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Well, today on the Dividing Line we continued with the Jerry Vines sermon and once again discovered that there is a template sermon running about that is little more than the “light up as many straw men as you can and how the smoke and flames will keep anyone from thinking at all about how completely discombobulated your theology really

I ran across the materials from Nelson Price today about Calvinism, and I had to start the program out with a review of some of his comments. Then we went back to the Vines sermon for a few moments, and then Pierre called in, and the rest of the hour we discussed how a Mormon can deal with such texts

As some of you may have noted, things are changing, and improving, with our webcasting routine. Last week we began streaming in forms other than Real Audio, to the great rejoicing of many. Today we begin to make the Dividing Line available in mp3 format, here. Yes, we have heard you, and yes, we are working on even greater improvements

Today we returned to our examination of Emir Caner’s sermon from 10/15/06 and finished that up before taking a few phone calls on the subject as well. We covered the questions Dr. Caner asked toward the end of his sermon and saw once again the impact of inconsistency in one’s theology.  By the way! We will be moving to a

It was great to get back to the Dividing Line today. Started off with great news about next year’s cruise, October 15-19, and the class we will be presenting on the cruise, The Cross: Historicity and Theology. See the link to the right for details, but whatever you do, don’t miss this one! We’ve designed this one to be affordable

I won’t be able to do any DL’s while I’m away, so, the next program will be 11/14. Today I went back to the Jerry Vines sermon against Calvinism, part of a series he did, starting with liberals, then covering Calvinists, Charismatics, and those who drink (Drunk, Liberal Charismatic Calvinists, as someone suggested)—don’t you love throwing Reformed theology into that

Started looking at Emir Caner’s sermon at TRBC, along with other things!

Two students from Liberty University interview James White about the games that were played by the Caners that would lead to its eventual cancellation. Note:For those wondering about the interview I did on Monday with two students from Liberty, I have been informed that they will not be allowed to air it on WWMC. I am not shocked, of course.

Took calls mainly on the Caner situation and likewise looked a little bit at the Jerry Vines sermon at First Baptist Woodstock, a sermon that will definitely give us a lengthy series of Radio Free Geneva programs. However, it looks like there is only one template out there for anti-Calvinism sermons, even repeating the same errors (like misquoting Matthew 23:37).

Had a wonderful time with Tom Ascol on the DL today, taking calls and discussing, at first, the Caner situation, but moving beyond that fairly quickly to broader issues of the gospel and the like. Good calls, a hopefully very useful program.

Started out the program today with a little history and a tribute to Jerald and Sandra Tanner. Felt it was important to discuss weighty, eternal things before being dragged down into the mire of the silliness that has become trying to deal with the situation at Liberty. But, starting about twenty or twenty five minutes in, I recounted what has

   Quick programming note. Had a great time helping Chris Arnzen out on Iron Sharpens Iron with the discussion between Tom Wells and Richard Barcellos on NCT vs. CT, but along with some really stressful issues related to next week I have fallen way behind in working on finishing the last four chapters of Pulpit Crimes. I don’t want to do

   Whoa, change of plans. Tom Wells has agreed to join Chris Arnzen and Richard Barcellos to discuss New Covenant Theology vs. Covenant Theology on Iron Sharpens Iron today at 3pm EDT, and we will be providing our facilities to assist, so you can call 877-753-3341 and listen to the program as well at the regular DL URL.

Started off with a few brief comments on the “ct/Michael Dries” discussion. A full melt-down is underway with this person, who now says she (yes, she) only the Dries name as a cover on the Puritan Board. In any case, took calls today on Islam and a more in-depth call on the topic of John 1:1 and Jehovah’s Witnesses.

I decided to read over every text in the Qur’an that mentions the name of Jesus on the Dividing Line today. I thought that would only take a portion of the program, but I ended up barely sneaking it into the normal time frame! Many folks in our chat channel found the program tremendously educational. I hope you do, too!

Started off with some discussion of the Catholic Answers forums again, specifically, the use of the phrase “anti-Catholic” by that organization. Then took a few calls and moved on to Ahmed Deedat and his claim that Mohammed is the “spirit of truth” in John 14 and 16.

   Far too many people are adjusting to the current schedule of the DL, so we must change things around to keep you confused! Of course, the upcoming time change will do that on its own, I suppose (well, we don’t play with our clocks here, as you know…but most of the rest of you do). Seriously, we need to change

My sincerest thanks to Dr. Jim Renihan for joining me on the program today. We discussed the London Baptist Confession of Faith, John Owen, and all sorts of related topics, including the active and passive obedience of Christ (did you know Baxter opposed that language out of fear of offending Roman Catholics?). A true pleasure to have Dr. Renihan with

I will be joined tomorrow by Dr. Jim Renihan of the Institute for Reformed Baptist Studies at Westminster Seminary in Escondido, California. Dr. Renihan joined me in defending the resurrection in debate against John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg last year (as seen above). Dr. Renihan is a well known scholar of Baptist history and he will be discussing with

I could not have scripted a more accurate portrayal of the mindset of so many who populate Roman Catholic web boards and forums than what was displayed on the program today. Miki called. In fact, she called an hour early, just to make sure of the time. And as you will hear on the program, I let her have all

Well, we tried, but no Miki today! So, no uproarious entertainment, but still three great calls, all on the same topic, Roman Catholicism. We talked a lot about church history, doctrine, dogma, debates–you name it. Even addressed the “why you don’t invest time with Robert Sungenis anymore” question. It would be a great program for all my critics over at

Today on the DL I discussed a response written by Robert Sungenis to a single line found in my August 21 blog entry. It has been posted on the Envoy forums and was forwarded to me by another Roman Catholic who began the e-mail with these words, “Great job Mr. White! Simply dismiss any philosophical, logical distinction between latria and

Finally got the Lynn/Spong interview finished today, and then spent the rest of the program discussing the Jehovah’s Witnesses with a caller from Florida.

   On the DL today a claim, made by an odd, off-beat Internet cult, came up. I promised to look into it. The cult leader enlists Calvin in his campaign to de-canonize 2 Peter (because 2 Peter refers to Paul’s writings as Scripture, and his main goal is to attack Paul and the Pauline corpus), and I was asked about this

Been a bit distracted! On our “let’s move it to Friday” DL I started with reviewing another Dave Hunt example of “Tradition Gone Wild!” Then we continued with Barry Lynn interviewing John Shelby Spong.

   I am very pleased to have as my guests on The Dividing Line this coming Tuesday morning, 11am MST, Dr. Sam Waldron and Pastor Richard Barcellos. If you do almost any reading in things Reformed Baptist you know both names immediately. Both brothers are a part of the expanding work of The Midwest Center for Theological Studies. Both are authors

I went for the “eclectic DL” today and pretty well managed to pull it off. Started off with a quick review of a comment by Frank Page from Trouble with the Tulip, his anti-Calvinism booklet. I then moved right into a similar error made by Pastor Modene, and then played two clips from his most recent sermon, including his explanation

Three calls on the DL today. First was our sophist, Jonathan Prejean, who actually managed to get me to hang up on him. That’s pretty hard to do, but if you want to know how, here’s how you do it: when asked simple, basic questions like, “Was the Incarnation a unique event,” respond with a lengthy pause, “uuuuhhhh,” and then