Archive for category: Reformed Apologetics

Pre-Debate/Conference Dividing Line

James White, January 16, 2017, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Spent most of the program talking about the upcoming debate with Trent Horn, Staff Apologist for Catholic Answers, and how I expect the argumentation to go, etc. Then we went over the upcoming events on the trip, including the dialogue with Dr. Yasir Qadhi in the Memphis area, the Deep South Founders Conference, and my stop in Dallas for the

A Potpourri of Topics

James White, January 12, 2017, Abortion, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Persecution, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Covered a wide range of topics today, starting with an odd statement by Dr. David Allen about Mother Theresa on Twitter. Then we looked at the Episcopalians in Glasgow having a Muslim woman chant a portion of the Qur’an that denies central Christian doctrine as part of their services. We then looked at how “faith leaders” blessed a Planned Parenthood

Coming on Tuesday’s Dividing Line: John 6 for Roman Catholics

James White, January 8, 2017, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism

On the upcoming edition of the Dividing Line, Tuesday, January 10th, at 1pm EST, I will be presenting “John 6 for Roman Catholics.” This will be a live walk through the 6th chapter of John based upon the original language text. And while one cannot help but deal with the central issues of the gospel in 6:35-45, we will continue

Shameless Papist Pretensions Followed by Foundational Issues with Mike Licona

James White, January 5, 2017, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Open Theism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

A tale of two programs today: I was going to briefly address a Roman Catholic on Twitter and that “briefly” became fifty minutes. But then I switched over to a review of an interview with Dr. Mike Licona for a total of about 1:40 for the program today. Here is the YouTube link:

New Years Thoughts, God’s Decree, the Pope and Mary, ET Stalkers

James White, January 3, 2017, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Godly Disciplines, Islam, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

90 minute program today with some thoughts from 2 Peter to start off the New Year, then a lengthy discussion of God’s decree, followed by a few items related to Islam and the Ecclesiastical Text folks. Here is the YouTube link:

The Nature of Saving Grace, a Few Textual Variants, End of 2016

James White, December 30, 2016, Exegesis, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Dragged myself to the studios today and managed a quick program on a few interesting topics that hopefully will edify the saints. Thanks so much for your prayers and support, and we truly look forward to continuing to serve you and proclaim the gospel in 2017! Here is the YouTube link:

Saving Faith and Two Islamic Videos on a Jumbo Edition of the DL

James White, December 19, 2016, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Started off with a discussion from the London Baptist Confession of Faith, Chapter 14, on “Saving Faith,” and then moved to a review of two Islamic videos, one critiquing Dr. David Wood, and the other a lecture from Dr. Ali Ataie. A fair amount of discussion of soteriology early on, and trinitarian and incarnational theology toward the latter portions of

Bob Morey’s Debate Challenge, Frank Turek and Michael Brown on Reformed Issues

James White, December 13, 2016, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent a little less than half an hour responding to Dr. Robert Morey’s debate challenge (well, I’ve only been told about it, I haven’t actually seen it), giving some history and once again refocusing upon the real issues. Then we looked at Dr. Frank Turek’s response to a question about free will and predestination, and then moved on to Dr.

Dogmatic Secularism Rises; the Politics of the Southern Baptist Convention

James White, December 5, 2016, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with a discussion of the rise of secular totalitarianism and its inevitable failure, and then moved on to Dr. Paige Patterson’s comments in the SWBTS chapel from last week. Hopefully helpful for all! Here is the YouTube link:

Radio Free Geneva: The SBC Traditionalists Struggle to Interact

James White, November 30, 2016, Exegesis, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent most of our time playing an attempted response from Leighton Flowers to our last program, and then played some more of David Allen’s comments, including some pretty amazing examples of eisegesis and category errors. Numerous head-shaking moments in this one to be sure! I also mentioned we have three over-seas trips scheduled for 2017, so we need your help,

Limited Atonement with David Allen, Ecclesiastical Textism with Robert Truelove

James White, November 28, 2016, Exegesis, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

First Dividing Line back from a fierce ten day battle with the flu, so we went mega-length, two full hours. First 75 minutes we discussed the atonement and theology in general, starting to listen to comments made by Dr. David Allen of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary wherein he described limited atonement as a “doctrine looking for a text.” It was

Skype Show from Tucson: A Bit on Race, A Bit on Thanksgiving, Then A Lot on ETism

James White, November 17, 2016, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Did a live program from Tucson today via Skype, touching a bit on some of the reactions on the race issue from last time, discussing Thanksgiving a little, and then spending most of the time on a recent FB article promoting Ecclesiastical Textism and more reasons why I find this tradition so very dangerous to Christian apologetics. We plan on

What Practical Difference Does Reformed Theology Make Today?

James White, October 28, 2016, Reformed Apologetics

Conclusion to the Sola Scriptura Series: Apostolic Tradition and Canon Issues

James White, October 10, 2016, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

I managed to resist the temptation to do the “politics talk” and finished up the introduction to sola scriptura today in a 90 minute program focusing upon the final sections of Karlo Broussard’s arguments on Catholic Answers Live, and then discussing two more important aspects, “Apostolic Tradition” in the early fathers as well as the issue of the canon. Not easy material

Sola Scriptura Continued with Interaction with Karlo Broussard of Catholic Answers

James White, October 6, 2016, Exegesis, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Aside from a few brief comments at the start about a few current events we focused pretty much fully on the sola scriptura series, finally getting to the clip from the debate with Mitch Pacwa and listening to a number of segments from the Catholic Answers Live show with Karlo Broussard. Important information! Here is the YouTube link:

Jory Micah and El Shaddai; Spencer Toy and CrossExamined; Sola Scriptura Continued (Part 3)

James White, October 4, 2016, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Three topics on the program today; for the first 15 minutes or so a quick rejoinder to Jory Micah and her “El Shaddai means ‘one with many breasts'” tweet, then about half an hour in response to Spencer Toy’s article on crossexamined.org, “An Open Question for Presuppositionalists.” Then we got back for the last 45 minutes to our study of

Uber-Mega Dividing Line: Sola Scriptura, and Islamic Denials of the Deity of Christ

James White, September 27, 2016, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Went 135 minutes today (hence the “uber-mega” designation) covering two primary topics: sola scriptura defined and defended against a recent attack upon it by Karlo Broussard of Catholic Answers (first 90 minutes), and then a “live” review of a new video against the deity of Christ from a Muslim perspective (link). A lot of foundational, basic teaching today that we think is

Responding to Frank Turek’s Defense of Andy Stanley

James White, September 22, 2016, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Went almost a full two hours today reading through and responding to Frank Turek’s 9/8 article in defense of Andy Stanley’s comments about the Bible and the resurrection. Much important information on the foundational and fundamental differences between the evidentialist/minimalist approach and a full-orbed biblical apologetic. Here is the YouTube link:

Ehrman and Islamic Apologetics and More on Andy Stanley and Russell Moore

James White, September 20, 2016, Exegesis, Islam, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with a brief discussion of the constant problem with Islamic apologetics—the necessary double standard it has to employ to defend the Qur’an on one hand, and attack the Bible on the other. Then we moved back to the Russell Moore/Andy Stanley discussion, once again noting fundamental issues of ecclesiology and Scriptural authority lying at the root of the

WLC & Molinism then More from Russell Moore’s interview with Andy Stanley

Rich Pierce, September 19, 2016, Atheism, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

James started off today commenting on the sudden death of a young woman, a mother of seven, from Apologia church. He asks for prayer for not only Apologia but specifically for the family. Then he plays a clip from a recent Reasonable Faith podcast regarding Molinism. Finally the fuller portion of Russell Moore’s interview with Andy Stanley where Andy reads

What You NEED to Know about the Calvinism and Arminianism Debate

Dr. Alan Kurschner, September 19, 2016, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues

The Calvinism-Arminianism debate is substantially a debate between what is called “synergism” and “monergism.” For those who are new to this debate, the following is a primer on the two perennial branches of theological systems within Christianity. Or to put it another way, there are two very different ways for believers to understand their salvation. The first type is the

How Theology Determines Apologetics, and So Much More

James White, September 8, 2016, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Hebrew Israelism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Over two hours today (someone stop me!), starting with a few miscellaneous items (one of thanks for a gift sent to me, one in response to some Hebrew Israelite camps), and then moving to a section from Dr. Turek’s book. Then we presented a comparison of how Dr. Turek answered the question of evil in a debate with David Silverman, and how

And They Just Keep Getting Longer….

James White, September 6, 2016, Atheism, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Hebrew Israelism, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off discussing the David Gushee article from a few weeks ago and his very truthful analysis that there is no middle ground on the issue of God’s law for the believing Christian. Too bad Dr. Gushee has chosen to be on the wrong side of that divide! Then we watched an entire section of a video from Israel United

Get Ready: Two and a Half Hour Long Dividing Line

James White, September 1, 2016, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

There were three major topics on the DL today (after the opening discussion of some urgent situations where the people of God need to bring certain issues before the throne of grace): first, an article published today on Revelation 16:5 and the Textus Receptus; then, a rather lengthy review of Andy Stanley’s sermon from Sunday on the Bible and Christianity.

Dr. Licona on Mark’s Confusion, Dr. Kirk’s Apostasy, and Nearly an Hour on Abolish Human Abortion

James White, August 25, 2016, Abortion, Exegesis, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

A really long program today, my apologies! Went over the “Mega” limit (2 hours). Started off with a further analysis of Dr. Licona’s perspective on Mark’s “confusion” about the location of the feeding of the five thousand. Then we looked at a new book that just came out from J.R. Daniel Kirk presenting Jesus was the “idealized human” figure in

Dr. Licona Ignores Me; Alan Ruhl and the Roman Priesthood; Steve Tassi On the Non-Debate

James White, August 23, 2016, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Briefly commented on Dr. Mike Licona’s “I don’t pay attention to White” statement on Facebook—noting that just a few months ago he paid enough attention to promote a debate challenge from a fellow who was told by God to debate me on Calvinism. Sorta ironic. Anyway, spent the vast majority of the program responding to this article from Alan Ruhl,

Responding to William Lane Craig on Roman Catholicism Then Brief Discussion of Anti-Reformed Rhetoric

James White, August 16, 2016, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Spent nearly 90 minutes listening to the entire presentation by William Lane Craig on Roman Catholicism. No one can accuse us of misrepresenting him, to be sure! A vital discussion of why the “Mere Christianity” movement is unbiblical, dangerous, and untenable in the long run. Then a brief review of my trip to California this weekend, my attempted interaction with

“The Romans 9 Debate:” My Reviews In One Place

Rich Pierce, August 15, 2016, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I have had a number of questions lately about this debate and have found a need to put my review series in one place. So here they are. By the way. Dr. Flowers has voiced great objections to my pointing out his behavior and methods in these reviews. Keep in mind, this was a review of the debate on the

Australia and New Zealand

James White, August 11, 2016, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics

So the hoped for Hong Kong trip has moved a tad bit south….OK, all the way south to the next hemisphere, with a trip to Brisbane, Sydney, and Wellington, New Zealand, coming up very fast. We pretty well destroyed the overseas travel fund with the South Africa trip, so I need to let you know of the need to cover the

The Freedom to Blame the Potter: Steve Tassi’s Video Reviewed

James White, August 11, 2016, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Took the whole program to listen to and respond to this video from Steve Tassi he titled, “James White: The Freedom to Blame the Potter.” Steve and I will be debating Romans 9 tomorrow night in Southern California. Lots of discussion of the role of tradition in the analysis of the views of others. Jumbo edition! Hope it is helpful!

A Jumbo Mega Dividing Line—If That Makes Sense

James White, July 26, 2016, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Three sections to today’s 2 hour, 20 minute long program: first, we responded to Jacob Prasch’s reply to last weeks Radio Free Geneva. But unlike Prasch, we played his comments not just once, but twice, carefully analyzing his entire response as a classic example of a complete abandonment of proper forms of argumentation and logic. Very helpful for those who

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