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After a thorough and exhaustive review of Dr. Ergun Caner’s public statements, a committee consisting of four members of Liberty University’s Board of Trustees has concluded that Dr. Caner has made factual statements that are self-contradictory. However, the committee found no evidence to suggest that Dr. Caner was not a Muslim who converted to Christianity as a teenager, but, instead,

The local Lynchburg paper called to get a comment on the action of Liberty in not renewing Ergun Caner’s contract as Dean of the seminary, but in extending a one-year teaching contract to him. The reporter indicated that he is not expecting further details from Liberty. He asked questions, such as who was on the committee, etc., but they declined

This was just reported by the News and Advance out of Lynchburg: Liberty University announced today that Ergun Caner will no longer be dean of the university’s Baptist Theological Seminary. After an investigation conducted by four members of Liberty’s Board of Trustees, the university said it found that Caner has made “factual statements that are self-contradictory” concerning “dates, names and

I really dislike dishonest men, so when I was directed to the accusation, posted by a critic who has a long track record of incredible prejudice and bigotry, accusing us of “withholding” videos from debates, I was properly incensed. Why do these people insist upon personal attack before doing the first bit of research? Of course, this isn’t a “Muslim”

Waiting for my flight home here at the airport in Detroit. I was referred to this blog article by a student at Liberty. I noted the following: Within the first 20 minutes of class Ergun is chatting about the accusations against him, but made it clear that he isn’t worrying about the issue or looking in to it…yet…well never mind.

Monday June 21st Doors Open at 6:30pm “Jesus: A Prophet of Allah or Divine Son of God?” Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Awal vs. Dr. James White ALERT: Sheik Awal has unilaterally backed out of this debate therefore James will be giving his presentation ANYWAY! Come and support Dr. White as he stands in the gap at: Calvary Church 11338 Ozga Road,

Just a reminder I will be back on “Jesus or Muhammad” live tonight at 8:30pm EDT. Last night’s program has been posted here. Once I get the embedding commands straightened out, I will post it here as well. Tomorrow night I will start the audio live feed from the debate as early as I can, hopefully no later than 6pm

Before my first word about Ergun Caner’s deceptive statements, my teaching history was documented and well known. There was no question about it, no mystery, no controversy. In fact, I learned recently I have a former student teaching at Liberty (don’t worry, I still like this person, so I won’t name him). I began teaching Greek for Golden Gate’s brand

Gene Clyatt, who for some odd reason has a fascination with small furry rodents with large fluffy tails, just tweeted an important development in the Caner Scandal: the story has been picked up and published in the Tehran Times. Here is the story. The English is rough, as one might expect, but it is a fairly wide-ranging summary of the

“I would fight and die for a Muslim’s right to build a mosque in every city in America.” That’s a line taken from what Caner’s website in 2005 described this way: He debated Michael Moore in a nationally syndicated column entitled “Hatriotism.” I found what appears to be the colorful column (part 1)(part 2). The article is critical of Michael

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I just saw the most absurd (not offensive, just absurd) argument in the Caner situation I’ve ever seen. Someone (I haven’t even bothered keeping up with this guy) was arguing that my Arabic tutor, Issam, missed a portion of Surah Al Fatiha in our video, and hence we should be exposed! He begins with the absurd accusation that he’s downloaded

I recently uploaded six years of the GPTS Annual Spring Theology Conferences (1998-2003) to Sermon Audio. There is quite a bit to feast upon including (most include Q&A and some include debates): 1998 THEME: Southern Presbyterianism (NOTE: this was the first conference and the topic was fitting for the occasion; Dr. Pipa became the first president of GPTS) *Introduction to

A number of times I have been asked to narrate what “started” my involvement in the exposure of Ergun Caner’s plethora of mythical promotional claims. Which is why there is a picture of a huge, yummy, massively unhealthy white chocolate peanut butter tub (that’s too big to be a “cup”) over there to the right. Here’s the story (and note,

There are some changes to the debate schedule for the Dearborn (Romulus), Michigan debates. Please note changes in times, debate topics and debaters. Note: Debates are subject to changes and cancellations Debates Suggested fees: $8 Each, $5 Student for each debate or $15 Each, $10 Student for all debates The Great Debate Series June 16 – 21, 2010 Wednesday June

Dr. James White will be interviewed on the Iron Sharpens Iron( www.sharpens.org ) broadcast live, 6-7pm EST today reviewing the timeline of his dealings with Ergun Caner and the reasons for the recent controversy. (Please note, before the broadcast starts there is Spanish language broadcasting on the channel.) For those who have found out about the investigation only recently, this

I had known about this for a while, but was waiting for the posting of this information. When you are telling the gullible, excitable Christians one thing on Sunday morning from behind the pulpit, and yet you tell the Turkish reporter (who can tell whether you speak Turkish or Arabic and check out your claims to have been raised in

Can an atheist speak truth? If he says “2+2=4” is the statement less true than if a Christian said the same thing? Many Christians have been saying a Muslim could not possibly be saying something that is factually, really true. But this kind of epistemological bigotry is neither biblical nor rational. Christians should be people of truth in all spheres

What happens when you seek integrity in ministry and particularly in apologetic outreach to Muslims? You would think many would stand with you, encourage you, appreciate the effort. And, that is the case. By far the vast majority of the contact we have had over the past few months after I challenged Ergun Caner to be honest about his false

It has been pretty difficult for anyone to find any evidence of either of the Caner brothers engaging in debates with leading proponents of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc., as Ergun’s pre-2010 bio used to claim. But maybe we have discovered why! We were looking for debates in English! This May, 2002 article in SBC Life may help us find those

Many people have asked me, “How could Ergun Caner think he would ever get away with all the tall tales he told in the pulpit?” Good question. I have no idea. If I were to make up fake Arabic while speaking before an audience (not just slaughter it, as I have in the past!), I would always be in fear

I was informed this afternoon that Dr. Norman Geisler has spoken out on the controversy concerning Ergun Caner’s refusal to openly and publicly answer direct, honest questions concerning the documented contradictions in his public pronouncements and claims concerning his past. The material, posted by Peter Lumpkins, is prefaced by Lumpkins’ claim that Dr. Geisler invited him to “spread it far

SB 1070 is “Senate Bill 1070,” passed a few weeks ago here in Arizona. I am one of the very small percentage of human beings on the planet who has actually read the entirety of the legislation (it is not, like a certain “health care bill” rushed through Congress a few months ago, thousands of pages long). It only took

Yesterday I noted some of the comments showing a high level of devotion to a personality (and a low level of concern for the facts of the case) from a particular Facebook page. When I pulled the text I decided to remove the names, as I was not responding to individuals, but making a general observation about a group of

I just saw this video (I may have seen it before, hard to remember), but I noticed it has more views than anything I’ve ever done on YouTube. I find that humorous. Apologies to Erasmus who gets burned instead of Servetus. 🙂

I will admit, I have not taken a lot of the “cult of personality” stuff very seriously over the past number of years, mainly because I am a member of a small church, in a group of churches that really tends to shy away from that kind of thing, at least as it appears in the broader spectrum of evangelicalism.

Just read this: So, did a fight over Calvinism lead to the questions about Caner’s background? That certainly seems to be a possibility. A fascinating one, too, although if Caner truly has fabricated his background, his theological leanings may not make a lot of difference at this point. The article is referring to the comment in this source hinting that

On Wednesday May 19, R.C. Sproul will be on the Iron Sharpens Iron radio program. Dr. Sproul will discuss Tough Questions Christians Face (the theme of Ligonier Ministries’ 2010 National Conference). Iron Sharpens Iron is a live broadcast airing daily 6 to 7 P.M. (Eastern Standard time) on WNYG 1440 AM in the New York City area. You can listen

Many thanks to WMG who sent me the AP article from 2002 that, it seems, yesterday’s AP article referred to in regards to Ergun Caner’s honest communication of his story (minus the embellishments that have accrued since then). The sad thing here is, this is a touching and powerful story, which has now been forever marred by the attraction of

As soon as I got into my car after spending over five hours on Mt. Lemmon outside of Tucson last Wednesday, I got a call requesting me to speak with an AP reporter on the Caner saga. So as I was driving across Tucson (note to Tucson: you really, really need an East/West corridor aka freeway. Really) I was on