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Hank Hanegraaff Unplugged—Part One of a Refutation of His Attack on Sola Scriptura

James White, March 5, 2020, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, Exegesis, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I was pointed this morning to a video of Hank Hanegraaff (joined by Dr. Nathan Jacobs) attacking the doctrine of sola scriptura. Given I debated Jimmy Akin and Tim Staples (Roman Catholics) on The Bible Answer Man Broadcast decades ago, I felt it necessary (and useful) to begin a response to the claims made. Nothing new as we have surely addressed all

Interview: Predestination vs. Fatalism, Romel Ghossain, Midnight Cry, Australia, 3/20/2012

James White, March 5, 2020, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics

On March 20, 2012 James was interviewed on the Midnight Cry television program in Australia. The topic was Predestination vs. Fatalism, especially as it relates to Islam.

A Few Pope Francis Stories, A Bit on Ken Wilson and Augustine, and Open Phones

James White, March 3, 2020, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Ran through some quick discussions of a few topics in the first half hour, and then took calls in the second. Covered a few Francis the Marxist stories, and then looked briefly at Ken Wilson’s anti-Calvinist polemic (dressed up as a work of history), The Foundation of Augustinian-Calvinism. Then pointed folks to a new resource for Qur’an studies, Fadel Soliman’s Bridges’ Translation

Open Phones on the Dividing Line

James White, February 27, 2020, Christian Worldview, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Homosexuality, Mormonism, Pauline Studies, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I wish there was a way for me to easily make notation of all the topics when we do open phones, but alas, I have not mastered that skill. So we talked about Mormonism and textual criticism and inerrancy and even a call about the Christian view of medical intervention for someone who is truly (genetically) intersexed! Also had a

Seven Topics on Today’s 1:45 Long Dividing Line

James White, February 25, 2020, Christian Worldview, Homosexuality, Mormonism, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

No, I wasn’t going for the perfect number, it just turned out that way. But we looked at a video of a BYU professor talking about the removal of homosexuality from the honor code, and how this is related to one’s “testimony of the Brethren.” Fascinating days in Utah! Then we talked about Doug Wilson’s comments on the Christianity Today

Radio Free Geneva: Finishing Up John Lennox and John 6, Briefly Enduring Andrew Sluder’s Twisting of Scripture

James White, February 19, 2020, Exegesis, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Two very different portions of a more than 90 minute program today! First we got back to John Lennox’s book, Determined to Believe and its attempt to deal with John 6. We spent most of our time here, as it is invaluable to see how tradition can impact and, in a few places, completely overthrow the direct content of the

A Jumbo-Mega Edition of the Dividing Line (Two Hours 45 Minutes)

James White, February 18, 2020, CBGM, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, King James Onlyism, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, TROnlyism

Started off with the D. Wade debacle and the influence of the world’s insanity on “transgenderism.” Then we started a movement to have Francis renamed “Francis the Marxist” (it has a ring do it, I think). Mentioned the ecumenical “Mass” being held in St. Pierre, Calvin’s old haunts, and then got to the real topic of the day. We played

Coming Up on the Dividing Line Today at 3pm EST

James White, February 18, 2020, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

D. Wade is woke, so D. Wade cannot help his son navigate the absurdly wild messages of today’s woke culture. So watch the media fawn all over his “powerful message,” which is actually nothing more than a capitulation and surrender to the self-destruction of gender confusion. A true tragedy. Then, did you hear tax cuts are sinful? Yeah, Pope Francis

Peckham v. Oord: When You Lose All Biblical Balance

James White, February 15, 2020, Theology Matters

I am working hard to find the proper way to describe this interaction. I listened to most of it this morning, not because I really have time to, but because I had to clean up/organize my DropBox folder, which had become a total mess, and that takes a little while. Let me just say that the Scriptures simply had no

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I Expected This Much Earlier

James White, February 14, 2020, Christian Worldview, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism

So, you are inferior to the homosexual profaners of marriage!

Radio Free Geneva: Augustine and the Early Church, then John Lennox and John 6

James White, February 13, 2020, Church History, Exegesis, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Today on Radio Free Geneva I started out with what turned into an almost 50 minute history discussion relating to Augustine and Reformed theology. Then, upon completing that, I turned to chapter 9 in John Lennox’s book, Determined to Believe, and began reviewing his comments on this key text. Got down to verse 40, will continue from there next time!

Is the Trinity Essential? And Much More

James White, February 11, 2020, Abortion, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with a new Reasonable Faith video featuring William Lane Craig and the question “Is the Trinity Essential?” Half an hour on that one. Then we looked at Bart Ehrman’s claims about Jesus, heaven and hell, another half hour. Then we picked up a few topics, including Pete Buttigieg, a guy named Dave Barnhart, rapper Flame’s conversion to Lutheranism,

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There Are No Husbands in This Picture

James White, February 8, 2020, Christian Worldview, Homosexuality, Post-Evangelicalism

No, I did not expect it in my lifetime, at least, not until the last few years anyway, when the accelerator was slammed into the floorboard of the immoral revolution, and the truly rotted-out nature of the moral fabric of our culture became very, very clear. There was a day when the nation as a whole would have drawn back

All the Dishes in the Kitchen Sink

James White, February 6, 2020, Christian Worldview, Eastern Orthodoxy, General Apologetics, Islam, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

The title for today’s program came from Rich. Blame him. Started off talking about the quotation I had posted on Facebook and all the guesses—none of which were right. The quotation was from Dr. Yasir Qadhi, so I fleshed that out as far as worldviews, evangelism, apologetics, etc. Then we discussed the wishful effort to “orthodoxicize” Martin Luther King’s views

A Little KJV Music, A Little Wild Leftism, then Trent Horne on Sola Scriptura

James White, February 4, 2020, Church History, General Apologetics, King James Onlyism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Had a little fun at the start of the program with a bit of KJV Only fundamentalism, talked a little bit about the left’s promises in a campaign season, and spent the majority of the time responding to Trent Horne’s “rebuttal” of Jeff Durbin’s sermon on sola scriptura. Was going to get to some more Jay Dyer material on the

Theonomy

James White, January 31, 2020, Christian Worldview, Godly Disciplines, Homosexuality, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Theology Matters

I do not fully understand the inner workings of Facebook. When folks tag me on my timeline I get these posts I have to either publish or hide. And when I do so, I end up with a page of stuff going back years. I keep hitting “hide” and then it happens the next time, with more stuff, even older.

Acts 2:39 in Context, Interpreted, Applied

James White, January 30, 2020, Church History, Exegesis, Uncategorized

Acts 2:39 should be thought of by Reformed believers right along with Acts 13:48 and other texts teaching and proclaiming the sovereignty of God in salvation, but it normally is not. Why? Tradition. Today we spent the entire program, basically, looking at this one topic, digging into the original languages and considering the message of Peter’s response to the inquiry,

Cruise Details, Joe Biden, Tim Keller

James White, January 28, 2020, Christian Worldview, Federal Vision, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Post-Evangelicalism, The Dividing Line

Mike O’Fallon joined us to talk about the Rome/Greece/Israel cruise and the fact that our low group rates will end in just a few days (2/1). Then we looked at Joe Biden’s amazing assertion that transgender rights are “basic human rights,” and the worldview that now pervades the leftist movement in the West. Then we took at look at Tim

Jonathan Merritt Uses Slavery as a Cover for Slander, then Bart Ehrman’s Ideal God

James White, January 23, 2020, Atheism, General Apologetics, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Responded to the following slander from Jonathan Merritt, provided the context, etc., and discussed a great deal (nearly an hour) on slavery, historical contexts, Biblical interpretation, etc., and the fact that, basically, you just aren’t allowed to let the Bible speak for itself any longer. Then looked at Bart Ehrman’s 2017 Christmas thoughts with a focus upon the “God of

Quick G3 Report, the NWT, then Open Phones on Lots of Topics

James White, January 21, 2020, CBGM, Church History, Exegesis, Jehovah's Witnesses, Personal, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Talked a bit about our time at G3, then up in NY at New Hyde Park Baptist Church, talked a little about the New World Translation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and then started on calls, with discussions of 2 Cor. 5:21 as well as the eternal generation of the Son taking up most of the time.

Commentary on Apologetics from a Review of Portions of the Dillahunty/Scrivener Dialogue

James White, January 14, 2020, Atheism, Christian Worldview, Church History, General Apologetics, Post-Evangelicalism, The Dividing Line

Used the comments made by Matt Dillahunty and Glen Scrivener on the Unbelievable program as a platform for a discussion of apologetic methodology and application today on the program, going just under 90 minutes. This included definitions of presuppositionalism as well as a short discussion of slavery in the Bible as well. Last program till next week due to the

KJB Fundy Numerology, Flowers’ Unwanted Child, RNS Opinion Piece on Cone

James White, January 13, 2020, Christian Worldview, Godly Disciplines, King James Onlyism, Pastoral Theology, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Had to get the silly stuff out of the way first, so we looked at Andrew Sluder’s “KJB Numerology” where he uses verse numbers and their position in the Bible to prove its inspiration. Then we got serious and read through a Soteriology 101 article and dealt with its man-centeredness. Finished off with an RNS opinion piece that alleged that

Answering Marcus Rogers’ Questions, 2 Thess. 2:15 and Jay Dyer

James White, January 9, 2020, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Oneness Pentecostalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Back to live streaming today (yay!). Covered, very quickly, the questions asked by Marcus Rogers in one of those “I’m going to prop my phone up on my dashboard in a parking lot” type videos regarding the Trinity. I was named specifically, so I responded specifically, though briefly. Then we looked at 2 Thess. 2:15 as quoted by Jay Dyer

Francis Chan and Church History, Leighton Flowers and Romans 3

James White, January 6, 2020, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, Exegesis, Pauline Studies, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Nearly two hours on the program today (not live streamed due to our computer issues), first hour in response and review of the Francis Chan clip that surfaced yesterday about the Supper and church history, the second hour in response to Leighton Flowers and Romans 3.

Jumbo Edition of the Dividing Line Despite Technical Challenges

James White, January 3, 2020, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Tomb Issues

Started off with some exciting news about the upcoming Rome/Israel/Athens/Ephesus cruise in September (see the previous article here on the blog). Then we looked briefly at Jemar Tisby’s comment about James Cone before looking at a very, very odd piece from Facebook identifying Yahweh as Satan (yes, Marcion still prowls the earth). Then we got into the heart of the

The Importance of Knowing God is Being Worshiped Upon His Throne

James White, January 3, 2020, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Theology Matters

Goodness the world is a mess. Wars and rumors of wars, dangers abound. Yet how many are in any way truly seeking the Lord at times like this? In times of trouble in the past men prayed. How many pray today? How many acknowledge God’s kingship, His purpose? I am working on my G3 sermon, which is coming up fairly

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Exciting News About the Rome, Athens, Ephesus, Israel Trip

James White, January 2, 2020, Uncategorized

OK folks, I know late September sounds like a long way off, but it really isn’t. I know the phrase “once in a lifetime” is way over-used, but if there was one trip it would be properly applied to, this would be it. So we have some new details and, if you were sort of thinking about it, but hadn’t

Dividing Line Delayed Until Tomorrow

James White, January 2, 2020, The Dividing Line

Sorry folks…we were all set up and ready to go when our primary webcasting program’s configuration file evidently became corrupted and…boom, need to reset it and build it back up from the ground, I guess (I have no idea how to do the stuff on the technical end, not that I don’t do technical stuff, but I am sorta focused

Radio Free Geneva: Soteriology 101, God’s Glory, then the Unbelievable Panel on Theodicy and Grace

James White, December 31, 2019, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line

Finished off 2019 with a MEGA edition of Radio Free Geneva (2 hours), first looking at Leighton Flowers’ comments on the glory of God and then listening to comments made by the panel at the Unbelievable USA Conference on the subject of Calvinism. Then we looked a bit at John Lennox’s comments on John 6, but will continue that more

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The Gospels Reading Plan for 2020

Dr. Alan Kurschner, December 31, 2019, Uncategorized

It is about that time of the year when we are introduced to creative ways to read our Bible for the next calendar year. Did you do it this year? This is my twelfth year encouraging others to take each day of the year to read and reflect on a single unit in the Gospels. Did you know there are

James 3, China, the UK, and the Pope!

James White, December 27, 2019, Atheism, Christian Worldview, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Started off the program with a look at James 3 in light of the arrival of 2020 and the challenges we will be facing therein. Moved on to discuss the totalitarian Left and its attack upon everything that is godly and true. We connected this to the recent “trans-gender” decision in the UK. Then we discussed Pope Francis’ comments about

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