Archive for category: The Dividing Line

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

Remember Brother Jack’s (now private) video “sermon” explaining why I am going to hell (and why I’m a jerk, an idiot, stupid, etc.)? Well, I was told this morning that he is going to call the program tomorrow so, I listened to his entire presentation while riding today and decided that with a bit of effort I can, in fact,

We had an important discussion of the recent study showing that “Protestants” are now less than 50% of the US population, and I discussed how the “Nones” are now 20%, and what this means for evangelism and apologetics. Then we went back to Paul Williams’ comments, almost finishing off his opening statement.

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

Started off catching up with the fact that Bob Larson moved to Scottsdale (in the Phoenix area), and is busily plying his exorcism trade, now in company with his 18 year old daughter! How exciting! Then we got back, finally, to the Dan Wallace v. Bart Ehrman debate, digging back into Ehrman’s hyper-skepticism.

Dove back into the Paul Williams debate a bit, then took callers on a wide variety of topics, finishing off with a call about dreams of Jesus amongst Muslims. Love the variety of calls we get! Also, you all know how often I play debates, lectures, etc., on the Dividing Line, and interact with them. Well, a program that I

Talked briefly about California outlawing offering hope to young homosexuals as a wonderful example of what I’ve been saying for decades now: homosexuals do not want equal rights, they want uber rights. And leftist politicians will sell their souls to anyone with a large enough donation, so voila! “Law.” You know what? Law loses its compelling force with men of

Took the time to go over my incredible journey through London and Berlin, including four debates, one at the East London Mosque, as well as the rest of the ministry opportunities I engaged in over the past two weeks. Took the time to consider the debates and offer some insights into why they were each different from each other.

Started off talking about the creeping dhimmitude in the US, then looked at some Christian grandparents being punished by the secularist elite government in Scotland, then mentioned the Steve Ray’s inconsistency in his comments on the Protevangelium of James, then talked about a package I received from Dr. Sam Gipp today (you really need to listen to that one). Then

So…isn’t it ironic that I finally finished writing What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur’an on 9/11? That wasn’t my plan, but it turned out that way. Anyhow, by the time I got to the DL I had been working all day to finish a 34 page chapter with at least seven pages of endnotes (maybe nine, I

Didn’t really intend to spend pretty much the entire hour on this, but, as I often say, it’s definitely live webcasting. Started off reflecting on the statements in support of the murder of unborn children and the profanation of marriage that are found in the DNC platform document, and then turned to Isaiah 5:8ff for thoughts on what happens when

Briefly addressed the “Bill Nye the Science Guy” issue, then spent most of the hour discussing the nit-picking criticisms of an Ephesians 4:14 man relating to my comments on the NoCoEver video (in the process looking at some interesting statements from Athanasius that are useful in apologetics) before very briefly returning to the Paul Williams presentation.

Regular length show today. First 45 minutes was on this article by Trevin Wax, and the last comprised a brief review of this post which had been tweeted by Paul Bilal Williams.

Was going to jump back into the Paul Williams material but, instead, I took the time to look at Hadith Qudsi 36 and ended up doing an entire hour on using these stories from Islamic history and lore as a means of opening up an opportunity for the presentation of the Gospel. Here’s where you can read Hadith Qudsi 36.

Had not really intended it (was going to divide the program into two topics), but we ended up staying on one topic (even the three calls were on the same topic, mainly anyway), that being homosexuality, the redefinition of marriage, related cultural issues—even touching on abortion as well. Hopefully helpful as we seek to be light in the darkness.

Covered a bunch of stuff, starting off examining this really bad pro-homosexual argument, discussed a little about the LGBT terrorist in Washington, D.C., and then discussed the appearance of non-Trinitarian singing group PC&D at a local church (Scottsdale Bible Church) and the very odd response from the “Worship and Creative Arts Pastor” of the church. Then we moved back to