Archive for category: The Dividing Line

Skype managed to work pretty well for us today as we did a live program from my hotel in Westbury, New York.  Chatted about a bunch of things, from Cardinal Burke’s comments about the current Pope through William Lane Craig’s response to an inquiry about the atonement.  Managed to get back to Brian Zahnd, and then toward the end of

Last live DL at least for me for a while (unless we can hook up while I am back east with a solid connection). First made some comments on the recent “Francis and Evolution” stuff coming out of Rome. Then got back to Brian Zahnd’s opening comments in the Calvinism debate, and got within I would say about a minute

A few topics to start off with and then finished listening to Austin Fischer’s opening statement in the Calvinism debate from a few months ago, then took a call from the infamous Horatio of Georgia. Here is the YouTube link:

Did you know God is not afraid of new things?  Yeah, you’d expect that from some squishy emergent type hipster, but Pope Francis? Yep, Pope Francis. This pontificate is going to be very interesting. Hope my RC apologist friends have invested in Advil. Anyway, followed that up with a clip I heard on Immaculate Heart Radio last night from a

Almost signaled the end of time by discussing eschatology on the DL today!  Had to chuckle at all the commentary before the program began.  In any case, all I wanted to do was review this article by Kenneth Gentry on 2 Timothy 3.  When I read it (linked on FaceBook) I found it wanting.  Just didn’t ring true for me.

Pretty much the entire program was related to Roman Catholicism today, looking at the synod meeting in Rome, the reports on the discussions therein, a little bit of Jason Stellman’s “unmitigated disaster” meme, and then, the last portion of the program, I interacted with Douglas Wilson’s FVism regarding Rome, and pounded on the theme, “It’s the Gospel” over and over

James returns from South Africa and gives us an extensive review of the trip. Here is the YouTube link:

John Samson continues teaching on the doctrine of justification by faith alone, the imputation of Christ’s righteousness and how Paul and James compliment each other on the matter. Here is the YouTube link:

John Samson is back as a guest host on today’s Dividing Line, teaching on the doctrine of justification by faith alone, highlighting Romans chapters 1-4. A clear message on the imputation of Christ’s righteousness. Here is the YouTube link:

John Samson continues his walk through Acts 10, showing us why it is one of the most important chapters in the entire New Testament. Here is the YouTube link:

After an historic Royal announcement that included the 6th Sola of the Reformation, the show gets somewhat back to normal as guest host, John Samson, walks us through Acts 10, showing us why it is one of the most important chapters in the entire New Testament. Here is the YouTube link:

Discussed the continuing spiral into moral and ethical chaos in Western society, looking at a few “evangelical” examples, followed a number of interesting rabbit trails, and eventually ended up back with…Brian Zahnd’s opening statement in his debate with Michael Brown. Here is the YouTube link:

Today I started off discussing the launch of “Evangelicals for Marriage Equality,” and given that the phrase “marriage equality” is a lie-phrase, well—that becomes part of the discussion.  Wandered about a bit for the first half hour on that topic, then someone on Twitter completely derailed everything.  I was about to discuss my Twitter convo with Brian Zahnd (see below)

Just a couple of topics today.  Briefly mentioned the promotion of hatred, and maybe even violence, by the HRC; then briefly addressed Walid Shoebat’s odd canon comments (taking an interesting rabbit trail on the Pope’s strange actions and the issue of defining marriage); and finished up reviewing Brian Zahnd’s opening statement on the atonement against Michael Brown. Here is the

Took the time to actually watch all of the opening statement of Brian Zahnd in the debate that took place over the weekend in Kansas City against Michael Brown.  Zahnd has engaged in two debates recently, both demonstrating a near fatal case of ACDS (Anti Calvinist Derangement Syndrome), this time the strain that is symptomatic of the modern Marcionites, something

Today’s guest host John Samson was, for quite some time, a pastor in the “word of faith” movement. On today’s show, John shares something of an insider’s guide, as well as the powerful biblical truths God used to alert him to the gross deception. Here is the YouTube Live link:

Examined and responded to Roger Olson’s rather weak attempt to deflect the charge of Marcionism (found here), and then finally got to at least halfway through Austin Fischer’s opening statement in the recent “Calvinism” debate. I will be in Boulder, Colorado on Thursday, and I am uncertain of what Rich’s plans are, so keep an eye out! Here is the

Oddly, there was a single thread throughout the program today.  Well, mainly.  I was asked to address a tweet by Andy Stanley, and I noted that in fact there was a thread that ran through that subject into the Marcionite doctrine of Roger Olson, Brian Zahnd, etc., all those who want to throw the Hebrew Scriptures out and who want

Took me a little longer than I expected to make it through the last half of Deedat’s horrific “crucifiction” arguments, but we sure did run into some real whoppers on his part as far as simple dishonesty goes.  Then I looked briefly at Paul Williams promoting non-Christian Christianity, then we started looking at the very recent “Calvinist debate,” starting with looking

Tried to reason with Dr. Joe McGee, the Director of the Consolation Association of the Georgia Baptist Convention, on the phone right before the DL started—mistake!  He chose the “I will just keep talking and accusing you of all sorts of things but thanks for calling because I know you are trying to intimidate me which means I’m really somebody

Spent most of the program today listening to Ahmed Deedat and taking apart his horrible arguments against the crucifixion.  We got to the point where we are ready to tackle his thirty arguments against the crucifixion “from the Bible.”  We will discover his arguments have very little to do with any honest or meaningful reading of Scripture at all.

Took a brief look at the “coming out” TV interview with “Christian rock-star” Vicky Beeching (sorry—never heard of her till last year, to be honest—is her music in the Trinity Hymnal?).  Then I played this amazing video of a giggling Sudanese cleric.  Then I demonstrated that I seem to pay more attention to what is actually found in the Muslim

Started off the program talking to Rudolph Boshoff down in Johannesburg via Skype. The connection was pretty iffy, and you have to listen carefully. But we discussed the state of the church in South Africa. I wanted to clarify a point where we had some audio problems…I was referring to one of the sound churches in SA, pastored by brother

Over the weekend Walid and Theodore Shoebat posted a number of items aimed my direction, and though most of what (especially) Walid produced is simply irrelevant (or too childish to respond to), it did provide a basis for a discussion of the centrality of the gospel, the nature of the gospel, and related issues, especially as they have to do

Christian militancy.  Reviving the Inquisition.  Wiping out heretics.  Sound like medievalism?  It is, but sadly, when you regularly encounter the medieval behavior of ISIS and Boko Haram and the like, it is easy to forget Christian teaching and adopt a bit of medievalism in response.  Evidently, that’s what Theodore Shoebat has done.  The son of Walid Shoebat, Theodore has been

We got started at 11am our time, but, our audio was cutting out like never before, so we bailed, and did it again at 1pm, this time using a completely different way of getting the audio to the net.  It worked fine, thankfully.  So we looked at John 6 again, this time as Don Johnson tries to insert synergism into

Discussed a bit more about the amazing use of 1 Cor 15:3 to attempt to overthrow Paul’s entire theology of atonement, then looked at an Arminian article on John 6:44 (which had little to do with the actual text), then a young Southern Baptist Pastor’s “journey out of Calvinism” (which really was no journey at all), followed by Bob Enyart’s

I figured I would go jumbo today, but instead, ended up going a full two hours instead!  Spent quite a while at the start on the First Baptist Church Woodstock/Johnny Hunt/Ergun Caner story, even talking to someone who was there, Horatio of Georgia, considering the real issues this situation illustrates (in particular, the lack of a concern to guard the

Started off looking at this “chart” published at SBCToday and noting that, well, there won’t be much progress in pursuing the truth of these matters as long as one side refuses to accurately represent the other, that’s for sure!  Then I reviewed comments here by Cheryl Schatz regarding John 6:37, and her particular way of undercutting John 6’s testimony to