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Islamic Apologetics and New Testament Transmission (#12)

James White, January 29, 2005, Islam

We continue with out response to Saifullah and Azmy on the subject of the transmission of the New Testament. It has been a while (15 days to be exact, my apologies) since our last installment. Our Islamic authors are providing a massive string of quotations from James Bentley’s 1986 work, Secrets of Mount Sinai: The Story of Finding the World’s Oldest

David Cloud Tries to Save Face

James White, January 25, 2005, King James Onlyism

After a while it just gets embarrassing. David Cloud is a fellow I had commended for having the guts to stand up and criticize Gail Riplinger, bringing her wrath upon him many years ago. But since he has joined the anti-Calvinism sniping brigade he has shown himself just as willing to engage in the most egregious forms of false argumentation

The Catholic Verses: Matthew 23:1-3 (Part II)

James White, January 24, 2005, Roman Catholicism

In the previous installment of this series I provided an introduction and the comments I made in The Roman Catholic Controversy regarding the use of Matthew 23:1-3 by Roman Catholic apologists. Let’s make sure we understand what is required of the Roman Catholic apologist in order to substantiate their claims. First, there needs to be an identifiable oral tradition regarding

Exegetical Instincts

James White, January 21, 2005, Exegesis

Paul Owen, well known to our readers, has been reviewing Guy Prentiss Waters’ new work, Justification and the New Perspectives on Paul (P&R, 2004). J. Ligon Duncan had spoken with me about this work while I was speaking at the 400th anniversary celebration of the beginning of the translation of the King James Version in Manhattan last year. He then

Mark Bonocore and Isaiah 22:20-22 (Part III)

James White, January 18, 2005, Roman Catholicism

I continue reviewing the attempted defense of the modern usage of Isaiah 22:20-22 by Roman Catholic apologists, responding to Mark Bonocore. In our previous installments we have examined Bonocore’s use of patristic sources in reference to Irenaeus and John Cassian. We continue with his presentation: I believe the reason we don’t see Isaiah 22 used more extensively is that it’s

Kelly Powers: Anti-Reformed Super Hero

James White, January 14, 2005, Reformed Apologetics

It’s the constant question: do you respond, or do you not? Well, a while back, some less-than-brave soul popped into #prosapologian, our on-line Christian community (sounds so much better than “chat channel,” and in many ways is a lot more accurate a description), and did a drive-by posting of a URL to Kelly Powers responding to an e-mail inquiry about

An Open Invitation

James White, January 6, 2005, Roman Catholicism

The RC pep rally and general back-slapping rave going on at DA’s blog has continued unabated for a few days now, though I think eventually even these folks will get tired of repeating the same mantras over and over again. “Wow, that James White, we sure have refuted him, haven’t we!” “Yeah, sure did! Wow, he’s as dumb as a

I Get E-Mails (updated)

James White, January 6, 2005, Mail Bag

I will make only one comment here. Mr. Enloe wrote to me and said I could not reproduce his letter. Then, he started talking about what he had said, and my alleged replies, in public. I asked him to not bear false witness, and the rest is history. I provide this solely for the purpose of documentation and truthfulness. And

Steve Camp on McLaren’s Re-Invention of the Faith

James White, January 5, 2005, General Apologetics

As most of you know, Steve Camp has become not only a regular guest over the years on The Dividing Line (the program he and I did on the anniversary of Keith Green’s death is one of my all time favorites), but he and I have worked together many times now, including doing the apologetics cruises together. Steve provides that

Hunt Continues with the Obfuscation

James White, January 1, 2005, Reformed Apologetics

I just received Hunt’s January, 2005 Newsletter. At one point we read: Question: James White, on his Alpha & Omega Ministries web page, said that you had “repeatedly agreed in the past” to a “live debate” with him but have gone back on your word and now refuse. What do you have to say? Answer: “Repeatedly agreed in the past”

The Catholic Verses: 91 Reduced to 87 (Part III)

James White, December 31, 2004, Roman Catholicism

Two passages are cited by Armstrong under the subtitle of “Carrying Christ’s Afflictions in our Bodies,” 2 Cor. 4:10 and Col. 1:24. Colossians 1:24 is very commonly cited by RC theologians and apologists in reference to the doctrine of penance, purgatory, and indulgences, all related to the idea that our sufferings can be meritorious (when they meet certain conditions) and

The Protestant Verses: Can Dave Armstrong Exegete This Passage?

James White, December 30, 2004, Roman Catholicism

I’d like to ask Dave Armstrong to provide a biblically solid, textually grounded, linguistically accurate, contextually sound interpretation of Romans 4:6-8: Romans 4:6-8 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: 7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; 8 Blessed is the

An Apologetic Christmas

James White, December 24, 2004, General Apologetics

Apologetics and Christmas. Not the most common pair, is it? In fact, for most, you’d be pretty crass to be practicing apologetics on Christmas. But is it really that odd a combination? A few thoughts. We all know there is an all-out assault on the Christian faith that is manifesting itself in the demand to stop saying “Merry Christmas” (lest

Islamic Apologetics and New Testament Transmission (#5)

James White, December 19, 2004, Islam

Recognizing that this series might be illegal in Australia (and would certainly be so in any nation enslaved to Muslim law), we press forward in responding to our Muslim apologists who seek, through the use of what might charitably be identified as “scatter-gun” citations to sow as much doubt as possible concerning the nature of the canon of the Christian

What An Edit Job is This? Part III

James White, December 6, 2004, Reformed Apologetics

I have often spoken of Dave Hunt’s utter entrapment in the hold of tradition. “Blinded By Tradition” is a phrase that has appeared numerous times over the past couple of years. For Dave, his tradition = the Word of God, and hence it cannot be questioned. And the lenses are so thick that Hunt honestly sees on a page of

Fuller President Apologizes to Mormons in Error

James White, November 22, 2004, Mormonism

One of the key developments of late that has caused many to question the validity of at least some of the evangelicals who spoke in the LDS Tabernacle in Salt Lake City has to do with the fact that some, such as Richard Mouw of Fuller Seminary, have chosen, whether out of ignorance or hubris, to attack all of those

An Open Letter to Dr. Mark Seifrid (Part 1)

James White, September 14, 2004, General Apologetics, Misc

Dear Dr. Seifrid: I am in receipt of your recent response to the controversy that has developed due to your book, Christ, our Righteousness. I had taken a few moments to respond to particularly troubling statements you provided in your book where you sought to differentiate your views from that of “traditional Protestant orthodoxy” (Seifrid, 2000, p. 171). I did

Yes, I Have a Copy, Thank You

James White, September 13, 2004, General Apologetics

Thanks to those of you rushing me copies of Mark Seifrid’s 3.5 page reply. I once again find myself in the Wonderland of Academia, for while the constant accusation has been that by discussing, and disagreeing with, Seifrid’s long-published works, I “attacked” or “assaulted” him, in his response he refers to me as a “factious” man, citing Titus 3:10, describes

A Response to Southern Seminary and Dr. Mark Seifrid

James White, September 4, 2004, General Apologetics, Pastoral Theology, Reformed Apologetics, Theology Matters

In early September, 2004, Southern Seminary posted an official statement regarding Dr. Mark Seifrid’s views on justification. The statement was clearly prompted by the blog entries that have appeared on my blog beginning in July of this year. Allow me to begin my response by stating once again: I began my review of Dr. Seifrid’s book for purely theological, pastoral,

The Imputation Controversy

James White, August 25, 2004, General Apologetics

Who knows? Maybe that title will end up on a book in the not too distant future. But one thing is for sure: I’m simply amazed that a few blog entries interacting with a theologian’s denial of what used to be assumed to be a central, important aspect of theological teaching and belief (the imputation of the righteousness of Christ

Almost as If I Had Requested an Example…

James White, August 11, 2004, Reformed Apologetics

Below I noted an only semi-fictitious go-around with some rC’s (for those who haven’t been reading the blog for a while, that stands for “reformed Catholic”) where the constant shifting of the ground and circular argumentation was highlighted. And almost as if someone felt I needed a new example, this morning Mr. Johnson decided to chime in on the new

Skipping Records

James White, August 9, 2004, Roman Catholicism

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The Abstract of Principles on Justification

James White, July 30, 2004, Reformed Baptist Issues

We noted a few days ago that the London Baptist Confession of Faith (LBCF) of 1689 very clearly asserts the unified righteousness of Christ. What I mean by this phrase is that one cannot cut the righteousness of Christ our divine substitute into sub-parts while maintaining the whole: while everyone can and should distinguish between the active and passive obedience

Wright’s Fans “Respond”

James White, July 3, 2004, General Apologetics

Thursday night I spent about 35 to 40 minutes discussing a particular lecture by Tom Wright, bishop of Durham, author extraordinaire. Those who actually listened know that it was sort of a basic introduction, since many are not familiar with Wright and his books. I mean, I sat here and just went through some major titles from the past decade

DialUp My Foot

James White, June 28, 2004, Misc

I’m sorry, but I refuse to pay $1.25 for five lousy minutes on a local call, and then $0.15 per minute thereafter. But that is what the hotel across from Central Park wanted (I guess since it is right next to the Trump International Tower that explains it), so I didn’t even try. And with preaching duties on the Lord’s

Jimmy Akin and Saints

James White, June 3, 2004, Roman Catholicism

Below I noted, very briefly and mainly in passing for those who have no earthly idea what terms like “canonization” and “beatification” and the like mean, what is going on regarding Anne Catherine Emmerich. I was just doing a quick “blog run” and discovered that Akin invested a major size chunk of his blog today to what I call the

A Reply to Kevin Johnson on “Reformed Catholicism”

James White, June 1, 2004, Reformed Apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Theology Matters

I had written: Meanwhile, I sat in utter amazement as I read an article by Kevin Johnson on the “Reformed Catholicism” blog. It was another complete fulfillment of the citation I posted here a few days ago: “…such men that are for middle ways in points of doctrine have a greater kindness for that extreme they go half way to

Trying to Catch Up

James White, May 29, 2004, Roman Catholicism

For those of you on dial-up, may I extend once again my sympathies. Being stuck on dial-up while traveling is enough to make me count my blessings for my office computer’s high-speed internet access, believe me. Life these days involves the constant juxtaposition of the greatly encouraging next to the greatly discouraging. On the one hand I see the faithfulness

When You Don’t Understand, Just Bludgeon

James White, May 5, 2004, Roman Catholicism

A few weeks ago there was a small chance that maybe, maybe TGE would truly get away from the net long enough to maybe regain a little balance and some perspective. Sadly, that did not end up happening, and lo and behold, “He’s baaaack.” You will note the title of the blog article below: “Theocentric vs. Anthropocentric Religion Illustrated.” It

Theocentric vs. Anthropocentric Religion Illustrated

James White, May 2, 2004, Roman Catholicism

Over the course of the debates we have done I have often had to point out the difference between theocentric religion and anthropocentric religion. This normally comes up when encountering someone who reads one of the passages in the Bible that can be read prescriptively (“do this so as to be saved”) or descriptively (“this is what a saved person

What Brouhaha?

James White, April 30, 2004, Roman Catholicism

I took a few hours off of writing tonight to sorta de-compress, came back over to the office to do a little more work on an article, and found it necessary to put on my helmet and dodge a flood of incoming fire, both in channel and then in the “blogosphere.” Though I had commented