Alpha and Omega Ministries is a Christian apologetics organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. James White, director, is a professor, having taught Greek, Systematic Theology, and various topics in the field of apologetics for numerous schools.
Archive for category: The Dividing Line
OK, you know how you come into your place of business in the morning with an idea of what you are going to try to get done? And know the feeling at the end of the day when you realize that though you have hardly taken the time to take a deep breath you didn’t get anything at all done
Well, definitely an interesting program today. Started out with Karl Keating’s e-letter and some stuff about comments on Jimmy Akin’s blog. Then we talked about the PCUSA moving to adopt new terminology for the Trinity, like “Mother, Child, and Womb.” I’m not making this up. Then I looked at Greg Boyd’s attempt to get around John 9. Then, in response
Due to summer time scheduling issues, tomorrow’s Dividing Line will again have to be at the normal Thursday time of 4pm MST/PDT, 7pm EDT. This would be a great time for all those folks on Jimmy Akin’s blog, who seem to know so much about me, like “Shane,” to give me a ring so we can talk about stuff. It
Southern Baptist Convention, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Jimmy Akin on the Dividing Line
James White, , The Dividing LineAnd when I say Jimmy Akin, I mean it. He called the program (right at the end…we went long to give him enough time). The first 40 minutes or so included clips from sermons at the Southern Baptist Convention and a discussion of the dogged unwillingness of many to address the important issues with any sense of seriousness; then we
We will be doing the DL live today at the normal Thursday time, 7pm EDT, due to scheduling conflicts. See you then!
Started off with a quick discussion of the use of Messianic prophecies by Islamic apologists, including connecting Isaiah 9:6 to Mohammed (except, they have to sort of skip a few portions of the text). Then a call on witnessing to Jehovah’s Witnesses took the rest of the hour, providing a great opportunity for “practical evangelism” training on the topic. Here’s
Well, we started with a call, then the phone went dead for about twenty minutes, then the calls started to come back in. Here’s the program. Also, please note, we will probably only have a single DL next week, probably on Wednesday, and none the week following. Sorry, traveling!
Rich just informed me that I forgot to give the link to last Thursday’s DL. My apologies. Here she is. Today on the DL I basically provided an hour long lecture/discussion of key issues related to Islam and the debate with Shabir Ally. Specifically, Mr. Ally has been writing on two of the topics of the debate, the issue of
Well, we set new records for connections to our Real Audio server and had at least 62 people in channel at one point (maybe more when I wasn’t paying attention) during the program today, proving, with overwhelming evidence, that Tom Ascol should be the host of the Dividing Line! But since I haven’t asked Tom to start doing that, I
Provided updates on the Caner debate (discussions on the format/thesis, etc.), progress on setting up the Glasgow debates with Shabir Ally for May of 2007, announced that Tom Ascol will be joining me on the DL next Tuesday morning, and then took calls, the first on Romans 7, the second from a “former believer” who wanted to demonstrate that the
Sorry, but I double booked myself this morning. I will have to move the DL back an hour. I’m on WVNE in Worcester, MA talking about The Da Vinci Code this morning! Completely spaced it! So, I’ll do that, then run in and do the DL! My apologies. I don’t have a secretary! So, for the many time-challenged folks out
I have the opportunity to be on the drive-time call in talk program on KPXQ tomorrow afternoon, 5-7pm, so we are going to move the DL to the morning time, 11am. Sorry if that messes anything up for anyone, but that’s the wonderful thing about a webcast. You can take advantage of other ministry opportunities as they arise.
Despite a less than happy Real Audio server, we managed to get the DL in today. Those who tried to listen live only got portions of it, but the archive should be fine. I spent the entire hour going over the Ally debate and providing some background. Once we started having technical difficulties I had a little more trouble staying
All our callers today were from Canada, which was sort of odd. Two great calls, and I likewise played, and reviewed, a discussion of John 6:44-45, once again pointing out where sound, consistent exegesis will always lead you to the same conclusions. This will be the last DL before the Biola Debate, so Lord willing, next week on Tuesday I
Can a Christian truly believe that the New Testament is inspired by God? Or, has it been corrupted and rewritten through the centuries as Muslim apologist Shabir Ally claims? In addition, can the Koran survive under the same standard that Muslims place on the New Testament, as it too, is a work of antiquity? James White and Shabir Ally debate
Covered a veritable plethora of topics today, making for a rather daedal program (hey, it’s the Word of the Day!). Got everyone in the mood by having another Mylo Hatzenbuhler concert in the pre-feed, including that incredible classic, “Who Let the Hogs Out?” Anyway, having recovered our senses after that, I noted with some humor the attempt of LDS scholar
I can’t see that our new location would have anything to do with phone calls, but it seems we have really been getting more calls since we moved here. We did today, to be sure. I played a small portion of a debate wherein Shabir Ally commented on the New Testament, but mainly took calls, commented on the Caner situation,
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