Archive for category: Misc

   I learned Sunday evening that Paul Potts won the competition, Britain’s Got Talent. He gets a £100,000.00 prize and he gets to sing before the Queen. Anyone want to bet someday he will be singing and his cell phone will go off? In any case, I am not a big opera fan, but I would pay to hear Paul Potts

   As I look around at what attracts Christians today, I confess, I feel a bit out of touch. The seminars and conferences that really pack them in hold little interest for me. Spending days on end listening to folks trying to convince me about how lucky God is to have me on His team just doesn’t get me overly excited.

   When I first clicked on this link I was worried it was going to be another “Man, can you believe someone like this thinks he can sing?” And when I saw Simon sitting there, my sense of foreboding only increased. But then…well, see for yourself.

   Over the past few months as I have traveled and spoken in various places, one particular hymn has popped up repeatedly in the selections. And in case you have noticed that I don’t exactly sing it out, there’s a reason. Read it for yourself, not as it appears in Protestant hymnals today, but as it was originally written by Frederick

   There are a few of them…they are just hard to find. Poor Episcopalians who stand in the tradition of Bishop Ryle are in the small minority today. In the wide realm of Episcopalianism, the wackier, the better. You have seen my encounter with Spong, and any person with biblical insight cannot help but sit back and shake their heads. But

   Some folks are just constructed in such a fashion that they love to wait till that last minute to get things done. Those of us who are at the doctor’s appointment twenty minutes early just don’t understand you, but that’s the way things are. Procrastination is a common human behavior.    And so, those of us who don’t procrastinate have to

Side note – after 30 some years of wearing tube socks, just last week my wife threw away my last pair and purchased a pack, of what looks and feels like footies (girl socks). So, it is good to see Dr. White with socks pulled up to his knees (although, I didn’t wear mine that high). I’ll have to tell

I am on my way to London and am blogging via my BlackBerry at the gate at the airport. We extend our condolences to the family of Jerry Falwell, the members of TRBC, and the Liberty University family upon Dr. Falwell’s passing. May we all learn to number our days and redeem the time for indeed our lives are like

   Justification in Perspective is a Baker Academic release that many of my readers will want to add to their library. I have wanted to quote a bit more from Nick Needham’s chapter, but time has precluded my doing so. But for those seeking original resource information, especially in regards to patristic studies, on the topic of justification, you will want

Dr. Kim Riddlebarger recently completed a series on the New Perspective on Paul. This audio is a very good introduction to these issues. Part 1 – Why a New Perspective on Paul? What’s Wrong With the Old Perspective?. Part 2 – The Attack Upon the “Lutheran” Paul — Krister Stendahl and the “Introspective Conscience”. Part 3 – Pelagian Jews? E.

   Though we still have a number of months before the October cruise, class, and debate (though, time is a-wasting for you to get your reservations at the SeaTac Marriott!–and remember, you need to go through the links on that page to get our rates and help us with the debate), most of you want to get started on the reading

   You might remember I was back East right before diving into the Tomb book. I was teaching a weekend class on Bibliology. The class, along with the notes, etc., has been put on line, here. Drop by!

Just as we had a cult born before our eyes as in Jim Jones and Marshall Applewhite, here we have another in Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda. Don’t miss this very important interview, which took place on The Narrow Mind with guest Johnny Navarro last evening. Johnny has done his homework and is to be commended.

   Looks like the blog flood has subsided a bit! Wore TQuid and cds and DV out, I do believe! By the way, I wanted to especially thank cds for that tremendous series on Qadar. If you missed it, head for the March archive and make sure you catch up! Speaking of that, I have been playing catch-up on “real life”

   Thanks to the diligent work of Mike Gaydosh of Solid Ground Christian Books, his staff, and my volunteers (Marie Peterson, Carrie Gambill, the rest of the #prosapologian crew), the period of time between my decision to publish a response to The Lost Tomb of Jesus film and the accompanying book, The Jesus Family Tomb, which I believe I made on

   Two weeks ago I began teaching on the topic “A Biblical Approach to Christian Counterfeits.” This is an introductory course that will end up being 12 weeks total. Since the issue of methodology is currently a hot topic, this week and the following two weeks is devoted to this issue. I am presuppositional in my apologetic methodology and therefore trying

   Very excited, but very busy. I think I will make my self-imposed deadline, and seeing the book taking form is very exciting.    For those who have written e-mails to me asking for details on upcoming trips, etc. Book or e-mails. Book wins. Hopefully by the end of the week.    Here’s enough evidence, for anyone who still cares, of why the

Here’s a shocker: Kevin Johnson over at ReformedCatholicism.com actually liked a recent entry I wrote for Team Apologian. I would like to put forth a point of correction and clarification. Johnson notes, “We’ve been attacked before by James White, Swan, and others for stopping just short of the Tiber and not stepping on to the firm rich soil that leads

   The other day I spent some time at the big chain bookstore. I usually grab a cup of coffee, and then head over to the religion section. Most of the time I’m thumbing through books on Roman Catholicism. It’s unbelievable how many books Catholic apologists and those devoted to Rome put out. Usually, the ones I want to thumb through

Didn’t get enough of the Word on the Lord’s Day today? Well, Dr. James Renihan, one of the leading Reformed Baptist scholars in the US, head of the Institute for Reformed Baptist Studies at Westminster Seminary in Escondido, spoke in our services today. His morning message was on Revelation chapters 4 and 5. His seven observations, and then three points,

   Hey, do you think if I link to this for the folks at Solid Ground (who are putting out From Toronto to Emmaus as well), they might sneak a copy into my current order? Hey, it’s worth a try! Seriously, having been mercifully removed from the Pseudo-Scots Club Presidency by as great an authority as Pastor Jim Handyside, I truly

John Piper, Mark Dever and Bruce Ware join together for a two hour discussion on topics such as particular redemption, N.T. Wright on justification, megachurches and more. Here is the link to the audio. This was recorded in November of 2006 during the ETS Conference. BTW: James preached a great sermon this past Sunday on The God Who Justifies.

As some of you know James is in Massachusetts teaching a class on Bibliology at Bethlehem Bible Church. Here is the description of the course: Canonicity, inspiration, inerrancy, transmission, and preservation of the Biblical text will be evaluated in this course. The reliability of modern translations as accurate representations of the original manuscripts (along with provocative topics such as the

   Dr. White described James Cameron’s preface to The Jesus Family Tomb as “Wide-eyed acceptance of absurd claims joined with a gross and abysmal ignorance of simple historical facts and methodology.” I thought a few examples would solidify his point.    During interviews, Cameron has made sure to point out he is not a theologian. He proves this in his preface: “At

   The recent tomb controversy serves as a reminder of how much skepticism the Christian church has endured. The fact that God has spoken, and has done so reliably confounds non-believers. They’ve tried so many different angles to suppress this truth and hide the fact they are responsible to His Holy Word.    In 1778, H.S. Reimarus argued Jesus was a Jewish

   Once again I wish to thank everyone who has expressed concern, and support, with reference to the break-in a few weeks ago. A lot of progress has been made. If it is a computer in my office, it is now cabled down securely. Our doors are finally in. In fact, here is a shot I just saved from our security

   We’ve seen it coming for a while now. With the entrance of Mitt Romney into the 2008 presidential election, the subject of Mormonism would be front and center. But, given the mind-set of Secular America (might as well capitalize it: it’s the official religion of the nation), I for one expected exactly what we are getting. First, anyone who dares

   The folks over on the Catholic Answers board came across my entry, Who Has The Fullness of Truth? The first set of criticisms concentrate on the differences I noted between Biblical conversion and Roman Catholic conversion. First I was said to miss the need for baptism in my citations of Acts 8:35 and 16:14. While indeed there is a Biblical

   Anyone in the Phoenix area: do you know this man? He is our thief. Last August he stole my tablet PC and a number of other items from my office. This morning, at 7:49am, he did it again. My tablet, once again, is gone. He took a very nice travel bag as well (with various connections and the like, my

   One of my RSS feeds is Bill Dembski’s Uncommon Descent. This morning he has linked to a very well done spoof of Richard Dawkins, The Dawkins Delusion. I am now convinced that Dawkins does not exist, how about you?

   On the DL today I will be making reference to various kinds of manuscripts and styles of writing. So here are some graphics.