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Road Trip DL: Tucker Carlson, Doug Wilson, and Pope Francis

, , Christian Worldview, Homosexuality, Musings, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Sounds like the beginning of a lame joke, doesn’t it? But, it was actually two topics, first, my responses to the Tucker Carlson/Doug Wilson program. Then, we looked at Pope Francis’ idea that homosexual men are working out “love.” The program started fine, then, our internet connection died (yes, we are working on improving that situation, but can’t do it

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Jimmy Akin Debates Upcoming, then Open Phones

, , Debate, Personal, Provisionism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Unitarianism

Spent a few minutes at the start predicting where the debates in a few weeks will go in Louisiana, then we started taking calls mainly on the topic of the five debates we did last month, hence discussions on the unitarianism debate, then moving on to the Flowers and Breda debates. Not sure when we will be doing another program,

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This Age is Passing Away: the Emptiness of Secularism, then Hebrews 10 for Resurrection Weekend

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Two primary topics on the program today, first, the emptiness of secularism and our need to be continually aware of its influence upon our thinking, acting, and speaking. Then, Hebrews 10 and its testimony to the purpose of God in the sacrifice of Christ, a particularly relevant topic on this Resurrection weekend.

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Christ is King, Yes, Yes He is!

, , Abortion, Eschatology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, The Dividing Line

After a quick update on our travel issues/situation, we started to comment on the “Christ is King” controversy, digging down a bit into the theology and context of the statement and what it means. We also looked at some folks claiming “replacement theology” (it’s fulfillment theology, but they don’t want to view it fairly) is actually heretical. Then we played

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RV News, Then Hebrews 1:10-12 and Dale Tuggy

, , Debate, General Apologetics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Personal, The Dividing Line, Uncategorized, Unitarianism

Went over what has been going on over the past few days about our RV—and that fact that we needed to make arrangements to obtain a different one, due to it being defective and needing to be rebuilt. Went through the whole story, mainly for our supporters, as we will need to raise some funds to make up the differences

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The Marathon Ends: Final Road Trip DL (for Six Weeks Anyway)

, , Church History, Debate, Exegesis, Ken Wilson, Personal, Provisionism, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Managed to pull off a solid internet connection from a slight wide spot in the road called Lordsburg, New Mexico (really sad little town…lots of abandoned buildings). We covered a wide variety of things, including announcing the upcoming debates, April 24th and 25th, in Lafayette, Louisiana, with Catholic Answers apologist Jimmy Akin (sola scriptura, and “How Does a Man Have

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Pre-Debate Road Trip Dividing Line from Houston

, , Church Fathers, Church History, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, Speaking Engagements, The Dividing Line

Talked a little about the “He Gets Us” thing, gave a brief report on the Allie Beth Stuckey Show from Tuesday, then dove into the Protevangelium of James and read its narrative of the birth of Christ in light of the defense of this document as containing genuine Christian tradition by Roman Catholic apologists. We then moved on to discuss

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Road Trip DL: Francis, Cernovich, then Back to Carl Trueman and Development of Doctrinal Expression

, , Church Fathers, Church History, Homosexuality, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Back to on-the-road status for the program today! We covered what’s going on tomorrow and in the upcoming days, then looked at a tweet from @Cernovich wherein he demonstrates he has never done serious reading in the topic, and then finished up the hour looking at a key section from Carl Trueman’s presentation (which we began reviewing over the past

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Last DL in Phoenix Before Trip: Roman Catholic Arguments

, , Church History, Debate, Personal, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Head out on Friday (I keep saying Lord willing, and I mean that), so hopefully our next edition will be on the road, possibly on Monday. Played segments from a video from the pastor of “Zootown Church” in Missoula, Scott Klaudt where he repeated a whole string of utterly indefensible falsehoods about the Reformation, Rome, etc., and then played a

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Provisionist Palaver, Trent Horn on Argumentation, A Few Moments with Carl Trueman and Doctrinal Development

, , Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Ken Wilson, Molinism, Open Theism, Personal, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

My apologies for all the coughs and sniffs, I actually feel pretty good, but the voice and sinuses—not so much. Spent time talking about God’s decree over against Provisionist palaver (look it up), then looked at some Trent Horn material in preparation for a few weeks from now, and finished up with a real quick section from the Carl Trueman

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Lots of Short Topics, Andrew Fuller and the Reality of Death, then Back to Carl Trueman

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Godly Disciplines, Homosexuality, Musings, Open Theism, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism, Transinsanity

Touched on a bunch of topics from Texas to Alistair Begg to the United Methodists at the start. Commented briefly on some miserable souls on line who want to debate about infant damnation. Then read from Nettle’s fine work on Andrew Fuller and the reality of death and how it impacts us and our theological outlook, before moving briefly back

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Dr. Carl Trueman’s Inaugural Address at the Center for Classical Theology

, , Church Fathers, Church History, Open Theism, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Started to listen to and interact with Dr. Carl Trueman’s inaugural address at the Center for Classical Theology. Got into the heart of the matter, Scripture, tradition, authority, etc., after playing a number of statements that were insightful, useful, and edifying. Will continue on Thursday! You can listen to the lecture here.

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Francis’ Empty Hell, Brandan’s Empty Bible

, , Debate, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Pauline Studies, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Transinsanity

Started off looking at Francis’ comment that he hopes hell is empty, and what this would mean to Roman Catholic theology as a whole. Then we transitioned over a Brandan Robertson video in which he shreds the Bible into contradictory strands, something that is all too common in what is called the “Christian academy.”

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The Aquinification of MBTS, Philosophical Trinitarianism, Responses to Soteriology 101

, , Church Fathers, Church History, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Well, 2024 started out a bit rough technically speaking, but we got past that and got to a discussion of Aquinas at MBTS, Dale Tuggy and philosophical trinitarianism, and finally responses to Leighton Flowers on the will of God and the proclamation of the gospel. Ninety minutes.

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Francis’ Fiducia Supplicans Examined in Context and a Follow Up on Last Week’s “Neo-Socinian” Accusation

, , Personal, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Went a bit long today, but, lots to talk about, and my voice wasn’t real good, so I had to slow down a bit! In any case, first hour was on the Dicastery document released yesterday that caused such a stir, then we switched over to a summary of developments over the weekend with the “Neo-Socinian” allegations. Jumbo sized program

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Rutgers’ Racist Professor, More Muhammed Hijab, and the Neo-Socinian Nonsense Again

, , Debate, Islam, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Back in Phoenix in our regular studio, so we looked briefly at the racist Rutgers professor and “white folks,” then we spent about twenty minutes responding to more of Muhammed Hijab’s opening statement against the Trinity, and then listened to a few minutes of the “Coffee House Sessions” webcast on the modern state of Reformed Baptist and Robert Briggs’ accusation

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Road Trip Dividing Line: Eric Holmberg’s Conversion Syndrome, Joel Beeke on the KJV

, , Church Fathers, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, King James Onlyism, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, Speaking Engagements, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, TROnlyism

After a little updating on the current trip we looked at an article from Eric Holmberg (I think it was from Facebook) and then looked over Joel Beeke’s 12 reasons to use the KJV.

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Wimpy, Weak and Woke: John Cooper Joins us to Talk About His New Book

, , Abortion, Christian Worldview, Eschatology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent a little over an hour with John Cooper today talking about his new book, Wimpy, Weak and Woke (available at johnlcooper.com though the Kindle is already available at Amazon). Talked eschatology and law and culture and the future and hope and what we need to be praying for as far as mercy from God! As always a pleasure to

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Eschatological Madness about Israel, Further Review of Muhammed Hijab

, , Debate, Eschatology, Islam, Personal, Simply Silly, The Dividing Line, Uncategorized, Unitarianism

Caught up on a few items on a special DL today. Read through a long message from Twitter that is a good warning about how some eschatologies can become downright dangerous, and then moved back to reviewing aspects of Muhammed Hijab’s opening remarks in the Trinity/Tawhid debate.

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Jeff Durbin on Ohio and Equal Protection, Muhammad Hijab’s Opening Presentation

, , Abortion, Christian Worldview, Islam, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Uncategorized

Jumbo edition of the program, basically two 45 minute segments. The first featured Jeff Durbin from his rental car in parts unknown talking with us about his work with End Abortion Now, the Ohio situation, the ERLC, and he and his wife adopting two premie baby girls. In the second I started playing Muhammad Hijab’s opening comments from a 2018

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More on Relevant Islamic Beliefs, Response to Challenges from Islamic Debater

, , Debate, Godly Disciplines, Islam, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Given the continuing conflict in the Middle East, we looked at the comments from the head of Hamas, looked at the concept of “the world at war” and “the world at peace,” and then worked through a short clip of a Muslim debater arguing against the clarity of the Christian Scriptures. Then finished with a response to the explosion of

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Pope Francis, Andy Stanley, and Stephen Wolfe Walk into a Bar….

, , Church History, Godly Disciplines, Homosexuality, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Transinsanity

Believe it or not, there really is a connection between all of that, and an important one. And we covered it all on an hour and 45 minute program today that was delayed 15 minutes while Rich ran around with his hair on fire finding a way to get the sound from my laptop to work! But we covered the

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Road Trippin to G3: Preview of G3 and Debate Report

, , Debate, Godly Disciplines, Homosexuality, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Road Trip, Speaking Engagements, The Dividing Line

I think I am somewhere in North Carolina, on my way to Atlanta for G3. Have a bit of a preview of what will be upcoming there, and then reviewed the debate I had with Dr. Gregory Coles on Saturday afternoon, discussing the language and terminology issues relevant to “Side B” advocates of “Gay Christianity.”

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