Archive for category: Reformed Apologetics

   I had a great time on the Janet Mefferd Show yesterday, discussing the nature of the Trinity. Even had a Jewish apologist caller, which proved interesting. You can listen to Janet’s show here.

An evidently anti-Reformed textual critic has posted a brief criticism of using 1 John 5:1 as a text relevant to the ordo salutis and in particular to the relationship of saving faith and regeneration (though both terms appear in the text). Anyone who knows the identity of this blogger please let me know, I’d be interested in knowing. I have

I am rendering a video right now on 1 John 5:1 in response to Brian Brodersen of Calvary Chapel. But it is taking a while, I have ministry this evening, packing, etc., so while I really hope to get it posted before I head home tomorrow, I can’t make any promises. Till then, some commentary on the text Pastor Brodersen

The kind folks at Rockdale Community Church have posted the audio of my Sunday morning message from 1 Corinthians 1, a favorite text of mine when speaking while traveling. Timeless passage reminding us that God is God, and we are liable to a great deal of creaturely arrogance.

I have been very busy since the end of the Michael Brown debate today, and in fact, have been working toward a possible major debate event that I really didn’t think was going to happen (can’t go into details yet), so I have not had a chance to do much else. I would like to thank Dr. Brown for a

   I once heard a lecture by Dr. Paul Lim on the extent of the atonement. He commented that years ago students approached their grade from the perspective of a zero with the aim of increasing the points to a letter grace of D, C, B, and hopefully an A. He said this is not the case anymore since many students

C. Michael Patton has a new post entitled, Calvinism and the Divine Decrees — Correcting a Misunderstanding. Unfortunately, Patton’s post actually promotes a misunderstanding and confuses a few categories.

I will be joining Dr. Michael Brown live on his Line of Fire radio program January 26th and 27th to discuss Calvinism. Dr. Brown did a series a few months ago on why he is no longer a Calvinist, and he mentioned then that he wanted to do a debate on his program. After we do those programs we will

If you are in the Greenville, SC area on Monday, Dec. 7 at 6pm, Greenville Seminary will be showing the (debate/discussions) film Collision. If you are interested in coming, please contact me. Soon, very soon (I hope) I will make an announcement concerning an event to be held in Greenville SC on March 9-11, 2010. Those who enjoy Alpha and

I was directed to what must be the most convoluted, complicated, amazing attempt to get around the plain meaning of John 6 I’ve ever seen. You really have to work at producing this kind of complexity in the face of plain teaching. The lengths to which people will go to avoid a sovereign God! If you have time for such

Today’s Dividing Line (DL) program will be posted soon, I’m sure. In the meantime, since the issue came up in passing during the DL, and since you have some time to kill while you are waiting for the mp3 of the DL to become available, you can check out a response I wrote a couple of years ago to William

James Swan, who is involved in teaching ministry at the Pompton Plains Reformed Bible Church in New Jersey, will address “ Did Martin Luther Believe in the Reformed Tulip?“ MP3 Available Here James has a hobby of tracking down obscure Luther facts. Today we’ll examine some of the recent claims about Martin Luther, as well as address the similarities between

Louis Ruggiero (aka LouRugg) asked my friend Dr. White: Oh and by the way, when Turretinfan said that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart by taking away his common sense, I almost fell off my chair. Did he get that stuff from you, or did he make that one up on his own? I answer: One of the problems with the debate

This might be of interest of our readers. This past Thursday, in Reformation Church History, Dr. James McGoldrick addressed the topic of Michael Servetus and John Calvin. This issue has been dealt with on this blog (most recently here); and this 10 minute audio clip will simply add to the collection. Click here to listen. Dr. James E. McGoldrick is

Thanks to Monergism.com I recently located a discussion recorded on October 16, 2005, at the Omaha Bible Church featuring Dr. James White discussing evangelizing Roman Catholics (here’s a link to the mp3 – about 1 hour). This is one of several presentations that was given that weekend. The rest are provided below: Justification by Faith Alone (link to mp3 –

Lane Chaplin has interviewed Dr. James White on the topic, “Does Reformed Theology Matter?” After a short introduction, Mr. Chaplin interviews Dr. White from Dr. White’s own office on the importance of Reformed theology. There’s even a video clip from one of Dr. White’s debates. Enjoy! -TurretinFan

Tim Warner on the origins of Calvinism asserts that it is “Christian philosophical speculations, eventually led to what is today called, ‘Calvinism.'” I do not know too many philosophers that have written a mountain of commentaries, which I suspect Warner has not read a single volume. Nor do I know too many Christian philosophers who have been humble to

Not long ago I posted Calvin and Servetus Revisited. In that entry I included a 20 minute section on Calvin and Servetus that Dr. White did on the Dividing Line. During his explanation, he mentioned that Servetus has been credited with describing the circulatory system and that he hadn’t had a chance to check the accuracy of this claim. I

“(28) And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (29) For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. (30) And those whom he predestined

One of Dr. White’s speaking engagements while in Australia was to give a talk on Justification and the Uniqueness of Jesus Christ. While I am told that a YouTube video may follow, you can get the audio now at the following link (link). That site has a handy embedded player. If, however, you’d like to just download the mp3s, the

A recent letter asks: Do you know if Calvin really wanted Servetus put to death? I know he wrote he wouldn’t stop it, if he were put to death. I know the two often corresponded, until Calvin lost patience. But a Reformed guy told me, last summer, that when Servetus wrote he wanted to come to Geneva, Calvin tried to

   A while back a fellow showed up in our chat channel using the nick BibleJohn. From the beginning I felt he was a troll, that is, someone “trolling” to create controversy, someone not being honest with us about who he was or what he was up to. It seemed to me that his behavior and language was so caricatured that

Two posts ago, I pointed out how Mr. Camping’s chronology falls apart under Scriptural scrutiny over something as simple as the name of Moses’ father (link). In the immediately preceding post, I demonstrated that a rebuttal based on there needing to be 430 years in Egypt was wrong based on the plain teachings of Scripture (link). As I explained then,

   You may recall that last month I did two programs with Justin Brierley on his “Unbelievable” radio program in London. I debated Roger and Faith Forster on the doctrines of grace and on the existence of eternal punishment. The first of those programs aired last weekend, which means I assume the program on eternal punishment will air this weekend in