Archive for category: Reformed Apologetics

Road Trip Dividing Line: New Plans, Greear on the Church’s Failure, Fesko against Van Til, Preview of Radio Free Geneva

James White, February 6, 2023, Debate, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Road Trip, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Thomism

We are back on the road! Came to you live from somewhere in the wilds of Texas today, will be in Houston tomorrow with the “What is Marriage?” debate on Wednesday. Talked about some new plans we have for the travel portion of the ministry, then looked at JD Greear’s comments on the failure of the church to be a

No EFS, Predicate Adjectives and Scripture, the God Who Works All Things

James White, January 31, 2023, Exegesis, Pauline Studies, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Three topics today: first, a clear, unambiguous statement (again) that I do not, and never have, held to any form of EFS/ERAS theology, and if anyone tells you otherwise, they don’t know what they are talking about. Second, is it “every Scripture is God-breathed” or “every God-breathed Scripture is profitable”? And why does it matter? And third, are present tense

Comparing the meaning and application of “jot and tittle” from Matthew 5:18 with the assertions of Peter Van Kleeck

Chris Whisonant, January 20, 2023, Church History, Debate, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, TROnlyism

During the recent debate between Dr. James White and Dr. Peter Van Kleeck, there was a brief discussion about Matthew 5:18 and the meaning of “jot and tittle”. The assertion which Dr. Van Kleeck was affirming, in relation to the topic of the debate which was “The Textus Receptus is equal to NT Autographs“, was that the Protestant Reformers (and

Radio Free Geneva: Frank Turek, Norm Geisler, David Allen

James White, January 18, 2023, Exegesis, Molinism, Pastoral Theology, Pauline Studies, Personal, Provisionism, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off listening to a clip from Dr. Frank Turek with Leighton Flowers wherein Turek opines that many Reformed folks just have not thought through the ramifications of their position. He also held up Chosen But Free by Norman Geisler, so we discussed that as well. Then we moved over to comments made by Dr. David Allen in the fairly

Open Phones on the Dividing Line

James White, December 22, 2022, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Eastern Orthodoxy, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Speaking Engagements, The Dividing Line

Calls today on Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism and church history, Ambrose and transubstantiation, how to support Ukrainian believers, God’s law, and maintaining theological balance. Enjoy!

Radio Free Geneva: Response to a Provisionist Video

James White, December 13, 2022, Provisionism, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

It had been a long time since we did a Radio Free Geneva, so today a proper video crossed my path as I was heading in to the studios, so we went with it. We played, and responded to, this video from “Grace, Mercy, Wrath,” and somehow managed to do it in only an hour! Enjoy!

Road Trip Dividing Line: Secularism’s Emptiness, the Richness of the Trinity

James White, November 28, 2022, Christian Worldview, Musings, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Road Trip, Speaking Engagements, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Managed to get in a quick program this evening from St. Charles, Missouri. Went over some more evidence of the collapse of secularism and its rebellious insanity, and finished off considering some of the depths of divine revelation about the Father and Son at this time of celebration of the Incarnation.

Post Election Thoughts (Rebels Hate God), Van Til and the Use of Evidence (Matt Walsh)

James White, November 9, 2022, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Two distinct portions to the program today, the first thoughts after the mid-term elections in the United States (we are a broken and rebellious nation), the second about the use of evidence and presuppositional apologetics somewhat connected to Matt Walsh’s appearance with Joe Rogan. I made mention of an online seminar coming up this weekend put on by Eli Ayala

Christian Nationalism, Warren McGrew, a Warning Against Slander and Gossip, Leftist Twisting of Language

James White, November 3, 2022, Church History, Homosexuality, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Thomism

A wide variety of topics today as the title indicates, possibly prompted by the first cool and rainy weather of the fall here in Phoenix!

Dr. Turek on Calvinism Taking the “Easy” Way, Pope Francis, and Others You’d Never Expect, Say “Go to Thomas!”

James White, November 1, 2022, Church History, Open Theism, Personal, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Responded to a brief clip of Dr. Frank Turek talking with Leighton Flowers about Calvinists and evangelism, and then read an article on Pope Francis telling everyone to “go to Thomas.” This led to a lengthy discussion of further developments in the Thomistic Downgrade amongst the Reformed. An hour and 15 minutes.

John 3:13, Turretin, Pop Thomists

James White, October 18, 2022, Church History, Exegesis, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Did about 90 minutes today on a variety of topics but with a bit of a connected theme, digging into the text of John 3:13 as well as looking at Turretin’s discussion of the two natures of Christ. Finished up looking at the amazing behavior of folks on line in response to a new theological journal.

Back in the Old Haunts

James White, October 14, 2022, Exegesis, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Back to the main studio in Phoenix today as we discussed a bit more theology, then discussed the climate cult, the 1946 Movie, Nikolas Cruz and the death penalty, and the Virginia legislator that wants to make it a felony for parents NOT to affirm a child’s “transgender identity.”

Road Trip DL: Passing On the Faith

James White, August 18, 2022, Church History, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Started off with something I had not planned on doing, discussing the importance of passing on the Culture of Life, and how this relates to God’s law, the preservation of Scripture, etc. Then looked at some of the zaniness in the “Reformed” world, including R. Scott Clark’s exceptionally hypocritical comments on my response to George Bryson from 2003.

Road Trip Dividing Line from Denver, Colorado

James White, August 11, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Started off with a little discussion of the lawless Regimes in the West and where all of that must, inevitably, head. Then I played key sections from a webcast hosted by Joe Thorn with special guest Steve Meister where I am accused of, well, all sorts of things. It is truly a mystery why this is happening, but, we press

Church History Story Time with Uncle Jimmy: Road Trip Edition (Audio Only)

James White, August 4, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

After a few minutes about the importance of self discipline in the Christian life, I read through three sections from Dr. Nick Needham’s 2000 Years of Christ’s Power series, one dealing with the Robber Synod, one dealing with the Marburg Colloquy, and the last about the death of Chrysostom. Enjoy!

A Road Trip DL Short

James White, August 2, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

45 minute program audio only today due to travel issues. Covered a little church history and a lot about the culture of death.

The Redemption of Christ

James White, July 28, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Today we dove headlong into one of the greatest chapters in Calvin’s Institutes, Book II, chapter 16, where he lays out the great work of Christ. It has been alleged that a “Reformed Biblicist” like myself could not speak as Calvin did. We buried that strawman deep into the soil of truth. Enjoy!

Scripture and Tradition

James White, July 25, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Today we mainly looked at the first chapter of the London Baptist Confession of Faith and its beautiful and important testimony to the inspiration and sufficiency of Scripture. Hopefully encouraging for us all! I did look at a few statements made by folks at the beginning of the show, but tried to keep most of them relevant to the over-all

The Socinians Are Amongst Us! Or Are They?

James White, July 21, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Today I responded to the “storm of love” of 2022, the past 48 hours of nastiness expressed toward me by a wide range of well known Reformed men. Cutting through the verbiage and emotions, we got to the key issues. Lots of folks are asking, “Why is this happening?” Well, hopefully today’s program will help clarify some things. Enjoy!

Provisionist Marshmallow Missiles Incoming! Thinking About Church History and Tradition.

James White, July 19, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Looked a bit at the soon to be released Provisionist book against Calvinism, and then considered more about church history, exegesis, tradition, and orthodoxy. Next program will be another Road Trip Dividing Line!

Certainty, the Cost of Abandoning the Created Order, A Silly Dismissal of Presup, and Aquinas on John 10:30

James White, July 14, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Only went an hour today but covered a number of topics including some statements by various “progressive” ministers, a passing dismissal of presuppositionalism that said more than its author intended, and finally a quick look at Aquinas on John 10:27-30.

A Little Skillet, A Lot of Aquinas

James White, July 7, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Started off with a fun story about being Official Theologian for Skillet, then we had to get serious. Looked at John 14:28 for a few minutes, and then had to start responding to the Credo article featuring Dr. VanDrunen. Paused that to work through Aquinas’ commentary on Romans 4:6-8 as an illustration. More to come!

Calvin and Sadoleto, Reformed Biblicism

James White, June 7, 2022, Church Fathers, Church History, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Started off telling the story of Calvin and Sadoleto, one of the most important interactions in the early period of the Reformation, and then using Calvin’s response as a spring-board to look at a number of other relevant issues today once again related to sola scriptura, tradition, etc. 90 minutes. We also live-streamed for the first time on Twitch, which,

On Emotionalism, the Accusation of Socinianism, Further Clarifications on Exegesis and Sola Scriptura

James White, May 26, 2022, Church History, Exegesis, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

We had to move the program around a bit today, and I ended up having to do it from home, so my apologies for needing to deal with “providential hindrances.” Started off extending our sincere condolences to Doug Wilson, his family and everyone associated with Christ Church in the passing of his dear father last evening, Jim Wilson. Here is

6th Canon of Nicea, MBTS’s Triggering Book Display Examined

James White, May 12, 2022, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Eastern Orthodoxy, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Had a little bit of tech difficulty at the start, so I am not completely certain how long we went, but we spent the first part of the program going more in depth on the 6th Canon of Nicea in response to Michael Lofton’s amazing response on YouTube. Basically, we documented that Rome dogmatically tells her apologists what to find

Open Phones Topic: Sola Scriptura!

James White, May 5, 2022, Church History, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

It may be the first time we’ve ever done this, but the fact is, we’ve done this for so long, I just can’t be sure. But anyway, I got the weird idea today to do a live open phones segment on a particular subject, today, sola scriptura. That included issues of the canon as well. Great calls and questions! We

Leaked Roe, Cameron Bertuzzi and Isaiah 22

James White, May 3, 2022, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Back in the regular studio for the first time in over a month! Wow, glad to be in the old digs again. Anyway, had to talk a bit about the leaked SCOTUS decision about Roe and the explosion of simple demonic activity all around us. Then we started reviewing some comments made by Cameron Bertuzzi related to Roman Catholicism and

Road Trip DL from Salt Lake City: A Little Riddle, a Little Muller

James White, April 26, 2022, Debate, Misc, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Road Trip, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism, TROnlyism

Was on the road for six hours today but still managed to sneak a program in this afternoon, looking a bit at my discussion with Doug Wilson on “paedocommunion” (he prefers “child communion” and there is, actually, a difference), then responding to Jeffrey Riddle on an odd take on semper Reformanda, and then finishing up with a little discussion on

Christian vs. Mormon Debate Review

James White, March 17, 2022, Debate, General Apologetics, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

I was joined in studio by Daniel Constantino and Oscar Dunlap to discuss their debate with two LDS representatives a few weeks ago at Apologia Church. Goodness, how Mormonism has changed! Almost 90 minutes of discussion, even though I was not able to play much of the debate due to a technical problem with how my computer was connected to

Radio Free Geneva: Responding to Flame on Romans 9

James White, February 24, 2022, Exegesis, Pauline Studies, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics

I tried to stay within an hour (I was doing an interview immediately after the program) but I went a little long. We responded to this thread from Christian rapper Flame on Romans 9 and his movement away from Calvinism. We read the thread, commented, and then went to the text once again, this time using our Flip board. I

Pale Blue Dots, Philosophy, Feser, and Mt. Carmel

James White, February 22, 2022, Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, General Apologetics, Misc, Pastoral Theology, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Yeah, good luck figuring out that title! Covered a lot on a 100 minute program today, from scientism to the Pullmann/Hess debacle back to Aquinas and the Baptists and finishing up with the “Mt. Carmel Challenge.” We definitely covered the waterfront today!

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