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“Projection” in Argumentation, A Marian Spectacle, Connection to the Crusades

James White, September 12, 2024, Church History, General Apologetics, Islam, Post-Evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Spent a little time at the start talking about the use of “projection” as an invalid means of argumentation, and then showed a video of a Marian procession from Spain and talked about the relevance to the gospel to such scenes. Then made connection to the recent Crusader controversy.

Your First Love, Response to ADRobles

James White, September 5, 2024, Christian Worldview, Church History, Debate, Godly Disciplines, Islam, Pastoral Theology, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent the first half of the program looking at Revelation 2:2-5, and then transitioned into listening to ADRobles’ ruminations on last week’s DL about the Crusades. Over ninety minutes in length.

Jason Lisle for 45 Minutes, About All that Crusading Stuff

James White, August 29, 2024, Christian Worldview, Church History, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with our dear brother Jason Lisle discussing his new paper on cosmology and its very, very important implications (both Rich and I struggled to keep up, but, that’s just the nature of the information!). Here is the article at Jason’s website. Then I just calmly went back over the key issues that have arisen over the past week

Why I Will Still Vote Against the Marxists, and Why the Crusades Were Still a Mockery of the Cross and the Gospel

James White, August 27, 2024, Christian Worldview, Church History, Misc, Pastoral Theology, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Uncategorized

Two topics today. First forty minutes on my thoughts on the upcoming election and how, if the Marxists are victorious (and that may be a foregone conclusion), it could be the last even pretend election in our lifetimes, and how this should, in my opinion, impact those who have decided that not voting is their best choice. Then, in the

Rome and Mary: the Sad Reality

James White, August 20, 2024, Abortion, Church Fathers, Church History, Misc, Personal, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

After running our raffle and determining the winner of the wonderful Derek Melton blade, and after I spent some time talking about a neat and encouraging gift from a young man at Apologia, we turned to Roman Catholicism, Pope Francis, and the entire complex of Marian doctrines that are so utterly destructive to the gospel and to Christian experience. We

Road Trip DL: Responding to Eric Conn and Andrew Torba

James White, August 8, 2024, Church Fathers, Church History, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Road Trip, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Mainly worked through the exchanges on line between myself and Eric Conn (Ogden) and Andrew Torba (GAB) on issues related to ethnicity, etc., though I started out looking at the utter collapse of the UK into Orwellian dystopia, and that right before our eyes. It is truly amazing.

Star Gazing with Jason Lisle, Kamala the Marxist, Responding to Al Garza on Augustine and the LXX.

James White, July 25, 2024, Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Eschatology, Post-Evangelicalism, Road Trip, Simply Silly, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Road trip DL from Colorado Springs prior to the debate on Saturday. Covered a wide variety of topics, but spent most of our time reading from Augustine and dealing with his use of the LXX, early translations, etc.

Road Trip DL from Santa Fe

James White, July 23, 2024, Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Started off with all the amazing developments since just last week in Western culture and in the US elections. Addressed the theory that the entire NT was originally written in Hebrew. Then started taking some great Twitter questions once again on a variety of topics. Headed to Colorado Springs tomorrow, should be doing another program on Thursday.

The Changing World of Mormonism…and the Vatican

James White, July 11, 2024, Church Fathers, Church History, Homosexuality, Misc, Mormonism, Post-Evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

After playing Joe Biden calling the president of Ukraine “President Putin,” we looked at how the passing of time has brought changes to Mormonism, and then looked at how such development takes place within Roman Catholicism as well.

Let’s Make Cyril Lucaris Great Again!

James White, June 28, 2024, Church Fathers, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, The Dividing Line

Finally got around to having Jason Wallace join us to talk about this video he posted a while back on the fascinating topic of Cyril Lucaris, the Calvinist Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. If you are encountering the claims of Orthodoxy, this is a program you will want to listen to! Enjoy!

Passion Translation, Nicene Creed, and a Boatload of Anathemas

James White, June 18, 2024, Church Fathers, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, The Dividing Line

Briefly commented on a year old tweet from Mike Winger on the amazingly loony “Passion Translation,” then moved on to talk about the Nicene Creed and the Southern Baptist Convention, looking at some comments of David Allen. Next week we hope to be joined by Jason Wallace who produced a 37 minute video about Cyril Lucaris, so today we looked

Further Thoughts on the Origins of the Term “Biblicism”

Chris Whisonant, June 17, 2024, Church History, Reformed Baptist Issues

As there continues to be pushback against those of us who would refer to ourselves as “Biblicists” (or, better yet, as “Reformed Biblicists“), I have been looking at the history of the usage of the term. This is not very hard to do, yet some professors and pastors seem to have difficulty with it. In my previous article, which detailed

The Mormon Question and Then Open Phones

James White, June 13, 2024, Church Fathers, Church History, Mormonism, Open Theism, Provisionism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Briefly addressed the “Mormon Question” in light of the recent get-together featuring Glenn Beck, then went to the phones, answering questions on the meaning of Elohim, Open Theism, Mormon Polygamy, prayer to saints, the Sovereignty of God, and finally the schools of Antioch and Alexandria.

Creeds and Confessions, Dan McClellan Continued

James White, June 7, 2024, CBGM, Church History, Mormonism, Personal, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Worked through a thirteen tweet discussion about creeds and confessions and Biblical sufficiency from Dr. Brad Klassen, posted on 5/30, then got back to Dan McClellan’s comments about the manuscripts of the New Testament.

John Owen’s Usage of Thomas Aquinas, Part 6

Chris Whisonant, May 24, 2024, Church History, John Owen

This is a follow up to the previous posts in this blog series where I will go through the works of John Owen detailing where he has mentioned Thomas Aquinas. I hope that this series is helpful. In this sixth part, I would like to finish looking at the mentions of Thomas Aquinas in the 7 Volumes of his “Exposition of the

The Emptiness of Secularist Jurists Demonstrated; Twitter Bookmarks

James White, May 23, 2024, Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Post-Evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Transinsanity

Listened to Senator Ted Cruz roasting a leftist, radical female judge and took the time to consider the issues at a deeper level. Then I looked at a few videos I’ve marked for review in my Twitter bookmarks, including a PCUSA minister denying the deity of Christ and a Roman Catholic arguing for the necessity of an infallible canon to

Pelagian Pope, Two Part Romans Utterly Refuted

James White, May 22, 2024, Church History, Exegesis, Pastoral Theology, Pauline Studies, Personal, Provisionism, Roman Catholicism, Simply Silly, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with the Pope’s comments on 60 Minutes, and then dove into a refutation of Brent Lay’s “Two Part Romans” theory (originated in 2013) that is being promoted by Jason Breda in a series of videos. The entire theory is based upon an alleged “ambiguous antecedent” in Romans 1:13, except, there is no such construction there, the antecedent is

Pope Francis on Conservatives, LF on Being “Good,” and Adoniram Judson’s Letter to Ann’s Father

James White, May 16, 2024, Abortion, Christian Worldview, Church History, Debate, Open Theism, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

A wide range of topics on the DL today, from Pope Francis’ comments in the upcoming 60 Minutes interview, to Leighton Flowers’ “Calvinists think you have to be a better person to get saved” idea, to the amazing commitment of Adoniram and Ann Judson in bringing the gospel to Burma two hundred years ago. As I noted in the program,

The Descent of Christ and Confessional Subscription

Chris Whisonant, March 29, 2024, Church History, Reformed Baptist Issues

In 2022, Dr. Sam Renihan wrote “Crux, Mors, Inferi: A Primer and Reader on the Descent of Christ”. This is a helpful guide through the Biblical Data regarding Christ’s Descent as well as a look at the history of the doctrine as taught in the early church by the Apostle’s Creed (as well as the Athanasian Creed, although it was

John Owen’s Usage of Thomas Aquinas, Part 5

Chris Whisonant, March 14, 2024, Church History, John Owen

Owen uses Aquinas for a definition as well as offering both disagreements and acceptance of some things.

The Marathon Ends: Final Road Trip DL (for Six Weeks Anyway)

James White, March 13, 2024, Church History, Debate, Exegesis, Ken Wilson, Personal, Provisionism, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Managed to pull off a solid internet connection from a slight wide spot in the road called Lordsburg, New Mexico (really sad little town…lots of abandoned buildings). We covered a wide variety of things, including announcing the upcoming debates, April 24th and 25th, in Lafayette, Louisiana, with Catholic Answers apologist Jimmy Akin (sola scriptura, and “How Does a Man Have

John Owen’s Usage of Thomas Aquinas, Part 4

Chris Whisonant, March 5, 2024, Church History, John Owen

This is a follow up to Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 in this blog series where I will go through the works of John Owen detailing where he has mentioned Thomas Aquinas. I hope that this series is helpful. In this fourth part, I would like to look at the mentions of Thomas Aquinas in Volume 14 of

Road Trip Morning Dividing Line

James White, February 22, 2024, Abortion, Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Just had to make note of the monumental Alabama Supreme Court decision and the issue of “By What Standard” that simply cannot be avoided. Then we looked at some further issues I had forgotten to get to on the last program about claims Trent Horn made and how all of this is so vitally relevant to the direction Roman Catholic

John Owen’s Usage of Thomas Aquinas, Part 3

Chris Whisonant, February 20, 2024, Church History, John Owen

This is a follow up to Part 1 and Part 2 in this blog series where I will go through the works of John Owen detailing where he has mentioned Thomas Aquinas. I hope that this series is helpful. In this third part, I would like to look at two different types of usage. First will be a couple of

Pre-Debate Road Trip Dividing Line from Houston

James White, February 15, 2024, Church Fathers, Church History, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, Speaking Engagements, The Dividing Line

Talked a little about the “He Gets Us” thing, gave a brief report on the Allie Beth Stuckey Show from Tuesday, then dove into the Protevangelium of James and read its narrative of the birth of Christ in light of the defense of this document as containing genuine Christian tradition by Roman Catholic apologists. We then moved on to discuss

Road Trip DL: Francis, Cernovich, then Back to Carl Trueman and Development of Doctrinal Expression

James White, February 12, 2024, Church Fathers, Church History, Homosexuality, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Back to on-the-road status for the program today! We covered what’s going on tomorrow and in the upcoming days, then looked at a tweet from @Cernovich wherein he demonstrates he has never done serious reading in the topic, and then finished up the hour looking at a key section from Carl Trueman’s presentation (which we began reviewing over the past

John Owen’s Usage of Thomas Aquinas, Part 2

Chris Whisonant, February 12, 2024, Church History, John Owen

This is a follow up to Part 1 in this blog series where I will go through the works of John Owen detailing where he has mentioned Thomas Aquinas. I hope that this series is helpful. In this second part, I would like to look at a couple of different types of usage that we find. First will be some

John Owen’s Usage of Thomas Aquinas, Part 1

Chris Whisonant, February 8, 2024, Church History, John Owen

Recently, Carl Trueman has stated the following: “I had a breakthrough on John Owen when I realized how often he cited Thomas Aquinas in his marginal notes in his texts. Struck me as odd.” With this in mind, I would like to begin looking through just how extensive this usage really is, since this is a topic that tends to

Last DL in Phoenix Before Trip: Roman Catholic Arguments

James White, February 7, 2024, Church History, Debate, Personal, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Head out on Friday (I keep saying Lord willing, and I mean that), so hopefully our next edition will be on the road, possibly on Monday. Played segments from a video from the pastor of “Zootown Church” in Missoula, Scott Klaudt where he repeated a whole string of utterly indefensible falsehoods about the Reformation, Rome, etc., and then played a

Provisionist Palaver, Trent Horn on Argumentation, A Few Moments with Carl Trueman and Doctrinal Development

James White, February 1, 2024, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Ken Wilson, Molinism, Open Theism, Personal, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

My apologies for all the coughs and sniffs, I actually feel pretty good, but the voice and sinuses—not so much. Spent time talking about God’s decree over against Provisionist palaver (look it up), then looked at some Trent Horn material in preparation for a few weeks from now, and finished up with a real quick section from the Carl Trueman

A Little Bit on Infants, a Little Bit on Alistair, the Rest with More Carl Trueman

James White, January 30, 2024, Church History, Post-Evangelicalism, The Dividing Line, Thomism, Transinsanity

Covered a number of topics today with a short discussion of how a small number of ne’er-do-wells can create faux controversies for not positive reason, then talked a bit about Alistair Begg’s “swing and a miss” response, and then got back to Carl Trueman’s speech on classical theology. An hour and fifteen minutes today.

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