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Reformed Thomists?

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Should evangelicals really agree with about 88% of Thomas Aquinas’ Summa? Well, that is what was claimed in a recent article in the Master’s Seminary Journal, so today we tackled that subject, hopefully in a respectful and brotherly fashion. I had intended to get to the Hess/Pallmann pseudo-review, but will have to hold that off till the next program. I

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Pale Blue Dots, Philosophy, Feser, and Mt. Carmel

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Yeah, good luck figuring out that title! Covered a lot on a 100 minute program today, from scientism to the Pullmann/Hess debacle back to Aquinas and the Baptists and finishing up with the “Mt. Carmel Challenge.” We definitely covered the waterfront today!

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Road Trip Debate Review, Quick Comments on Pallmann/Hess Review

, , Church History, Debate, General Apologetics, Molinism, Personal, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Road Trip, The Dividing Line

Out in the middle of Texas somewhere near I-10 at a pretty nice little RV park (it is a former KOA, but now has a nice little cafe that just provided me with a very tasty, fresh cheeseburger) that I will definitely visit again in the future. I pushed myself to get here in time to do a DL and

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Two Responses, More Than Two Hours

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I chose to provide two responses on the program today, hoping that both would provide opportunities for teaching and, by refutation, edification of the saints. The first, which took up most of our time, was a response to about ten relevant points (and those were about all) in the 2 hour, 45 minute video posted recently from Tim Stratton and

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Aquinas Invades the Reformed Baptists, Tim Stratton Continued

, , Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Molinism, Personal, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line

Well, I really was not trying to make today’s program a pre-view of what is upcoming for my students when teaching Church History and Apologetics, but, we did cover that area. First portion of the program was a bit “in house,” discussing the rise of Thomism in the midst of Reformed Baptists, so that some are accusing myself and Jeff

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First Program on Odysee: Omicron Variants, SCOTUS Case, TROnlyism Again, Responding to Tim Stratton

, , Abortion, Atheism, Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Molinism, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, TROnlyism

It was nice not to have to run a “words you can’t say in 2021 in the US” filter today as we were not live streaming on YouTube. Discussed the spike protein, selection pressure, Fauci’s constant lies, etc., as the Omicron Craze sweeps the nation. Briefly commented on the oral arguments from yesterday on the SC abortion case, was dragged

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James Lindsay on John 1:1, then Calls

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Spent the first twenty minutes responding to the excitement on Twitter yesterday when James Lindsay made reference to John 1:1. Then we took calls on baptism, whether it is James or Jacob in the New Testament, the vaccine mandates and the military, and church membership when you are Reformed and your church isn’t. The Dividing Line 11/18/2021 James Lindsay on

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A Possible Source of Plato’s Natural Theology, According to Augustine

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In my last post, I directed our attention to Book VIII of City of God. It was there that Augustine took up a discussion regarding the Platonic philosophers. After his overview of this philosophical lineage, Augustine continued his discussion of the philosophers of the Ionic school. In this post, I would like to first direct you to a few generalities

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It’s Just a Coincidence Illustrated, Back to Middle Knowledge with WLC

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Started off with a few minutes about the facts regarding the Kamala Cookies (forced vaccine mandates) and the reality that billions of dollars will buy you tons of lies. Then we moved back into reading and interacting with Dr. William Lane Craig’s presentation of middle knowledge and Molinism in his book, The Only Wise God. The Dividing Line 11/11/2021 It's

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A New Open Phones Format Show!

, , CBGM, Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Eastern Orthodoxy, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Islam, King James Onlyism, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Well, let me tell you, Rich is one happy camper. He got the bright idea today, really only a few hours before we started, to use Zoom to allow folks to call in to the program today. And…it worked. So I started off with about 20 minutes or so in response to a King James Only advocate giving a completely

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The Philosophical Genealogy of Aristotle, According to Augustine

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In Book VIII of City of God, Augustine takes up a discussion regarding the Platonic philosophers. He gives a fascinating genealogy of the philosophers (which he takes from Plato) who were in the line of succession up to Aristotle. In this post I want to review what he said there, consider some of the implications, and then consider what Augustine

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Being Reformed, Provisionism in Rome, Aquinas in Geneva

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Covered a range of items today but mainly looked at comments from the Provisionists on the nature of grace, and then looked at a defense of the new “Reformed Thomism” as well. Went nearly 80 minutes.

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Redefining Family, Chic Racism, Horse-Dewormer, Religious Exemptions

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Misc, Musings, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, The Dividing Line

I do not know how to title a wide ranging program like today’s! We discussed the Buttigieg adoption scandal, Jory Micah’s racism, the amazing crash of Ivermectin from 2015 Nobel Prize winning drug to 2021 horse-dewormer, and then a lengthy discussion of medical exemptions, including the statement Apologia Church has produced on the topic. I also read through an attack

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Road Trip DL from Boise

, , CBGM, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Islam, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Technology, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Considered the implications of the rapid fall of Afghanistan back into the control of the Taliban at the start of the program, then gave a report from my time in Moscow at the Grace Agenda Conference, NSA Commencement, and preaching at Christ Church. Then looked a bit at the release of Mark in the ECM and the release of the

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The Episode to Treat Insomnia

, , Church Fathers, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Yeah, I know. I did warn everyone beforehand saying this would be a seminary-level program, and, well, it was. Just a little discussion of today’s journey and where I am before getting into Gregory’s confession of faith once again. For some reason I really felt like I need to provide a lot of background information today, so, I did. After

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Another Road Trip DL

, , CBGM, Church Fathers, Debate, Eastern Orthodoxy, General Apologetics, Islam, Persecution, Personal, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Talked a little about the trip so far (including my ascent of Mt. Evans this morning), then noted the continued destruction of the Constitution in the United States by the current Regime, and then moved to an in-depth discussion of Gregory of Nyssa’s concluding sentences in his brief epistle, “On Not Three Gods,” once again allowing us to address the

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Equipped to Engage Conference will be LIVE at 6:00pm EDT

, , Atheism, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Post-Evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism, Theology Matters

Please join us for an evening of powerful messages as Dr. James White and Dr. Jason Lisle equip us to engage Roman Catholics, the LGBTQ community, evolutionists and atheists with the truth of the Gospel. The event starts at 4pm MDT with a break from 5:15 – 6:30pm

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Live with Dr. Jason Lisle from Colorado Springs

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

We did another Road Trip DL today and we had our first special guest, Dr. Jason Lisle of the Biblical Science Institute! We “geeked out” (according to my daughter) about fractals and science and worldview. It was a lot of fun! Make sure to get his new book on fractals, available here.

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A Multi-Faceted Program

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, King James Onlyism, Offense, Open Theism, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Resources, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Covered a ton of topics from Doug Stauffer’s claim that I changed the text of The King James Only Controversy because of his refutations (false), to the weaponization of medicine, the onset of vaccine mandates, and the rise of trans-humanism. Played some pretty creepy videos (well, Rich thought they were creepy). Talked about Leighton Flowers a bit, and Rich tells

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Theodicy: A Defense of God’s Holiness and Sovereignty in Light of the Existence of Evil

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology

Ten years ago this month I invested just under two hours responding to objections to the Christian faith from a young man who was, in essence, leaving the faith. This was one of the most in-depth discussions I’ve offered, over the course of three days, of the topic of theodicy, and that in specific response to someone who was leaving

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First DL from Mobile Command Center, Then Dale Tuggy Punches Low

, , Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

We did our very first live DL from our new mobile command center, aka, our 5th wheel unit that will be my living quarters as I travel around the US in the future (starting at the end of next month with a nearly 4000 mile loop around the western US, followed by my journey to Atlanta for the G3 Conference

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Dividing Line/Sheologians Mash Up

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I did the program from Summer’s home today (they are installing the 5th wheel hitch in the truck today) so we talked about all sorts of stuff, including the SBC, how much the world has changed since Sheologians began, etc. Summer has come a long ways from her guest appearance on the show 25 years ago when we had her

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Travel, Worldview, Flowers and Open Theism

, , Christian Worldview, Debate, General Apologetics, Open Theism, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I’m not overly good at titling these things, am I? Started off telling everyone about our new travel initiative and the coming “A&O Travel Rig,” which will involve a 5th wheel RV and the truck to pull it. We will start talking to churches real soon so as to get as much ministry benefit from traveling as possible. So, I

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“White Nature,” the 1946 Lie, Jimmy Akin

, , Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Three main topics today on a 75 minute edition of the Dividing Line: first, asking what Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, means by “white nature” and where this concept comes from. Second, we look at the trailer for the 1946 movie that is being fund-raised for right now regarding the alleged “mistake” in translating arsenokoites at 1

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A Post-Chauvin Verdict Show

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The initial verdict came down right at the start of the program but we pressed on anyway! We looked at the Rob Hoogland situation in Canada and the essence of transgender insanity. We looked at the “horrible damage” Samuel Sey did at Ambrose by…speaking words (the horror!). Discovered that some folks think there is no “threat of CRT” in the

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Marty Duren and Big Eva, Vaccine Passports, and then Open Phones

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, General Apologetics, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with a reminder that we are fast approaching (later this week) the 500th anniversary of Luther’s appearance at the Diet of Worms, and discussed the significance of that. Then we covered a few topics like Marty Duren’s hit-piece on Faultlines by Voddie Baucham and the coming vaccine passports (in light of the volcanic eruption down in the Caribbean),

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The Coming SBC Split

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Offense, Pastoral Theology, Persecution, Racialism

That wasn’t the only topic we covered today, as we looked at a number of items, but in general we looked at the reaction that erupted to a simple tweet from Dr. Josh Buice, a reaction that came from staff or students at the three largest Southern Baptist seminaries. We also looked at what wokeness does to one’s theology from

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Various Woke Explosions, Tim Keller, then Trent Horn

, , Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Managed to keep things relatively short today after yesterday’s two and a half hour marathon, going only an hour and twenty minutes today. Looked at various “woke explosions,” including the published commentary from Dr. Willie James Jennings of Yale on the book of Acts. Then we got back into Trent Horn’s presentation on church fathers from 2019, going into some

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