Archive for category: The Dividing Line

   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,

   I mentioned on Tuesday that we will have to change the schedule for the DL today. I know, some folks get a little upset with that, but you know, I’m really glad we are not locked into some kind of “network” timeframe in doing the program. The “elder Elder” at PRBC, Don Cross, passed away last Friday at age 85.

   Let’s see…John Shelby Spong, Dr. Wilks, and the first ever playing of a minute of the dialogue that took place on board the ship between myself and John Dominic Crossan regarding John 8:24 last September…along with phone calls. A true potpourri indeed! Here’s the program. Please note: we will need to move the Thursday DL to Friday. Right now I’m

   Went a little long on the DL today because we filled up the phone lines by about twenty after the hour! I started with a little John Shelby Spong, and then responded to Dr. Davis on Romans 9, and when you mention Romans 9, well, look out! First caller, Joe, is a Pentecostal minister who had asked months ago that

   Interesting show today. I spent about the first 25 minutes going over developments in the “Shall we do a serious debate in Lynchburg that has a format and rules and attempts to actually address a question or shall we just allow discussion of every possible issue so that nothing is ever discussed to enough depth to find out the truth”

   This picture appears on Dr. Caner’s personal website. I just hope he wasn’t preaching against the freedom of God in salvation when this shot was taken. Check out that background! OK, I would like to officially concede all issues regarding leather jackets, cool beanies, cool microphones, and PowerPoint slides promoting faces and names, to Dr. Caner. I am truly out

   I just got word that the fan motor has arrived! It is scheduled to be installed at 9am tomorrow morning, which, Lord willing, and everything else actually works with the unit, means we will do the DL at its normal time tomorrow afternoon, 4pm PDT, 7pm EDT. I intend to go 15 minutes long so that I can provide as

   Well today we had a massive studio audience for the DL (well, massive for us). Now that we have that cool window I sort of feel like a fish in a bowl. Anyway, had a call on the Gospel of Judas, got back to the Davis sermon, this time addressing individual texts cited by him in his sermon, and took

   Continued my review of Dr. Davis’ anti-Calvinism sermon today, but first I reviewed an article on the BaptistFire website (found here) that sets new records in the “double standards” department. Discussed compatibilism, the eternal decree of God, etc., and then Pierre called in for the last fifteen minutes of the program. Here it is.

   Documented two major misrepresentations on Dave Hunt’s part, reproduced in Dr. Davis’ sermon, today on the DL, one from Calvin, one from Spurgeon. And, in reading the full context of both statements, important truths regarding assurance, the ground of faith, the ordo salutis, etc., were covered. Dave Hunt fans will not enjoy this one, nor will those who think you

We managed to get our first Dividing Line off the ground today! And it worked! In fact, if we weren’t talking about the state of the studio, I don’t know anyone would have been able to tell we were flying on a wing and a prayer. Phones lit up and we had a great time. Talked about the upcoming Caner