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Unanticipated Discussion of CBGM and P45, Then Beginning of a Review of Ijaz Ahmad’s Video on OT/NT “Corruption”

, , Church History, General Apologetics, Islam, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

I started off thinking I’d mainly respond to Ijaz Ahmad’s video today and then open the phones, but alas, I mentioned a little bit about the Coherence Based Genealogical Method in regards to some volumes of the TuT series (Text und Textwert) that had just arrived today and people started asking questions and I ended up saying a LOT more

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Beyond Mega Length Edition of the DL: Textual Critical Topics, Islamic Topics, Response to Theodore Zachariades

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Mormonism, Oneness Pentecostalism, Open Theism, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Went two hours and eleven minutes today (sorry!), but had a lot to cover. Too many topics to list, but basically a lot on the new Tyndale House Greek New Testament, textual critical topics, Muslim apologetics issues, the Qur’an, and then responses to Dr. Theodore Zachariades on the topic of the decree of God and the will of man, i.e.,

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Thanksgiving as a Christian Trait, Free Will, the Decree of God, and Theodore Zachariades

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

As it is two days before Thanksgiving we started off with about 20 minutes of thought, based mainly on Ephesians 5, on that vital topic, and then moved on to a discussion of Chapter 9 of the London Baptist Confession of Faith, “On Free Will,” in light of the recent debate and an article from Dr. Zachariades.  We hope everyone

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Orthodoxy, Justification, James 2, Dale Tuggy, and Jordan Hall Rebukes Rodney Howard-Browne

, , Christian Worldview, Eastern Orthodoxy, General Apologetics, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Jumbo (90 minute) edition of the program today starting off with a discussion of Hank Hanegraaff’s video in response to John MacArthur leading to a lengthy (though somewhat concise) exegesis of James 2:14-24.  After this I briefly addressed Dr. Dale Tuggy’s challenge to debate the Trinity.  Finally I spent the rest of the program discussing Jordan Hall’s interruption of a

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Ephesians 4:29-32 Applied to Christian Communication, A Hack-Job Video, and Francis’ Unorthodox Views

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Mormonism, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Started off with some geeky stuff, a few new books, etc., then moved to Ephesians 4 and how we are to behave as believers, especially in the realm of communication.  Moved seamlessly into a hack-job video that P&P is promoting, a personal attack upon me.  Played the whole thing showing how whoever produced it (Hall knows and isn’t saying) purposefully

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Speaking the Truth in Love, Destroying Others, then Back to the Free Will Debate

, , General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with biblical discussions regarding how Christians are to interact with others, leading to some thoughts about those who wish to “destroy” others in the name of Christ.  Then turned back to the Free Will debate that was the subject of the previous program, listening and responding along the way.  105 minutes today!  More than a jumbo, less than

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Travel Report and then the Pope on the Death Penalty

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

Started off talking about my trip to Ft. Worth and Washington, D.C., and then moved on to the Pope’s comments on the death penalty last month and its impact upon Roman Catholic “infallibility” and teaching authority. Here is the YouTube link: Live Video Stream The Dividing Line is on YouTube video. Our YouTube channel also provides videos of most of

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South African Controversy and Debate, and More Reformation History

, , Church History, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Took a look at a little controversy down in South Africa about a debate between Christian Jonathan McLatchie and Yusuf Ismail on whether the Trinity is consistent with the Old Testament revelation of God’s nature.  Played a few minutes of Yusuf’s rebuttal and engaged his arguments.  Then in the last fifteen minutes of the program we went back to our

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Jason Lisle on Apologetics and Science, Honesty in Textual Criticism, More Reformation History

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Technology, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Started off with my good friend and brother in the Lord, Dr. Jason Lisle, head of the Biblical Science Institute.  Jason and I discussed some of his books and, well, lots of super geeky/nerdy stuff.  Then we really shifted gears and I addressed an accusation made against me last week saying that my daring to talk about the textual variant

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Washington Conference, JefftheGK and IFD, the Lollards

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

Went straight to the office from the airport upon my return from Dallas to do the program today.  Was joined by Mike O’Fallon of the Sovereign Alliance at the top of the hour, talking about the tour to Germany a few weeks ago, and about the upcoming Washington Summit he is organizing.  Then we moved into a lengthy review and

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Archbishop of Canterbury Can’t Answer Direct Questions, More on the I Am Sayings of Jesus

, , Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Snuck a quick DL in today, covering Justin Welby’s inability to answer a direct question on the nature of sin, and then spending most of our time continuing the discussion of the I Am sayings of Jesus in light of the comments of Craig Evans and Mike Licona.  Hope it is helpful! Here is the YouTube link: Live Video Stream

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Horrible Arguments for the Roman Priesthood, Did Jesus Say the I Am Statements?

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Started off covering a Catholic Answers article trying to find “clues” to the Roman priesthood in the Bible.  Then moved on to the main topic, that being the discussion of whether Jesus said the “I am” statements as per the Craig Evans/Bart Ehrman discussion, and Mike Licona’s commentary thereon last week.  Resulted in an in-depth discussion of inspiration especially in

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Worship in Spirit and Truth, Totalitarianism, Robert Spencer Retreads

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

Started off the DL today with a review of some important thoughts from John 4, then looked a bit at the continued advance of totalitarianism.  But spent most of our time looking at today’s Jihad Watch article re-treading the Yasir Qadhi story.  Robert Spencer shows us once again the difference between approaching Islam from a worldly perspective or from the

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Another Mega DL! Lots of Topics, Including P&P, Proud of Multiple Abortions, Muslim Arguments, KJV Onlyism

, , Abortion, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Islam, King James Onlyism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Uncategorized

Hard to even remember the number of topics we covered today!  Looked at a tweet from P&P about my being “childish,” looked at a new contributor to WorldView Weekend who is just repeating the same old, oft-refuted errors, listened to William Lane Craig misrepresent Calvinists (again), played the disgusting clip of an actress proud of her multiple abortions, looked at

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Steve Camp on BTWN: Reviewed and Refuted

, , General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Theology Matters

Took the time to play portions of Steve Camp’s appearance on The Bible Thumping Wingnut and provided a rather full response to his arguments, or, in most cases, non-arguments regarding ministry to Muslims, apologetics, gospel presentation, etc.  IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THIS TOPIC, SKIP THIS EPISODE.  But there are some pretty important issues covered here. Here is the YouTube

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Report on Trip to Birmingham, South Africa, and London, Along with More

, , Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Personal, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Covered my two weeks overseas with lots of side-trips and commentary on related issues, and toward the end focused upon some issues that came up in my debate with Zakir Hussein on the crucifixion, especially John 17:5 and Psalm 22:16.  Also showed off a new Bible, a Polish translation of The Roman Catholic Controversy, my Bates hat from London, and the

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Meme Day on the Dividing Line

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

Showed a bunch of memes today and interacted with them, mainly on Islamic issues.  Then read two brief articles from Bassam Zawadi, also from Facebook, and interacted with them.  Wide variety of topics, actually, hopefully helpful to more than just those who engage in ministry to Muslims.  Enjoy! I also mentioned toward the end of the program the sermon I

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Just Can’t Argue with the Video

, , General Apologetics, Islam, Personal, Reformed Apologetics

My sincere thanks to Justin Bullington for putting together this short video that simply decimates the false narrative spun by Steve Camp, Janet Mefferd, Brannon Howse, and their followers.  Needed to be done, now here it is.  Putting the actual words right next to the misrepresentations and spin is VERY effective—at least for those with ears to hear, anyway. Update

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A Clarification on the Trinity for a Muslim/Brannon Howse on the Hagmann Report

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

For the first 45 minutes we played a video from a Muslim asking a question about the Trinity based upon how the Holy Spirit “overshadowed” Mary.  Since he asked for Christians to explain the passage, we did!  Then we moved to last night’s Hagmann Report which, in the first hour, featured Brannon Howse. Here is the YouTube link:

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God Made Man and Woman. PERIOD. Then Back to William Lane Craig and Presuppositionalism

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

The first half of the program was prompted by the Presidential statement (Tweet!) on “transgenders” in the military and the reactions to it from the secular totalitarians.  What are the worldview implications and foundations? Then in the second half of the program we went back to the last portion of the comments made by Dr. William Lane Craig on the

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More on WLC and Apologetic Methodology (First Hour), Karlo Broussard on the Alleged Parallels Between Atheism and Sola Scriptura

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

First hour we played material relevant to apologetic methodology as William Lane Craig continues his very interesting, if somewhat confusing, interaction with the debate Sye did on the radio.  But we only got halfway through that, as I wanted to review some comments by Karlo Broussard on catholic.com attempting (badly) to parallel atheism with Protestantism (specifically, a belief in sola scriptura).

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William Lane Craig on Presuppositionalism, More on the White/Howse (Get It?) Controversy

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

Simply had to deal with William Lane Craig’s review of a debate on apologetic methodology at the start—we will be waiting further installments as this conversation continues.  Then I moved on to comment on the Janet Mefferd Show episode that aired Monday, Brannon Howse’s turning me over to Satan, etc. and etc.  Comments on 2 John 7-11 as well.  A

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A Little Bit on Eugene Peterson, a Whole Lot on James Simpson

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Did about twenty minutes on the Eugene Peterson controversy regarding gay marriage, etc., and then moved into a rather full response to the James Simpson interview on the Janet Mefferd Show.  Played entire clips from the interview and responded, fully, to the politically-based accusations from Simpson, and then played Janet’s objections and responded to them as well.  I really appreciate

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Useful Idiot for Islamism? Or Adorning the Gospel of Christ? A Response to James Simpson and American Thinker

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

In light of the airing tomorrow of an interview with James Simpson, author of “When Evangelicals Become Useful Idiots for Islamism” (American Thinker, 6/24/17) on the Janet Mefferd Show, we did a special program for those who will be looking for information in light of that interview.  We went over the controversy and pointed out that Mr. Simpson’s article is

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The Apostle Paul’s Simple Response to Brannon Howse

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Pauline Studies, Persecution, Uncategorized

There is a lot of fearmongering going on over at Brannon Howse’s “Worldview Weekend” ministry in recent times. Mr. Howse has been consumed by an unchristian fear, including his guilty-by-association conspiracy mind-set. The Gospel has been neglected and tarnished by Howse’s misguided, personal attack against James White and Alpha & Omega ministries. His thin-skinned, protracted assaults are only hurting Howse

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Cultures That Abandon God’s Light Lose that Light, Then Hebrews 1:3 Textual Critical Discussion

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Pauline Studies, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Mainly discussed the move toward embracing transgenderism as a proper Christian viewpoint by the Church of England in the first half hour, and then moved to a discussion of a textual variant in Hebrews 1:3 as an illustration of a number of things in the second half hour.  Both live from Evergreen, Colorado via Skype.  Hope it is helpful! Here

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Skype Dividing Line from Evergreen, Colorado

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

I guess the single theme of today’s Dividing Line was: let’s interact with the world with gentleness and reverence since, well…the Bible commands us to do so.  Thoughts on the development of the “fundamentalist mindset,” a little look at the attitude expressed by “Truth Defenders,” and more.  Enjoy! Here is the YouTube link:

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