believers is the ease with which they can be shaken by the mere appearance of what looks like an argument against their position. Rather than examining the arguments of unbelievers in the context of the calm assurance that comes from a thorough knowledge of

Response to “White is Wrong” Article in This Rock Magazine

James White, April 14, 2001, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Dr. White had recently done a pair of debates on papal infallibility, but his opponents Staples and Sungenis took contradictory approaches to the issue of Honorius. While the article in This Rock attempting to respond to James White did not meaningfully engage with his arguments, but at least the article included the AoMin website that is ready with plenty of

A Reformed Response to the Comments of R. C. H. Lenski on Romans 9

James White, April 8, 2001, Reformed Apologetics

Lutheran scholar R.C.H. Lenski wrote a series of New Testament commentaries that are still in circulation today. His strongly anti-Reformed stance comes through clearly in his writings. Recently his view of Romans 9 has been promoted widely, so I felt it proper to provide some thoughts on Lenski’s position in

A Response to D.A. Waite’s Article, “Calvin’s Error of Limited Atonement”: Isaiah 53

Simon Escobedo III, April 8, 2001, Reformed Apologetics

Some time ago I was presented with an article, “Calvin’s Error of Limited Atonement” by Dr. D.A.Waite, and subsequently began working on a joint response with another member from Alpha and Omega Ministries. The article seeks to attack Limited Atonement as affirmed by historic Calvinism. It was my desire to compose a complete response to all the issues raised in

Reflections on Recent Temple Outreach & Debate: Free Agency, Richard Hopkins, Salt Lake City, Utah, 3/30/2001

James White, April 7, 2001, Debate, Mormonism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Dr. White explains how his debate with Richard Hopkins started late, with an opponent that did not understand Reformed Theology or the use of a Greek lexicon very well. The “mainstreaming” of the LDS image leads to less debating and lower quality responses to Dr. White’s book Letter to a Mormon Elder. A caller asks about Roman Catholicism in relation

An Excellent Example of Sola Ecclesia: John 6 and Exegesis

James White, April 5, 2001, Roman Catholicism

Over the years I have often surprised people by asserting that there is one passage of Scripture that is so clear, so perspicuous, that I have never seen a meaningful, coherent, contextually-based interpretation of it that does not teach with clarity the glorious freedom of God in the salvation of His elect people. That passage is John 6:35-45. This passage formed

Joseph Smith’s Misconception of Grace and Dr. White’s Strategy for Upcoming Debate

James White, March 24, 2001, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, The Dividing Line

The silly accusation from Dr. Chambers that Dr. White is secretly working for the pope needs no response. In Dr. White’s upcoming debate on Free Agency with Richard Hopkins, he will need to efficiently describe the biblical doctrine of both God and man, and will simply point out that Joseph Smith’s theology is not biblical because he needed to alter

More LDS Role Playing with Callers and Debate Announcement

James White, March 17, 2001, Mormonism, The Dividing Line

Dr. White gave his callers one more opportunity to practice sharing the gospel with his LDS alter ego Elder Hahn, covering the nature of God and reliability of their respective Scriptures. Since the brave caller was an ex Mormon, Dr. White asked him how he ended up Christian instead of completely unbelieving. Dr. White also announced an upcoming debate with

John 6, the Father and the Son, Salvation, and Roman Catholic Apologists

James White, March 12, 2001, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism

“James White Has Been Proven Wrong So Many Times, It Isn’t Funny” So runs part of the headline on Scott Windsor’s “response” to his appearance on our webcast. I swore I would not even waste my time looking at it. Many felt I had wasted an entire program a few weeks ago having an amateur “apologist” on the program, Scott

Advice for Witnessing to Mormons and Role Playing With “Elder Hahn”

James White, March 10, 2001, Mormonism, The Dividing Line

Dr. White ends his teaching on the LDS eternal law of progression with a list of 10 pieces of advice for witnessing to Mormons. We should be patient, understand them, and focus on central issues of God, Christ, and Gospel. A caller also interacts with Dr. White playing the roles of the Mormon “elder Hahn” and a Mormon scholar “Dr.

The Law of Eternal Progression in LDS Theology

James White, March 3, 2001, Mormonism, The Dividing Line

The LDS manual given to Mormons to study before they marry gives honest clarity concerning the vast chasm between the Christian God and the Mormons concept of gods. Their idea that man and God are of the same race and potential helps make sense of the wide array of ideas in Mormon theology, like baptism for the dead, marriage, and

Open Phones and Announcement of New Topic on the LDS Theology

James White, February 24, 2001, Mormonism, The Dividing Line

James White offered a PPT to go along with his upcoming treatment of the law of eternal progression in LDS theology, even lacks an eternal creator. Most of the program was answering questions from callers, including calls on the historical development of the Marian doctrines and a response to James Barker’s attempt at using the example of Cornelius in Acts

The Future of Apologetics

James White, February 17, 2001, Mormonism, Roman Catholicism

James White returns from his recent speaking tour with the announcement of his upcoming book The God Who Justifies, and reflects on the blessings of having been able to write an essential trilogy of The Lost Trinity, Potter’s Freedom, and God Who Justifies. Dr. White also shares about his plans for this year’s mission trip to the LDS Easter pageant,

You Tell Us: Does Rome Provide Infallible Certainty About the Gospel?

James White, February 9, 2001, Roman Catholicism

The Council of Florence, the 17th Ecumenical (and hence “infallible”) Council of the Roman Catholic Church, said the following: It firmly believes, professes, and proclaims that those not living within the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics cannot become participants in eternal life, but will depart “into everlasting fire which was prepared for the

Failure to Document: Catholic Answers Glosses Over History

James White, February 8, 2001, Roman Catholicism

Perhaps this is why Catholic Answers, while claiming to be in the “forefront” of Catholic Apologetics, refuses to engage in public debate against those they know are prepared and ready. Who knows? But one thing is for sure: the new article by Steven O’Reilly in the October, 2000 This Rock magazine rivals the sad attempts of the Watchtower Society to

Saint Joseph Communications Admits Defeat

James White, February 7, 2001, Roman Catholicism

I have seen my opponents use many tactics to cover over poor performances in debates. You will find documented on this website at least one imaginative approach taken by Catholic Answers back in 1993 when Patrick Madrid attempted to do damage control after our sola scriptura debate in San Diego by writing “The White Man’s Burden” in This Rock magazine

Discussion on “Neo-Pop-Arminianism” of James Barker in Debate with James White

Rich Pierce, February 3, 2001, The Dividing Line

Rich Pierce is joined by Simon and Michael to play the opening statement of James Barker and review his misrepresentations of Reformed theology in his presentation against it. This inconsistency was partly due to his neglect of reading his Dr. White’s work on the issue, and partly from his combination of Arminianism with accepting “once saved, always saved” and only

Christians Grieve Too

Rich Pierce, January 27, 2001, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Rich Pierce introduces this touching recording from Dr. White, in which he shares his experiences as a hospital chaplain and grief counselor there. Theology matters, even with emotions: Christians are not made to be exempt from grieving, but there is a Christian way to grieve.

Abridged Version of Papal Infallibility Debate With Robert Sungenis

Rich Pierce, January 20, 2001, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

As Dr. White is away on speaking engagements, Rich Pierce selects a trio of 30 minute clips from the recent White v Sungenis debate on Papal Infallibility. The first section covered the Scriptural evidence, the section section was on the historical issue of the heretical pope Honorius, and the third portion was a revealing cross examination time, which included Sungenis

Live On Air Debate With Roman Catholic Scott Windsor on Bible Interpretation

James White, January 13, 2001, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Dr. White has been dialoguing with Scott Windsor for 15 years already, and their interactions inspired Dr. White’s first two books, on Roman Catholicism. Today they discuss the Reformed view of the sovereignty of God in John 6 compared to the Catholic view of Transubstantiation. The talk makes clear which side has their views derived from Scripture, and which side is rooted

Same Sex Controversy part 1 of 3: Sodom, and more from the JW Martin Smart

James White, January 6, 2001, Homosexuality, Jehovah's Witnesses

Dr. White explained how Martin Smart’s response was a textbook case of the Jehovah’s Witness strategy to surround bad argumentation with out of context quotations and jarring topic shifts. Dr. White also explains why it was necessary to begin writing the Same Sex Controversy book in light of the increasing volume of homosexual apologists, and shares the content from his

A Jehovah’s Witness (Martin Smart) Attacks Reformed Theology

James White, December 30, 2000, Jehovah's Witnesses, The Dividing Line

An online apologist for Jehovah’s Witnesses named Martin Smart has been inserting his theology into John 15:2 in order to argue against Reformed theology. In response, Dr. White demonstrates how to start with an exegesis of the passage, which then leads then leads to applications, which exposes the shortcomings of the NWT and of Smart’s attempt to make all Scriptural uses of

Christmas Theology

James White, December 23, 2000, The Dividing Line

Dr. White does celebrate Christmas, although also respects the conscience of individual believers. Yet, many who do celebrate the day lack a meaningful understanding of the Incarnation and the Hypostatic Union. Exegesis of Isaiah 9:6-7 demonstrates this theology even in the Old Testament. Callers ask about Jewish interpretations of Messianic passages.

Interview with Author Bill Webster on New Book About Sola Scriptura

James White, December 16, 2000, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Dr. White is joined by Bill Webster (and by co-author David King). In their new landmark book on Sola Scriptura, one author covered its history and the other its Scriptural portion. The group discusses the current state of apologetics with Roman Catholics, and take calls from listeners about church history.

Review of Debate on Sola Scriptura & Comments on SDA Doctrine Investigative Judgement

James White, December 9, 2000, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Uncategorized

Thankfully, this Jesuit priest Pacwa does manage to avoid cheap debating tricks used by some of his peers. That meant James White had to work harder to respond, but also meant that the arguments used by many other Roman apologists were refuted by this honest Roman apologist. Dr. White also makes some very rare comments on eschatology while discussing the

Serving Up Circular Reasoning: “This Rock” Continues to Suffer from the Peter Syndrome

James White, December 8, 2000, Roman Catholicism

In February of 2000, Catholic writer Stephen O’Reilly attempted to provide a response to a small section of my book, The Roman Catholic Controversy. We responded to this attempt (click here) and demonstrated the fundamental circularity of Roman Catholic apologetics: that is, any person who reads widely in their attempts to substantiate Papal primacy know that they must begin with

First Ever Internet Stream Show Reviews a Letter from a Roman Catholic

James White, December 2, 2000, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Since a Roman Catholic man (that pilots an F-16) was unhappy that his wife bought a book from James White, he sent a letter with anti-Protestant challenges to Dr. White’s wife. Dr. White responds to the historicity and presuppositions of its three challenges while taking the first ever phone call questions from the internet-only broadcast, including on the development of

New Lows in Poor Scholarship: Jeffrey L. Morrow Completely Misses the Historical Facts in a Recent Catholic Answers Article

James White, December 1, 2000, Roman Catholicism

There was a time when Catholic Answers tried to put forward a serious face of scholarship. They sought to utilize at least semi-scholarly sources (though even then without much serious effort to use them in context, see this example). But over the past few years it seems the bottom of the barrel has come into clear view, and the pretense

My Correspondence with Paul Owen and Carl Mosser

James White, November 29, 2000, Mormonism, Theology Matters

The first letter has a date stamp on the file of November 29, 1996 Gentlemen: I am in receipt of your letter dated November 19th, 1996, in which you take myself and Luke Wilson to task for our “uninformed and highly misleading” as well as “unscholarly” articles that recently appeared in the CRI Journal. Unfortunately, the letter is ambiguous and does

Responses to Chuck Smith on the Reformed Faith, and to George Schaeffer on KJOnlyism

James White, November 25, 2000, The Dividing Line

On this last radio broadcast before transitioning to an internet broadcast, Dr. White responds to a radio call to Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel, in which Smith misrepresents reformed theology as saying that man has no will. John 3:16 is misquoted in order to Refute Calvinism. Also, Dr. White reads a letter from George Schaeffer saying that Dr. White is inconsistent in

Call-in Apologetics Trivia to Win Books by James White

James White, November 18, 2000, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Dr. White took advantage of his sickness by hosting a trivia game in which callers could win books for correct answers. Questions covered Jehovah’s Witnesses, LDS, Roman Catholics, Oneness Pentecostals, and the Bible. Rich Pierce manned the sound effects board.

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