Archive for category: Misc

   I’m on the road again, but I’m not speaking anywhere. I’m actually off studying. Don’t want to get too specific, but yes, it has to do with Islam. But, I should still have net access, so I will keep plugging away here.    Haven’t seen how we can exegete Romans 5:1 via the “mind of the Church” yet, and, to be

   Steve Hays has commented on the exchange with the folks at the oxymoronic website here.    Johnson has attempted a response here, but, has only demonstrated that he has no answers, because he keeps shifting the ground, as I will demonstrate when time allows. Owen has likewise replied. Given his position he can do nothing more than keep proving my points

   Greetings from Tom’s River, New Jersey. A fairly uneventful (if rather bumpy) flight out here yesterday. Speaking this evening, tomorrow, and Sunday. Here are the details once again.    Just a quick “thank you” to the Calvinist Gadfly for this article this morning. I followed his links and was once again deeply touched to think of our brothers and sisters who

Actually finished the challenge on the 21st, 202,000m. Given that I was gone some, I averaged right at 7800m/day. I PUMP IRON WITH THE PYROMANIACS I GOT SCHOOLED BY THE PYROMANIACS photos by Summer White

   I just learned that the insanely low costs for the October cruise on the Mercury will go up on 1/1/07, but, still, you can sign up with nothing more than a $50 fully refundable deposit before then! It’s time to move! I have talked to literally dozens of folks who have expressed interest in coming with us for The Cross:

   I just ordered a copy of J.R. Miller’s Come Ye Apart from Solid Ground. They are having a year end sale and this devotional in hard-back was only $7.50. Check out what they have available.    Last, last, last chance to be a part of the apologetics class at Golden Gate in the Phoenix area starting next Tuesday evening.    Also, for

   A number of times I have had students and staff from Liberty ask me a question something along the lines of, “So, why worry about this Calvinism stuff? Does it really matter?” Aside from the issues we addressed in our gift to the students at Liberty (found here), there is another example to be offered in answer to the question.

   What a wintery day here in Phoenix! A storm snuck up on us (the weather forecasters were talking about sunshine and a high of 61 right up to when the storm hit!). It’s a drizzly 44! But I love it.    Anyway, two quick notes. First, there is a religion forum co-hosted by the Washington Post and Newsweek, and here you

Don’t take your Bible to Saudi Arabia, noted by Tim Challies. Great post by TQuid on the always popular, but highly doubtful, “Council of Rome” claim. While you can’t take the Bible to Saudi Arabia, whatever you do, don’t talk about Mohammed in Pakistan. They’ll ban your book. I check out the ID weblog of Dembski etc. fairly regularly, and

   Omar Abdel-Rahman, the “blind Sheik,” imprisoned years ago for his role in a plot to blow up New York City landmarks, has left instructions to “extract the most violent revenge” should he die in prison. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Quaida’s second in command, has said, “I call on every Muslim to make use of every opportunity afforded him to take revenge on

   First, I know you all have already gotten this book, and I apologize for it taking so long for us to finally start carrying it, but I would recommend to your reading Reinventing Jesus by Komoszewski, Sawyer, and Wallace. You may even disagree with a few perspectives taken in the book, but will benefit greatly nonetheless simply because the authors

   Steve Hays forwarded me an argument from an Orthodox apologist charging Thomism (and by extension, all of Romanism) with monothelitism (monenergism). I see it suffers from the same kind of “make a conclusion in this field of theology, transport it over here and use it as a club to beat someone over the head” fallacy as Prejean’s does, but it

   I would like to introduce a fine brother in the Lord and co-laborer in the work, Colin Smith, to the readers of this blog. I have asked Colin to join me in the work of making this waypoint in cyber-space useful and beneficial to the people of God. You may find some of Colin’s materials linked elsewhere on our site.

   Before heading back into the cold of St. Charles I looked back at the archives from last year, and had to chuckle to note that I had written an article while waiting for the return flight and had noted that they needed new carpet at gate A-16. Well, this time out, we sat on the tarmac for 35 minutes waiting

   I will be on with Chris Arnzen on Iron Sharpens Iron at 3pm EST on WNYG. Listen in!

   That has to be the longest title for a blog entry yet. A new record. At least I don’t have to worry about a comments string like poor Dan Phillips. There is something…almost sad about that. (wink)    First, Angelz now has his own blog, so, I can link to his toons and you can get mad at him instead of

   Well, just when you thought it was safe to dig your credit card out from under the rock in the back yard, the folks at Solid Ground leap out from behind a tree and hit you with A Body of Divinity: Being the Sum and Substance of the Christian Religion by Archbishop James Ussher, the great Irish Puritan leader. Till

   Over the years I have certainly done my best to be consistent in examining my own traditions in the light of Scripture and encouraging others to do the same. I’ve surely ruined a lot of “good” sermons that way for many, but the long-term value is more than worth it. Two examples of the damage done by man’s traditions nullifying

   Now here’s something I didn’t expect to see. This is a picture shot through the studio window of WEZE in Boston back in 1993. I’m facing the camera. That’s Gerry Matatics’ back. The host’s name was Janeane Graph or Grath or something like that. This was the very day I referred to in my book, Mary: Another Redeemer? in these

   We had the largest group on the Veendam, 149 folks in all. Here’s the group picture from formal night.    As I mentioned, I hope to play a few clips from the Spong debate tomorrow on the DL. But one of the comments he made that really caught the attention of many was his repeated assertion that everytime, during the audience

   I just happened to pop on CNN in my cabin and whose face did I see but Tony Campolo. On the screen he is identified as a “spiritual adviser.” So I started listening very closely, as they were discussing the Haggard situation. What words did I hear? “Problems.” “Asking for help.” “Issues.” “Problems.” “Needed to be liberated.” “Restoration process.” “Demons

   Some of our fine folks on board are still live-blogging the Pulpit Crimes cruise here. Make sure to drop by and see their running commentary!

   I promised to post a pic of Don Kistler speaking in the main auditorium. He spoke on buying the truth and not selling it (Proverbs 23:23), so here it is. It was a great presentation and folks were very blessed thereby.    In the afternoon, David King spoke on the centrality of the headship of Christ to the very nature of

   Just finished the session with Steve Camp on the Emergent/Emerging Church movement. Tomorrow Don Kistler speaks in the morning, and tomorrow afternoon David King speaks as well.    It truly amazes me that as we move along at 20 knots out here in the middle of the ocean I am able to be on the Internet via satellite uploading pictures and

   Greetings from somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico. Though our first night was pretty rough (high seas due to high winds) we are all doing well here on the Veedam. I have already spoken three times, Steve Camp has spoken as well. Tonight there is a panel discussion. We have 149 folks in our group, meaning more than 1 out

   For those who might be looking to get some needed credits in your continuing education, or who just wish to further your studies, I will be teaching Special Studies in Philosophy–Christian Apologetics, a 2-hour graduate level course for the Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary during Jan term, 1/2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12, 5:15 to 9:05pm. The class

   The pre-publication price on Pulpit Crimes from Solid Ground has only a few days left on it, so grab it while you can, and, while you are running by the website, take advantage of their sale running through 10/31. And, if you think that is a Halloween sale, well, you need to buy many more books from them, like, on

   For those who have encountered yet another “Ergun Caner Uses Small Parts of Spurgeon Sermons” post on his website, enjoy reading the entire sermon. Remember, Ergun thinks Spurgeon denied limited atonement, too. He is tremendously selective as to what he will respond to and what he will not. I have said many times, the amazing thing about the statement “Jacob

   I’m watching with interest Eric Svendsen’s attempted interaction with Paul Owen. I am sending two large bottles of Advil to Eric as a gift. He’ll need them.    If you are dying to comment on the Caner/Lynchburg stuff, Tom Ascol’s blog has a comments section. I’m actually reading them.    I had a real interesting experience today. Did a 36 mile ride

One of the results of posting snippets of a book while you are writing it is you get to see who is going to fire a full broadside at you without ever once considering fairly a thing you have ever said, are saying, or will ever say. While typing away on the chapter on pluralism I happened to look up

   Not much time for anything but writing, but…    Miki says she will call the DL as long as I do not dominate the conversation with sophistry and anger. Yet, she has never listened to the DL, so, how would she know…oh, never mind. If you want an example of more of this kind of thing, check out the melt down