Archive for category: Christian Worldview

Lots of Things to Interest a Wide Variety of Folks

James White, April 17, 2015, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Gave a brief report on my trip to Spain (having gotten home late last evening) and then spent time discussing Marco Rubio’s comments on attending a ceremony wherein marriage is profaned and blasphemed. Then we looked at an article by Roger Olson demonstrating that anti-Reformed sentiment leads many to reject God’s right to define Himself, and His own goodness. Then

Theology Matters at Gate A24

James White, March 20, 2015, Christian Worldview, Islam

When I hear of the death of my fellow believers at the hands of Muslim militants around the world, I mourn for them, their families, their loved ones. But I know they are safe in the hands of the powerful Savior, for whose name they have given their brief lives, and in whose presence they now rejoice. I sat down

Public Preaching in Jersey Where Babies are Murdered

Dr. Alan Kurschner, March 3, 2015, Abortion, Atheism, Christian Worldview

Robert Parker and myself alternated open air preaching at Englewood’s “Women’s Center” (aka the Auschwitz of New Jersey). This mill kills more babies than any other abortion mill in New Jersey. Every ten minutes we witnessed a mother entering the mill to kill her baby. Here is a brief clip of Parker preaching.

In Studio Guest JD Hall Plus Rob Bell and Oprah (They Were Not in Studio)

James White, February 19, 2015, Christian Worldview, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line

JD Hall is in town for the great Theonomy debate tomorrow evening, so we had him as our in-studio guest, talking about a lot of things, including Peter Lumpkins (just for the fun of it). We also reviewed Rob Bell’s ZimZum of Apostasy. Here is the YouTube link:

A Wide-Ranging, Important, Jumbo-Sized Dividing Line!

James White, January 8, 2015, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Islam, Persecution, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Started off commenting on a number of issues, such as the anti-Christian discrimination of the Mayor of Atlanta. Discussed the radical Muslim murders in Paris, seeking once again to ask my serious Muslim friends to consider what it is about their faith that allows such things (it’s a spiritual issue—can Islam address it?), and I briefly responded to Jason Stellman

The Vile Hate Mongering of Dan Savage

James White, January 3, 2015, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Persecution

I posted the following on FaceBook earlier today together with this picture of a tweet by Dan Savage, the infamous promoter of immorality: This tweet by Dan Savage illustrates the very essence of the reprobate mind, it truly does. Josh Alcorn’s parents refused to pay to mutilate the body of their son in hopes that his sexual confusion could be

Dr. Gushee: Your Moral Compass Just Exploded

James White, November 7, 2014, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality

David Gushee is calling upon the Christian church to abandon a belief it has held from its inception. In fact, given that Christians believe God’s truth has been revealed to man from the beginning, we are speaking of a conviction that has been held now for about 3,400 years. Of course, in the minds of the modern generation, that is

Jesus’ Deity – Difference in Function Does Not Indicate Inferiority of Nature

Dr. Alan Kurschner, November 4, 2014, Christian Worldview, Jehovah's Witnesses

There is a frequent assumption that unbelievers have about the Trinity. But if you are aware of this deep assumption by those who deny the deity of Christ, you can disarm them. James White has said: Difference in function does not indicate inferiority of nature. There is a built-in assumption for many that if Jesus possesses a lesser role than

The Soft, Kind, Loving Face of Hate

James White, October 22, 2014, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Pastoral Theology, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Theology Matters, Uncategorized

Once the moral and ethical infrastructure of a meaningful worldview based upon our status as creatures of God is removed from the thinking of the human being, a vacuum develops. That vacuum, in today’s radically secularized world, is being filled with mind-numbing mantras uttered in complete disregard for their consistency or truthfulness. A population robbed of its creational foundation is

Church History (Updated)

Jeff Downs, September 15, 2014, Christian Worldview, Persecution, Theology Matters

The audio of Dr. White’s lectures on church history from this past week are online. Here are links to each lecture: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 The video for each lecture is now online here Thank you Flatirons Baptist Church for hosting this series of lectures. If James wet your appetite for church history, you may

Synergism Belongs in a Car Dealership, Not in Divine Salvation . . .

Dr. Alan Kurschner, August 19, 2014, Christian Worldview, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues

The “Calvinism-Arminianism” debate is substantially a debate between what is called “synergism” and “monergism.” For those who are new to this debate, the following is an instructive primer on the two perennial branches of theological systems in Christianity. Or to put it another way, there are two very different ways for believers to understand their salvation. In general, the first

It’s a Wicked World (After All) – Ecclesiastes 3:16–4:16

Dr. Alan Kurschner, July 27, 2014, Christian Worldview, Reformed Baptist Issues

Pastor Joseph LoSardo of Bread of Life Fellowship in Wayne, New Jersey preached on how Qoheleth unveils the wickedness of the world as he continues his realistic observations of life “under the sun;” he makes four such observations. http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=727141642210I

A Wide Ranging Mega-Sized Edition of the Dividing Line

James White, July 22, 2014, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Islam, Open Theism, Pastoral Theology, Persecution, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Started off with a discussion of President Obama’s recent actions promoting ungodliness in the land, then discussed the recent WHO guidelines demonstrating that homosexuality is unnatural and devastating to human flourishing. Discussed briefly the upcoming preaching by Ergun Caner at First Baptist Woodstock, and gave some guidelines to anyone who will be attending. Then we moved on to talk about

Refuting Arminian Randal Rauser on the Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart

Dr. Alan Kurschner, June 15, 2014, Christian Worldview, Reformed Apologetics

Hays does an effective job deflating Randal Rauser’s Arminian interpretation on the issue of Pharaoh’s hardened heart and demonstrating Rauser’s denial of the witness of Scripture. http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2014/06/having-mercy-on-whom-he-will-have-mercy.html

Pushing the Antithesis on Bart Ehrman’s Worldview

Dr. Alan Kurschner, May 1, 2014, Atheism, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics

Michael Kruger does an excellent job in exposing the inconsistency in Bart Ehrman’s worldview by showing that Ehrman is not really a genuine “agnostic” that he claims to be. Read how he uses the presuppositional approach in his critique of Ehrman. http://michaeljkruger.com/bart-ehrmans-worldview-problem/

Jesus: the One Way of Salvation

James White, April 27, 2014, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics

Here are some of the presentations from this weekend at New Hyde Park Baptist Church. Will be speaking again in about an hour!

A Response to Matthew Vines

Jeff Downs, April 22, 2014, Christian Worldview, Homosexuality, Theology Matters

Al Mohler, Jim Hamilton, Denny Burk, Owen Strachan, and Heath Lambert have put together a booklet responding to Matthew Vines. Here are the chapters: “God, the Gospel and the Gay Challenge: A Response to Matthew Vines” “How to Condone What the Bible Condemns: Matthew Vines Takes on the Old Testament” “Suppressing the Truth in Unrighteousness: Matthew Vines Takes on the

Two New Systematics (Sproul & Kelly)

Jeff Downs, April 8, 2014, Christian Worldview, Misc, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Resources

One reason many of you enjoy Alpha and Omega Ministries is because of the clarity of the message. Whether through blog posts, audio, video or books the gospel is clearly proclaimed. As much as possible, theological issues are addressed to the common reader. Or, as one apologist used to say “We need to get the hay out of the loft

“The Protestant Revolt”

Jeff Downs, April 3, 2014, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Resources, Roman Catholicism, Theology Matters

A excellent (new) video series on the Reformation, with Peter Lillback as host, is now available online. Click here to watch. To purchase Click here. A free study guide for the series is located here and a Teacher’s Guide is located here. Speaking of the reformation, Kevin DeYoung’s new book Taking God at His Word: Why the Bible Is Knowable,

Providence Conference Audio

Jeff Downs, March 15, 2014, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology, Theology Matters, Uncategorized

This years GPTS Spring Theology Conference is over. In about a week or so, I will upload the entire conference to our Sermon Audio site, but for now I’ve added the following: The Definition & Beauty of Providence by Dr. Joel Beeke. Providence or Fatalism by Dr. Joseph Pipa. The Devil Made Me Do It, by Dr. Pipa. And all

Worldview

Jeff Downs, January 28, 2014, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Resources

What do you get when D.A. Carson, John Frame, Scott Oliphint and Michael Kruger are in agreement? A book that you need to purchase right now. James Anderson’s new book What’s Your Worldview?: An Interactive Approach to Life’s Big Questions is available for one week only for $5.50. Click here to purchase this book. Here is a 16pg. PDF of

God’s Works of Providence

Jeff Downs, November 8, 2013, Christian Worldview, Pastoral Theology, Theology Matters

Below is information regarding Greenville Seminary’s 2014 Spring Theology Conference. Lord willing, this will be my last conference in the audio booth (I’m scheduled to graduate this Spring). I hope you can join us. The theme of the conference is “God’s Works of Providence” and will be help March 11-13, 2014 and is being help at a new location this

Strange Fire, Friendly Fire, Mis-Fire—How Many Puns Do We Really Need?

James White, October 22, 2013, Christian Worldview, Godly Disciplines, Pastoral Theology, Theology Matters

The last call on today’s Dividing Line asked for my opinion on what has transpired over the past few days regarding the Strange Fire Conference. Here’s my response. Summary: Lots of bad, bad stuff out there that the vast majority in the Charismatic movement have no ground upon which to resist, rebuke, or refute. But when we don’t make the

Presidential Tweet Morality

James White, June 29, 2013, Christian Worldview

I guess we live in a day when ethics and morality are discussed in 140 character snippets. Fitting, for the level of dialogue. I should not be shocked that those who think that man is nothing more than the random chance accident of cosmic forces, the result of atoms bouncing off one another in a cosmic soup of chaos, do

Whose Evidence?

Jeff Downs, June 9, 2013, Christian Worldview

I almost fell off my chair when I heard Kurt Jaros say that we (those who hold to a covenantal apologetic) are borrowing from other apologetic methodologies, when we use evidences. The covenantal apologetic has always held to the idea that everything in the created universe evidences God’s existence. The issue here, is that each particular evidence has to have

“Gay Christianity” Debated

Rich Pierce, May 22, 2013, Christian Worldview, Homosexuality

Originally posted 5/22/2013 James White and Justin Lee dialogue on the question, “Can you be a Christian homosexual” in Helena, Montana at the 2013 Reformation Montana conference. Though a debate in format, this was more of a dialogue, as Justin Lee dislikes the term “debate” and would not engage in disagreement over the specific texts relevant to the topic biblically.

Same Sex? Central Baptist Honolulu

James White, May 21, 2013, Christian Worldview

For the audio, click here.

Bannerman’s Church of Christ

Jeff Downs, April 20, 2013, Christian Worldview

No, this is not some particular man’s cult. I’m referring to the 2 vol. set by James Bannerman. It has been said “Bannerman’s two-volume Church of Christ is one of the greatest classic treatments of doctrine of the church in the history of the church. He is unashamedly Reformed and distinctively Presbyterian. The church mattered to Bannerman and his work

Doctrine of Man (Audio)

Jeff Downs, April 1, 2013, Christian Worldview

Finally! A decision was made in our staff meeting this morning to release the audio from this year’s Spring Conference. All sessions are located online here. Please do pass along the word that they are available. If you prefer to have CDs or DVDs, contact the seminary (there will be a charge). One more resource, I noticed that The Mystery

Supernatural Creation of Man

Jeff Downs, March 21, 2013, Christian Worldview

In one sense, a Christians teacher, should desire to simply teach the plain truths of the Bible, feeding God’s people, until we all grow into the unity of the Faith. On the other hand, we know that there are difficulties we all have to deal with, therefore, we contend for the faith. The Supernatural creation of man, should not be

Death Before the Fall

Jeff Downs, March 19, 2013, Christian Worldview

To some, this topic may seem inconsequential, but others know it is a major topic in YE and OE creationist debates. I listened again, to Matt Holst’s recent (GPTS Conference) lecture and was pleased with the presentation. He added light to the discussion. Below is a brief outline of what I picked up from the lecture (any missing elements are

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