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James White: ARCH Calvinist

James White, September 3, 2013, Reformed Apologetics

A friend sent me a comment by Jerry Walls, along with comments that were posted thereafter, I presume from FaceBook. First, I am so very honored to be an ARCH Calvinist now (I had been stuck at the “regular” Calvinist level for a very long time, and the promotion is very much appreciated!). Of course, the comments are, well, really

James White vs. Tim Staples on BAM, 1996 (Update)

James Swan, May 10, 2013, Roman Catholicism

I recently re-listened to the first White / Staples debate on Sola Scriptura: Is The Bible the Only Infallible Rule of Faith? This debate is from 1996. If you listen to this debate, you’ll hear references to an earlier discussion between Dr. White and Tim on the Bible Answer Man show. I had never heard this before, so I tracked it

Talking to Dead People: Tim Staples Refuted

James White, March 26, 2013, Roman Catholicism

On March 17, Tim Staples posted a blog article titled “praying to dead folks” on the Catholic Answers blog. In it, he quoted very briefly from one of my books that has been out of print for nearly two decades. Here is his citation: In his book, Answers to Catholic Claims, A Discussion of Biblical Authority, James White attempts to

Replying to Sam Gipp on KJV Onlyism: Episode 4

James White, November 16, 2012, King James Onlyism

In this episode Sam Gipp attempts to explain away the archaic language of the King James Version.

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James White, November 1, 2012

James White is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries. He is Professor of Church History and Apologetics at Grace Bible Theological Seminary, and has taught Greek, Hebrew, Systematic Theology, Textual Criticism, Church History and various topics in the field of apologetics for numerous other schools. He has authored or contributed to more than twenty four books, including The King

On Roger Perkins’ Lexical Fallacies in his Oneness Debate with James White

Dr. Alan Kurschner, December 20, 2011, Exegesis

My aim here is not to explain so much the significance of his fallacies, since Dr. White bring that out in the debate. Instead, I will list the fallacies themselves. Error #1 Perkins claims that in the original language of the Bible there are no terms that distinguishes “being” and “person.” Contra, Paul makes this distinction, “For in him (autos,

Another Example of the Danger of KJV Onlyism, Radical Hyper Dispensationalism, and Closed-Minded Fundamentalism

James White, November 12, 2011, King James Onlyism

Yesterday a brother sent me an e-mail in which he linked to this website and pointed out the quotation of Erasmus about 60% down the page, that, at least at the present, reads as follows: These holy pages (KJB) will summon up the living image of His mind. They will give you Christ himself, talking, healing, dying, rising the whole

Sam Gipp, Bible Baptist KJV Only Fundamentalists, and Anti-Calvinism

James White, November 10, 2011, The Dividing Line

Back on June 11, 2011, a debate took place in Rochester, New York, on the topic of the Five Points. It was billed as “the Baptists” vs. “the Reformed.” What it was, of course, was Independent Fundamentalist King James Only Dispensationalist Synergists vs. Reformed Theology. I am a Baptist, but there was nothing in these men’s hermeneutics that I could

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KJV Only Debate, Live on Revelation TV

James White, January 30, 2011, King James Onlyism

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Schedule of Speaking Events for Dr. White in the UK & Ireland

Rich Pierce, January 29, 2011, Misc

These are the main events Dr. White is scheduled to speak at while in the United Kingdom… COMPLETED Feb 2…London, England…9PM. Revelation TV King James Only Controversy Debate, White vs Moorman*. With 2011 marking the 400th anniversary of the KJV, this intriguing debate will be taped in front of a live studio audience and will be broadcast by Rev. TV.

Bryan Cross places the Cart before the Horse, Theologically Speaking (With Additional Commentary by James White)

TurretinFan, September 23, 2010, Roman Catholicism

Over at Called to Communion, in the comment box, Bryan Cross wrote: In the first century, no one needed to confess that Christ is homoousious with the Father. But after the fourth century, to deny the homoousious is to fall into heresy. This is dead wrong and gets things exactly backwards. It has always been heresy to

Roman Myths: Example 127,956. “Packing” the Audience

James White, September 6, 2010, Roman Catholicism

Every few weeks a thread pops up on the Catholic Answers forums relating to yours truly. Most are normally “eye-rollers” involving the penchant of folks to only want to listen to one side, find a quick and easy rebuttal that has little to do with truth, and move on. But recently one has popped up regarding the issues relating to

Benedict XVI Agreeing (in part) with Luther and Pastor David King

TurretinFan, March 4, 2010, Roman Catholicism

Benedict XVI (B16) has written a book called “Principles of Catholic Theology.” It is something he published while a Cardinal and prefect of the “Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith” (the modern name of the Inquisition). This book raises several points of interest as to B16’s view of Luther and his view of the church fathers. The following post

More Regarding King James, Bart Ehrman, etc.

James White, December 30, 2008, The Dividing Line

We did take one call on the meaning of arsenokoites, but other than that we focused back on The Covenanter’s Call radio program and its “review” of The King James Only Controversy.

More on the King James Issue

James White, December 18, 2008, The Dividing Line

Pressed forward with our review and response to the King James Only presentation we began on Tuesday, this time getting into the background of the Textus Receptus and the basic circularity of the arguments used in this particular radio program. Also took two useful calls as well.

KJV Only Modalist, a Call on the KJV and Arminianism, and a Response to an E-Mail Inquiry on Reformed Theology

James White, May 8, 2008, The Dividing Line

Today on The Dividing Line I began by answering a question from a listener on why Reformed theology is important, and then I began examining some of the claims of YouTube’s “KingJamesVideoMan” regarding his denial of the Trinity and promotion of modalism. Here’s the program.

An Introduction to Textual Criticism: Part 8–“Traditional Text” Positions: Textus Receptus and Majority Text Only

Colin Smith, April 19, 2008, Textual Issues

Textual scholars are unanimous in their agreement that textual criticism applied to the extant manuscripts is necessary if the original readings of the New Testament are ever to be fully recovered. Those who hold to the view that only the King James Version of the Bible is the normative text of the church cannot be considered among rational, textual scholars.

The Only Begotten of the Father in the Flesh: Mormonism’s Embarrassing Theology (#3)

James White, December 4, 2007, Mormonism

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Two LDS authorities figure prominently in teaching the literal physical parentage of Jesus Christ by the Father in the twentieth century, James Talmage and Bruce R. McConkie. We will look at their statements first, and then provide other confirmatory proclamations by other LDS leaders. Finally, we will look at books published by the LDS Church that also

The Only Begotten of the Father in the Flesh: Mormonism’s Embarrassing Theology

James White, November 28, 2007, Mormonism

Mormonism continues to show great shame for its own roots and its own history, resulting in the (dishonest) rewriting of its own history. One of the most embarrassing teachings of the LDS Church and its leaders has to do with the teaching that Jesus is the physical offspring of Elohim, the Father, who likewise has a physical body. That is,

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James R. White

Micah Burke, November 19, 2007, Misc

(Click here for media bios and photos.) Publications Books The Fatal Flaw (Crowne Publications, 1990) Answers to Catholic Claims (Crowne Publications, 1990) Letters to a Mormon Elder (Crowne Publications, 1990, reprinted by Bethany House, 1993) Justification by Faith (Crowne Publications, 1990) God’s Sovereign Grace (Crowne Publications, 1991) Drawn by the Father (Crowne

Horton, Osteen and James White – Updated

Jeff Downs, October 15, 2007, Simply Silly

Some of you are aware (probably most by now) that Michael Horton was on 60 Minutes on Sunday evening, responding to Joel Osteen’s “theology.” The segment can be view by clicking here. Michael Horton also has posted some article in response here. Kim Riddlebarger writes a wrap up here in which he states: On the lighter side, just so you

James White Promotes Worship of John Calvin!

James White, June 21, 2007, Roman Catholicism

…or so Dave Armstrong alleges this morning. As an example of his methodology of argumentation (which often includes the, “Oh, look at that issue over there that is completely irrelevant to the point at hand, isn’t it interesting?” tactic), Armstrong’s attempted response to this blog entry begins by re-posting Dan Borvan’s picture from Geneva of the “Reformation Wall” with this

Mormonism 101: Second Level Statements: The King Follett Discourse (#4)

James White, June 6, 2007, Mormonism

The Council of the Gods At this point Smith goes into a fascinating discussion of Genesis 1:1 and how this passage supports his theology, but we move past this to remain focused upon ascertaining the what of his theology more than the how at this point. Oh, ye lawyers, ye doctors, and ye priests, who have persecuted me, I want

Mormonism 101: Second Level Statements: The King Follett Discourse (#1)

James White, May 29, 2007, Mormonism

I have been providing portions from my book, Is the Mormon My Brother?, which define, from exclusively LDS sources, the teachings of Mormonism regarding the central definitional doctrine of any theistic religion: the doctrine of God. Given the presidential aspirations of Mitt Romney, a Mormon, this topic is once again in the public eye, and sadly, the general ignorance of

Checking In With The Other Side Of The Tiber

James Swan, May 25, 2007, Roman Catholicism

I regularly visit Roman Catholic blogs and websites to see what the apologists are up to. Here are a few highlights. The Envoy boards provided this newsbreaker from Catholic apologist Patrick Madrid: “My new book on the subject of sola scriptura, which I’m finishing up this summer, responds directly and in detail to these claims made by King and

Teacher Fired for Encouraging Critical Thinking

Colin Smith, March 20, 2007, Christian Worldview

This story appeared on the CNN website today, once again illustrating how modern, popular science is less about critical thinking and more about toeing the line and not criticizing cherished beliefs. The school teacher involved, the article states, has a master’s degree in science, and yet had the audacity to provide “supplemental material” that showed both the logical consequences of

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Making Lemonade Out of Lemons: Using the Talpiot Tomb as a Witness

James White, March 5, 2007, Tomb Issues

It is the morning after. Those with an interest in the subject of the resurrection have already seen the film. As most of you know, today I launch into a high-speed book writing project to attempt to collect, collate, and present in a clear and understandable fashion the main arguments and facts regarding the Talpiot Tomb, DNA, patina, statistics, gnostic

Live Blogging Larry King

James White, February 26, 2007, Tomb Issues

I am listening to Larry King Live. At least the outlines are becoming very clear, even before the release of the video. (I find it ironic that Jacobovici keeps pointing out people who are responding to his claims have not seen the film as if that means something. Well, try following the normal canons of scholarship so that those responding

Notorious James White: Dirty Debater

James White, July 28, 2006, Roman Catholicism

A few moments ago Chris Arnzen forwarded me some correspondence that had developed today. To make Chris happy, I have (are you all sitting down?) actually updated the calendar page. I am sorry that page is so…humorous (it is normally more a historical run down of last year’s events than anything else), but I find it very time consuming to

Holding Onto Hebraisms: James Patrick Holding’s Odd Take on Election and Exegesis (Part 5)

James White, February 12, 2005, Reformed Apologetics

J.P. Holding spent some time in his essay arguing that God’s choice of Jacob over Esau can be seen as a cost/benefit analysis on God’s part; that is, he invests a large amount of space discussing hypotheticals (infused with a little Molinism just for the fun of it–no, of course there is no effort to ground Molinism, or any of

Holding Onto Hebraisms: James Patrick Holding’s Odd Take on Election and Exegesis (Part 4)

James White, February 10, 2005, Reformed Apologetics

Let’s begin with the concept of “Hebrew block logic.” A scan of the standard Hebrew grammars and works on syntax reveals no emphasis upon such an concept in the regularly used scholarly sources. A scan of my entire Libronics library (a rather large collection, for which I’m thankful), brought up only one reference: that in the book cited by Holding.