Archive for category: Theology Matters

Michael Brown and Sam Waldron debate “Have the New Testament Charismatic Gifts Ceased?” Tonight at 6pm MST. James White will be moderating. The debate will be webcast live on our YouTube channel below. There will not be an audio only stream during this time so that we can dedicate our systems to YouTube and Skype.

Some of you may be interested in a lecture that Dr. George Knight gave a few years ago titled “Cessation of the Extraordinary Spiritual Gifts.” He begins by stating “I am not in favor of the cessation of the spiritual gifts. None of us should be….” Click here to listen. The lecture was published in The Beauty and Glory of

I was directed to this video a few days ago, and will be responding to it on the DL tomorrow, Lord willing. See how many unfounded assertions (esp. of unitarianism), category errors, and simple refusals to allow Trinitarians to define their own faith Sir Anthony managed to pack into just a few moments!

Last week, the PCA General Assembly met in Greenville, SC. One of the opening seminars included a panel of speakers on the person and work of Christ: Drs. Ligon Duncan, Sinclair Ferguson, Robert Godfrey, Stephen Nichols, Richard Pratt, and R.C. Sproul. I would encourage everyone to check this out. Click here to watch.

I spoke recently on the exclusive nature of the gospel while ministering at Central Baptist Church in Hawaii. Here is the video and audio as well.

The audio from Thursday mornings debate between James and N.T. Wright, is now online. Access it by clicking here.

Back on 10/25 I mentioned in this post a lecture titled “What the Rest of the Bible Says About Genesis.” The lecture was given by Joseph Pipa at the 2012 October meeting of the Creation Study Group held in Greenville, SC. I have heard very good things about this lecture. GPTS has decided to send a DVD to its donors.

Tomorrow evening (10/25) starting at 7pm at Second Pres., Greenville, SC, Dr. Joseph Pipa will be speaking on the topic “What the rest of the Bible says about Genesis.” This lecture will be broadcast live on the internet. I’m assuming the feed will begin shortly before start time. To watch it live click here. I would encourage all of you

Save the dates my friends! You are not going to want to miss the next GPTS Spring Theology Conference, March 12-14, 20013. “Reformer John Calvin wrote that the two most important things for any person to know are who God is and who man is. In order to know God properly, one must know the truth about himself. In our

Live streaming of the Debate – Starting 11:30 PDT Today Listen to the stream here: http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/webcast/ or here: http://stream.aomin.org:8000/dl.m3u

Rick Phillips recently joined William Hill on Confessing Our Hope (the podcast of GPTS) to discuss this years General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). If you are at all interested in the current and future state of this denomination, you will want to listen to this exciting interview. Click here now.

Spurgeon had his share of thrill-based churches in his day. He writes as if he attended some modern churches, only more than a century ago: People go to their place of worship and sit down comfortably, and think they must be Christians, when all that their religion consists in, is listening to an orator, having their ears tickled with music,

Following up on this post I have now uploaded all the lectures and Q&A sessions from the 2012 Spring Theology Conference that GPTS held each year. To listen to the lectures click here. Titles and speakers are as follows: “Princeton Beginnings (Archibald Alexander)”, Dr. James Garretson “Samuel Miller’s Pastoral Theology”, Mr. Andrew Webb “Princeton and the Old Testament”, Dr. Benjamin

Through the wonders of the internet, I found a more extensive citation of Bavinck so I did not have to type it in again. I’ll link to it. Chris Roberts provides a much fuller citation of Herman Bavinck on semi-Pelagianism (with some thoughtful analysis) than what I did yesterday. The fuller quote alone is worth the read.

Article II of the statement proposed by some SBC pastors and theologians on Salvation continues to garner some attention, as well it should. There are implications to the statement that need to be considered heavily. I remain hopeful that this article was written in haste and that as the implications of the wording are pointed out that the wording will

Our ISP once again chose the most unusual time to give us issues, so we had a lot of coming and going as far as the stream was concerned, but we managed to get through the program anyway. Covered…a lot of stuff. Talked a bit about the Called to Confusion blog, Carl Trueman’s article today, how to record books to

If you are not aware of the exchange that took place between two giants of the faith, Charles Hodge and James Henley Thornwell, you’ll want to listen to this interview with Dr. Nick Willborn. James White gets an honorable mention at the very beginning. For more on Hodge, this new book will be of interest. For more on Thornwell see

For truth-loving folks, questions remain for TD Jakes, not just about his views on the Trinity.

Isn’t John MacArthur a cessationist? I thought he was, but if so, how is it that Phil Johnson is clearly a prophet? Listen to what he said to the Frielmeister about the (at that time) upcoming Elephant Room 2:

The Christian life is a life of repentance. Every day involves a consistently repentant attitude before God, trusting in the finished work of Christ. Despite the non-gospels so prevalent today where repentance is made an after-thought, or an option, there is no gospel without repentance. So when someone tells me to repent, I want to know exactly what they are

Chris Date works fast, and he has already posted the audio from tonight’s debate with Patrick Navas on the Deity of Christ. You can download directly, or, as most will probably want to do, you can subscribe to the podcast (like many do with the Dividing Line). Listeners can subscribe by going here and clicking one of the “Subscribe” buttons,

I spoke on the concept of universalism last month here in Phoenix: Download

Christology for Christians: A Study of the History and Theology of the Person of Christ Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 The Dividing Line, 1 to 3:30pm MST (appx) On Tuesday beginning at 1pm MST we will have the equivalent of a seminary level class on Christology on The Dividing Line. Christology should be a fundamental area of study of any serious

One of the key passages regarding the second coming of Christ is found in 2 Peter 3:1-18 (the entirety of chapter 3 of 2 Peter). First, let me provide you with the text of the chapter, and then my commentary on it. 2 Peter 3:1-18 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up

Harold Camping has widely asserted that “the Bible guarantees” his prediction regarding the end times. This invites us to us examine his Biblical claims. One large chunk of the basis for Harold Camping’s claims with respect to May 21, 2011, is that 2011 is allegedly 7000 years from the flood. Camping’s date for the flood is unique and springs from

One of the key items in Harold Camping’s interpretation that leads him to conclude that 2011 is the last year is that the flood was in 4990 B.C. and that A.D. 2011 is “exactly” 7000 years later. That 7000 years number is important to Camping, because at one point God said to Noah, “For yet seven days, … and every