Archive for category: The Dividing Line

OK, we don’t have a Radio Free Salt Lake City theme, or even a graphic…but if we did, this would have been the program to use them for! I had the misfortune of listening to the “dialogue” between Dr. Richard Mouw, long time president of Fuller Theological Seminary, and Dr. Robert Millet, BYU professor and author of the Eerdman’s published

Sorry to have neglected to blog last Thursday’s DL. At the start we mentioned the prayer offered at the Inauguration and its seeking God’s blessing on homosexuality; then I updated folks on the fact that, so far, John Ankerberg has followed the Norman Geisler line: ignore the actual facts of the Caner scandal, in this case, by the ignoring of

I started off playing a portion of President Obama’s inaugural comments, focusing upon his promotion of homosexuality and the profaning of the divine institution of marriage.  We when took a call from Jane up in the northwest asking how we can “respect authority” when that authority stands inalterably opposed to God’s ways.  We took two other calls, one on an

Today TurretinFan joined me as we spent the entire hour reviewing, and responding to, this article by Scott Alt on the topic of sola scriptura. Those who are particularly involved in defending the sufficiency of Scripture against Rome’s constant attacks upon it may find the exchange useful. And don’t forget the WayBack Machine, streaming Dividing Lines from 1998 onward 24/7!

Spent the first 3/4 of the program on current developments primarily related to the use of homosexuality as a cultural bludgeon to silence Christians—focusing on the Giglio debacle from last week, and the Steve Chalke abandonment of biblical morality and ethics as well. Then we spent the last 15 minutes on some comments made by Ergun and Emir Caner in

When you’ve been away for a while, topics add up! So, we went for a full two hours today. Started off with some shorter discussions of a recent Bart Ehrman insult tossed my direction (based upon lies by someone named M.L.), then visited the newly revived Caner Scandal as Ergun and Emir teamed up to appear on the John Ankerberg

Monday we snuck one last Dividing Line in, an episode of Radio Free Damascus, responding to the statements of Khalil Meek in his debate with Jay Smith. We will return to a fairly regular schedule for the DL next week. And don’t forget the WayBack Machine, streaming Dividing Lines from 1998 onward 24/7! You can listen on the Flash Player

Here we thought we wouldn’t be able to do any DLs next week, but, having listened to a debate on my ride this morning, there is much to discuss! So, we will be having a special Radio Free Damascus Monday, 10am my time, noon EST! Join us then!

Seems lots of folks were off of their regular schedules today, as we didn’t get much in the way of audience participation, but I still covered a few items of interest, including the Pope’s recent truthful statements against the abomination of “gay marriage,” and then we returned to the long lost Ehrman/Wallace debate in the second half of the program.

Briefly addressed the continuing evidence that the folks at The Deen Show aren’t overly concerned about actually doing serious dawa, and then took a lot of calls on, well, a lot of topics! Wide ranging program, or, if I was trying to sell you on listening, “something for everyone!” And don’t forget the WayBack Machine, streaming Dividing Lines from 1998

Snuck a quick Dividing Line in today, starting with a brief review of some comments I made on Sunday from Luke 13. Then we took a call on learning Greek, and went back to our review of some comments from Sami Zaatari in his debate with David Wood, all interspersed with, shall we say, rather random commentary from yours truly.

Started off following up on the Bart Ehrman/Newsweek article (I had been on the Janet Mefferd Show this afternoon on the same topic), responded to some claims from Sami Zaatari from a recent debate with David Wood, and took a couple of calls, one on sanctification and one on Hebrews 6 and the perfection of Christ as Savior. And don’t

I guess I forgot to blog last Thursday’s DL (and no one even mentioned it!). We continued our examination of the Chris Green/Paul Williams debate, as I recall. Today we covered a wide variety of topics at the start, and then focused in on a particular section of a new book by Jay Michaelson, God vs. Gay, that illustrates many

Thankfully, those are three different topics! Started off with some comments on Paul “He Threw a Greek New Testament at Me!” Williams, and then took two calls, both of which went over 15 minutes in length, the first on John 3:16 (and 2 Timothy 2:12ff), the second on how to explain the beliefs of the Watchtower Society.

But I can tell you the last 45 minutes was dedicated to finishing off Paul Williams’ opening statement (finally). The 45 minutes before that allowed me to empty out my “DL Materials” bookmark folder—all sorts of incredible stuff about how quickly Western culture is embracing rebellion and depravity. A study in Christian worldview application and defense, to be sure.

I did not intend to spend pretty much the entire hour finishing up our response to Jason Stellman, but I did. TurretinFan did not join me, as I really did not think it would take as long as it did. But, we provided nearly four hours worth of response—a response Jason Stellman says he is not even going to listen

Only got about seven minutes into the presentation of this talk on Free Will from Church of Christ minister Winford Claiborne, but I think most folks will agree—that was far enough! Lots of discussion of the nature of God’s decree and what “unconditional election” actually means. Hope it is helpful to those who are in dialogue with folks who would

Not into the shopping scene? Me either. So, how about a Radio Free Geneva in the morning to help start working off all those extra calories? I will be responding to the “Free Will” sermon found here by Winford Claiborne, a Church of Christ minister who demonstrates that you can oppose Calvinism but not have a clue what Calvinism actually

Today was an important program, for TurretinFan joined us to continue our response to Jason Stellman’s appearance on the Called to Confusion podcast. In this program we tackle his statements about patristics and sola scriptura. Important for those dealing with the claims of Romanism. A full 90 minutes of response. Don’t miss this one!

Got back to the Licona/Martin debate, seeing again and again how vitally important it is to examine presuppositions, especially when dealing with post-modernists! Hopefully useful material once again! And don’t forget the WayBack Machine, streaming Dividing Lines from 1998 onward 24/7! You can listen on the Flash Player found here.

TurretinFan joined me today as we began reviewing Jason Stellman’s recent appearance on the Called to Confusion podcast. Jason Stellman is a former PCA minister who has turned his back on the gospel of grace and bowed the knee to the Papacy. Vitally important issues are raised and addressed in this program. We will continue our review in the near

The Big Brains of Brussels (i.e., the EU) are worried about “stereotyping” the family—we can’t have kids thinking a mommy and a daddy are the norm! That’s heterosexism, you know. Yeah—tell me about it. Then we looked at some post-election issues relating to the great “unity” brought about by denying sola scriptura. The last half hour I spent looking at

I resisted the temptation to comment on the election on the DL today, as there is so much that could be observed, but instead stuck to our review of the Licona/Martin dialogue on whether Jesus recognized His own deity. I think this is an important exercise in examining the presuppositions of what is truly “worldly wisdom.”

On an election day version of the Dividing Line we pretty much avoided the topic and instead started listening to the debate between Mike Licona and Dale Martin on whether Jesus believed Himself to be divine. A fascinating insight into a “post-modern” mindset, Martin, himself a homosexual, likewise confesses to being a Trinitarian Christian, yet, he doesn’t believe Jesus believed

I can’t even start listing the topics. I had 8-10 tabs loaded up and I think we threw a few other topics in for the fun of it. And, given a cold and hence some real difficulty speaking, I didn’t talk quite as fast as normal! But hopefully some useful information anyway.

Given that tomorrow is Reformation Day, we addressed a truly relevant topic. I was joined by the famous TurretinFan and we discussed the claims of Peter Williams on a recent Unbelievable Radio Broadcast, primarily focusing on his arguments for the Papacy and against sola scriptura. For those with a special interest in those areas, this will be a valuable program.

Snuck in a Skype based DL from Detroit today. Talked about the possibility of taking the DL to ABN as well for a bi-weekly program, and the needs we would have to meet to be able to do so (see the blog entry below). Then we took calls on a wide variety of subjects, but mainly in reference to God’s

We have the opportunity to partner with ABN (www.abnsat.com) to provide a bi-weekly primetime television version of the Dividing Line hosted by yours truly. Many of you have enjoyed my appearances on ABN, and now in talking with Dr. Gorial, the head of ABN, he has asked if I would be willing to fly to Detroit regularly to host my

Covered a wide range of topics today, such as: Psalm 36:4 and the need to despise evil; the growing evidence that the “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” fragment is a modern day fraud; the fundamentalist, non-reflective secularism of Adam Gopnik; Paul Williams’ love affair with the nuttiest of history and theology; more examples of how intolerant those of the left are

Well, I had been told “Brother Jack” was calling in today, but alas—the phones were silent. But that didn’t keep me from spending 100 minutes on the topic, playing, and responding to, the entirety of this “sermon” that is founded upon a dogmatic dedication to 1) a hatred of the truths of the doctrines of grace, and 2) the denial