Archive for category: Misc

   Bill Feltner did a really in-depth interview with me on my book, Pulpit Crimes, for airing on the Pilgrim Radio Network. The program will air 11/27&28 at 2am, 12:04pm, and 9:04pm.

(Click here for media bios and photos.)           Publications   Books     The Fatal Flaw (Crowne Publications, 1990) Answers to Catholic Claims (Crowne Publications, 1990) Letters to a Mormon Elder (Crowne Publications, 1990, reprinted by Bethany House, 1993) Justification by Faith (Crowne Publications, 1990) God’s Sovereign Grace (Crowne Publications, 1991) Drawn by the Father (Crowne

While eschatology is not an issue I’ve spent any considerable amount time studying, I am looking foward to a future event. Perhaps you will as well. The seminary I attend will be holding their annual conference on the topic A Reformed View of Eschatology The Website for this conference is now up and you can check things out by clicking

Just the other day Alan mentioned lectures by Dr. Richard Bauckham (Ph.D., Professor of New Testament at the University of St. Andrews). Alan’s post was updated, which states that there are no recordings of the lectures. Dr. Bauckham also spoke at Westminster Theological Seminary this week on the topic “The Four Gospels and the Other Gospels: Is Our Canon Right?”

   For those working in the Islamic field, Lane’s huge 8-volume lexicon is now on line here. The hard-bound set is quite impressive, but take it from me…it also gives off an odd odor. Seriously. Its permanent home in my library is only a few feet from my keyboard.    Frank Beckwith, apart from showing up on blogs quoting the Council of

   Formal night is always fun on a cruise. Folks clean up pretty good! Here’s most of our group, minus, sadly, Rich and his family (who got sent the wrong direction by someone on the ship’s staff!). The sun was setting and coming through the huge windows at the back of the Mercury (it’s a gorgeous dining room), so the colors

Recently Shabir Ally posted the following as part of his response to our debate in Seattle: Did Jesus Really Say, “Do this in remembrance of me!”?    These words are attributed to Jesus in the Bible in Luke’s Gospel 22:19b-20: “Do this in remembrance of me!” In this way, we learn, Jesus instituted the regular observance of the Eucharist, the use

I was on Chris Arnzen’s Iron Sharpens Iron show talking about “Martin Luther: Facts and Fiction.” I addressed the indulgence controversy, the historical understanding of sola fide in church history, and other facts and fiction surrounding Luther’s life. The MP3 can be found here.        Recently, Dr. Ashley Null was on Iron Sharpens Iron, speaking on Thomas Cranmer and the

Please note: I just finished a multi hour Arabic tutoring session (had a great time, I have a great tutor!) and I want to get this posted but IE simply refuses to cooperate. So, the following works fine in FireFox; looks OK in Opera, and if you use IE, well, “Your condemnation is just!” 🙂    We had a lot of

   We are docked in Victoria, so I am trying to get some Internet access. We have experienced the longest Internet outtage I’ve ever seen on a ship before, and only got access this morning. But even then, I am unable to establish the kind of access I need to get to my e-mail, so if anyone is writing to me

   I’m half tempted to add a new category, “Various Illegal Activities Caught on Video” or something like that.    By my estimation our nocturnal visitor probably got himself a handful of glass for very little. I have carefully examined the video now (remotely!), and he was in the offices less than 40 seconds. Our alarm makes a horrid racket. Obviously, you

   The Puritans called it a “dark providence.” Far from home, your cell phone rings. It is the alarm company. Yes, again. This man arrived outside our offices around 3:42am. He managed to get through the iron bars on the window, break it, and get in. Of course, that set off the alarm. It was a bit frustrating to log into

Not sure how much I’ll be able to post, but I’ll do my best to keep things going. Don’t miss the Dr. Kim Riddlebarger’s series on “Eschatology and the Antichrist.” I believe there will be four parts; two are currently posted online: Part 1 – The Biblical Doctrine of the Antichrist (9/28/07) Part 2 – The Man of Lawlessness: Nero?

   Bill Webster has posted his own testimony in light of the constant drum-beat of promoting Catholic converts. Here’s his article. Bookmark that one! When someone sends you some emotional, fluffy conversion story, send them to Bill’s. The contrast is striking, at least for anyone who loves the truth, that is.    Secondly, I’ve been Simpsonized! MB ran me through the Simpsonizer,

   Yesterday, in responding to the straw-man representation of “Baptists” presented by Jonathan Bonomo, I replied to the assertion that Baptists have separated themselves from “Christendom” (I used the term Christianity, since as a good Baptist I don’t believe it is appropriate to dub something “Christian” that lacks the gospel and the Spirit and, also as a good Baptist, I’m not

   Heading home in the AM, Lord willing, but was kindly provided with the mp3s of my sermons today, and when I asked some folks in channel whether they’d like me to post them, they said yes, for some odd reason. So here is the AM sermon from Colossians 3, and the evening sermon from Psalm 15.

The latest from the Areopagus Journal (May 2007): “Veritas: Troublesome Movements in the 21-Century Church,” by Craig Branch. “Emerging Error? An Evaluation of the Emerging Church Movement,” by Criag Branch. “The Package Matters: Problems with the Church Growth Movement,” by Phil A. Newton. “Speaking for God? A Response to the Apostolic and Prophetic Movement,” by Keith Gibson. “Seeing is Believing:

   I did. Stupid cat wanted out again. Well, that was after my daughter’s car alarm woke me up. But anyway, I knew about the eclipse, so I looked up, and wearily said, “Cool.” For some reason, I went back inside, got out my little digital camera, and decided to try to take a picture. Yes, I know. That’s dumb. I

Here is a paper by Dr. Rodney Decker titled “The Rehabilitation of Heresy: ‘Misquoting’ Earliest Christianity.” The paper was presented in July of this year at a faculty summit. Decker is professor of NT and Greek at Baptist Bible Seminary, Clark Summit PA. Here is also a psuedo-response and a formal response by Andy Hudson.

   My daughter tells me her philosophy prof has already learned how to ignore her in class (I guess today he was rambling on about how Augustine was just sexually repressed or something). Anyway, if you know someone who would like to stand out on campus this fall, how about one of these new items? Taken from my oft-repeated assertion, “Theology

Dear James, It is not charitable to lie Jim. I pray the veil, if their actually be one, be lifted from your eyes. Same old lies; same old James. May our Lord and Creator (anf Founder of Holy Mother Church) have mercy on your deceitful( or just plain stupid)soul! In His Most Sacred Heart and under the folds of the

Last night I had the privilege of teaching at Reidville PCA in Reidville SC. The topic was “An Overview of Biblical Hermeneutics.” If you are interested, the audio is online here. Keep in mind this was a basic overview, no heavy details. Here is a fill-in-the-blank handout that went along with the lesson. Also, if you are interested my first

   For those who would like to listen in to Chris Arnzen’s interview of James Swan (for channel rats, JavaMan’s interview of TQuid), here’s the program. Enjoy! Well done, TQ! Just wait till you see the wacky e-mails this will produce. There seems to be an entire group of Roman Catholics out there who absolutely hate Martin Luther. I mean, they

   Next Wednesday Gerry Matatics will join Chris Arnzen to explain his adoption of the sedevacantist position and his assertion that that the current leadership of the Roman Church is invalid. You will want to be listening to Iron Sharpens Iron at 3pm EDT for this program. You can listen live here. Then, on Thursday, I will join Chris to review

The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, Vol. 11, No 2 Editorial: Articulating, Defending, and Proclaiming Christ our Substitute, by Stephen J. Wellum. “A History of the Doctrine of the Atonement”, by Gregg Allison. “The Atonement in Isaiah’s Fourth Servant Song” (Isaiah 52:13-53:12), by Peter J. Gentry. “Songs of the Crucifi ed One: The Psalms and the Crucifi xion”, by Derek

Here are a few (new) papers that maybe of interest. Papers were presented at the 2007 International Society of Christian Apologetics (June 1-2): Latter Day Atheists: The Problem of Omnipotence in Mormon Theology“, by Adam P. Groza. What Did He Hear and Where Did He Hear It? Apologetic Reflections on the Person of the Spirit in John’s Gospel, by John

   Tired of fluffy, man-centered “preaching” that is 9/10ths motivational speaking and 1/10th watered-down Christianity? It is always good to be reminded that there was a day when godly men of great learning and insight fearlessly proclaimed the truths of a divine revelation called the Holy Scriptures.    Here is a volume you might wish to look into from Joshua Press, compiled

   I fine-tuned my Google Blog Search gadget and got rid of all the references to basketball and politics. As a result, I found this article by “iggy” from Billings, Montana. Thankfully, iggy later admitted his error, and recognized that there might just be more than one person on the Internet with the initials JW, or “Jim W.,” etc.    If I’m

   I think it was November last year that Solid Ground announced that they were putting Ussher’s A Body of Divinity into print. I ordered a couple for Christmas presents…of course, the folks I got them for will wonder if they are for Christmas ’06 or Christmas ’07, but hey, as long as they have the book in hand at some

   Trying to get back into the swing of things, and it is always a task to dig back out from the “normal things of life” after being gone for a while.    First, here is an interview that I found fascinating and useful. Many do not realize that there are, indeed, many Islamic intellectuals. Here is an example of one, a