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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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Stability, Order, Foundations, Adiaphora, and a Bible-Based Trip Down Memory Lane

, , Christian Worldview, Misc, Musings, Personal, The Dividing Line

Had more streaming problems today (yes, we are considering outside interference, but for now, there really isn’t much we can do about it) so we recorded the program again.  Spent most of the time looking at Colossians 2:5-7 and what it means to be stable, grounded, disciplined, and what this means in our present context.  Then we took a little

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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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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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Report on Trip to Birmingham, South Africa, and London, Along with More

, , Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Personal, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Covered my two weeks overseas with lots of side-trips and commentary on related issues, and toward the end focused upon some issues that came up in my debate with Zakir Hussein on the crucifixion, especially John 17:5 and Psalm 22:16.  Also showed off a new Bible, a Polish translation of The Roman Catholic Controversy, my Bates hat from London, and the

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Jeff v. Clementine, Ancient Leviticus Scroll, Colossians 2, A Little Abu Zakariya

, , The Dividing Line

Got started a little late (I think what I heard Rich yell was “I killed the whole thing!”) but still managed to sneak a program in covering a wide variety of topics including Clementine’s debate with Jeff Durbin and…other stuff!  I leave for England and South Africa this weekend, so we will be back, Lord willing, with more programs at

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Meme Day on the Dividing Line

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

Showed a bunch of memes today and interacted with them, mainly on Islamic issues.  Then read two brief articles from Bassam Zawadi, also from Facebook, and interacted with them.  Wide variety of topics, actually, hopefully helpful to more than just those who engage in ministry to Muslims.  Enjoy! I also mentioned toward the end of the program the sermon I

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A Clarification on the Trinity for a Muslim/Brannon Howse on the Hagmann Report

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

For the first 45 minutes we played a video from a Muslim asking a question about the Trinity based upon how the Holy Spirit “overshadowed” Mary.  Since he asked for Christians to explain the passage, we did!  Then we moved to last night’s Hagmann Report which, in the first hour, featured Brannon Howse. Here is the YouTube link:

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God Made Man and Woman. PERIOD. Then Back to William Lane Craig and Presuppositionalism

, , Atheism, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

The first half of the program was prompted by the Presidential statement (Tweet!) on “transgenders” in the military and the reactions to it from the secular totalitarians.  What are the worldview implications and foundations? Then in the second half of the program we went back to the last portion of the comments made by Dr. William Lane Craig on the

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More on WLC and Apologetic Methodology (First Hour), Karlo Broussard on the Alleged Parallels Between Atheism and Sola Scriptura

, , Atheism, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

First hour we played material relevant to apologetic methodology as William Lane Craig continues his very interesting, if somewhat confusing, interaction with the debate Sye did on the radio.  But we only got halfway through that, as I wanted to review some comments by Karlo Broussard on catholic.com attempting (badly) to parallel atheism with Protestantism (specifically, a belief in sola scriptura).

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A Scriptural Case for the Deity of Christ/Interaction with a Proposal for the Government to “Study” Islam

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Islam, Pauline Studies, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

Only an hour today, but the first half was focused on the deity of Christ (interrupted by failing light strips in the studio!) and the second was focused upon a GOP proposal to identify “peaceful teaching Muslims” from those preaching violence.  Basically, I really don’t want the government determining good and bad theology for anyone, because while the GOP may be

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William Lane Craig on Presuppositionalism, More on the White/Howse (Get It?) Controversy

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

Simply had to deal with William Lane Craig’s review of a debate on apologetic methodology at the start—we will be waiting further installments as this conversation continues.  Then I moved on to comment on the Janet Mefferd Show episode that aired Monday, Brannon Howse’s turning me over to Satan, etc. and etc.  Comments on 2 John 7-11 as well.  A

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A Little Bit on Eugene Peterson, a Whole Lot on James Simpson

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

Did about twenty minutes on the Eugene Peterson controversy regarding gay marriage, etc., and then moved into a rather full response to the James Simpson interview on the Janet Mefferd Show.  Played entire clips from the interview and responded, fully, to the politically-based accusations from Simpson, and then played Janet’s objections and responded to them as well.  I really appreciate

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Useful Idiot for Islamism? Or Adorning the Gospel of Christ? A Response to James Simpson and American Thinker

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

In light of the airing tomorrow of an interview with James Simpson, author of “When Evangelicals Become Useful Idiots for Islamism” (American Thinker, 6/24/17) on the Janet Mefferd Show, we did a special program for those who will be looking for information in light of that interview.  We went over the controversy and pointed out that Mr. Simpson’s article is

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Cultures That Abandon God’s Light Lose that Light, Then Hebrews 1:3 Textual Critical Discussion

, , Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Pauline Studies, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Mainly discussed the move toward embracing transgenderism as a proper Christian viewpoint by the Church of England in the first half hour, and then moved to a discussion of a textual variant in Hebrews 1:3 as an illustration of a number of things in the second half hour.  Both live from Evergreen, Colorado via Skype.  Hope it is helpful! Here

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Skype Dividing Line from Evergreen, Colorado

, , Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line

I guess the single theme of today’s Dividing Line was: let’s interact with the world with gentleness and reverence since, well…the Bible commands us to do so.  Thoughts on the development of the “fundamentalist mindset,” a little look at the attitude expressed by “Truth Defenders,” and more.  Enjoy! Here is the YouTube link:

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Inerrancy and Harmonization: What’s the Problem?

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

After a bit of discussion of current developments concerning the ravaging hordes running about the internet burning and looting, we played a portion of the comments made on the recent episode of Unbelievable on the subject of the gospels, inerrancy, and harmonization. Important stuff!  Note sure about the schedule for the next two weeks as I will be up in

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Yusuf Ismail and Deuteronomy, and Further Response to Abu Zakariya

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

Started off the program today with a little bit on the ongoing attacks upon A&O by the odd coalition of Christians and political types, and then reviewed some comments by Yusuf Ismail in a recent ABN debate with Usama Dakdok, specifically looking at portions of Deuteronomy—tough, difficult portions.  No ducking, no saying “Oh, that’s the Old Testament, we don’t have

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Colossians 3 in P46, Hagmann’s Take on the Dialogue, Beginning of Review/Response to Abu Zakariya

, , Christian Worldview, Islam, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with some thoughts based upon Colossians 3 (looking at P46 as our basis), and then moved on to consider the “dark underside of the Christian web” in light of recent attacks and smears upon the ministry.  Then we started looking at Abu Zakariya’s new book, Jesus: Man, Messenger, Messiah (Iera). Here is the YouTube link:

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Epiphanius and the Bodily Assumption, Then Facts and Observations on the Continued Misrepresentations of the Yasir Qadhi Dialogue

, , General Apologetics, Islam, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line

Took the first half hour to deal with an issue from the Marian Dogmas debate in London, specifically, the citation of Ephiphanius related to the Bodily Assumption.  Then in the second half hour I went through a number of corrections of the narrative being promoted by a number of folks relating to the dialogue with Dr. Yasir Qadhi, correcting, reproving,

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John 11, Surah 3, and Consistency

, , General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

An interesting program today where I spent a good deal of time on John 11 in P45, discussing its meaning and the context.  Then I moved to Surah 3 in the Qur’an looking at what it says about Jesus.  With that as the background, I made some comments regarding the current controversy and the slanderous attacks being leveled at me

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