Archive for category: The Dividing Line

Mormonism’s Capitulation, Open Phones with Great Calls

James White, November 16, 2022, Christian Worldview, Homosexuality, Mormonism, The Dividing Line

We started off with the Senate’s consideration of the evil “Respect for Marriage Act,” which, of course, is the Disrespect for Marriage Act, and how the LDS leadership in Salt Lake City capitulated on basic Christian belief on the matter by favoring the passage of the bill. Then we took great calls on what it is to be Reformed, the

An Unplanned, Early Morning Dividing Line

James White, November 14, 2022, Christian Worldview, Post-Evangelicalism, Sweater Vest Dialogues, The Dividing Line

We messed up planning the timing on recording a new Sweater Vest Dialogue with Doug Wilson, so, instead of pushing the day back an hour, we jumped on it and snuck in a quick Dividing Line before recording the SVD (which will be on the topic of Christian Nationalism). Rambled a good bit looking at the “election” in Maricopa County

Post Election Thoughts (Rebels Hate God), Van Til and the Use of Evidence (Matt Walsh)

James White, November 9, 2022, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Two distinct portions to the program today, the first thoughts after the mid-term elections in the United States (we are a broken and rebellious nation), the second about the use of evidence and presuppositional apologetics somewhat connected to Matt Walsh’s appearance with Joe Rogan. I made mention of an online seminar coming up this weekend put on by Eli Ayala

Australian Birth Crash, Gospel Names, Exegesis and Theology

James White, November 7, 2022, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Homosexuality, Post-Evangelicalism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Started off with a quick look at the simple crash in Australian live births in December of 2021–hmm, what could explain that I wonder? Then we talked about what seems like a really silly objection to the faith and how to turn it into a door-opening gospel presentation. Then I finished looking at the second in a series of articles

Christian Nationalism, Warren McGrew, a Warning Against Slander and Gossip, Leftist Twisting of Language

James White, November 3, 2022, Church History, Homosexuality, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Thomism

A wide variety of topics today as the title indicates, possibly prompted by the first cool and rainy weather of the fall here in Phoenix!

Dr. Turek on Calvinism Taking the “Easy” Way, Pope Francis, and Others You’d Never Expect, Say “Go to Thomas!”

James White, November 1, 2022, Church History, Open Theism, Personal, Provisionism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Responded to a brief clip of Dr. Frank Turek talking with Leighton Flowers about Calvinists and evangelism, and then read an article on Pope Francis telling everyone to “go to Thomas.” This led to a lengthy discussion of further developments in the Thomistic Downgrade amongst the Reformed. An hour and 15 minutes.

Live Dividing Line at ReformCon 2022!

James White, October 28, 2022, General Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Today Dr. Joe Boot joined me to talk culture and Christian nationalism and eschatology. Enjoy!

Aquinas as a Commentator, Doing “Theological Exegesis” on Matthew 24:36

James White, October 27, 2022, Church Fathers, Church History, Debate, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Looked at some claims about Aquinas by Norm Geisler, including a quick look at John 13:19, and then started to respond to the second in the series from Baptist Dogmatics regarding Matthew 24:36. What is “theological” or “dogmatic” exegesis? Well, we will find out more as we continue our review and response. But not tomorrow, though we plan on doing

The Regime Continues to Promote the Culture of Death, Christian Nationalism, Ecclesial Exegesis

James White, October 25, 2022, The Dividing Line

Covered the waterfront today, so to speak, addressing issues such as news about the vaccines, Covid-19 manipulation, transgender insanity, etc., before talking briefly about “Christian Nationalism.” Then we addressed a few Craig Carter tweets, and then addressed the new book on “Ecclesial Exegesis.” We hope to do two more programs this week, one on Thursday, and one from ReformCon on

Abortion at the Vatican, Baptist Dogmatics

James White, October 20, 2022, The Dividing Line

Why would Francis appoint someone who is pro-choice to an official position with the Vatican? What does this tell us about how tradition can, and does, change over time? We started here, and then moved on to this article from (we think) Drew Sparks, reading and responding to it in its entirety. Very important discussion once again of Scripture, interpretation,

John 3:13, Turretin, Pop Thomists

James White, October 18, 2022, Church History, Exegesis, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Did about 90 minutes today on a variety of topics but with a bit of a connected theme, digging into the text of John 3:13 as well as looking at Turretin’s discussion of the two natures of Christ. Finished up looking at the amazing behavior of folks on line in response to a new theological journal.

Back in the Old Haunts

James White, October 14, 2022, Exegesis, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Back to the main studio in Phoenix today as we discussed a bit more theology, then discussed the climate cult, the 1946 Movie, Nikolas Cruz and the death penalty, and the Virginia legislator that wants to make it a felony for parents NOT to affirm a child’s “transgender identity.”

Final Road Trip DL

Rich Pierce, October 5, 2022, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, TROnlyism

Audio Only! We had tech problems and just plain old “you are out in the sticks and the cell connection stinks” problems so we gave up on the video and just concentrated on the audio, which worked well. So, no intro music, etc., but you don’t need that. Covered a bit about church and state, about Dan Andrews, and anti-Christian

Road Trip Dividing Line

James White, October 3, 2022, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, TROnlyism

On the way home from a month on the road, catching up on a few items such as the re-ignition (by one side) of the “Federal Vision” controversy, etc. Then we went through ten points raised by Dr. Van Kleeck in posts written since our debate.

Early Church History Class DL from GBTS

James White, September 29, 2022, Misc, Pastoral Theology, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Did a bit of an impromptu program tonight with most of the students from the early church history class I am teaching at GBTS in Conway today. Thankful for these men!

Road Trip DL from Virginia

James White, September 26, 2022, Debate, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with a little ministry report from the G3 Conference and my time in Pennsylvania. Then we talked a little bit about the Master’s Seminary controversy, then about the debate from Saturday afternoon, and finished up with a response to Costi Hinn about Doug Wilson and Michael Brown. An hour and twenty minutes. I forgot to provide the links

Road Trip Dividing Line from Ohio

James White, September 12, 2022, Homosexuality, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Covered a lot of ground today from the RV park outside Columbus, Ohio, including a look at the Son of Man in Mark 9, some preview of the upcoming debate with Peter van Kleeck, some discussion of cultural developments such as Illinois declaring open season on its own citizens, the emptiness of “conservatism” without a real world-view foundation, etc., and

Road Trip DL from OKC

James White, September 8, 2022, Homosexuality, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Commented on the Queen’s passing and with her the passing of an era. Then we looked at Colossians 2:9, and then at Walter Brueggemann’s comments on the Bible and homosexuality.

Mary as Mediatrix in Roman Piety, Comments on Scott Swain’s Experimental Idea from James 1:5

James White, September 1, 2022, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

We have no way of knowing what we will be doing for the next few days program wise, but we snuck one in today, looking closely at the infamous Marian prayer going around the net (one I was addressing in the early 1990s). Then we looked at Scott Swain’s comments on divine simplicity and James 1:5.

The Frankfurt Declaration/Responding to Craig Carter

James White, August 30, 2022, Christian Worldview, Church History, Persecution, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

First hour or so I was joined by Pastor Tobias Riemenschneider, one of the framers of the Frankfurt Declaration (Frankfurtdeclaration.com). We discussed the declaration, its purpose and function. Then I responded to Dr. Craig Carter’s inaccurate and unkind comments posted yesterday, once again focusing upon the real issue that is coming out of the development of this “Great Traditionalism.” Nearly

Ninety Minutes of Biblical Exegesis and Theological Ruminations

James White, August 25, 2022, Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, Godly Disciplines, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Started off looking closely at Jude 3-5, then moved on to listen to a section of an interview with Carl Trueman, and then brought it all together to respond to the topic of people destroying their credibility by talking about Socinianism.

The Great Paedo-Bapti-Trans Dispute of 2022

James White, August 22, 2022, Reformed Baptist Issues, Road Trip, The Dividing Line

I drove from Denver to Santa Fe today, set up my unit and jumped on line to address the great dispute that erupted over the weekend. I hope that my comments will clarify, enlighten, bless and challenge.

Road Trip DL: Passing On the Faith

James White, August 18, 2022, Church History, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Started off with something I had not planned on doing, discussing the importance of passing on the Culture of Life, and how this relates to God’s law, the preservation of Scripture, etc. Then looked at some of the zaniness in the “Reformed” world, including R. Scott Clark’s exceptionally hypocritical comments on my response to George Bryson from 2003.

Open Zoom Calls Road Trip Dividing Line

James White, August 16, 2022, Christian Worldview, Church Fathers, Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Road Trip, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

We managed to get through a number of excellent calls today on topics ranging from the canon to covenant theology to talking to folks who are being taught by the New Confessionalists, etc. with only one 30 second Internet drop (that, as far as we can see, was on Rich’s end, not mine!). Should be able to have another program

The I Am Sayings of Jesus as an Example of Exegesis and Hermeneutics

James White, August 15, 2022, Church History, Exegesis, Godly Disciplines, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Road Trip, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

Today we did a Road Trip DL in the rain up here in Colorado, focusing upon the I Am sayings of Jesus and using them as an example of what believing, exegesis looks like in contrast with modern methods, or the supposedly superior “pre-modern” method seen in Scholasticism, etc. Tomorrow we will be doing on “Open Zoom” program with your

Road Trip Dividing Line from Denver, Colorado

James White, August 11, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Started off with a little discussion of the lawless Regimes in the West and where all of that must, inevitably, head. Then I played key sections from a webcast hosted by Joe Thorn with special guest Steve Meister where I am accused of, well, all sorts of things. It is truly a mystery why this is happening, but, we press

Mystics of India Video Review and More

James White, August 8, 2022, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters, Thomism

We had a solid internet connection so we did a full program including playing a “Mystics of India” video and responding to it, and then playing a video from Norman Geisler on the necessity of Thomas Aquinas for Evangelicals. Oddly enough, the two topics connected together fairly well!

Church History Story Time with Uncle Jimmy: Road Trip Edition (Audio Only)

James White, August 4, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

After a few minutes about the importance of self discipline in the Christian life, I read through three sections from Dr. Nick Needham’s 2000 Years of Christ’s Power series, one dealing with the Robber Synod, one dealing with the Marburg Colloquy, and the last about the death of Chrysostom. Enjoy!

A Road Trip DL Short

James White, August 2, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

45 minute program audio only today due to travel issues. Covered a little church history and a lot about the culture of death.

The Redemption of Christ

James White, July 28, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Today we dove headlong into one of the greatest chapters in Calvin’s Institutes, Book II, chapter 16, where he lays out the great work of Christ. It has been alleged that a “Reformed Biblicist” like myself could not speak as Calvin did. We buried that strawman deep into the soil of truth. Enjoy!

Scripture and Tradition

James White, July 25, 2022, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Thomism

Today we mainly looked at the first chapter of the London Baptist Confession of Faith and its beautiful and important testimony to the inspiration and sufficiency of Scripture. Hopefully encouraging for us all! I did look at a few statements made by folks at the beginning of the show, but tried to keep most of them relevant to the over-all

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