Archive for category: Misc

Our chat channel, #prosapologian, is the busiest channel in the Starlink-IRC network. You’ve heard a lot about it on The Dividing Line. I thought I’d share some comments that go scrolling by the screen with those of you who are not channel rats. This morning, for example… I think as postmodernism and its gaggle of children spread ever

For those of you who are net savvy, or have a real browser like FireFox, you will note that we now have a real blog, RSS compliant and all that stuff. Most of you will not really see any difference, but it will be a lot easier on me (especially when I travel) to keep current. No, Dave, I’m not

Why do we find the following? Mark A. Seifrid, Christ, Our Righteousness (Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000). Contrary to the title, Seifrid denies the traditional Protestant doctrine of the imputed righteousness of Christ in justification. (Fred Malone in the Reformed Baptist Theological Review I:1, 109). Seifrid will disappoint the confessional Protestant in at least two of his positions: (1)

When men no longer acknowledge their created status, the result is this. The imago Dei is more than a theological phrase. It impacts life. TexPresby’s Citation of Archibald Alexander is well worth a read.

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The Parrot A young man named Ray received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, insulting, and laced with profanity. Ray tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music, reading poetry, and anything

It is so very strange to hear the new American way of speaking of “being thankful.” Normally, when you are thankful, the object of your thankfulness is known and understood. But given the inroads secularists have made in twisting our laws and the intentions of the founders of this nation, we now have the odd specter of object-less giving of

The Anti-Christian Litigation Union is busily running about the US doing all it can to protect the sensitive souls of atheists from any public appearance of religion once again this holiday season. But if you really want to know the truth, listen to George Washington’s establishment of the observance of Thanksgiving: George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation Whereas it is the

My apologies for not noting that I will be on the national radio broadcast of Issues, Etc., this evening at 10PM CT. Here is the link. The subject will be my book, Scripture Alone.

My apologies to all the Les Brown fans out there. I am so utterly sick of The Da Vinci Code I don’t know what to do with myself, but it is not going away, and with a movie now in the works, it is time to make every believer an expert on the issues involved. A plethora of books/booklets have

Well, there we are! The photographer almost had a cow when we showed up for our picture. “How many of you are there?” A few folks missed out, but this is the main group. Yeah, you could say they knew we were on the boat. I think the only larger group was the bridge tournament group. Ironically, they played in

I apologize for not getting to the textual variation discussion as I had planned, but the best laid plans of mice and men and all (and I would rarely call what I do these days “best laid plans”). I am traveling to LA today, and will try, as best I can, to get something blogged before the debate, and, if

Well, here we go! Debate last night, conference today, headed to sea tomorrow. Great group of folks headed to sea for seven days including numerous presentations on justification (along with other things). Steve Camp will be singing, Phil Johnson and David King will be speaking (I will as well, of course). I’ll report on the debate on the Dividing Line

Father, my nation has no basis upon which to seek Your blessing. You are the King of Kings, the ruler over all nations, and You know how deeply my country has offended Your honor and Your law. My people seek every opportunity to engage in rebellion, and You have begun to place over us men and women who are open

Had a great time at Bethany Baptist in Peoria, IL, speaking on the Five Solas in celebration of Reformation Day. Also got to spend some time talking with unbelievers at Bradley University there in Peoria (quite a challenge!). Have only a few days at home before heading to LA for our national conference, debate, and cruise!

Headed to Peoria for the weekend, speaking on the Five Solas in celebration of Reformation Sunday (October 31st, for those of you just discovering that there’s something more important about that date than you had been told). Won’t be able to get home till Monday evening, and with the LA debate/conference/cruise just a few days later, well, blogging is going

If you are a leftist, you can run for office from the pulpit of a church. If you are a conservative, you can’t. If you are a leftist, you can produce films filled with outrageous lies and ridiculous conspiracy theories, and you will be celebrated and paid handsomely; if you produce a film on the right that is fully documented

So I get this e-mail today from DR saying that if I really accepted the apology for the last colorful-metaphor-filled blast from a staff member there, I’d pull it from my blog. I pointed out in response that I would, but, since I read the letter on the air, and mentioned I had posted it on my blog, its absence

Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, CA, some folks, new to boating, were having a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t get their brand new 22 foot boat, going. It was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how much power they applied. After about an

When you study Greek as a first year student you work hard to learn basic paradigm rules and apply them so as to be able to recognize the grammatical forms of the language (in the older way of learning you just memorized huge tables of forms, but we have learned that is a very counter-productive way of doing it). And

If you were unable to tune in last night, we recorded (from our end) the brief interview on KFAX in San Francisco. Here’sthe file. Enjoy! Dave Armstrong: I haven’t read the open letter I was informed of during the course of the DL last night, but I’ve been told you wish to “chat” as I “chatted” with Jonathan on Tuesday

Some folks find it just too dull and repetitive. We do a lot of things at the Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church that go against all the current “wisdom.” Yes, we are a small flock, and I imagine a number of folks would say that we are so because we refuse to “get with it.” But I just have to wonder

Well, you nutty Canadians who have for some odd reason been looking forward to this, here I come. Off to speak on proclaiming the Gospel in the context of Islam and Roman Catholicism in Toronto this weekend. Lord willing, back on the Lord’s Day, and back to the blog on Monday.

Today Paul Owen (click here for picture) showed his utter disregard for truth, honesty, and fairness, by posting on reformedcatholicism.com a screed that should pretty well end any confusion in anyone’s mind about his ability, or willingness, to speak the truth in love.  I have posted a number of his loving e-mails on this blog, and on the NTRMin webboard,

I have said (many times of late) that I hate politics. The truth of the gospel is not a football to be used in political maneuvering. Unlike what many seem to wish to assume, I address what I address on this blog (outside of the rare humorous articles) for the betterment of the church of Jesus Christ, to the glory

It was great to meet all of you who traveled to Middletown for the apologetics conference this weekend. I’m exhausted, but it was great to get to meet you all! Thanks to Jeff Downs for all his work. I was truly blessed to get to meet again, after 30 years, the pastor who baptized me as a young person at

The patient people of the Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church endured the “second string” (i.e., Pastor Fry was on vacation) this past Lord’s Day. I spoke from John 8:21-59 in the AM (save) and PM (save) services. Topics addressed included false faith, man’s inabilities, Christ’s deity, and the sacred cow of libertarian freedom (the denial of which prompted the transformation of

Lest some of you think you managed to convince me to abandon my sense of humor and the use of well crafted, purposeful, high-quality cartoons to make a point—you were wrong. Angel has simply been swamped with “real life” and unable to carve out any time for us (can you imagine what he’d come up with regarding some of our

Mike O’Fallon tells me we have been able to extend the super low rates on our cruise through August 8th, if they are paid in full up front. Remember, this still costs less than visiting a theme park for a week, and though the thrill of a roller coaster is not included, this has far better food, and something called

Did you know it is 827 miles from the Dollar rental car location near Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix to Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, California? What a trip. Long story, I won’t go into it. It did put me way behind in proofing the galleys of Scripure Alone, but hopefully I’ll get caught up. I am