Archive for category: General Apologetics

Ethnic Gnostics, Slanderous Cultists, Secret Enemies—Oh My!

James White, March 19, 2016, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics

Tuesday morning at 11am MST, 2pm EDT, I will be addressing the events of the past few days on the Dividing Line. I can honestly say that we have never seen a firestorm like that which began yesterday, and it has been, well, educational. So I will be talking about ethnic gnosticism, about whether you have to “walk in someone’s

New Books on Apologetics

Jeff Downs, March 18, 2016, Atheism, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Resources

Three new apologetic books (there are probably many others) are now available for you: 1. The Absurdity of Unbelief: A Worldview Apologetic of the Christian Faith, by Jeffrey D. Johnson. This one has an endorsement from James White, “In The Absurdity of Unbelief, Jeffrey Johnson provides a clear and compelling case for the Christian faith, readable and usable for believer

Radio Free Geneva: Showbread’s “Dear John Piper” and Leighton Flowers on 1 John 5:1

James White, March 17, 2016, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Decided we needed to do a Radio Free Geneva today, and it turned out as a jumbo edition at that! Started off with Showbread’s “Dear John Piper” song, going through the lyrics and identifying the sources that led to this vicious construction of a burning straw man. Then I played a song by Shane and Shane that I had only

The Gospel of Thomas (1-39), Abortion Zealots, and the Ligonier Christology Statement

James White, March 15, 2016, Abortion, General Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Started off reading the Gospel of Thomas, and got through the first 39 “verses.” A bit hard to do “Story time with Grandpa Jimmy” today due to the onset of my annual allergies/asthma/theresatonofstuffintheairnow thing. But we will finish it up later. Then I played a video of interviews with abortion zealots outside the Supreme Court that is simply beyond words.

The Mount of Transfiguration, of Internet Trolls, and the Protevangelium of James

James White, March 8, 2016, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, King James Onlyism, Personal, Roman Catholicism, Simply Silly, The Dividing Line

Started off with a look at the Mt. of Transfiguration from a little different angle, one that might shed some light on why Moses and Elijah were there. Then, unfortunately, I had to deal with a particularly pernicious and reprehensible Internet troll’s lies and slander, but tried to make an application in seeing the danger of cultic KJVOism. Then I

Theology, Apologetics, Inerrancy, and a Brief Statement from the Pope

James White, March 3, 2016, Atheism, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent the first 45 minutes on an interview Dr. Michael Licona did recently, discussing the centrality of theology to apologetic methodology. Then briefly discussed a recent statement by the Pope. Here is the YouTube link:

South Africa Update and Responding to Marcus Rogers on the Trinity

James White, February 25, 2016, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Oneness Pentecostalism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with a guest, Rudolph Bushoff, from South Africa, talking about our May journey to South Africa (and we still need your help to get there!), and then tackled the Marcus Rogers video denying the Trinity. Went just a little long, but hope it will be helpful to folks. Here is the YouTube link:

Psalm 101:3 and Worthless Things

James White, February 22, 2016, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Pastoral Theology, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Sort of wandered all over the landscape today, starting off with comments from Psalm 101:3 and branching off into the topic of Christian worldview, unity, etc. I had been on the Calvinist Batman podcast the hour before and had been asked about unity amongst Christians despite differences, etc. I was going to continue on to other topics but, alas…. We

Roman Meme Theology, Data Mining the Bible and Qur’an, Wael Ibrahim, and a Live Viewing of Kent Hovind

James White, February 9, 2016, General Apologetics, Islam, King James Onlyism, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Uncategorized

Started off with a Meme Theology segment looking at a Roman Catholic meme discussing authority and history, then moved on to an article pretending to compare the Old and New Testaments with the Qur’an regarding violence, based upon textual “data mining,” and then returned to examining the Wael Ibrahim/Lincoln Loo debate. But then someone tweeted the newest Kent Hovind video

Learning at Lebanon/Youth Apologetics class

Jeff Downs, January 25, 2016, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics

On January 5 I mentioned that Lebanon PCA will begin holding monthly seminars starting January 30. Below is a schedule from January – July: January 30, 9-10:30am: “Teaching Children to Know and Love the Truth” with Mr. Ozzie Osgood (that’s this coming Saturday!) February 27, 9-10:30am: “Why Keep the Old (Testament) When We Have the New (Testament)?” with Dr. Benjamin

Hijacking the Scriptures Part II: The Romans 9 Debate – Rightly Dividing the Word?

Rich Pierce, January 19, 2016, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I continue with my review of James’ debate with Prof. Leighton Flowers on Romans 9. The new narrative gets fully formed today and we see further insight into how far the method will go to misrepresent core concepts of Calvinism let alone the mishandling of scripture that leads to it. Here is the YouTube link:

Hijacking the Scriptures: The Romans 9 Debate – Rightly Dividing the Word?

Rich Pierce, January 14, 2016, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Last May Dr. White engaged Prof. Leighton Flowers in debating the text of Romans chapter nine. Professor Flowers’ presentation has bothered me deeply since the first time that I viewed it. If we can set aside the issue of Calvinism and focus solely on his treatment of scripture along with his use of well known terms what will we find?

Teaching Children to Love and Know the Truth

Jeff Downs, January 5, 2016, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Pastoral Theology

On Saturday, January 30, 2016 Lebanon Presbytery Church, Abbeville, SC will host a special seminar on “Teaching Children to Know and Love the Truth.” The event will include a lecture from the speaker, who will be live online, and also time to interact with the speaker. Guest Speaker, Mr. Ozzie Osgood. Mr. Osgood is currently serving as Assistant Pastor at

Randal Rauser and then Hamza Tzortzis and Adnan Rashid on the Bible

James White, January 5, 2016, Atheism, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Islam, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Briefly looked at some comments about atheism and the suppression of the knowledge of God by Randal Rouser, but moved fairly quickly to a response to Hamza Tzortzis and Adnan Rashid on the alleged corruption of the Bible (OK, we took a few minutes to discuss tribbles, but let’s not get into that now). Got less than half-way through, though,

Lots of Topics and Articles

James White, December 23, 2015, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Dealt with a number of articles on the program today from a stack of articles I had thrown into Evernote, including dealing with the decline in religious freedom, the Pope and indulgences, Muslim nations banning Christmas—even a few words on Piper’s controversial article about Christians and self-defense. A wide-ranging show! Here is the YouTube link:

A One Hour Forty Minute Start to My Response to Wael Ibrahim on the Trinity

James White, December 17, 2015, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Began a hopefully respectful, helpful review of the arguments and claims of Muslim speaker Wael Ibrahim in a recent debate on the Trinity in Hong Kong. Wael seems like a really nice man, has a very winning personality and approach, so reviewing his position should be very helpful to all who wish a deeper knowledge of the Trinity and who

Responding to Noah Adam’s Criticism of Jeff Durbin (with Jeff in Studio)

James White, December 15, 2015, Atheism, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Pastor Jeff Durbin joined me in studio today 1) for a celebration of color thanks to Coogi sweaters and 2) to respond to this video by Noah Adam. Nearly two hours and twenty minutes of discussion of apologetic methodology, theology, and truth. We hope you find it useful—and colorful! Here is the YouTube link:

“White has lost the capacity to argue in good faith”

James White, December 10, 2015, General Apologetics, Islam, Simply Silly

Steve Hays of Triablogue has decided to go full tilt attack mode. Fine. I had hoped to avoid taking him on but he clearly is not interested in that. I will be brief, but the accusations of self-contradiction (when it is Mr. Hays who is sorely lacking in his understanding both of Islam and who cannot seem to recognize when

I Really TRIED to Talk About Other Stuff, But…Eventually…

James White, December 8, 2015, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Islam, Technology, The Dividing Line

I seriously did start off with the Calvin College story on gay marriage and tried to address a few other topics, but look—when you have folks accusing me of going “soft” on Islam, and have folks saying I’ve gotten too “friendly,” what did you expect? I addressed the topic. For about an hour of today’s 90 minute program—and I still

Facebook Insanity

James White, December 6, 2015, General Apologetics, Islam

I just finished a wonderful weekend teaching on the subject of homosexuality, marriage, and the Christian response to the current melt-down of Western culture on these issues at one of my favorite churches in the US, Covenant of Grace Church in St. Charles, Missouri. We had folks travel from all over to join with us, so it was a great

Two Contrasting Views of Islam, and Then a Little on CRISPR (Jumbo Edition)

James White, December 2, 2015, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Islam, The Dividing Line

Spent the first 70 minutes or so contrasting two videos on Islam, one from Talk Islam decrying the violence in Paris, the other the newest ISIS promo video which I call “ISIS Hollywood.” Lots of discussion of sources, interpretation, etc., especially in light of the ridiculous accusation that honestly recognizing differences amongst Muslims makes you “soft” on Islam. Then toward

Movie Reviews, Kentucky Baptists, SQUIRREL!, Oh, Uh, and Ehrman

James White, November 9, 2015, Atheism, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Covered the vast wide countryside of theology and apologetics today, including a review of the Free Speech Apocalypse movie (and some non-spoiler comments about The Martian!), a brief listen to one of the candidates for the Kentucky Baptist Convention presidency, one of the audience questions from the recent atheist debate, and finally, after a bit more wandering about, nearly an

Bart Ehrman vs. Justin Bass on Whether Jesus Believed He was Divine

James White, November 5, 2015, General Apologetics, The Dividing Line

We took the entire hour to begin to review Bart Ehrman’s debate with Dallas Theological Seminary professor Justin Bass on whether Jesus believed Himself to be divine. This debate review will be helpful especially for those who have not heard our reviews of Ehrman in the past, especially when it comes to his historical methodology and arguments. Here is the

Numerous Topics Eventually Leading to a Return to the Brownson/Homosexuality Discussion

James White, November 3, 2015, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Wandered about a good bit on a number of topics, including interacting directly with a Muslim on Twitter who simply cannot (or will not) understand the necessity of consistency and avoiding double standards in debate at the start of the program today. Though I didn’t get to the Ehrman/Bass debate, I still ended up taking nearly 15 minutes talking about

Presuppositionalism/Evidentialism, and then Apologetically Useful Verses

James White, October 27, 2015, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Oneness Pentecostalism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Reviewed comments by Dr. Peter J. Williams on the subject of evidentialism and presuppositionalism, and then moved to a review of key verses you might want to be familiar with in sharing with various groups, including Roman Catholics, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Oneness Pentecostals, Secular Humanists, “Gay” Affirming “Christians,” and finally…with our dear beloved Arminian friends. Hope it is useful! Here

Cross Examination from the Codrington Debate/Phone Calls

James White, October 22, 2015, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Started off with a ten minute clip from the Johannesburg debate from almost two weeks ago, and then opened the phones, with calls on the priesthood in the early church, Leighton Flowers’ on the will of God, and other topics. Here is the YouTube link:

Youth Targeted Calvinism / Book of Romans Torn to Pieces in Service of “Gay Christianity”

James White, October 1, 2015, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Two main topics on the program today. First I mentioned fairly briefly this wild-eyed article from SBC Today as another example of Anti-Calvinist Derangement Syndrome. Had to chuckle at its ridiculous comments on Edwards, though I know it is serious—and sad. But sometimes, you just have to laugh. Then I moved on to discuss Graeme Codrington’s amazing way of removing

James White’s Upcoming Appearances in South Africa

Rich Pierce, October 1, 2015, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Islam, Theology Matters

Friday 9 Oct, 2015 at 7:00pm Gracepoint Church, Duncan Rd, Midrand, 2191, South Africa Debate: Is same sex marriage consistent with Biblical Ethics and Law? James White vs Graham Codrington Saturday 10 Oct, 2015 at 9:00am and at 5:00pm (Rountable Discussion) The C.C.M. Conference Maranatha Retreat and Conference Centre 44 Blende Avenue, Roodepoort, South Africa Sunday 11 Oct, 2015 at

Equal Scales and Honesty in Apologetic Argumentation: Even When Criticizing the Bishop of Rome

James White, September 29, 2015, General Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

On the program today I interacted with JD Hall’s comments about the Pope and the idea that the “cross was a failure” from Monday’s Pulpit and Pen program. All a lesson in seeking to be consistent in our argumentation and use of sources, even when we believe the person we are critiquing to be in gross error. Here is the

Demythologizing Scholarship: James Brownson Examined

James White, September 1, 2015, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

We finally got a start on our response to James Brownson’s presentations on Romans 1 today on the Dividing Line, focusing upon how to recognize how scholars can twist and turn the data to allow them to get to their desired conclusions. We examined Brownson’s attempt to disconnect Paul from Genesis and instead demand that Paul’s use of “nature” should

Shabir Ally on the Deity of Christ, John 1:1, Greek Grammar, Robert Truelove and the Abandonment of Context

James White, August 18, 2015, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, King James Onlyism, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

What is between a jumbo DL and a mega DL? I don’t know either, but here it is…right at an hour and fifty minutes in length, today’s DL will keep you busy looking up references and following the arguments! Took the time today to respond to some statements made by Dr. Shabir Ally in a recent debate he did, focusing

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