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Romans 15:13, 1 Tim 4, Heb 7:24 and ἀπαράβατον, Church History without Racial Quotas

, , Church History, Exegesis, Homosexuality, Mormonism, Pauline Studies, Racialism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Started off with a lengthy discussion of the great text in Romans 15:13, then moved on to 1 Timothy 4:1-3 in light of the current situation in Rome.  Then looked very closely at the meaning of ἀπαράβατον at Hebrews 7:23-24 in light of a Mormon attempt to get around its meaning.  Finally closed out with a few comments on the teaching

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Gorgeous Goatskin Greek New Testaments, 3 Mormons, Open Phones

, , Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Mormonism, Personal, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Started off showing off my new Nestle-Aland 28th Edition Large Print Greek New Testament as rebound in gorgeous turquoise Italian goatskin by Post Tenebras Lux Bible Rebinding, run by Jeffrey Rice.  I had Jeffrey call in and talk with me about his work. Now, I know some will think I am just causing everyone else to covet, but, I know

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Mega Edition of the Dividing Line: Andy Stanley, 3 Mormons, and a Bit More

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Homosexuality, Islam, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Spent nearly an hour and 20 minutes listening to and interacting with the discussion between Jonathan Merritt and Andy Stanley at the beginning of the program. Dr. Albert Mohler spent a solid ten minutes on the same exchange on this morning’s edition of The Briefing (recommended).  Then we moved over to playing some clips from a YouTube channel called 3Mormons,

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Deedat, Adam Hamilton, ERLC, and the Pope

, , Abortion, Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started today’s program off listening to a clip from The Deen Show presenting a 4 minute twisting of Matthew 7 by the late Ahmed Deedat. Then we listened to a few minutes of a sermon by Adam Hamilton at the 2018 Uniting Methodists Conference on having a “high view of Scripture” and yet accepting the profaning of marriage. Then we

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Just Open Phones for 75 Minutes on the Dividing Line Today

, , Atheism, Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Homosexuality, Pauline Studies, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Just opened the phones and covered all sorts of topics like the Trinity, eternal generation of the Son, prayer, Molinism, learning Greek, you name it!  Something for everyone!  Hope it is useful! Here is the YouTube link: Live Video Stream The Dividing Line is on YouTube video. Our YouTube channel also provides videos of most of the debates that Dr.

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The Revoice Conference on Crosspolitic Then Open Phones from Evergreen, Colorado

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, Homosexuality, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off commenting on the Crosspolitic.com interview with Greg Johnson, pastor of the PCA church hosting the Revoice Conference this weekend.  Then we started taking calls on topics such as polygamy, the canon of the Old Testament, how to leave a church, and finishing with a call from Dino in Sri Lanka on the subject of Roman Catholicism. Here is

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Live DL Via Skype from Evergreen Colorado: Christianity Without the Bible Refuted

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with a brief refutation of the silliness promoted by Leighton Flowers, and then moved on to actually important issues.  First we discussed comments made by William Lane Craig about the historical Adam and the doctrine of original sin.  Then we noted that Andy Stanley appeared on Michael Brown’s radio program and attempted to defend his “unhitching the Old Testament”

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Open Borders Means Anarchy and Lawlessness, Then Open Phones on Deep Theological Topics

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, King James Onlyism, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

While we were getting folks in line for open phones I commented for about ten minutes on the simple reality that “open borders” equals anarchy and the end of law, a concept that should not be attractive to any Christian whatsoever. Then we went to the phones to discuss a bunch of deep Trinitarian issues, as well as Eastern Orthodoxy,

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Isaiah 44:24 and the LDS View of God, More on the Book of Abraham, Open Phones

, , Abortion, Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Homosexuality, Islam, Mormonism, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Started off discussing Isaiah 44:24 and its relevance to Mormonism, then transitioned into a bit more on the Book of Abraham and its significance as a clear indication of Smith’s errors.  Then we looked at a few tweets from Rachel Held Evans and Kyle J. Howard in light of the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy.  Then we went to the

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Sam Harris and Bart Ehrman Chat Christianity, Open Phones on Many Topics

, , Abortion, Atheism, Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Pauline Studies, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Spent a little time on some comments made in an interview between Sam Harris and Bart Ehrman at the beginning of the program (after just a few minutes noting Jim Wallis’ extolling of James Cone) and then moved to calls. Spent way too much time trying to deal with a super technical call (I went back to it later when

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Pelagians on Twitter, Man-Centered God at Bethel, Presuppositions in Ehrman, Open Phones

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Mormonism, Pauline Studies, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off looking at a Pelagian on Twitter by the name of “C G.”  Then played an entire ten minute long clip from a guy on the “Dead Raising Team” from Bethel Church in Redding about how we should believe in the goodness of people (please read Romans 3:10-18 over three times while pondering that concept).  Before going to the

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LGBTQ Tweets, Ehrman Dividing Mark and John, Open Phones

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Talked a little bit about a Twitter exchange regarding LGBTQ books, and then moved to a rather full refutation of Bart Ehrman’s comments on Mark vs. John on the day of Jesus’ crucifixion (Nisan 13 vs. Nisan 14), and then went to open phones with once again a wide variety of calls and topics.  Always interesting questions from the Dividing

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Humanzees, Jordan Peterson, Parallel Gospels, and Open Phones

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Mormonism, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Spent most of the start of the show looking at a video from Jordan Peterson and interacting with the concepts of suffering and human purpose in his lectures.  Dr. Peterson has been great in exposing the fundamental flaws and simple irrationality of many of the left’s pet projects today, and we can be very thankful for that, but we cannot

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Series to Begin Next Week, the Ebionites, and Open Phones on a 95 Minute Dividing Line

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, Islam, King James Onlyism, Oneness Pentecostalism, Persecution, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Uncategorized

Covered about half an hour of “topics” from the Ebionites to current discussions of “insanity,” and then we went to open phones with lots of questions on a wide variety of topics including the Trinity, Oneness, and two calls on textual variants (Romans 5:1, John 10:29). Here is the YouTube link: Live Video Stream The Dividing Line is on YouTube

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Vines/McDowell Dialogue, Encouraging Podcast, Calls on Today’s Jumbo Edition of the Dividing Line

, , Church History, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Homosexuality, Islam, Pauline Studies, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Started off with a few miscellaneous items, including a brief review of the Matthew Vines/Sean McDowell dialogue from a few weeks ago, a little reading on Basilides the early church gnostic heretic and his views, and then I played some portions from the Ex Nihilo podcast that the Hardings posted as an encouragement to me (which was much appreciated).  Then

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Open Phones on the Dividing Line!

, , Church History, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Did a little church history (the Renaissance) and then went to the phones, taking calls on Lutheran baptismal regeneration, Jesus’ words about the day of judgment, grieving and evangelism, hyperdispensationalism, Titus 1:6, the longer ending of Mark, regeneration in the OT, Isaiah’s judgment oracle, and early christian writers.  Whew!  1:45 makes it an almost mega jumbo edition, I guess! Here

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Modalism Destroys the Gospel, Church History Continued, Response to Jordan Hall’s Unhinged Diatribe

, , Church History, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I drove back from Las Vegas this morning and rushed into the office to do a DL.  Started with a topic relevant to Shawn McCraney’s comments on modalism last week as this impacts the gospel.  Looked at Hebrews 9 as an illustration.  Then went back to Reformation Church history, looking at the Avignon Papacy and then the invention of printing

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What Justin Martyr Actually Said, Transmission of the Text, Open Phones

, , Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Misc, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Discussed Justin Martyr’s words in reference to Malachi 1:11 as found in his Dialogue with Trypho (in reference to a call from Tuesday), and then went over a textual critical issue relating to partial manuscripts.  Then we opened the phones and, as normal, covered a ton of topics, with a lot on the Trinity and the relationship of Father, Son

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Open Lines on the Dividing Line

, , Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Iglesia Ni Christo, Misc, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Did about twenty minutes on Jan Hus and the background of the Reformation, and then went to the phones for the first time in a long time.  A ton of questions on a wide, wide range of topics, such as the INC, Roman Catholicism, textual criticism, etc., finishing with a nearly 25 minute conversation with “Joe” who is flirting with

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Denying vs. Confessing, Canon Discussion at G3, the Lollards

, , Church History, Exegesis, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Sorry, folks, despite my best efforts I got what’s going around (not the flu, thankfully, but a bad respiratory infection), so I will be talking slowly today—an easy show for you to use your 2x speed on when listening!  Looked at 1 John 2:18-23 exegetically (and textually), then talked a bit about the session at G3 with Michael Kruger on

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Remembering RC, Then, Refuting More Textual Traditionalism

, , Church History, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Gospel/Jesus Studies, King James Onlyism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Simply Silly, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off playing a half hour interview from 2008 with RC Sproul remembering and celebrating a wonderful gift to Christ’s church.  Then we completely shifted gears and got into the issues raised by A James White Christmas Carol, an animation movie about Luke 23:34 that is desperately dishonest at its base (regarding the false accusation of my attacking David Wood,

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Unanticipated Discussion of CBGM and P45, Then Beginning of a Review of Ijaz Ahmad’s Video on OT/NT “Corruption”

, , Church History, General Apologetics, Islam, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

I started off thinking I’d mainly respond to Ijaz Ahmad’s video today and then open the phones, but alas, I mentioned a little bit about the Coherence Based Genealogical Method in regards to some volumes of the TuT series (Text und Textwert) that had just arrived today and people started asking questions and I ended up saying a LOT more

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Almost Mega Length DL with Five Major Topics

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with the MSM’s hyping of the First Apocalypse of James, a well known gnostic work from, at the earliest, the late second century, most probably the third.  Had a “Story Time with Uncle Jimmy” where I read the entirety of the work so you can respond to co-workers or others who raise the topic.  Then we discussed Bill

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South African Controversy and Debate, and More Reformation History

, , Church History, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Took a look at a little controversy down in South Africa about a debate between Christian Jonathan McLatchie and Yusuf Ismail on whether the Trinity is consistent with the Old Testament revelation of God’s nature.  Played a few minutes of Yusuf’s rebuttal and engaged his arguments.  Then in the last fifteen minutes of the program we went back to our

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Jason Lisle on Apologetics and Science, Honesty in Textual Criticism, More Reformation History

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Technology, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Started off with my good friend and brother in the Lord, Dr. Jason Lisle, head of the Biblical Science Institute.  Jason and I discussed some of his books and, well, lots of super geeky/nerdy stuff.  Then we really shifted gears and I addressed an accusation made against me last week saying that my daring to talk about the textual variant

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Radio Free Geneva! Robert Jeffress, Roman Catholicism, the Reformation, and then Kevin Thompson on John 6 (Mega Edition)

, , Church History, Godly Disciplines, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with the First Baptist Dallas interview of Sean Hannity and discussed a lot about Roman Catholicism and how we should mourn over the fact that Rome’s gospel does not save.  Then I very, very briefly discussed the John Piper thing on final justification.  Then we moved to a video from Pastor Kevin Thompson on John 6:37, playing his

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Washington Conference, JefftheGK and IFD, the Lollards

, , Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Went straight to the office from the airport upon my return from Dallas to do the program today.  Was joined by Mike O’Fallon of the Sovereign Alliance at the top of the hour, talking about the tour to Germany a few weeks ago, and about the upcoming Washington Summit he is organizing.  Then we moved into a lengthy review and

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The Early Canon Process of the New Testament+

The Early Canon Process of the New Testament

, , Church History, General Apologetics, Theology Matters

The following article was originally published in the October 1989 issue of The Dividing Line Theological Journal. The article is presented in its entirety as it was published. The Early Canon Process of the New Testament James White The traditional Protestant concept of Scripture is difficult to extract from the concept of canon, so closely are the two connected in

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