Issues Etc. Has Ehrman as Guest Today

   Bill Feltner did a really in-depth interview with me on my book, Pulpit Crimes, for airing on the Pilgrim Radio Network. The program will air 11/27&28 at 2am, 12:04pm, and 9:04pm.

Much to my disappointment tonight’s debate at Southern Evangelical Seminary has been cancelled due to treacherous conditions resulting from a blizzard that blew into Charlotte around 5pm. The temperature is dropping rapidly, and many of the roads around Southern Evangelical are subject to black ice conditions. Please do not head for Southern Evangelical this evening! We fully intend to reschedule

Some folks find it just too dull and repetitive. We do a lot of things at the Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church that go against all the current “wisdom.” Yes, we are a small flock, and I imagine a number of folks would say that we are so because we refuse to “get with it.” But I just have to wonder

   The Puritans called it a “dark providence.” Far from home, your cell phone rings. It is the alarm company. Yes, again. This man arrived outside our offices around 3:42am. He managed to get through the iron bars on the window, break it, and get in. Of course, that set off the alarm. It was a bit frustrating to log into

Many thanks to WMG who sent me the AP article from 2002 that, it seems, yesterday’s AP article referred to in regards to Ergun Caner’s honest communication of his story (minus the embellishments that have accrued since then). The sad thing here is, this is a touching and powerful story, which has now been forever marred by the attraction of

Reformed Baptist Preaching (Hebrews 4:1-11): Non-Reformed Baptist preaching (Ergun Caner at Thomas Road Baptist Church this past summer).

For my tenth consecutive year I will be visiting the brethren at the Covenant of Grace Church in St. Charles, Missouri, beginning Thursday evening, 7pm. We have tried, a number of times, to arrange for a debate there, but can’t find opponents. So, I will be playing clips from the folks we can’t get to debate the subject, and responding

Evidently Anthony Buzzard was listening to my exchange with Michael Brown today, and, not surprisingly, being a Socinian, is far more in line with Arminian soteriology than Reformed. Here is a comment he left on Dr. Brown’s website: Dr. Brown, I think you should continue to press your point about the constant plea of God that we choose to do