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A Short Reply to Brian Abasciano on John 3:16

Dr. Alan Kurschner, May 2, 2018, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Theology Matters

James N. Anderson has replied to Abasciano here. I want to briefly illustrate Abasciano’s co-text myopia. Abasciano claims that πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων (pas ho pisteuōn, “whoever believes”) grammatically conveys indefiniteness. It actually does not, at least as it is realized in this particular discourse of John. If Abasciano wants to be consistent then he must conclude that John is teaching

Interview with Michael Brown on His New Book, Second Hour: James Cone’s Theology Reviewed

James White, May 1, 2018, Racialism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Two hour long program today that is really two very different programs. First hour Michael Brown joins me via Skype to talk about his new book, Playing with Holy Fire. I had been on Michael’s program last week on the same topic. Then, after an hour, we moved on to the discussion prompted by the death this past weekend of Dr.

John 3:16 Again, Racialism, CBGM, Peterson/Shapiro Dialogue

James White, April 24, 2018, CBGM, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Racialism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Covered a TON of important material today. Started off responding to an Arminian attempt to spin the discussion of John 3:16 and the phrase πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων (every one believing). Then we moved on to some developments on the racialism front. From there we switched gears and addressed the claim that CGBM will cause all of the past three hundred years

Pope Francis’ Inclusivism and the Little Boy Reviewed, Open Phones, Many Topics

James White, April 19, 2018, Abortion, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Oneness Pentecostalism, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off looking carefully, and hopefully fairly, at the video of Pope Francis speaking to a young boy whose atheist father had died. We examined the reality that Francis is an inclusivist, a person who clearly does not believe that explicit confession of faith in Jesus Christ is necessary for salvation. We likewise considered other issues relating to Roman Catholicism, the

Nearly Two Hours on Critical Race Theory, White Privilege, T4G, and More

James White, April 17, 2018, Christian Worldview, Pastoral Theology, Post-Evangelicalism, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Had to take the entire program today to cover developments since the MLK50 Conference and last weekend’s T4G Conference. Nearly two hours on the entire Critical Race Theory/White Privilege/”Woke” Church movement. Hope to take calls and get back to Ehrman, etc., on Thursday. Here is the YouTube link: Live Video Stream The Dividing Line is on YouTube video. Our YouTube

Full Response to Thabiti Anyabwile on Colossians and Related Topics, Open Phones

James White, April 10, 2018, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Pastoral Theology, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent over an hour working through the latest response from Thabiti Anyabwile focusing especially on the exegetical and theological issues, but not only them. Watched as a Twitter storm took place during the program—a storm I will not be investing the time in going back to read. Then we turned to the phones and had a few calls on similar

The Racialist Lens Disrupts True Christian Unity: A Response to Thabiti Anyabwile

James White, April 9, 2018, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Pastoral Theology, Theology Matters

Thabiti Anyabwile is a council member of The Gospel Coalition (TGC) and the pastor of Anacostia River Church in Washington, D.C. Over the years we have spoken occasionally at the same conferences, often because of my ministry relating to Islam, and his brief foray into Islam and subsequent exit from that religion. I recall speaking at a conference with him

White Supremacy, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Theology, Imputed Guilt by Race, Kyle J. Howard’s Fear, Racialism, Open Phones

James White, April 6, 2018, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent the first hour going over developments over the past few days, including discussions of the Washington Rally with the National Council of Churches, the MLK50 Conference, Martin Luther King’s own professed theology, Thabiti Anyabwile’s imputation of guilt to our grandparents, and finally Kyle J. Howard’s public statement that he would not feel “safe” meeting with me alone “as a

Micro-Aggression Worship Songs, Tweets from the MLK50 Conference, Ehrman on the Gospel Writers, Open Phones

James White, April 4, 2018, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Covered a number of odd things coming out of the MLK50 Conference, including a “worship song” that included the concept of “micro-aggressions” (just finding a way to put that tongue stopper in a line of music deserves credit!) and a tweet insisting that “White Evangelicalism” (whatever that is) “owes” the “black community” monetary investment. Then we got back to the

Christian Renewal Focused on True Knowledge of Christ vs. Neo-Marxism (First Hour) then…Coherence Based Genealogical Method Introduction!

James White, April 3, 2018, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Technology, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Not sure a program could have two more different topics, but I managed to pull it off today! Spent the first 55 minutes starting off with a study of Colossians 3:9-11. I then focused upon what this text means as to the proper, biblical basis of Christian unity in the body of Christ. I then made application to the growing

Pelagians on Twitter, Man-Centered God at Bethel, Presuppositions in Ehrman, Open Phones

James White, March 22, 2018, Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Mormonism, Pauline Studies, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off looking at a Pelagian on Twitter by the name of “C G.” Then played an entire ten minute long clip from a guy on the “Dead Raising Team” from Bethel Church in Redding about how we should believe in the goodness of people (please read Romans 3:10-18 over three times while pondering that concept). Before going to the

Modalism Destroys the Gospel, Church History Continued, Response to Jordan Hall’s Unhinged Diatribe

James White, February 20, 2018, Church History, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I drove back from Las Vegas this morning and rushed into the office to do a DL. Started with a topic relevant to Shawn McCraney’s comments on modalism last week as this impacts the gospel. Looked at Hebrews 9 as an illustration. Then went back to Reformation Church history, looking at the Avignon Papacy and then the invention of printing

What Justin Martyr Actually Said, Transmission of the Text, Open Phones

James White, February 8, 2018, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Misc, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Discussed Justin Martyr’s words in reference to Malachi 1:11 as found in his Dialogue with Trypho (in reference to a call from Tuesday), and then went over a textual critical issue relating to partial manuscripts. Then we opened the phones and, as normal, covered a ton of topics, with a lot on the Trinity and the relationship of Father, Son

Open Lines on the Dividing Line

James White, February 6, 2018, Church History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Iglesia Ni Christo, Misc, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Did about twenty minutes on Jan Hus and the background of the Reformation, and then went to the phones for the first time in a long time. A ton of questions on a wide, wide range of topics, such as the INC, Roman Catholicism, textual criticism, etc., finishing with a nearly 25 minute conversation with “Joe” who is flirting with

Psalm 22: Michael Brown and James White Examine This Messianic Psalm in Light of Jewish and Muslim Polemics

James White, January 30, 2018, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Islam, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

I am deeply thankful to Michael Brown for joining us yet again on a very, very busy day for him to discuss Psalm 22 in light of recent claims made by Muslim apologists, especially regarding v. 16 (21:17 LXX). If you have a deep interest in Messianic prophecy and wish to be prepared to discuss this text with both Jews

Ijaz Ahmad and Corruption of Scripture, A False Dilemma for Christians, Thoughts on the Condemnation of Michael Brown

James White, January 9, 2018, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Spent a good deal of time playing the final portions of Ijaz Ahmad’s video on “the corruption of Scripture,” working through a lot of pretty in-dept stuff regarding the Greek Septuagint, etc. Then spent a bit of time looking at a supposed dilemma for Christians from Paul Williams, and finished off with about 50 minutes of thoughts on the brouhaha

2 John 11 Abused by Imbalanced Calvinists, the Death of LDS President Monson, Further Response to Ijaz Ahmad

James White, January 4, 2018, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Mormonism, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off looking carefully at the text of 2 John 7-11 once again, this time as it has been abused by ostensibly Reformed folks. Then we looked at some of the shenanigans of the “only Calvinists are saved” brigade on line. Moved eventually to the death of LDS President Monson and the continued need to pray for God to pour

Setting the Record Straight: Dr. Michael Brown Our Special Guest

James White, January 2, 2018, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Didn’t bother starting off the year quietly as over the holidays a number of internet-based ministries were throwing out the hate against me for my relationship with Dr. Michael Brown. In the process a number of articles were posted that displayed the same kind of “let’s not worry about thinking clearly, let’s surely not even ponder being fair, but let’s

Remembering RC, Then, Refuting More Textual Traditionalism

James White, December 19, 2017, Church History, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Gospel/Jesus Studies, King James Onlyism, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Simply Silly, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off playing a half hour interview from 2008 with RC Sproul remembering and celebrating a wonderful gift to Christ’s church. Then we completely shifted gears and got into the issues raised by A James White Christmas Carol, an animation movie about Luke 23:34 that is desperately dishonest at its base (regarding the false accusation of my attacking David Wood,

Almost Mega Length DL with Five Major Topics

James White, December 5, 2017, Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, Homosexuality, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with the MSM’s hyping of the First Apocalypse of James, a well known gnostic work from, at the earliest, the late second century, most probably the third. Had a “Story Time with Uncle Jimmy” where I read the entirety of the work so you can respond to co-workers or others who raise the topic. Then we discussed Bill

Beyond Mega Length Edition of the DL: Textual Critical Topics, Islamic Topics, Response to Theodore Zachariades

James White, November 28, 2017, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics, Islam, Mormonism, Oneness Pentecostalism, Open Theism, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Went two hours and eleven minutes today (sorry!), but had a lot to cover. Too many topics to list, but basically a lot on the new Tyndale House Greek New Testament, textual critical topics, Muslim apologetics issues, the Qur’an, and then responses to Dr. Theodore Zachariades on the topic of the decree of God and the will of man, i.e.,

Thanksgiving as a Christian Trait, Free Will, the Decree of God, and Theodore Zachariades

James White, November 21, 2017, General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

As it is two days before Thanksgiving we started off with about 20 minutes of thought, based mainly on Ephesians 5, on that vital topic, and then moved on to a discussion of Chapter 9 of the London Baptist Confession of Faith, “On Free Will,” in light of the recent debate and an article from Dr. Zachariades. We hope everyone

Orthodoxy, Justification, James 2, Dale Tuggy, and Jordan Hall Rebukes Rodney Howard-Browne

James White, November 16, 2017, Christian Worldview, Eastern Orthodoxy, General Apologetics, Mormonism, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Jumbo (90 minute) edition of the program today starting off with a discussion of Hank Hanegraaff’s video in response to John MacArthur leading to a lengthy (though somewhat concise) exegesis of James 2:14-24. After this I briefly addressed Dr. Dale Tuggy’s challenge to debate the Trinity. Finally I spent the rest of the program discussing Jordan Hall’s interruption of a

Speaking the Truth in Love, Destroying Others, then Back to the Free Will Debate

James White, November 9, 2017, General Apologetics, Godly Disciplines, Pastoral Theology, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with biblical discussions regarding how Christians are to interact with others, leading to some thoughts about those who wish to “destroy” others in the name of Christ. Then turned back to the Free Will debate that was the subject of the previous program, listening and responding along the way. 105 minutes today! More than a jumbo, less than

Two Hour Radio Free Geneva Interaction with the “Free Will Debate” from Houston

James White, November 7, 2017, Exegesis, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Went mega-length today as we played portions from the debate just a few days ago in Houston featuring, on “team Calvin,” Dr. Sonny Hernandez and Dr. Theodore Zachariades, and on team, well, uh…Team Free Will, perhaps, anyway, Dr. Leighton Flowers and Dr. Johnathan Pritchett. Had only heard about it because Pulpit and Pen, in wildly rejoicing in the food fight

Radio Free Geneva! Robert Jeffress, Roman Catholicism, the Reformation, and then Kevin Thompson on John 6 (Mega Edition)

James White, October 23, 2017, Church History, Godly Disciplines, Radio Free Geneva, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off with the First Baptist Dallas interview of Sean Hannity and discussed a lot about Roman Catholicism and how we should mourn over the fact that Rome’s gospel does not save. Then I very, very briefly discussed the John Piper thing on final justification. Then we moved to a video from Pastor Kevin Thompson on John 6:37, playing his

Dealing With the Big Issues, Nabeel Qureshi, Truly Bad IFD, Thoughts from the Reformation Tour

James White, October 2, 2017, Christian Worldview, Personal, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Did our first live streamed DL in a while today, starting off, rather by necessity, with a discussion of tragedies and evils in light of the Las Vegas shooting. Then we discussed Nabeel Qureshi’s homecoming and related issues. Then we briefly mentioned a truly compromising “IFD,” and finished up with the Fritz Erbe story from the Wartburg Castle, along with

Worship in Spirit and Truth, Totalitarianism, Robert Spencer Retreads

James White, September 12, 2017, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Started off the DL today with a review of some important thoughts from John 4, then looked a bit at the continued advance of totalitarianism. But spent most of our time looking at today’s Jihad Watch article re-treading the Yasir Qadhi story. Robert Spencer shows us once again the difference between approaching Islam from a worldly perspective or from the

Steve Camp on BTWN: Reviewed and Refuted

James White, September 1, 2017, General Apologetics, Islam, Reformed Apologetics, Theology Matters

Took the time to play portions of Steve Camp’s appearance on The Bible Thumping Wingnut and provided a rather full response to his arguments, or, in most cases, non-arguments regarding ministry to Muslims, apologetics, gospel presentation, etc. IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THIS TOPIC, SKIP THIS EPISODE. But there are some pretty important issues covered here. Here is the YouTube

The Nashville Statement (First Hour), Racialism Dividing the Church (2nd Hour)

James White, August 31, 2017, Homosexuality, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, The Dividing Line, Theology Matters

Unfortunately we have developed connection problems yet once again with our ISP, so we had to cut things a bit short when everything just ground to a halt. First hour was a rather full discussion of the Nashville Statement and some of those who have attempted to respond to it. Then we switched over to the always enjoyable topic of

Presentations and Sermons from South Africa

James White, August 22, 2017, Exegesis, Pastoral Theology, Theology Matters

I’ve been pretty busy down here in South Africa after the debate in Birmingham, UK. The folks down here have been efficient in posting the talks and sermons, so since some of you are complaining about no Dividing Lines, well, take a listen to these! http://www.antiochbiblechurch.org.za/multimedia-archive/defining-and-defending-the-solas-of-the-protestant-reformation/ Defining and Defending the Sola’s of the Protestant Reformation – Session 2 Defining and

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