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Memorizing Scripture and Various Other Topics

, , Misc, Musings, Personal, Provisionism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I’m doing three programs today, one up in Canada, then the DL, and then Marlon Wilson’s show on YouTube. Hope the voice holds out! Talked about memorizing Scripture in my youth, the value of paper Bibles, the value of a Christian home. Then talked a bit about the craziness in our political scene right now, then talked a bit about

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Jew Hatred, Sacralism, and Crashing the Net by Mentioning Leighton Flowers

, , Church History, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, Racialism, The Dividing Line

Had another net issue today, but got everything recorded anyway. Talked a bit about the old “Jews are behind everything” stuff, looked at an example of sacralism in the martyrdom of a young baptist man by Reformed authorities, and then spent just a few minutes looking at a comment from Leighton Flowers.

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Twitter-Driven DL from Dolores, Colorado

, , Ken Wilson, Misc, Mormonism, Open Phones, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Thomism, Uncategorized

I am thankful that Twitter was not taken down by today’s huge IT crash/failure, since we took our questions from our audience, and they were great questions! We will definitely have to do it this way in the future when I am traveling (much less technically challenging than trying to take calls when I am remote). Covered a wide variety

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Presidential Debate, Latin Mass, the God of Purpose and Glory

, , Debate, Misc, Open Theism, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Transinsanity

Started off today with a few interesting and funny tweets, wished Tom Buck a happy birthday, lamented tomorrow evenings Presidential “debate,” discussed Francis’ detestation of the Latin Mass, and finished up looking at the comments of an open theist concerning God’s decree and his demand that God be as limited and creaturely as the rest of us.

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An Unusual Monday Morning Dividing Line

, , CBGM, Christian Worldview, Eastern Orthodoxy, Homosexuality, Islam, King James Onlyism, Misc, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, The Dividing Line, Transinsanity, TROnlyism

Covered a wide range today, from insanity in Germany, more and more studies showing the danger of the Covid jabs, the Biden Regime’s war on Christians, a few interesting graphics I’ve run across, to finally in the last half of the program, a brief video from Barth Ehrman showing his theological shallowness and the reasons thereof. Also mentioned once again

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The Mormon Question and Then Open Phones

, , Church Fathers, Church History, Mormonism, Open Theism, Provisionism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Briefly addressed the “Mormon Question” in light of the recent get-together featuring Glenn Beck, then went to the phones, answering questions on the meaning of Elohim, Open Theism, Mormon Polygamy, prayer to saints, the Sovereignty of God, and finally the schools of Antioch and Alexandria.

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Roman Catholics Worshipping Mary on Video, Trump’s New York “Conviction,” Soteriology 101 on Election

, , Exegesis, Open Theism, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, Resources, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Played a video of Roman Catholics singing to a statue of Mary as backdrop to once again explaining that the latria/dulia distinction has no meaning or merit. Then commented quickly on the breaking news of Trump’s conviction in New York, then moved on to comments from Soteriology 101 on election.

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Pelagian Pope, Two Part Romans Utterly Refuted

, , Church History, Exegesis, Pastoral Theology, Pauline Studies, Personal, Provisionism, Roman Catholicism, Simply Silly, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with the Pope’s comments on 60 Minutes, and then dove into a refutation of Brent Lay’s “Two Part Romans” theory (originated in 2013) that is being promoted by Jason Breda in a series of videos. The entire theory is based upon an alleged “ambiguous antecedent” in Romans 1:13, except, there is no such construction there, the antecedent is

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Pope Francis on Conservatives, LF on Being “Good,” and Adoniram Judson’s Letter to Ann’s Father

, , Abortion, Christian Worldview, Church History, Debate, Open Theism, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

A wide range of topics on the DL today, from Pope Francis’ comments in the upcoming 60 Minutes interview, to Leighton Flowers’ “Calvinists think you have to be a better person to get saved” idea, to the amazing commitment of Adoniram and Ann Judson in bringing the gospel to Burma two hundred years ago. As I noted in the program,

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Road Trip Radio Free Geneva–36 Hours After Surgery!

, , Personal, Provisionism, Road Trip, The Dividing Line

How much do I love doing the Dividing Line, and love our audience? Well, 36 hours after surgery I managed to pull off our first ever full Radio Free Geneva, including our (relatively) new video opening and closing! How’s that for dedication! Gave a quick report on yet another exciting visit to the hospital while on the road, even getting

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A Sorta Radio Free Geneva from the New Rig

, , Debate, Exegesis, Provisionism, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Road Trip, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I really had not expected to get into this as deeply as we did, and this should have been a Radio Free Geneva, but be that as it may…we looked at the new film against “Once Saved, Always Saved,” listened to the opening section, talked about the necessary background issues, and then looked at the film’s vain attempt to get

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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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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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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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Road Trip DL: Stream Died in the Wilderness; Tuggy and Flowers Comments, More John 6.

, , Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Unitarianism

We had a great group listening at the start but the stream died a thousand deaths tonight, so we had to just record the rest of the program. Discussed a few things from the Tuggy debate, and then moved on to more of the response from the Flowers debate. I had hooked up my second monitor so I could walk

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Post Debate Road Trip Dividing Line: Flowers Debate Review

, , Debate, Open Theism, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Road Trip, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Today we went back over the key issues in the Flowers debate on John 6, looked more closely at 6:45, documented errors on LF’s part, etc. Also thanked a bunch of folks for their support and a super cool gift I was given last evening (the A&O Bow Tie!). Spent about ten minutes looking at Chris Fisher’s misuse of 1

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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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Radio Free Geneva! Flowers, McGrew and that Other Guy, then Gregory Boyd

, , Homosexuality, Open Theism, Provisionism, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Transinsanity

We premiered the new video opening by Tim Bushong for Radio Free Geneva! So there is a new addition to the clips including in A Mighty Fortress, and then Jeff Durbin did the new closer about our new bunker under Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. We started with a one minute video from Leighton Flowers including some of the most absurd

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Happenings in Rome, Acts 15, and Provisionist Rhetoric

, , Provisionism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Started off with more on the continuing developments with Francis, Fernandez, and the Roman Church, moving sort of seamlessly into @ReformedtoRome’s attempt to use Acts 15 as a defeater of sola scriptura. Then we looked at some recent @Soteriology101 statements on the idea of being made “better” so as to believe in Calvinism.

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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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End of the Year Dividing Line: General Cultural Topics, then TRBs.

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Debate, Ken Wilson, Open Theism, Pastoral Theology, Post-Evangelicalism, Provisionism, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Had to make brief mention of some of the big stuff happening in our day at the top of the program. Then did a quick summary of the Crusades in light of their being used by some CNs as some kind of positive thing, but then moved on into dealing with the TRBs, the Truly Reformed Baptists, and their willingness

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Road Trip Radio Free Geneva: Only the Apostles were Predestined!

, , Exegesis, Provisionism, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Road Trip, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Managed to do an RFG while on the road as I do long days to get home to Phoenix. Took the time to explain and refute Nick Craig’s “in depth” interpretation of Ephesians that tells us that verses 3 through 12 are only about the Apostles, not about regular believers. Then we looked at little bit at Acts 13:48, and

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Responding to a Roman Catholic Convert

, , Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Provisionism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Though I touched briefly on a Soteriology 101 tweet at the end of the show, the vast majority was directed to responding to Joshua T. Charles and his presentation of Newman’s “development hypothesis” as the answer to my Nicea question. A lot is going on in Rome these days, and we need to keep up if we wish to be

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Too Many Topics Today To Remember!

, , Abortion, Christian Worldview, Church History, Debate, Exegesis, Molinism, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Transinsanity

Went for an hour and forty minutes or so and covered a lot of topics, I must confess! Mainly focused on finishing up our response to Jason Breda on John 6 and his confusion about Greek verbs, participles, tenses, you name it. Did that, and then played a clip from Frank Turek claiming Calvinism is contradictory, and then a clip

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Radio Free Geneva: Jason Breda on John 6, Part I

, , Debate, Exegesis, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Provisionism, Radio Free Geneva, The Dividing Line

An hour and 45 minutes on Radio Free Geneva today, starting to look at Jason Breda’s video “exegeting” John 6. Brother Breda claims to have been “a Calvinist for ten years,” and is now producing videos exposing this “lie of the enemy.” Well, he attempted to walk through John 6 (give him credit!), and we are reviewing that attempt. Had

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Final Road Trip DL for Now! Mainly a Review of a “Former Calvinist” and His Handling of Scripture

, , Debate, Exegesis, Ken Wilson, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Road Trip, The Dividing Line

Last program from the road, should be home next week in our regular studios. Talked a bit about Doug Wilson’s blog article in response to Owen Strachan, though I mostly discussed the “Memorials” issue from that article. Then I played sections from two videos from a “former Calvinist,” Jason Breda, and considered why those who leave a movement struggle to

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