I was asked to speak on the presuppositions of my debate with Robert Sungenis up in Newberg, Oregon, and here is the presentation I gave in response to the request. (The audio unsync’d for the first 2/3 of the presentation, then caught up…somehow).
Played the very odd section of a radio program from Detroit where Norman Geisler accused the Reformed of holding to “theological racism” and that we (the Reformed) went “berserk” in response to Chosen But Free, which, we likewise learned, was the first attack upon our beliefs by a “major scholar.” Went from there to a quick review of John Calvin
Yes, I think Norman Geisler’s wild accusations against Reformed theology deserve an RFG. I will also review John Calvin Goes to Berkeley. Join us at 4pm MST!
Human responsibility is dependent on an objective entity (God’s law), not a subjective entity (human moral ability). Human responsibility relates to a moral standard. It does not imply a so-called free will. If a teenager boy gets drunk and runs a red light, is he no longer responsible because of his condition? Yes he is responsible because he has broken
Often it takes an illustration to help non-Calvinists break out of their categorical and cultural assumptions about the precious truth of predestination. The following illustration has floated around in Calvinist circles for many years, and has been very effective: You have 100 criminals on death row. They are all equally guilty and deserving of death. Every single one of them
God’s sovereign election is the only basis by which any believer has confidence to evangelize the lost. We do not know who the elect are in this lifetime, but what we do know with certainty is that there are elect out there. Has God ever revealed to us why we should evangelize the lost? Indeed he has. In Acts 18,
Lord willing I will get a chance to listen to the recent Green/Kunde debate from Australia tomorrow, but Sam Shamoun has already done so, and has written two very useful responses to some of Abdullah Kunde’s comments. Once again, Sam and I both call upon our Islamic opponents in debate to argue consistently. Do not use one standard for Islam,
I invited the Dean and Assistant Dean (who is shorter than the Dean) of the Midwest Center for Theological Studies to join me today on the program. Sam Waldron (Dean) and Richard Barcellos (Assistant Dean) were kind enough to take a full hour out of their day to chat with me. We covered a lot of topics, discussing their work
1 Samuel 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek. 2 The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field
Debate Has Islam Misunderstood Christianity? Featuring James White vs Bassam Zawadi Location Trinity Road Chapel 205 Trinity Road London, SW17 7HW Date / Time February 12, 2011, 6:30PM Admission Free Bassam Zawadi is an Islamic apologist and speaker who has engaged in and conducted interfaith debates, lectures and dialogues across the Middle East, Europe and North America. This will be
We recorded some podcasts for the Midwest Center for Theological Studies last week while I was in Owensboro. The first has been released: White & Barcellos | Interview 1 from MCTS on Vimeo.
I found out today that someone may have video taped the entire debate, and if I can get hold of that footage, I will post it on the YouTube channel. Till then, here is the cross-ex period from last night’s debate at RTS Jackson.
“After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. They were shouting out in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God,
Ergun Caner has stated that Calvinists are worse than Muslims. This week Norman Geisler has added to this vitriolic rhetoric calling Calvinists theological racists. Wait a minute, I thought it was Calvinists who are the mean nasty people? Geisler said: “These people teach that Christ only loved the elect and only died for the elect. And I think
The classic debate on God’s sovereign autonomy or man’s libertarian free will. Dr. James White argues for the sovereign freedom of God, while opponent Dr. Steve Blakemore argues for the libertarian free will of man.
First, they are boring. How are they any more exciting than the multimedia that I experience throughout the week? Second, and more detrimental than the first, they are distracting. They take me away from what is important: the countenance of the preacher. There is just something about a cold, large projector screen vying attention away from the flesh and blood
Dr. White will be debating “Freedom or Bondage of the Will” with Dr. Steve Blakemore at 6 p.m. CST (that’s 7 p.m. EST and 4 p.m. PST). A live stream of the debate will be available at the usual Dividing Line streams (high quality)(low quality for users with low bandwidth). (see more info about the debate and the debaters here)
In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the sovereign master seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly. They called out to
“Especially when it comes to human evil, that we would call sin in theological terms. That God does not will this, he does not promote it. But because of our free will, he permits it.” -William Lane Craig, August 12, 2007, Reasonable Faith, “Problem of Evil” “for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus,
Mainly relied on callers today to drive the topic, but did report on my time at MCTS (we are going to try to have Sam Waldron and Richard Barcellos on next Tuesday’s program), and thanked some folks who have really done a lot to make the past few weeks special for me, including M.A., V.L., BMcL, and DittoHead. Very thankful
Lord willing I will be home by Monday evening, and hence we should be able to do the Dividing Line at its regular time Tuesday morning. But I will be traveling Thursday, heading down to Birmingham for the Deep South Founder’s Conference. I will be doing a pre-conference debate on the Freedom or Bondage of the Will with Dr. Steve
The Holiness of God from pat necerato on Vimeo.
Talked a bit about Ergun Caner speaking at the Jacksonville pastor’s conference, discovered the cleaned up “woops” bio live on the air, discussed the murder of the governor in Pakistan, and then took some calls, first on Galatians 2:16 and “the faithfulness of Jesus” (subjective vs. objective genitives) and another call on Ezekiel 36.
I was just directed to the speaker’s page for the 25th Annual Pastor’s Conference at the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, which begins January 28th. Notables speaking there include Ah Mohler and Mark Dever. And Ergun and Emir Caner. And what do you see when you click on Ergun Caner’s bio link? Yes, I know…someone just cut and pasted from
Since I am traveling and lecturing at the Midwest Center for Theological Studies in Kentucky (teaching a Polemics class for MCTS, the Institute for Reformed Baptist Studies, and the Reformed Baptist Seminary), we will attempt to do a Skype-based DL tomorrow at 3pm EST, 1pm MST, noon PST. Join us then!
I’m traveling and have two technical issues that will preclude attempting to do a Skype DL today. I will see if I can get them cleared up by Thursday!
Matthew Fenn is a former Jehovah Witness saved by God’s grace through the reading of Philippians chapter 3. Read his edifying story, here. “But when I read this passage, I read that was talking about “not having a righteousness of his own”. That blew me away. It blew me away because it was so different from what the Watchtower teaches.
Headed to Kentucky for the Polemics class, so while I’m on my way, I thought I’d link up a Bible Study and two sermons from SermonAudio that were just now posted. Hope they are useful and edifying! I am going to do my best to make this the only time I even deign to make note of one of Islam’s
In the previous article we looked at how God can be truly personal, exhibiting all the attributes of true personality–including love–yet without being dependent on His creation. In this, the last part of the series, we shall briefly explore how Van Til saw in man’s quest for ultimate truth an example of the necessity of the triune God of Christianity
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