Archive for category: The Dividing Line

We had a rather, uh, technically challenged DL live from Detroit yesterday. The first time I disappeared was due to the hotel wireless: they simply cycle all the users off twice a day, and, well, that happened about eleven minutes in. Why I dropped the connection three or four more times, I don’t know, but I think Rich managed to

Felt like I was back in a seminary classroom today! It was great. Our first caller, Peter, set a new record for how many questions you can cram into one phone call. Well done. Then we had a great conversation with Landon on presuppositional apologetics, then talked to Dan from Maine on NT Wright and justification, and even talked with

Listened to portions of the Hitchens/Dembski debate on the existence and goodness of God. We were left wondering what a shallow defense of Mother Theresa had to do with the topic, and mourned the opening it gave Hitchens to conclude the debate most memorably. Theology matters, again. Then we took e-mail questions on a variety of topics, commented briefly on

Started off responding to an e-mail about yesterday’s Radio Free Geneva, and then moved into a quick review of the Mexico City debate featuring William Lane Craig and Richard Dawkins. Then we started taking calls on that topic, and finished with a call on particular redemption.

So what prompted me to do a Radio Free Geneva? Well, first, the clips from the Ankerberg Show with Norman Geisler and his dismissal of the utter refutation of his horrific “farmer and the boys in the swimming pond” illustration (and the misquotation of Matthew 23:37 as well). But after spending the first half hour on that topic, I moved

Today was all caller driven, or I guess, net driven. I answered a Twitter question on Acts 16:31ff first, then Rich read a number of e-mail questions, and then we started taking lots of Skype and regular calls on…well, a wide variety of topics. This is about as close as I’ll ever get to doing my impersonation of a Bible answer guy

Sorry about being so slow in getting these linked! Those who use iTunes get them a lot faster (hint, hint). Anyway, yesterday in a special Wednesday DL we discussed Frank Beckwith at the ETS meetings (we decided “E” now stands for Ecumenical, not Evangelical), and then looked at Jackie Alnor’s take on debates and debating from “Rapture Ready Radio.” Then

Today’s normal DL has been moved to tomorrow. We will be discussing Frank Beckwith’s presentations at ETS (esp. since one of his presentations is on justification), and Rapture Ready Radio’s criticism of debates along with the promotion of Jack Chick instead! Should be interesting. Wednesday at 11am MST.

I felt it would be helpful to many to comment on the inclusion of very minority readings in the new SBLGNT that was released recently. Specifically, I addressed Bart Ehrman’s two favorite texts, Mark 1:41 and the “angry Jesus,” and Hebrews 2:9, “apart from God.” The SBLGNT includes both barely supported variants in the main text, going against pretty much

So what do the folks at Biologos and Doug Pagitt have in common? A lot, it turns out, as we discovered on today’s Dividing Line. Started off with a quick report from my teaching in Peru (and my fascinating observation that, as of this point in time on Tuesday afternoon, I have yet to hear a single car horn sounded

The DL starts in less than fifteen minutes, and we can tell by the low number of listeners that you all have played with your clocks again. Remember, the DL is always at 11am MST. Important stuff to discuss today!

Sunday is October 31, Reformation Sunday, remembering God’s great work of bringing the light of the gospel to Europe through the Reformation. So to help prepare you for that day I was joined by TurretinFan, and we talked about Francis Turretin, one of those used by God to help systematize and defend the truths of the Reformation. Then I spent

Had a great time on the program today, covering three items: first, reminding folks that we now have the great “Read My Book” debate from 2003 available in mp3 format now, here. Then we reviewed, very briefly, some of Bob Sungenis’ anti-Calvinism arguments from up in Newberg, and then launched into the real reason for the Radio Free Geneva, the

Did you know Calvinism’s emphasis upon God’s divine decree is unbiblical? That it impugns God’s character? Well, you’ve heard all that before, right? I mean, it is like Psalm 33 or Daniel 4 or Ephesians 1 just doesn’t exist in the Bibles carried by folks like Dave Hunt or George Bryson. But William Lane Craig, Philosopher to the Exegetically Challenged,

Went over some material on purgatory at the top of the show, then took calls relevant to the same topic on subjects such as “the eucharist.” A Roman Catholic intensive Dividing Line prior to my trip to Oregon to debate Robert Sungenis.

Another potpourri of topics today, with calls on “repentance” in the Old Testament, dealing with anti-Trinitarian “Messianic Judaism,” and a call on explaining the wrath of God to our modern culture. Snuck a few minutes of the second Slick/Sungenis conversation as well.

Covered some important topics today. Started with this article on the human genome and the fact that life…really is life! Great stuff. Then discussed the amazing response an evil-saturated society produces to anyone who says something moral (related to this story), then we discussed a story about Muhammad and his wives, then took quite a while to respond to Roger

Fast moving hour today! Started off with a call on eschatology and Bible study resources, then took a call on the discussion that has been spawned by the Trinity/Unitarian debate on the Jewish Voice Broadcast, then took a call on dealing with Roman Catholic apologists and the Eucharist, then a call on the origin of cultic movements, then a call

Started off getting back to the Slick/Sungenis dialogue (first half hour), then after the break took calls on Bart Ehrman, Dave Hunt, and an attempted call from Magnus in Sweden, but our Skype set up failed! Well, we tried!

My planned activities got rained out today, so I am headed back to Phoenix, and should be there in time for the regularly scheduled DL. So, despite my saying the DL would be moved to Wednesday…it won’t! Join me live at 11am for the DL today!

Lots of calls today, covering Mormonism, Reformed issues, Islam, and finished with a call from a Roman Catholic from Australia with a question on what Reformed Baptists believe about elders in the church (went a little long for that).

Started off with a little correction of George Bryson’s FaceBook assertions that I refuse to debate him. Corrected his misapprehensions, talked a bit about the need for cross-examination in debates, and then made him an offer he can’t refuse: I will gladly defend the statements of Chapter 3 of the London Baptist Confession of Faith in debate against him. I

Another video has been posted with embarrassing statements from Ergun Caner regarding his fundamental misunderstandings of basic Islamic terminology and concepts. Spent a few minutes at the top of the show reviewing that, then listened to a portion of an Unbelievable radio show from London where a Christian, in speaking to an atheist, offered a horrific presentation of the gospel,

I think that is the longest title to a DL blog entry I’ve ever produced! We started off looking at Robert Sungenis’ comments in response to TurretinFan’s article on the Immaculate Conception debate with Christopher Ferrara. I must say, Dr. Sungenis was very nice to talk to and debate in Santa Fe. He should be commended. But this article left

Sam Shamoun joined me live in studio today. We started off with a discussion of the debate that took place Tuesday evening on the Jewish Voice Broadcast here in Phoenix (Sam was in the audience), and then started taking calls on a wide variety of issues, including one from the ever enigmatic TurretinFan!

Gave a report on this past weekend’s debates in Santa Fe with Robert Sungenis, a little preview of the debate this evening on the Jewish Voice Broadcast where I am teaming up with Michael Brown to defend the Trinity (no, I cannot live stream it, but, of course, it will air on the program in the near future), and then

Started off with a statement on the “Burning Qur’an’s” fiasco, took a call on Oneness Pentecostalism from London, concluded my comments on Marc Ayer’s claims, took more calls, and finished up with part of the cross-examination between myself and Robert Sungenis from our debate on Papal Infallibility in Florida.

Started off with a recap of last weekend’s debates, and then moved to the comments of a former presuppositionalist who swam the Tiber. Always interesting to listen to “converts.” They always expose the real reasons with their comments. I even heard another such convert yesterday claim that she had once believed that there may be only a thousand people, like

Started off noting that Elmer Towns says Ergun Caner’s “punishment” fits the “problem,” then took three calls, one from Estonia relevant to Islam, one on King James Onlyism, one on the nature of hell. All three were very encouraging calls.

Went over Chosen But Free Three on the DL today, looking at the abject failure of Norman Geisler to provide a meaningful or scholarly response to the criticisms of his work that have piled up over the past decade since it first appeared. Took one call on Ephesians 2:8 and wrapped it up!