Archive for category: Exegesis

Jeff Durbin Joins James to Discuss Andy Stanley and Kwaku El

James White, May 23, 2019, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

For the first half hour or so Jeff Durbin and I discussed my new role as his fellow elder at Apologia Church along with his experience in dialoguing with Andy Stanley on the Unbelievable radio broadcast. Then we transitioned into a full analysis of Kwaku El’s new video promoting polytheism. I will continue my response to Kwaku next week on

Gene Bridges, Anthony Bradley, Greg Johnson, Michael Heiser, and Bruxy Cavey!

James White, May 21, 2019, Abortion, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Homosexuality, Pastoral Theology, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Gene Bridges comments on a Facebook discussion, Anthony Bradley continues to swing wide left, Greg Johnson comes out as a homosexual, Michael Heiser demonstrates he has not done even the most basic reading in Reformed theology, and Bruxy Cavey gets a tattoo that demonstrates he has no idea what God’s law is all about. Wow, talk about eclectic! Enjoy! Here

1 Timothy 2, Men and Women in the Church, then a Full Review of Shapiro/Craig

James White, May 16, 2019, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Pastoral Theology, Pauline Studies, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent the first half an hour or so looking at 1 Timothy 2 and the relationship of men and women in leadership roles in the church. Then we talked a bit about Jeff Durbin’s encounter with Andy Stanley that took place just this morning (the recordings will be posted May 30 (I would have typed 5/30 but it was recorded

Luke 2:22, Steven Anderson, Ireland, TR Onlyism, and You!

James White, May 15, 2019, Exegesis, King James Onlyism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off looking at how Luke 2:22 came to say “her purification” instead of “their purification,” leading to a study of Beza and the Textus Receptus. This led us to Steven Anderson once again, who is in the news for being banned from half the planet lately (this time Ireland of all places). But this then led us to listen to

1 John 1:5-2:2, Brief Discussion on Presuppositional Apologetics

James White, May 9, 2019, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Went a lot longer than I expected to on 1 John 1:5-2:2, but hope it is helpful for those who enjoy close discussion of the flow of a key text. Then I realized I had burned most of the hour and hence could not get into playing sections from the Mortification of Spin episode with Dr. Fesko, but I took

Pennsylvania Homosexual Representative, Choose Your CT, Beza and Matthew 1:23

James White, May 7, 2019, Abortion, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Everyone is talking today about the homosexual Pennsylvania state representative who berated a Christian woman outside a Planned Parenthood abortuary, so we chimed in as well, and then moved on to make some more comments on what happens when you “swap CTs,” that is, when you trade covenant theology for critical theory. The result is a big mess. Then we

William Lane Craig and the Basis of Faith, Douglas Beaumont’s Failed Attempt at Redefining John 6:44

James White, April 16, 2019, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off responding to this article by William Lane Craig, once again dealing with the relationship between God’s revelation in Scripture and our knowledge, including our knowledge of who Christ was (and is). Craig is the primary source for Andy Stanley’s position, by the way, as you will see. Then we transitioned into a full-on refutation of this article by

Radio Free Geneva: Jesse Morrell Exposed, John 6:44 Excuses Examined

James White, April 11, 2019, Exegesis, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Decided to fire up a Radio Free Geneva today to go over the pile of heresies and errors propounded by street preacher Jesse Morrell recently down in Texas in a conversation with Pastor Emilio Ramos. Morrell is an open theist/Pelagian/original sin denying/sinless perfectionist, so the combination of errors results in amazing teachings! A useful opportunity to illustrate falsehoods. Then we

City Council Video, Ekemini Uwan and Wicked Whiteness, Radio Free Geneva on Leighton Flowers

James White, April 9, 2019, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Racialism, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Started off with my 3 minute presentation to the Phoenix City Council from last Wednesday, then moved into a pretty full analysis of Ekemini Uwan’s comments at the Sparrow Conference focused on the “wickedness of whiteness.” Looked a lot at the critical theory foundation to her views. Then we fired up the Radio Free Geneva theme and looked at a

Cultural Madness, Atonement Issues, Textual Traditionalism

James White, April 3, 2019, Abortion, CBGM, Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, King James Onlyism, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

A morning DL for us here today, the only program for this week. We started with some commentary on current cultural madness and rapid decline, including a grandmother bearing a child for her homosexual son. Then we looked at issues relating to the atonement, first in comments from Taylor Marshall and Timothy Gordon on the Mass, and then from William

A Steve Hays Face-Plant, Closer Look at Texts like 1 John 3:1, A Tad of Steven Anderson, Four Phone Calls

James White, March 14, 2019, Exegesis, General Apologetics, King James Onlyism, Open Theism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Looked at a few topics to start out, including a short hit piece from Steve Hays that missed the mark by a mile. Then we did a little more TC reasoning looking at another claim from the TT’s that doing modern textual criticism is unbiblical, and then moved on to a few more quotes from Steven Anderson in response to

Reviewing Recent Interactions on Line, then Back to Erasmus and the Text

James White, March 12, 2019, Abortion, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, King James Onlyism, Mormonism, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Went over various interactions with folks regarding social justice and the like, including some Anthony Bradley quotes, at the top of the program (actually had a few comments on developments in Mormonism at the very start), and then switched back to Erasmus and the book of Revelation, then engaging with arguments/accusations made from the textual traditionalists. Finished up watching a

Future Predictions, Social Issues, Refuting Bradly Mason, Erasmus, and Steven Anderson Chapter 3

James White, March 5, 2019, Exegesis, General Apologetics, King James Onlyism, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Caught up with a lot of recent developments in the decline of the West and then started looking at some material from Christian social justice advocates, including a tweet from Beth Moore, and then an article from Bradly Mason. Then we switched gears to the textual issue, looking at Erasmus’ work on the book of Revelation and the reality that

Debate: The Extent of the Atonement: A Brotherly, Biblically-Based Discussion and Disagreement, Michael Brown, 2/27/2019

James White, February 27, 2019, Debate, Exegesis, Pauline Studies, Reformed Apologetics, Theology Matters

Finally got around to getting Dr. Michael Brown on the program to discuss the extent of the atonement. Just over 90 minutes of uncompromising, brotherly, respectful discussion of yet another topic upon which we disagree. Hopefully useful to all—and just wait till you see the explosion of color, too! Remember, this is the last program for the week as I

Radio Free Geneva: NIFB Arguments Reviewed, the Ecclesiastical Text Movement Examined

James White, February 19, 2019, CBGM, Exegesis, General Apologetics, King James Onlyism, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Did a 100 minute Radio Free Geneva today, looking at the arguments from an NIFB pastor in the Philippines first, and then going into a much more in-depth discussion on the issue of the text of the New Testament in response to the ever present Traditionalists in the Reformed camp. Important stuff to consider! Also included a debate invitation/challenge for

A Twitter Convo, David Bernard Podcast on the Trinity, Open Phones

James White, February 14, 2019, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Mormonism, Oneness Pentecostalism, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Began a rainy DL today with an interaction with a Twitter user (@BlackRepublican) regarding the foundational issues of the faith (once again—and one of the calls from our brother Kofi raised the issue again later), and then moved on to a brief interaction with Dr. David Bernard of the UPCI on the Trinity and soteriology (Bernard is the leading theologian

The Color of Compromise, Steven Anderson Continued, Open Phones

James White, February 7, 2019, Abortion, CBGM, Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Iglesia Ni Christo, King James Onlyism, Pauline Studies, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Took time to make some comments on Jemar Tisby’s new book, The Color of Compromise. Please note I forgot to read through a key paragraph initially, so after the open phones segment I read that paragraph and made some comments thereon (right at the end of the show). Then we finished up the relevant portions of Steven Anderson’s first video, and

Textual Criticism and the TR Live from CBTS

Rich Pierce, January 4, 2019, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, King James Onlyism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Live From Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary James discusses the issues surrounding the idea of Textual Criticism and the Textus Receptus. 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. White has done over the years. Take some time and browse it

The Gospels Reading Plan for 2019

Dr. Alan Kurschner, January 1, 2019, Blog Stuff, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Misc, Personal, Resources, Theology Matters

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 eleventh 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

Radio Free Geneva: The Andy Stanley/Leighton Flowers Interview

James White, December 27, 2018, Exegesis, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Theology Matters

We premiered the new version of the theme song by Tim Bushong today, with almost all new quotes (though he kept “Read my book.”) A few folks have complained that Ergun Caner is no longer standing on his hands on a stump, but, let’s be honest, most of our listeners don’t know much about Ergun Caner anymore. Anyway, now Steven

James White and Jason Robinson Discuss Romans 8:28-34

James White, December 20, 2018, Exegesis, General Apologetics, King James Onlyism, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Pastor Jason Robinson from West Virginia joined us on the program today to offer competing (and conflicting!) interpretations of this key soteriological text. 30 minutes of exegesis then 30 minutes of cross-ex, with ten minutes of closing statements. We developed connection issues during the cross-examination and had to go to the phone to finish things up. Jeff Durbin joined me

Responding to the IFB/KJVOs: James White and Jeff Durbin

James White, December 20, 2018, Exegesis, General Apologetics, King James Onlyism, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Did a two part program today. The first (this portion) is a discussion between James and Jeff on the issues raised by a spate of IFB/KJVO videos coming out of the Steven Anderson wing of the IFB movement. We discuss the gospel and the key issues that followers of this movement need to consider. Nearly two hours of conversation! Here

A Remote Dividing Line Discussing Abortion, Gender Issues, and Then Transitioning to More IFB Craziness

James White, December 14, 2018, Abortion, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Homosexuality, King James Onlyism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Needed to do the program remotely today from my home (and aside from one slip up, it actually worked quite well!). Discussed the amazing (and disgusting) tweets put out by a woman saying “goodbye” to the aborted baby she murdered as if this was an act of love on her part—tough way to start the program, I know. But when

Radio Free Geneva: The “Calvinism: Doctrine of Demons” Trailer, Greg Laurie, and More Steven Anderson

James White, December 11, 2018, Exegesis, Radio Free Geneva, The Dividing Line

Radio Free Geneva today, taking a look at the trailer for the upcoming (2019) film “Calvinism: A Doctrine of Demons” featuring a slate of KJVO IFBS including Steven Anderson. Then we looked at a brief clip from Greg Laurie, and finally turned to two texts cited in passing by Steven Anderson in his anti-Limited Atonement video, specifically, Titus 2:11 and

Lauren Daigle’s Comments, Ed Shaw’s Views, Steven Anderson on Hebrews 2:9

James White, December 6, 2018, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Did the program live from my hotel room in Pryor, Oklahoma via Skype…and it worked this time! Yay! Talked about Laren Daigle, Ed Shaw, and the covered Hebrews 2:9 in light of the comments posted by Steven Anderson on the subject of the atonement. Enjoy! Here is the YouTube link: Live Video Stream The Dividing Line is on YouTube video.

Radio Free Geneva (Part 2): Scriptural Considerations in Response to Justin Brierley

James White, November 27, 2018, Exegesis, Pauline Studies, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

We continued our response to Justin Brierley’s article (found here) in a Radio Free Geneva episode today, looking primarily at the Scriptural issues (focusing on 1 Timothy 2:1-6 and Romans 8). Hopefully a useful discussion! We will be back again at the same time tomorrow with a regular edition of the Dividing Line—much going on, much to discuss! Here is

Radio Free Geneva: Responding to Justin Brierley’s Premier Christianity Article Against Reformed Theology

James White, November 23, 2018, Exegesis, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Though I’m sure certain hyper-Calvinists on the web will have a fit, I responded to Justin Brierley’s article attempting to refute Reformed theology in the context of disputing with a brother, not an enemy. I hope Justin will hear my words in that context. You can find Justin’s article here. I did not finish my review, unfortunately, and will do

Beth Moore’s Racist Library and Open Phones

James White, November 21, 2018, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Started off with a report on our dear brother Jeff Durbin’s current condition after a medical issue last evening. Then we looked at a comment from Beth Moore about how you could, I guess, make your library more “inclusive” by considering the color of the skin of the author. You can guess what I said about that. Then we went

The Wiccans and the Presbies, then Open Phones with Great Calls

James White, November 19, 2018, Exegesis, Pastoral Theology, Pauline Studies, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Briefly commented on the article that talked about how there are more Wiccans in the US now than “mainline” Presbyterians, and then we opened the phones and had great calls on such topics as David’s wives, Jeremiah 32 and Acts 2 (infant baptism), and judgment of believers (and more). We will do another program scheduled for Wednesday, and then a

ATM Preacher, the Christian Shema, and Open Phones

James White, November 8, 2018, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Pauline Studies, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Started off looking at a “converted” ATM that is now being used to “preach” in a church in Germany, leading to some discussion of egalitarianism and related concepts. Then we commented a bit on the Christian/Muslim debate from last evening, leading to a discussion of 1 Corinthians 8:5-6 and Paul’s “Christian Shema.” Then we took calls on a variety of

Voting, Racialism, TGC Article, Chesterton’s Romanism in a Jumbo DL

James White, November 6, 2018, Abortion, Atheism, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Told the story of my voting experience today and talked a little bit about worldview implications at the start, and then turned to a Jemar Tisby series of statements attempting to parallel racial justice issues with the Pharisees and Jesus’ condemnation in Matthew 23. Then we moved to Sam Allberry’s article at TGC on the Sexual Revolution, and finished up

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