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Modalism Destroys the Gospel, Church History Continued, Response to Jordan Hall’s Unhinged Diatribe

, , Church History, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I drove back from Las Vegas this morning and rushed into the office to do a DL.  Started with a topic relevant to Shawn McCraney’s comments on modalism last week as this impacts the gospel.  Looked at Hebrews 9 as an illustration.  Then went back to Reformation Church history, looking at the Avignon Papacy and then the invention of printing

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What Justin Martyr Actually Said, Transmission of the Text, Open Phones

, , Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Misc, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Discussed Justin Martyr’s words in reference to Malachi 1:11 as found in his Dialogue with Trypho (in reference to a call from Tuesday), and then went over a textual critical issue relating to partial manuscripts.  Then we opened the phones and, as normal, covered a ton of topics, with a lot on the Trinity and the relationship of Father, Son

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Open Lines on the Dividing Line

, , Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Iglesia Ni Christo, Misc, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Did about twenty minutes on Jan Hus and the background of the Reformation, and then went to the phones for the first time in a long time.  A ton of questions on a wide, wide range of topics, such as the INC, Roman Catholicism, textual criticism, etc., finishing with a nearly 25 minute conversation with “Joe” who is flirting with

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The Religion of Moloch Lives, Lizzie Schofield’s Review of G3 Debate, S&K Swings and Misses Yet Again

, , Abortion, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Islam, Oneness Pentecostalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

A 90 minute edition of the DL today starting off looking at recent events primarily related to the Uber Sacrament of the Secularists, i.e., human child sacrifice, euphemistically called abortion.  Then we considered a mainly negative review of my debate with Adnan Rashid offered by Lizzie Schofield.  Finally we looked at the recent accusations brought by Jordan Hall relating to

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G3 Debate Report, Being Fair in Dealing with the Qur’an

, , Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Did a little under 100 minutes on the program today dealing with the debate with Adnan Rashid and then looking at Surah 3 and the allegation that I should not be witnessing to Muslims.  We mentioned the printing of a tract I wrote decades ago, The Christian Message, which is now available from the folks at One Million Tracts.  You can

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A Little Molinism, and a Little Oneness

, , Exegesis, General Apologetics, Oneness Pentecostalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Reviewed a William Lane Craig video on the limitations inherent upon God due to “middle knowledge” during the first half hour, and then looked at key passages on the pre-incarnate existence of the Son as a divine Person in the second half hour.  Well, ok, we went like ten minutes long, but close enough!  No programs next week as I

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Ijaz Ahmad and Corruption of Scripture, A False Dilemma for Christians, Thoughts on the Condemnation of Michael Brown

, , Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent a good deal of time playing the final portions of Ijaz Ahmad’s video on “the corruption of Scripture,” working through a lot of pretty in-dept stuff regarding the Greek Septuagint, etc.  Then spent a bit of time looking at a supposed dilemma for Christians from Paul Williams, and finished off with about 50 minutes of thoughts on the brouhaha

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2 John 11 Abused by Imbalanced Calvinists, the Death of LDS President Monson, Further Response to Ijaz Ahmad

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Mormonism, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off looking carefully at the text of 2 John 7-11 once again, this time as it has been abused by ostensibly Reformed folks.  Then we looked at some of the shenanigans of the “only Calvinists are saved” brigade on line.  Moved eventually to the death of LDS President Monson and the continued need to pray for God to pour

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Setting the Record Straight: Dr. Michael Brown Our Special Guest

, , General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Didn’t bother starting off the year quietly as over the holidays a number of internet-based ministries were throwing out the hate against me for my relationship with Dr. Michael Brown.  In the process a number of articles were posted that displayed the same kind of “let’s not worry about thinking clearly, let’s surely not even ponder being fair, but let’s

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2017: The Year in Review (Update: Fritz Erbe Video Now Linked)

, , General Apologetics, Musings, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line

Took the whole program to review 2017 and consider a little bit about trends and things to consider for the future.  UPDATE:  the kind brothers and sisters at Sovereign rushed to get the video I noted about Fritz Erbe posted.  Here is the link.  Please share it with others! Here is the YouTube link: Live Video Stream The Dividing Line

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Remembering RC, Then, Refuting More Textual Traditionalism

, , Church History, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Gospel/Jesus Studies, King James Onlyism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Simply Silly, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off playing a half hour interview from 2008 with RC Sproul remembering and celebrating a wonderful gift to Christ’s church.  Then we completely shifted gears and got into the issues raised by A James White Christmas Carol, an animation movie about Luke 23:34 that is desperately dishonest at its base (regarding the false accusation of my attacking David Wood,

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The Pope and the Lord’s Prayer, Slander & Keyboard, SJC, Zachariades & God’s Justice

, , Christian Worldview, Eastern Orthodoxy, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Started off looking at Pope Francis and “lead us not into temptation.” Then had to look at Slander and Keyboard (the group formerly known as Pulpit & Pen, sort of like the artist formerly known as Prince…or Purple something, I could never figure that part out) as well as some wild eyed “bigotry in the name of Christianity is fine

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Almost Mega Length DL with Five Major Topics

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with the MSM’s hyping of the First Apocalypse of James, a well known gnostic work from, at the earliest, the late second century, most probably the third.  Had a “Story Time with Uncle Jimmy” where I read the entirety of the work so you can respond to co-workers or others who raise the topic.  Then we discussed Bill

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Beyond Mega Length Edition of the DL: Textual Critical Topics, Islamic Topics, Response to Theodore Zachariades

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Mormonism, Oneness Pentecostalism, Open Theism, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Went two hours and eleven minutes today (sorry!), but had a lot to cover. Too many topics to list, but basically a lot on the new Tyndale House Greek New Testament, textual critical topics, Muslim apologetics issues, the Qur’an, and then responses to Dr. Theodore Zachariades on the topic of the decree of God and the will of man, i.e.,

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Thanksgiving as a Christian Trait, Free Will, the Decree of God, and Theodore Zachariades

, , General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

As it is two days before Thanksgiving we started off with about 20 minutes of thought, based mainly on Ephesians 5, on that vital topic, and then moved on to a discussion of Chapter 9 of the London Baptist Confession of Faith, “On Free Will,” in light of the recent debate and an article from Dr. Zachariades.  We hope everyone

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Orthodoxy, Justification, James 2, Dale Tuggy, and Jordan Hall Rebukes Rodney Howard-Browne

, , Christian Worldview, Eastern Orthodoxy, General Apologetics, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Jumbo (90 minute) edition of the program today starting off with a discussion of Hank Hanegraaff’s video in response to John MacArthur leading to a lengthy (though somewhat concise) exegesis of James 2:14-24.  After this I briefly addressed Dr. Dale Tuggy’s challenge to debate the Trinity.  Finally I spent the rest of the program discussing Jordan Hall’s interruption of a

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Ephesians 4:29-32 Applied to Christian Communication, A Hack-Job Video, and Francis’ Unorthodox Views

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Mormonism, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Started off with some geeky stuff, a few new books, etc., then moved to Ephesians 4 and how we are to behave as believers, especially in the realm of communication.  Moved seamlessly into a hack-job video that P&P is promoting, a personal attack upon me.  Played the whole thing showing how whoever produced it (Hall knows and isn’t saying) purposefully

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Speaking the Truth in Love, Destroying Others, then Back to the Free Will Debate

, , General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with biblical discussions regarding how Christians are to interact with others, leading to some thoughts about those who wish to “destroy” others in the name of Christ.  Then turned back to the Free Will debate that was the subject of the previous program, listening and responding along the way.  105 minutes today!  More than a jumbo, less than

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Two Hour Radio Free Geneva Interaction with the “Free Will Debate” from Houston

, , Exegesis, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Went mega-length today as we played portions from the debate just a few days ago in Houston featuring, on “team Calvin,” Dr. Sonny Hernandez and Dr. Theodore Zachariades, and on team, well, uh…Team Free Will, perhaps, anyway, Dr. Leighton Flowers and Dr. Johnathan Pritchett.  Had only heard about it because Pulpit and Pen, in wildly rejoicing in the food fight

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South African Controversy and Debate, and More Reformation History

, , Church History, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Took a look at a little controversy down in South Africa about a debate between Christian Jonathan McLatchie and Yusuf Ismail on whether the Trinity is consistent with the Old Testament revelation of God’s nature.  Played a few minutes of Yusuf’s rebuttal and engaged his arguments.  Then in the last fifteen minutes of the program we went back to our

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Jason Lisle on Apologetics and Science, Honesty in Textual Criticism, More Reformation History

, , Christian Worldview, Church History, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Technology, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Started off with my good friend and brother in the Lord, Dr. Jason Lisle, head of the Biblical Science Institute.  Jason and I discussed some of his books and, well, lots of super geeky/nerdy stuff.  Then we really shifted gears and I addressed an accusation made against me last week saying that my daring to talk about the textual variant

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Radio Free Geneva! Robert Jeffress, Roman Catholicism, the Reformation, and then Kevin Thompson on John 6 (Mega Edition)

, , Church History, Godly Disciplines, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with the First Baptist Dallas interview of Sean Hannity and discussed a lot about Roman Catholicism and how we should mourn over the fact that Rome’s gospel does not save.  Then I very, very briefly discussed the John Piper thing on final justification.  Then we moved to a video from Pastor Kevin Thompson on John 6:37, playing his

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Washington Conference, JefftheGK and IFD, the Lollards

, , Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Went straight to the office from the airport upon my return from Dallas to do the program today.  Was joined by Mike O’Fallon of the Sovereign Alliance at the top of the hour, talking about the tour to Germany a few weeks ago, and about the upcoming Washington Summit he is organizing.  Then we moved into a lengthy review and

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Archbishop of Canterbury Can’t Answer Direct Questions, More on the I Am Sayings of Jesus

, , Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Snuck a quick DL in today, covering Justin Welby’s inability to answer a direct question on the nature of sin, and then spending most of our time continuing the discussion of the I Am sayings of Jesus in light of the comments of Craig Evans and Mike Licona.  Hope it is helpful! Here is the YouTube link: Live Video Stream

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Horrible Arguments for the Roman Priesthood, Did Jesus Say the I Am Statements?

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Started off covering a Catholic Answers article trying to find “clues” to the Roman priesthood in the Bible.  Then moved on to the main topic, that being the discussion of whether Jesus said the “I am” statements as per the Craig Evans/Bart Ehrman discussion, and Mike Licona’s commentary thereon last week.  Resulted in an in-depth discussion of inspiration especially in

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Dealing With the Big Issues, Nabeel Qureshi, Truly Bad IFD, Thoughts from the Reformation Tour

, , Christian Worldview, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Did our first live streamed DL in a while today, starting off, rather by necessity, with a discussion of tragedies and evils in light of the Las Vegas shooting.  Then we discussed Nabeel Qureshi’s homecoming and related issues.  Then we briefly mentioned a truly compromising “IFD,” and finished up with the Fritz Erbe story from the Wartburg Castle, along with

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Worship in Spirit and Truth, Totalitarianism, Robert Spencer Retreads

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off the DL today with a review of some important thoughts from John 4, then looked a bit at the continued advance of totalitarianism.  But spent most of our time looking at today’s Jihad Watch article re-treading the Yasir Qadhi story.  Robert Spencer shows us once again the difference between approaching Islam from a worldly perspective or from the

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Another Mega DL! Lots of Topics, Including P&P, Proud of Multiple Abortions, Muslim Arguments, KJV Onlyism

, , Abortion, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Islam, King James Onlyism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Uncategorized

Hard to even remember the number of topics we covered today!  Looked at a tweet from P&P about my being “childish,” looked at a new contributor to WorldView Weekend who is just repeating the same old, oft-refuted errors, listened to William Lane Craig misrepresent Calvinists (again), played the disgusting clip of an actress proud of her multiple abortions, looked at

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Mega DL! P&P on the NS; Great Statement on Critical Race Theory; 80 Minutes in Response to Roman Catholic Video

, , Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism

A full two hours on the DL today.  Due to connection issues, we recorded “off air.”  First section we looked at a few comments from the “News Division” over at Pulpit and Pen on the Nashville Statement (wink, wink). Then we read through this excellent statement that was released last week on critical race theory and its damaging impact on

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Steve Camp on BTWN: Reviewed and Refuted

, , General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Theology Matters

Took the time to play portions of Steve Camp’s appearance on The Bible Thumping Wingnut and provided a rather full response to his arguments, or, in most cases, non-arguments regarding ministry to Muslims, apologetics, gospel presentation, etc.  IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THIS TOPIC, SKIP THIS EPISODE.  But there are some pretty important issues covered here. Here is the YouTube

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The Nashville Statement (First Hour), Racialism Dividing the Church (2nd Hour)

, , Homosexuality, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Unfortunately we have developed connection problems yet once again with our ISP, so we had to cut things a bit short when everything just ground to a halt.  First hour was a rather full discussion of the Nashville Statement and some of those who have attempted to respond to it. Then we switched over to the always enjoyable topic of

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