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Christ’s Atoning Work: Intent, Extent, Union, Substitution, Ordo Salutis (Part III)

James White, January 21, 2005, Exegesis

With this installment I conclude my response to Dr. Svendsen on the issue of the extent and intention of the atoning work of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Dr. Svendsen expressed what he sees as the most fundamental disagreement between us in these words: Here I think is our most fundamental disagreement. I think this statement assumes something like “the death

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

Mark Bonocore and Isaiah 22:20-22, Part II

James White, January 16, 2005, Roman Catholicism

Context, context, context. Cassian is writing against the Nestorians on the Incarnation. In chapter 11 of Book III he transitions from a primary use of Pauline texts to some derived from the Gospels. He briefly alludes to Martha’s confession of Christ in John 11:27, but quickly moves to Peter’s testimony in chapter 12, from which Bonocore quotes. Let’s look at

Open Letter to Mark Seifrid, Part V

James White, October 2, 2004, General Apologetics

Dear Dr. Seifrid: I hasten to finish this open letter as I have so many pressing duties, and I’m sure you do as well. Unless events call for more, I intend this to be my final installment in this “saga,” one that has taught me many lessons, most of which have been surprising, disappointing, to be sure, but in the

An In Channel Debate on Purgatory – James White vs. Various RC Participants

James White, January 3, 2002, Roman Catholicism

On Thursday evening, January 3, 2002, James White was to engage in an in-channel debate with a Roman Catholic from Australia who went by the nick of “velleity.” Velleity had challenged James in the chat channel on December 30th. Here is the log of the challenge: <velleity> het NA27 how about you an me have a debate sometime in

You Tell Us: Does Rome Provide Infallible Certainty About the Gospel?

James White, February 9, 2001, Roman Catholicism

The Council of Florence, the 17th Ecumenical (and hence “infallible”) Council of the Roman Catholic Church, said the following: It firmly believes, professes, and proclaims that those not living within the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics cannot become participants in eternal life, but will depart “into everlasting fire which was prepared for the

New Age Bible Versions Refuted Part II

James White, September 1, 1996, King James Onlyism

Continued from Part I In Conclusion…. It is not joyous to have to engage in the kind of task that requires you to dwell upon mistakes, errant conclusions, and mis-citations. I would much rather take my time to speak of the wonders of God’s providence in preserving His Word through the centuries, not in the way the KJV Only folks

Answering Common Questions and Objections Part 1

James White, December 11, 1987, Atheism

1. Why are people today being punished for Adam’s sin? Why do women have to endure pain in childbirth because of Eve’s sin, especially in the light of Deuteronomy 24:16 and other references? Answer to Question #1: Original sin. Few doctrines come under more consistent and heavy fire than that of man’s sin. This is hardly to surprise us, as

Answering Common Questions and Objections Part 2

James White, December 11, 1987, Atheism

8. How can Exodus 33:20 and John 1:18 (both stating that no one can see God) be reconciled with Genesis 32:30 and Exodus 33:11 which say that men have seen God? Answer to Question #8: Seeing God. Using John 1:18 to demonstrate the Deity of Christ has been a long tradition in apologetics. There is indeed a contradiction here if

An Empty Name

James White, January 5, 2023

Over the centuries many interpretations have been offered for the letters to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3. Outside of the basic understanding that these letters represent the state of these local churches in the first century, others have viewed them as representing ages of the church down through history. It is easy to see how this is an

The Trend of Rend

James White, March 19, 2022, Post-Evangelicalism, Theology Matters

The trend toward apostasy (aka, “deconstruction”) in the CCM area continues unabated. This should hardly surprise us: the vast majority of those involved in the field are never in the same church more than once, hence, the idea of stability, sanctification, grounding in theology and doctrinal truth, is a rarity. My friend John Cooper warned about this years ago, and

A Possible Source of Plato’s Natural Theology, According to Augustine

Chris Whisonant, November 12, 2021, Church Fathers, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues

In my last post, I directed our attention to Book VIII of City of God. It was there that Augustine took up a discussion regarding the Platonic philosophers. After his overview of this philosophical lineage, Augustine continued his discussion of the philosophers of the Ionic school. In this post, I would like to first direct you to a few generalities

The Philosophical Genealogy of Aristotle, According to Augustine

Chris Whisonant, November 2, 2021, Church Fathers, Church History, General Apologetics, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues

In Book VIII of City of God, Augustine takes up a discussion regarding the Platonic philosophers. He gives a fascinating genealogy of the philosophers (which he takes from Plato) who were in the line of succession up to Aristotle. In this post I want to review what he said there, consider some of the implications, and then consider what Augustine

Freedom is the Primary Casualty of the Experimental, Mandated Vaccines

James White, October 22, 2021, Christian Worldview, Pastoral Theology, Persecution, Personal, Post-Evangelicalism

A Response to John Piper John Piper made a major mistake in late 2020 when he weighed into the US Presidential election with an article that emphasized the sinfulness of arrogance in a candidate that, at the same time, naively missed the reality of the arrogance of the worldview of the other candidate. Today we live with the results of

An Interaction with Dr. Robert Gagnon on Perseverance and John 6:39

James White, July 15, 2021, Debate, Exegesis, Gospel/Jesus Studies, Reformed Apologetics

A few thoughts on Robert Gagnon’s assertions regarding the loss of salvation. Over the past week or so Dr. Robert Gagnon has posted a series of articles targeting, as he himself has put it, the idea of antinomianism. To quote him directly: If you believe that the new covenant makes it possible (albeit not preferable) to live a sin-controlled life

On the Sin of Empathy

James White, March 13, 2021

So a couple of days ago over on Twitter, where I continue to fly just underneath the radar, I broke the Internet. Of course, I made the fatal mistake of thinking, “Folks will think before reacting” (duh), “Folks will look up the terms and see what I’m talking about” (duh), “People will realize there is a background to what I’m

A Biblical Case for Civil Disobedience & the Right Use of Romans 13

James White, January 27, 2021, Abortion, Christian Worldview, Church History, Exegesis, Godly Disciplines, Pastoral Theology, Pauline Studies, Persecution, Post-Evangelicalism, Racialism, Uncategorized

The following is a combined text of five articles by Tim Cantrell, originally published as separate blog articles, on the topic of Romans 13, etc. I made reference to this series today on the Dividing Line. This is an excellent study to go along with my comments on the program today. Clearly, Tim is ministering outside the US context, as

This is No Longer A Quaint Devotional Thought

James White, December 27, 2020

Want to be ready to survive the coming global socialist revolution? Oh, I don’t mean survive literally—that is in God’s hands. I mean survive spiritually, with a strong heart, sound convictions, and most importantly, a clear conscience? The fast rising “soft totalitarianism” we are facing uses shame as its greatest weapon. Shame on you for holding those ideas! Shame on

This is The Way

James White, November 18, 2020

Most of you are too young to remember an edition of the Living Bible (paraphrase) called The Way. I still have one from about forty years ago. They were big with the teenagers, as was that phrase, “the Way” (and about the same time, “One Way” with the index finger pointing upward). Many folks will recognize that the phrase “the

James White’s Debates Online

Chris Whisonant, August 27, 2020, Debate

One of the new features that we have on this site is a searchable table of the debates of James White that are available online. You can view all of them from the James White page. You can search by debate topic, opponent, or even dates. There are currently 153 debates listed, but if there is one that you find

Titus 1:6 and “Believing Children”

James White, October 23, 2019, Pastoral Theology

I wrote the following article in the late 1990s. I have been asked about this topic a number of times since then, so I provide the document here. For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you, namely, if any man is

Upcoming Debates, Tom Buck and Sam Allberry, Steven Anderson and Textual Traditionalism

James White, March 28, 2019, CBGM, Church History, General Apologetics, Homosexuality, King James Onlyism, Reformed Apologetics, Reformed Baptist Issues, Textual Issues, The Dividing Line

Started off with some exciting news about possible upcoming major debates and pointing folks to the Travel Fund as the most important way of helping us to make this happen. Then we looked at the fall out from the posting of the four-part series of articles by Pastor Tom Buck interacting with materials found on the Living Out website before

Bricks Of Salt In The Hands Of Believers

Ryan, June 11, 2018, Islam, Offense, Simply Silly

As many might be aware, there’s a storm-a-brewin’ surrounding some videos and whether or not they’re appropriate. I have been asked to put some thoughts out regarding this series of satirical videos titled Islamicize Me and some of the controversy surrounding the situation. There was a time when I found myself in a similar situation at work, but where I was

Exodus 21 and the Issue of Abortion

James White, April 19, 2018, Abortion, Christian Worldview, Exegesis, General Apologetics

Below I provide the text of a small tract I wrote a few decades ago that touches upon Exodus 21 and God’s law regarding the unborn. There are, of course, far more in-depth discussions to be had, but a caller asked, and I thought I’d provide this information. Infanticide The word strikes proper anger in the heart of any rational

Brief Thoughts on the Death of Thomas Monson

James White, January 3, 2018, Mormonism

There is simply no question in my mind that Joseph Smith did not expect his “work” to continue into the future. He left no meaningful mechanism for the continuance of that work in reference to its leadership, resulting in the initial split right after his death. But the immediate leadership of the group that went to Salt Lake came up

A Full Response to Steve Camp’s Shocking Diatribe

James White, July 14, 2017, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Islam

Steve Camp James R. White I’ve listened and watched both videos of this IFD with you and Qadhi three times each. Have watched other debates you’ve done with other Muslims as well as listened to your rebuttals on the Dividing Line. I always do my homework. Then I hope you won’t mind my holding you to the standard that would

It Is Snowing at the Airport

James White, October 20, 2016, General Apologetics, Islam

I am sitting at the airport waiting to begin my journey to Australia (via LAX—I really do not like LAX) and I note that, to use his own phraseology, I seem to be “living in Yahya Snow’s head.” I do find it somewhat humorous that someone who has been refuted so many times, has had so many of his arguments

Kurt Eichenwald: Unrepentingly Ignorant, and Proud of it!

James White, January 16, 2015, General Apologetics, Textual Issues

Last evening, just prior to my speaking (ironically) on New Testament Reliability, and, in particular, the portion where I work through some of the earliest papyri and their relevance to the field, such as P52, P72, P75, P66, etc., I had a brief exchange once again with Kurt Eichenwald, the author of the Christmas hit-piece on the Bible whose article

Madrid and Stellman: A Parable of Falsehood

James White, December 2, 2014, Uncategorized

I was just scanning through the overnight materials on FB and Twitter (well, overnight here in Ukraine anyway), and came across Patrick Madrid’s announcement of a new book against sola scriptura, based on Yves Congar’s materials on “Tradition.” For those not familiar with the debate, it is the old “material/formal sufficiency” distinction that *some* Roman Catholics have depended on over

Dr. Gushee: Your Moral Compass Just Exploded

James White, November 7, 2014, Christian Worldview, General Apologetics, Homosexuality

David Gushee is calling upon the Christian church to abandon a belief it has held from its inception. In fact, given that Christians believe God’s truth has been revealed to man from the beginning, we are speaking of a conviction that has been held now for about 3,400 years. Of course, in the minds of the modern generation, that is

James White’s New York and New Jersey Schedule

Rich Pierce, October 28, 2014, General Apologetics, Islam, Misc

I just finished dropping all of these dates into our Google calendar at the bottom of the page. If you use Google calendar you can actually flag a particular event and save it to your own calendar so take advantage of those features. JAMES R. WHITE’s 2014 NJ-NY Speaking Itinerary: James White is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries,