Archive for category: Misc

I really need to fire my secretary. Well, that’s me, actually. I am home for barely a week before heading to Greenville, then home for only two days before heading to Leavenworth, Kansas! Talk about a busy start to March. In any case, I am looking ahead to the debate with Robert Price at the CRI National Conference in May

Just a quick note as it is moving toward 1am here in London. I just listened to the 2/25 edition of the Pastor’s Perspective program. A caller asked the question that I had suggested on Wednesday’s DL, specifically, how do these synergists explain the picture of regeneration found in Ezekiel 36 where God takes out the heart of stone and

Working on my presentation for tomorrow evening:

Chris Arnzen hosts the daily radio show, Iron Sharpens Iron. Each day, Chris presents an hour long interview on topics that are important to Christians. For the past number of days, Chris has been interviewing the contributors to the book, Glory Road: The Journeys of Ten African-Americans into Reformed Christianity. The interviews have been fascinating. All the interviews are available

Dr. James White will be in London for the next several days. Lord willing, Trinity Road Chapel will be hosting him for free talks on the reliability of the New Testament: Friday 19th February at 8pm Saturday 20th February, 3pm Additionally, Dr. White will be preaching at Trinity Road Chapel: Sunday, 21st February at 11am and 6:30 pm Finally, the

Wow, what a week. I spoke 14 times over eight days, finishing up with a long period of teaching with Sam Shamoun on Islam at the First Arabic Baptist Church here in Phoenix today. A very enjoyable time! Next Tuesday on the DL I want to comment on last week’s debates. Michael Brown did a program on Calvinism the next

Evidently Anthony Buzzard was listening to my exchange with Michael Brown today, and, not surprisingly, being a Socinian, is far more in line with Arminian soteriology than Reformed. Here is a comment he left on Dr. Brown’s website: Dr. Brown, I think you should continue to press your point about the constant plea of God that we choose to do

Well, the Lord answered prayer and opened the way for an Unbelievable Radio Program debate with Sir Anthony Buzzard, formerly of Atlanta Bible College, one of the leading Socinians of our day. Justin Brierley just confirmed his willingness to do the debate on the 23rd of February while I am in London (in fact, Justin is attempting to arrange a

First, TurretinFan posted a fascinating quote from Erasmus that I had not seen before: What weight the authority of the church may have with others, I know not; but with me it weighs so much, that I could be of the opinion of the Arians and Pelagians, if the church had approved their doctrines. TurretinFan asks if Cross, Beckwith, and

On December 12 I annouced the annual conference of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. At that time, the brochure was at the printer. Now, you can access the brochure, schedule, registration (not live yet), and anything else you want to know about the conference, by clicking this site http://www.gpts.edu/conference. I look forward to seeing some of you there. I will be

It was a year ago this week that I first mentioned the Ministry Resource List. Since then, this little idea has been a tremendous encouragement to us. Those of you who have assisted with resources through this means don’t know how edifying it is to know that there are folks out there who want us to continue pressing forward doing

We received this e-mail this morning: Quit talking about the manhatten declaration. who cared…revelation says the millenium is 1000 years. amillenialism is false. Well there you go, folks! Bret Zagar has his priorities straight! Let’s not worry about that gospel stuff, let’s get that eschatology stuff right! I confess, I am thankful Bret noted that it is “Revelation” not “Revelations.”

I have been away this week attempting to do some studying on various topics, and writing on projects that I have simply not been able to get to while at home. I am working on a chapter in response to Frank Beckwith’s arguments in denial of sola fide, and I am also working on the expansion of the book refuting

Many had been wondering when RC Sproul would comment on the MD, and as most of you know, he has finally broken his silence. He strongly asserts a direct connection between the MD and the ECT, citing from comments made by Colson which I had not read. Colson, one of the leading voices bringing confusion to the nature of the

Now, I have criticized, strongly, the apologetic methodology of William Lane Craig. I would debate Dawkins quite differently than Craig would. But that aside, it is fascinating to observe the level of hubris, simple personal self-deception and arrogance, that defines Richard Dawkins as a human being who has dedicated his every moment of existence to his leadership of, and membership

While there is nothing on the GPTS website yet, the brochure is at the printers and being sent out. So, I guess it is safe to post the following information: Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary will hold their annual conference March 9-11, 2010 at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church, Simpsonville, SC. Below is a list of topics (in order) and speaker: “Englishing

Reformed Baptist Preaching (Hebrews 4:1-11): Non-Reformed Baptist preaching (Ergun Caner at Thomas Road Baptist Church this past summer).

For my tenth consecutive year I will be visiting the brethren at the Covenant of Grace Church in St. Charles, Missouri, beginning Thursday evening, 7pm. We have tried, a number of times, to arrange for a debate there, but can’t find opponents. So, I will be playing clips from the folks we can’t get to debate the subject, and responding

I am talking to Rich about doing another DL on Wednesday of this week since Thursday is a travel day and I will be out of touch all of next week (i.e., no DLs at all). We would do it at the regular Tuesday time. I was on Mike Abendroth’s “No Compromise Radio” program this past weekend. He rode 180

Yeah, no intelligent design here. Just random processes over time. Yup. Sure. Just awesome.

I just noticed that Zazzle is having a $9 off tie sale starting right now. Why should you care? Well, some of you have seen the ties I’ve designed for various debates that have biblical manuscripts or the like on them. For that biblical-geek in your life, might be a great Christmas gift, and $9 off is really good. I

Well, it’s nice to have company on this. 🙂 The Manhattan Declaration Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 (By John MacArthur) Here are the main reasons I am not signing the Manhattan Declaration, even though a few men whom I love and respect have already affixed their names to it: • Although I obviously agree with the document’s opposition to same-sex marriage,

I was directed to some comments made regarding the concept of unity and Rome’s constant attack upon the Scriptures and the doctrine of sola scriptura. Someone had made mention of my home church, which is partly what drew my attention. A comment was left by Joey, who said, Your comparison is not well structured. First, you are comparing a single

Steve Noel wrote this morning and identified former professional golfer Kermit Zarley as Servetus the Evangelical. A brief look at his website seems to confirm this, as he has written a few religiously oriented books, and, more importantly, says the following: North Park University’s gregarious New Testament professor, accomplished golfer, and my close friend–Dr. Scot McKnight–a well published author himself,

Last Saturday evening those in attendance at the dialogue in Queens know that I asked a number of direct questions of Imam Sayeed relating to Surah 4:157. One of the reasons I did so was because I knew there were Muslims in the audience who take a different view of the text, and I wanted to illustrate that simply taking

When I landed in NY on Friday evening I found that TurretinFan and Steve Hayes had both responded to our Thursday DL caller, Wes. Steve responded here, and TurretinFan added some comments here. As you saw, TurretinFan had already linked to a rather extensive discussion he had posted a few years ago on the Grounding Objection here. I am thankful

Greetings from Westbury, Long Island. I managed to get the first half of last night’s debate up this morning, and now that I am finished with my Lord’s Day duties, I’m compressing the next portion of the debate. My camera died before the end of the debate, so I had to use my little Casio for the last few minutes,

It is always neat to see one of your professors from Bible College “making it big.” 🙂 In this case, Stephen Nichols, professor at Lancaster Bible College spoke at this years Gheens Lectures (Nov. 3). Speaking of Al Mohler, Jr., the Gheens Lectures are held on the campus of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Here are topics Nichols addressed (click

That’s what I was thinking this morning as I rode and listened to Dr. Albert Mohler’s radio program on my iPod. If you have not subscribed to his podcast, take my advice and sign up. Few people can express Christian worldview issues like he can. Of course, he’s also much more polished and urbane than I am. We end up