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The Advent of Moral Anarchy

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

It was not hard at all to put together a string of articles on the moral anarchy in Western culture today, especially on the “transgender” issue.  Touched on the conviction by a lower court of two men for daring to quote John 14:6 in public discussion in the UK.  Then talked about a few other items, including the upcoming debate

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A Mega Dividing Line on Lots of Topics!

, , Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Had not planned on going nearly two hours but time goes by so fast!  Started off reading from the Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin.  Then we moved on to reading a portion from Brave New World.  You’ll have to listen to hear why!  Made some comments, and then shifted gears completely and played a video by Yahya Snow

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Radio Free Geneva: A Nearly Three Hour Examination of “Traditional” Anthropology

, , Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Just avoided going for a full three hours, but we reviewed Dr. Leighton Flowers’ podcast from September 26, 2016, which was ostensibly about those who never hear, but was much more about how Calvinism is a bad theology. In any case, it gave us the foundation for looking very carefully at Flowers’ views, as they are being presented to a

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The Rebellion of Transgenderism, then, A Challenge Fulfilled

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Uncategorized

First half hour or so was on the ascension of transgenderism and the use of the sexual revolution by the left to attack religious freedom in the United States, illustrated in today’s court ruling against the florist in Washington state.  Then we transitioned into a discussion of a challenge sent to me from Dr. Leighton Flowers regarding man’s inabilities due

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An Open Letter to Sam Shamoun

, , General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Islam, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, Theology Matters

An Open Letter to Sam Shamoun Greetings Sam: Long time no talk.  We used to chat a lot, remember?  Well, that was only a few months ago, so I am sure you do.  I went looking for our conversation on Facebook a few weeks ago.  It’s disappeared.  I wonder how that happened?  But you know what it was like.  We

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Sola Ecclesia Preached by Robert Sungenis, and a Response to Robert Morey, et al.

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Personal, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent an hour going over Dr. Tony Costa’s debate with Dr. Robert Sungenis on the Immaculate Conception, and Tony was kind enough to join me to discuss how Sungenis proved our accusation of sola ecclesia over and over again.  Then I spent 45 minutes responding to recent untruths presented by Dr. Robert Morey and others.  Hopefully helpful thoughts on evangelism, consistency,

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A Little AHA, and a Long Review of a Roman Catholic Response on John 6

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Spent a few moments discussing the antics of AHA (which continued through the program) and then played the entirety of a 14 minute response by Bob Sullivan to the “John 5 for Roman Catholics” episode we did a few weeks ago.  I had not watched it, so we got to watch it live! Here is the YouTube link:

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Report on Ministry in Atlanta, Memphis, and Dallas, as Well as Response to Attacks Upon the Ministry

, , General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Back in Phoenix after two full weeks of ministry back east and south.  Reported on what took place at the G3 Conference in Atlanta, in Memphis, at the Deep South Founder’s Conference, and at the premiere of Unpopular the Movie in Dallas.  Had a lot of stories to tell, and that gave the background for a pretty long and hopefully

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Pre-Debate/Conference Dividing Line

, , Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Spent most of the program talking about the upcoming debate with Trent Horn, Staff Apologist for Catholic Answers, and how I expect the argumentation to go, etc.  Then we went over the upcoming events on the trip, including the dialogue with Dr. Yasir Qadhi in the Memphis area, the Deep South Founders Conference, and my stop in Dallas for the

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A Potpourri of Topics

, , Abortion, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Persecution, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Covered a wide range of topics today, starting with an odd statement by Dr. David Allen about Mother Theresa on Twitter.  Then we looked at the Episcopalians in Glasgow having a Muslim woman chant a portion of the Qur’an that denies central Christian doctrine as part of their services.  We then looked at how “faith leaders” blessed a Planned Parenthood

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Coming on Tuesday’s Dividing Line: John 6 for Roman Catholics

, , Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism

On the upcoming edition of the Dividing Line, Tuesday, January 10th, at 1pm EST, I will be presenting “John 6 for Roman Catholics.”  This will be a live walk through the 6th chapter of John based upon the original language text.  And while one cannot help but deal with the central issues of the gospel in 6:35-45, we will continue

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Shameless Papist Pretensions Followed by Foundational Issues with Mike Licona

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Open Theism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

A tale of two programs today: I was going to briefly address a Roman Catholic on Twitter and that “briefly” became fifty minutes.  But then I switched over to a review of an interview with Dr. Mike Licona for a total of about 1:40 for the program today. Here is the YouTube link:

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Saving Faith and Two Islamic Videos on a Jumbo Edition of the DL

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

Started off with a discussion from the London Baptist Confession of Faith, Chapter 14, on “Saving Faith,” and then moved to a review of two Islamic videos, one critiquing Dr. David Wood, and the other a lecture from Dr. Ali Ataie.  A fair amount of discussion of soteriology early on, and trinitarian and incarnational theology toward the latter portions of

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Bob Morey’s Debate Challenge, Frank Turek and Michael Brown on Reformed Issues

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent a little less than half an hour responding to Dr. Robert Morey’s debate challenge (well, I’ve only been told about it, I haven’t actually seen it), giving some history and once again refocusing upon the real issues.  Then we looked at Dr. Frank Turek’s response to a question about free will and predestination, and then moved on to Dr.

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Andy Stanley Separates Incarnation and Redemption; Paul Falsely Accused; Tim Staples Reviewed

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off considering Andy Stanley’s claim that Christianity does not stand on how Jesus came into the world, only on the resurrection.  Then we looked at Paul’s statements in 1 Thessalonians 4 and 1 Corinthians 9 as a backdrop to considering common accusations against Paul made by Islamic apologists.  Then in the second hour we spent a good deal of

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Dogmatic Secularism Rises; the Politics of the Southern Baptist Convention

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with a discussion of the rise of secular totalitarianism and its inevitable failure, and then moved on to Dr. Paige Patterson’s comments in the SWBTS chapel from last week.  Hopefully helpful for all! Here is the YouTube link:

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Skype Show from Tucson: A Bit on Race, A Bit on Thanksgiving, Then A Lot on ETism

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Did a live program from Tucson today via Skype, touching a bit on some of the reactions on the race issue from last time, discussing Thanksgiving a little, and then spending most of the time on a recent FB article promoting Ecclesiastical Textism and more reasons why I find this tradition so very dangerous to Christian apologetics.  We plan on

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Post-Election Thoughts and an Ecclesiastical Text Video

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent the first half hour with a few post-election thoughts, meandering around the landscape, and then played two new “ecclesiastical text” videos and responded to them—as much as I could, given they don’t actually make sufficiently clear claims so as to be able to interact with them.  However, the cartoons joining me and Dan Wallace with Bart Ehrman were entertaining,

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The Hill to Die On, For There are No Other Hills

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality

So I wandered into a little restaurant/pub type place near my hotel in Sydney this afternoon to grab a bite to eat. I got a notification on my phone about an article posted by my daughter Summer, so I opened it up and began to read.  I began co-authoring The Same Sex Controversy when Summer was around eleven years old,

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Jory Micah and El Shaddai; Spencer Toy and CrossExamined; Sola Scriptura Continued (Part 3)

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Three topics on the program today; for the first 15 minutes or so a quick rejoinder to Jory Micah and her “El Shaddai means ‘one with many breasts'” tweet, then about half an hour in response to Spencer Toy’s article on crossexamined.org, “An Open Question for Presuppositionalists.”  Then we got back for the last 45 minutes to our study of

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Uber-Mega Dividing Line: Sola Scriptura, and Islamic Denials of the Deity of Christ

, , Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Went 135 minutes today (hence the “uber-mega” designation) covering two primary topics: sola scriptura defined and defended against a recent attack upon it by Karlo Broussard of Catholic Answers (first 90 minutes), and then a “live” review of a new video against the deity of Christ from a Muslim perspective (link).  A lot of foundational, basic teaching today that we think is

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Responding to Frank Turek’s Defense of Andy Stanley

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Went almost a full two hours today reading through and responding to Frank Turek’s 9/8 article in defense of Andy Stanley’s comments about the Bible and the resurrection.  Much important information on the foundational and fundamental differences between the evidentialist/minimalist approach and a full-orbed biblical apologetic. Here is the YouTube link:

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WLC & Molinism then More from Russell Moore’s interview with Andy Stanley

, , Atheism, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

James started off today commenting on the sudden death of a young woman, a mother of seven, from Apologia church. He asks for prayer for not only Apologia but specifically for the family. Then he plays a clip from a recent Reasonable Faith podcast regarding Molinism. Finally the fuller portion of Russell Moore’s interview with Andy Stanley where Andy reads

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How Theology Determines Apologetics, and So Much More

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Hebrew Israelism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Over two hours today (someone stop me!), starting with a few miscellaneous items (one of thanks for a gift sent to me, one in response to some Hebrew Israelite camps), and then moving to a section from Dr. Turek’s book.  Then we presented  a comparison of how Dr. Turek answered the question of evil in a debate with David Silverman, and how

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And They Just Keep Getting Longer….

, , Atheism, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Hebrew Israelism, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off discussing the David Gushee article from a few weeks ago and his very truthful analysis that there is no middle ground on the issue of God’s law for the believing Christian.  Too bad Dr. Gushee has chosen to be on the wrong side of that divide!  Then we watched an entire section of a video from Israel United

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Get Ready: Two and a Half Hour Long Dividing Line

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

There were three major topics on the DL today (after the opening discussion of some urgent situations where the people of God need to bring certain issues before the throne of grace): first, an article published today on Revelation 16:5 and the Textus Receptus; then, a rather lengthy review of Andy Stanley’s sermon from Sunday on the Bible and Christianity.

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The Difference in Jesus’ Divine Role Does NOT Indicate Inferiority of Nature

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Jehovah's Witnesses

There is a frequent assumption, and/or misunderstanding, that unbelievers frequently expresss about the Trinity. As a believer you should be aware of this. James White on occasion says: Difference in function does not indicate inferiority of nature. For many who deny the Trinity or the deity of Jesus, it is thought that since Jesus fulfilled a lesser (subordinate) role in

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Ignatius and Church History, Andy Stanley, Ravi Zacharias, Epistemology, 1 Corinthians 1:18ff

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Went just over 90 minutes today on the program, wandering about a bit at the start on church history issues and Ignatius, and then moving on to discuss the Andy Stanley comments in the interview with Russell Moore, finishing off with a half hour plus walk-through of 1 Corinthians 1:18ff.  Theology matters! Here is the YouTube link:

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