Archive for category: General Apologetics

Well…here it comes. From Friday the 10th through Friday the 24th I will be engaged in four debates—one in defense of the doctrines of grace, one on the Bodily Assumption of Mary (which I assure you will be a debate on Rome’s claims to ultimate doctrinal authority more than anything else), one on Unitarianism (in partnership with Michael Brown on

If you live in the Twin Cities area, sign up for Introduction to Apologetics that will be taught by Justin John Daeley. It will begin October 7th, meeting on Thursdays for eight weeks, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Click here for more information. Also, this fall, I am teaching Biblical Interpretation. And starting in January, I will be teaching Basics of Biblical

The 2010 God and Culture Conference on Apologetics was held today, Saturday, August 21, 2010, at the Oakbrooke Bible Church, in Waterford, Michigan. Thanks to some speedy recording and uploading, the audio from the conference is already available. As you will note, Dr. White spoke during two of the sessions. Session One: Pastor Christopher Brooks Session Two: Dr. James White

Albert Mohler has provided an article updating the battle over innerancy, and mentioning the work of Peter Enns and Kenton Sparks, who stand opposed to the Biblical and historical doctrine of innerancy. (link to article) It’s an interesting article to read. The one thing I don’t like is that one might get the idea that the battle over innerancy is

Ever feel like time is speeding up on you, and you’ll never be ready for what’s coming? This Fall makes me feel that way! Please pray about my trip to Minneapolis in October, not only for the conference, but for my meeting with Bethany House Publishers. I desperately need to take a break from debating in the not too distant

I am thankful I purchased this book back when it was initially in print from a major Christian publisher. It went out of print, and at one point a friend of the ministry even paid to have a special print run done, so valuable is the historical information contained therein. For anyone with an interest in the field of the

Darrell Bock calls out Bart Ehrman on his bias here. Bock comments on Ehrman’s The New Testament: An Historical Introduction. I have read this book cover to cover so I can attest to Bock’s lament. Ehrman’s MO is to prejudice his conclusions with, not so much to what is said, but on what is not said (Ehrman does this as

Here’s a video clip of Mr. Camping explaining what the end of the world will be like. Mr. Camping explains exactly what will happen on the last day. This video clip is from an interview in Camping’s Oakland office a few weeks ago. From the article which accompanies this video: “He’s also unafraid to talk about the toll his evangelical

One of the attributes of God is the ability to forgive sins. This is stated explicitly in Exodus: Exodus 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth

One of God’s attributes is immutability. All Creation changes, but God does not change. This is expressed in two ways. The first way is directly: Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the

I have already adduced several proofs of Jesus’ divinity, but I will add to them. One of God’s many attributes is that he is all-encompassing. Scripture puts it this way: Isaiah 41:4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. Isaiah 44:6 Thus saith

One of the unique characteristics of the LORD God is his ability to know the heart of man. Others may have some remarkable insights into human psychology. Nevertheless, God alone knows the heart. We see this taught in the Old Testament: 1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of

In a previous post (link to previous post), we discussed the fact that Jesus’ miracle of walking on the water is one proof of his divinity. Another proof of Jesus’ divinity is Jesus’ ability to control the weather and especially the storms at sea. Matthew 8:23-27 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold,

Reading through a commentary on John by Theophylact (circa A.D. 1055-1107) I came across a proof of Jesus’ divinity that had escaped my attention many times (pp. 101-02 of the English translation of his “Explanation of the Holy Gospel According to John). Surely all the readers of this blog are already familiar with the event: John 6:19 So when they

This week, men from around the world gathered in Mississippi for the Twin Lakes Fellowship. Martin Downes (no relation to me) had the opportunity to address the issue of heresy in his lecture “Heresy Never Dies.” You can listen to this lecture by clicking here. Downes is the author of Risking the Truth: Handling Error in the Church. You can

Yesterday on the DL I played a portion of Bart Ehrman’s comments in a “debate” that took place at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on April 1, 2010. He was debating NT scholar Craig Evans. From the introductions, folks came from all over to hear this encounter, even from the UK. As I rode along one of my familiar routes in

(Please see the end of the article for an update from Jim Elliff.) I was directed to an article posted by Jim Elliff relating to…well, what I do, and I am compelled to provide what is hopefully a brotherly rebuttal and response. On Thursday April 1 Craig Evans debated Bart Ehrman at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on the topic, “The

   Very shortly after my debate with Dr. Bart Ehrman in January of 2009, Joel McDurmon, who attended the debate, posted an article on the American Vision website criticizing my argumentation and claiming I had in essence claimed to “steamroll” Ehrman. He said the debate showed the limits of “evidentialist apologetics,” which left me completely dumbfounded as well. In any case,

For those who did not get to watch live, here is the program we did in London on the reliability of Scripture on Genesis-Revelation TV.

Thursday was a busy day for me. I had to get packed and out of my hotel room early, and I gave the last presentation of the conference on the very difficult and challenging issue of Peter Enns. I did not get access to my e-mail until I was sitting at the gate in Charlotte waiting for my flight back

Ergun Caner appeared on Calvary Chapel’s “The Pastor’s Perspective” show on January 22nd. During the course of the program he made the following comments: “I like very informal ones. Formal debates have been taken over a lot by myopic Reformed guys, uh, they try to turn it into these little, uh, show ponies, it’s like the Jerry Springer Show, basically,

WHO: Dr. James White, writer and founder of Alpha & Omega Ministries WHAT: Winter Bible Conference – A Faith Worth Defending WHERE: Rockdale Community Church, Conyers, GA (DIRECTIONS) WHEN: Feb. 5th-7th, 2010 (Friday 7pm – 9:30pm & Saturday 9am – 5pm) WHY: Because we are all commanded to be prepared to give a defense CONFERENCE SCHEDULE REGISTRATION: Registration for this

Dr. White has already provided some thoughts on Dawkin’s comments on not debating William Lane Craig (link to Dr. White’s comments). This is not to contradict anything he said, but just to provide another perspective on it. Recall that Dawkins’ original comment was: “… and I don’t take on people whose only claim to fame is that they are professional

I recently read Doug Groothuis’s review of the new film Collision (the debate/discussions between Christopher Hitchens and Doug Wilson). Already knowing that Groothuis does not favor presupposition apologetics, I was still surprised to find this comment in this review: “Those trained in apologetics, will note that Wilson uses the Van Tillian presuppositional method (with some help from C.S. Lewis on

Michael Kruger from RTS Charlotte concluded his review of Jesus Interrupted with these words: In the end, Jesus Interrupted can be best summarized as a book filled with ironies. Ironic that it purports to be about unbiased history but rarely presents an opposing viewpoint; ironic that it claims to follow the scholarly consensus but breaks from it so often; ironic

Dr. James White’s most recent debate with Dan Barker, entitled “Jesus: Myth or Messiah?” is now available in high quality mp3 format from the Alpha & Omega Ministries Bookstore Here’s the link. The CD and DVD versions of the debate are still in the works, with hopes that they too will be ready soon. This is the debate that you

There are few things more disgusting to me than unwillingness to be honest and forthright in your faith. If you believe X, then confess X, and don’t be ashamed of X. So when I was directed today to an “interview” that “Servetus the Evangelical” did recently about his apostasy and self-promotion, I was almost made ill by the fact that

   It seems the Fundamentalist Atheists are at it again. According to this news story, they are planning a campaign to plaster pro-atheist ads around New York subway stations. I’m not objecting to them doing this; it is, after all, their Constitutional right to exercise free speech. However, I think it is instructive to observe the Christian message (sure, they don’t

Sorry, but that seems to be the way to identify it. I noted last night the 2009 National Conference on Apologetics, and how the one thing clearly not open for discussion would be…the Gospel. Why? Because Rome’s gospel, evidently, is to be viewed as “acceptable” by those heading up the conference, since they are inviting Roman Catholics to speak and