Archive for category: The Dividing Line

Michael Brown entered the lion’s den last night, appearing on Piers Morgan’s program to discuss the anti-Christian jihad prompted by the mere expression of Christian sexual ethics and morality.  We spent the first 45 minutes listening to the resultant interview (kudos to Michael for standing firm and giving a great witness) and then spent the last part of the program,

Started off noting the legalization of polygamy in Utah, and considered the fact that the “slippery slope” really wasn’t a slope: it was a cliff, as we had warned.  First twenty minutes on this topic, and then we moved to a recently noted video of Ergun Caner preaching in 2009, which, within a day of it being mentioned on Twitter,

Continued our review of Pastor Steve Gaines’ sermon on election from 9/8/2013 today.  Started off, though, with about 20 minutes on the will of God, the divine decree, and, yes, believe it or not, I managed to sneak in fractal art!  Then I saw that my grand-daughter, Clementine, was watching the show, and her mom, Summer, informed me in our

I had simply wanted to play the debate into the DL feed, but when I saw Chris Pinto’s spin article this morning (the first thing I was appraised of upon arising) I felt it appropriate to respond, which I did for the first about 35 minutes of the program.  Then I played the entire debate.  Enjoy! Here is the YouTube

We decided to lighten the mood today and spoke with musicians Clyde Bauman and Mylo Hatzenbuhler on the show today. After the interview Dr. White commented on some of the changes taking place in the Mormon church and how they will affect the future of the religion of Joseph Smith Jr. Here is the YouTube Live link:

I would have somewhat changed the title on this myself.  Here is the idea from Chris Pinto’s movie:  a 19  year old Greek named Simonides wrote Codex Sinaiticus in late 1839/early 1840.  He did so with some assistance from his uncle.  He used the Moscow Bible and Codex Alexandrinus as his primary sources.  His uncle made corrections.  The codex was

We continued our review of the September 8th sermon by Dr. Steve Gaines, examining whether his simple foreknowledge view can really withstand scrutiny, and also noting the disastrous results of refusing to recognize the difference between the prescriptive will of God and the decretive will of God.  We might be able to finish this sermon off with one more program, as

We had to overcome some technical issues at the start, but still managed to work out getting Voddie Baucham, Shai Linne, and Ivey Conerly together to discuss the recent controversy about Reformed Rap.  Hope everyone will listen and consider carefully, especially since there were points of disagreement or divergence even amongst our panel.  Great time! Here is the YouTube Live

Spent the program today reviewing an article that was just posted on the Caner Scandal and some of the antics of the venerable Peter Lumpkins and Mr. Rogers, all in light of the incredible unanimous election of Ergun Caner as president of a Georgia Baptist college. Here is the YouTube video:

In the first hour James covered a number of current events including: 1. Ben Witherington of Patheos visits the Vatican and meets the Pope. 2. Steven Anderson NWO bible versions trailer and the utilization of archaic language. 3. Textual variants in the Qur’an? Dr. Keith Small reviews the Sana’a palimpsest Qur’anic manuscript. 4. Zelph the white Lamanite? Discussing possible sources

Today I played portions of and responded to, one of the most amazing “soft sells” of Mormonism I have ever heard coming from a professing Latter-day Saint.  On the Issues Etc. program of November 15, 2013, the president of FAIRMormon.org, Scott Gordon, had a discussion with the host on the subject of Mormonism.  It was, to put it mildly, an

OK, not really, but here’s what happened.  I started off with some brief comments on the incredible section in 2 Corinthians 4:3-6, and then I started to respond to a Twitter conversation I had had this morning with a Muslim.  I invited him to watch on YouTube, and he did.  He started to respond, and so we had a conversation

First subject in our 90 minute Jumbo edition: remembering the nature of Scripture while resisting unbelieving ways of scholarship based upon some comments made in review of a recent book on the virgin birth.  Though I think most people “enjoyed” the other two subjects more, this was by far the most important part of the program. Second, what happened “in

Bored everyone to tears the first part of the program by discussing two books I read yesterday, one by James D.G. Dunn, the other by McGrath, both on pretty much the same area of study.  Tried to speak about the necessity of demythologizing scholarship.  Included a brief clip of what those books “sound” like while riding.  Then we took two

Commented a little at the start on Reformation Day, then discussed an example of Islamophobia (the real kind—i.e., a bigotted/biased attack piece that shows no interest in understanding, but only in engendering fear and hatred), then moved on to some news in the onslaught of the homosexual movement before taking calls. Here’s the video:

Covered a lot today, with a brief recounting of my interview with KJV Only advocate Steven Anderson, and then a longer series of comments based upon my listening to three of the presentations from the Strange Fire Conference on my ride this morning.  Then we took calls, including one from Rory on the presentation of David Allen from Southwestern against

I decided to dedicate the entire program today to reviewing the first call Michael Brown took on The Line of Fire on Tuesday.  It seemed to provide an excellent basis for actually addressing the most important elements of this controversy.  I didn’t expect to take the whole hour, but, that’s what happened!  Hopefully our listeners will find this a useful

Today on the Dividing Line we covered a wide variety of topics, including briefly looking at Al Mohler’s talk at BYU, and some recent incidents of infanticide and Western culture’s love of death and destruction.  I then played a clip from Mr. Pinto’s Tares video that illustrates the ease with which conspiracy theories can be produced (did you know Darwin published Origin

Today on the Dividing Line we covered a wide range of topics, from the Pope and Mary to the Strange Fire Conference and lots of other things, including calls as well.  A veritable potpourri!

I responded to the “conversion testimony” (note how it is a story of conversion not to Christ, but to a system of religion) by former Southern Evangelical Seminary professor Jason Reed today. This is a very important discussion, and it is one I hope will be helpful to those watching the developments at SES in regards to a wave of

My grand daughter Clementine knows what to watch on the computer!

Took the first half hour to catch up with the Popes (yes, plural), and the continuing elevation of a small sexual minority to the position of an uber-class of privilege, and then launched into a 90 minute Radio Free Damascus, focusing on Yusuf Ismail and at the end, Bashir Varnia. Can’t see this? Click here to go to the YouTube

We had another jumbo show today. Dr. White addressed a recent ‘Calvinism Dialogue’ at Southwestern Theological Seminary and the comments made from both sides. While he had hoped to fit in more from Bashir Varnia he decided to keep going with reviewing Jerry Walls’ presentation on calvinism and concluded it.

Started out reviewing some of the comments of Lawrence Krauss and William Lane Craig from Australia today, as featured on Unbelievable. Had to take time to interact with Craig’s “God didn’t do the Canaanite children any wrong because they all went to heaven” defense once again showing that where you start theologically will always, always determine your apologetic argumentation. Then

Well, I’m not sure how to blog all of this. Since we live streamed the presentation summarizing the case against Ergun Caner Tuesday evening from Lindale, Rich decided, “Hey, we can do that.” So, we are now live streaming the Dividing Line. I have no idea why anyone would want to watch me sitting there talking, but, evidently, people do.

Started off discussing next Tuesday’s seminar in Lindale on Ergun Caner and the Great Evangelical Cover Up, then went back to our review of Jerry Walls’ presentation, and then for the last half hour we went back to responding to Yusuf Ismail. The Walls discussion got into his comments on John Piper and his comments about his sons, so it