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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

The stories about the debauchery of the New York fund raiser for Democratic candidates Kerry and Edwards are all over the net (not nearly as much on televised sources). Combine that with this story and you simply have to wonder.

I will be teaching in Mill Valley and Rich Pierce will be on vacation (I looked that word up: what a fascinating concept!), so the offices of A&O will be closed for a week. That also means the next Dividing Line will be Tuesday, July 20th.

I love computers. But I hate computers. Know what I mean? When they work, they are a joy. When they don’t, they simply drive me nuts. I really lose a lot of progress in sanctification when a machine that should act in a precise and logical fashion seemingly doesn’t. But anyway, I managed to beat the network problem after a

I do not remember where I read that about fifteen years ago or more, but in essence, the womb now has a window, and I saw the impact of it just yesterday. I happened to be grabbing a bite to eat and flipped on the telly (my way of keeping our British readers happy). “Good Day Live” was on out

If you have ever wondered how it is conservatives are told they can’t address issues of “politics” while liberals can stand in certain churches with impunity, you are not alone. Here is a must-read article on the continued efforts to deny free speech based upon conservative religious belief.

Only an hour or so after posting the story on the imaging of pre-born children below, Pastor John Samson, affectionately known as SillyBrit2, dropped me a story from London on the impact those images have had in causing folks to rethink abortion laws (!!!). It also contained the link to the on-line videos themselves. Here they are. Enjoy, and share

I’m sorry, but I refuse to pay $1.25 for five lousy minutes on a local call, and then $0.15 per minute thereafter. But that is what the hotel across from Central Park wanted (I guess since it is right next to the Trump International Tower that explains it), so I didn’t even try. And with preaching duties on the Lord’s

Apologies for being AWOL, but Monday the phones went out at my hotel, and that put me way behind. I’ve been updating PowerPoint presentations, one for tonight on the Witnesses (did you know their baptism rate continues to decline, down 20% since 1999?) and then a pretty much fully new presentation for the American Bible Society on Saturday. Google’s image

Early this AM (and when you are on PDT and you fly to EDT, 5AM is actually 2AM, so the term “early” takes on new meaning) I got up so I could head up to the graduation ceremonies of a small Christian school in upstate New York. It was an honor to speak, if only briefly, at the graduation. So

Downright simplistic, I guess. I am just now starting to realize how very naive I have been over the years. I had this very strange idea that when someone said, “Hey, I love your work, and stand with you in believing we must hold firm to the doctrines of grace, the sufficiency of Scripture, and the centrality of justification,” that

Here is a flyer for the upcoming seminar in Toronto.

Stats, stats, stats…Let’s see, 3284 e-mails hit my main e-mail address in the past month. 793 were “real,” 2491 were spam. That averages 83 spam e-mails a day, seven days a week. Thankfully, my anti-spam service nailed all of them. Also averaged 26.4 “real” e-mails per day. Since I was on the road most of the month, I only wrote

Well, right at the end of today’s DL RH4JC came up with my article on Phil. 2:5-11. Another ministry had been given the right to post it (if anyone knows how to get hold of the proprietors, let them know our phone numbers are wrong on this article, it’s 973 not 873). Here’s the article. BEYOND THE VEIL OF ETERNITY

A guy whose nickname uses the genitive form of a second declension noun sent me the following citation. Man does it speak the truth:  “such men that are for middle ways in points of doctrine have a greater kindness for that extreme they go half way to than for that which they go halfway from.” Traill, Justification Vindicated, 2

The Lord was gracious once again, and here I am back on “the Island,” as it is called by those who live here. Modem is working, computer is on, and here we go…

Today is a travel day, I speak tomorrow, and Thursday I’m visiting the new LDS Temple in Manhattan, so the blog explosion of the past few days will now come to a screeching halt. Feast for famine I guess.

Sorry to disappear without even a notice, but packing up and prepping for a debate often takes more time than one might think! I will be headed to New Jersey very early in the morning, but hope to get caught up a little on the net and the blog when I get back tomorrow afternoon. For now, remember this coming

Irrationality drives me nuts. There, I said it. I lose my low-level sanctification in a big fat hurry when someone demonstrates by their words or actions that they haven’t the first interest in thinking logically or fairly. Ask the folks in #prosapologian. I can be very long-suffering with some folks, but demonstrate that elementary logic is missing in your thinking

There can’t be a war without two sides. You will note I have refrained from posting anything in a number of days. Has this slowed down the vituperative rhetoric from certain quarters? Not in the slightest. Even when I returned to my hotel after defending the institution of marriage in debate (remember, I just want to live in my little

I’ve known about Pat Tillman for a decade. I began hearing about him when he was a walk-on at ASU here locally. The reason I remember him was the consistency of the comments about him: “He’s too small for his position, but he makes up for it with a big heart, a huge amount of discipline, and a lot of

I was listening to Doug Wilson’s sermon on Galatians 1:6-9 this morning while working out (listening to such material allows me to do research for upcoming events, such as the debate in November, while “redeeming the time” and keeping this old body functioning semi-properly). Anyway, one thing he presented really hit me in a very positive way (see, you can

I should be posting a more detailed listing of my speaking engagements in New York beginning May 15th in a few days. I look forward to the opportunity of once again meeting with the saints in the New York/New Jersey area.

The Gobbler (don’t ask) sent me this link. Kudos to the African Anglicans for standing up and being counted. God bless them for it.

And the current #prosapologian poll is: Amillennial: 58% Historic Pre-Millennial 31% Post-Millennial Non-Reconstructionist 3% Post-Millennial Reconstructionist: 3% Pre-Trib, Pre-Millennial Dispensationalist: 3%  

Well, it shouldn’t shock anyone that the folks in #prosapologian correctly guessed my eschatological viewpoint! And before you hit the “send” button, please realize I have informed our volunteers to delete, trash, and otherwise ignore any e-mails wanting to debate eschatology. That I still do not do. There are plenty of places on the web where you can find any

Just got a letter about an incredible opportunity the CSNTM has to greatly advance our knowledge of ancient Greek manuscripts relating to the Old and New Testaments. They need another $6k to make their goal. This work is vital, so consider helping them. Visit their site and see the donations page. For those interested: interaction with TGE. I would direct