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Paul Owen Capitulates

James White, January 25, 2007, Reformed Apologetics

capitulate /k«ÈpItjUleIt/ v.v. verb cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender. Soanes, C., & Stevenson, A. (2004). Concise Oxford English dictionary (11th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. When you are challenged on a theological and biblical claim you have made in public, it is expected that you can respond to said challenge with serious and sober argumentation,

E-Mail Odds and Ends

James White, December 14, 2006, Misc

Steve Hays forwarded me an argument from an Orthodox apologist charging Thomism (and by extension, all of Romanism) with monothelitism (monenergism). I see it suffers from the same kind of “make a conclusion in this field of theology, transport it over here and use it as a club to beat someone over the head” fallacy as Prejean’s does, but it

So, You Tell Me….

James White, June 25, 2006, Reformed Apologetics

The e-mails are running 70-30. Seventy percent want me to press forward, hold my nose, and let the truth do the speaking on October 16th. Thirty percent say, “These men are not serious, there is no way to reason with them, get out while you still can.” I would like nothing better than to never have anything to do with

If You Dare Speak Up…

James White, February 24, 2006, Reformed Apologetics

The e-mail generated by posting the correspondence with Dr. Caner has been most enlightening. The majority have been very supportive and encouraging. Thankfully, my purpose in providing the article was not missed by the ones I am most concerned about. The contrast between the approach and methodology of the two sides has been clearly seen, just as it was in

Tuesday Morning Notes

James White, November 15, 2005, Misc

On a very sad note, Adrian Rogers has died. Chemotherapy is a rather barbaric way of dealing with cancer, and while it can work, it likewise has lots of complications, in this case, double pneumonia. His website asks for prayers for the Rogers family. All theological disagreements aside, as I noted a few years ago when reviewing his sermons on

Doctrinal Integrity, Dignity, and Soundness II

James White, November 5, 2005, Exegesis

Titus 2:7-8 7 Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 8 and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. Just as we noted when we looked at 1 Cor. 1:17 a number of

More on Anti-Calvinism from Paul Owen (IV)

James White, October 3, 2005, Reformed Apologetics

I continue reviewing the anti-Reformed interpretation of John 6 and John 10 offered by our pseudo-Calvinist scholar, Paul Owen. Before moving on to his next statement, I would like to briefly note the amusing attempt Owen has posted to provide for himself some cover regarding my previous comments on Romans 11. Though no serious minded individual could possibly be impacted

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Heading to Sea: Quick Report

James White, August 28, 2005, Misc

Well, we are starting to get re-packed as we head out early in the morning for the drive to Vancouver, from whence we will head to sea Monday evening for the apologetics cruise to Alaska. Keep especially Tuesday at “high noon” in prayer, as that will be the four-man debate on the Resurrection. Pray as well for my son Joshua,

What a Wonderful Evening

James White, August 26, 2005, Misc

Well, the 2005 A&O Conference started off on the right foot this evening. What a wonderful time we had! The Emmanuel Reformed Baptist Church was completely filled. Honestly, we couldn’t have seated another five folks if we tried. Jim Renihan began with a tremendous and passionate presentation of the inspiration and authority of the Word of God. It was so

Hello, Seattle!

James White, August 26, 2005, Misc

I feel like a balding psychologist! But I can’t erally say that, since that would make Rich the equivalent of Roz…well, they do both start with an “R.” Anyway, things are moving fast here in Seattle. Lots of folks arriving, and that’s always exciting, seeing familiar faces, as well as new ones. Always encouraging as well. Preparations are on-going at

Wandering from God’s Commandments

James White, August 15, 2005, Exegesis

As I work on preparation for our conference and debate next week, I cannot help but rejoice, repeatedly, in the wondrous glory of God’s Word. Over and over again, as it comes under the most close scrutiny and attack, it shows itself to stand far above its most voracious opponents. There truly is a confidence that comes from facing the

A Word from Mike O’Fallon

James White, August 14, 2005, Reformed Apologetics

Back in 1999 (if my memory is serving me correctly) Mike O’Fallon contacted me and asked if I would speak at a conference at his church and then go on a 4-day, 3-night cruise thereafter. And so it started. Mike comments on how we started this aspect of the ministry. If you have followed the ministry of Dr. James White

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Thanks to Major Storms

James White, April 23, 2004, The Dividing Line

I truly enjoyed having Major Storms, USMC, drop by and visit with us on the DL yesterday (here’s the picture I had on my refrigerator during combat operations of he and Major Rich Leino (Major Storms is on the right). He still has the cool sunglasses (no, they are not Oakleys, but I did not point that out, since that

A Quick Note

James White, December 17, 2003, Misc

What an incredible experience. Nineteen days on the road, the Stafford debate, the apologetics cruise, a respiratory infection, preaching at three different churches, all capped off by three hours on The Bible Answer Man broadcast. Just a few things, since I just flew home and have way too much to do to try to dig out from underneath all that

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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

Failure to Document: Catholic Answers Glosses Over History

James White, February 8, 2001, Roman Catholicism

Perhaps this is why Catholic Answers, while claiming to be in the “forefront” of Catholic Apologetics, refuses to engage in public debate against those they know are prepared and ready. Who knows? But one thing is for sure: the new article by Steven O’Reilly in the October, 2000 This Rock magazine rivals the sad attempts of the Watchtower Society to

Serving Up Circular Reasoning: “This Rock” Continues to Suffer from the Peter Syndrome

James White, December 8, 2000, Roman Catholicism

In February of 2000, Catholic writer Stephen O’Reilly attempted to provide a response to a small section of my book, The Roman Catholic Controversy. We responded to this attempt (click here) and demonstrated the fundamental circularity of Roman Catholic apologetics: that is, any person who reads widely in their attempts to substantiate Papal primacy know that they must begin with

New Lows in Poor Scholarship: Jeffrey L. Morrow Completely Misses the Historical Facts in a Recent Catholic Answers Article

James White, December 1, 2000, Roman Catholicism

There was a time when Catholic Answers tried to put forward a serious face of scholarship. They sought to utilize at least semi-scholarly sources (though even then without much serious effort to use them in context, see this example). But over the past few years it seems the bottom of the barrel has come into clear view, and the pretense

My Correspondence with Paul Owen and Carl Mosser

James White, November 29, 2000, Mormonism, Theology Matters

The first letter has a date stamp on the file of November 29, 1996 Gentlemen: I am in receipt of your letter dated November 19th, 1996, in which you take myself and Luke Wilson to task for our “uninformed and highly misleading” as well as “unscholarly” articles that recently appeared in the CRI Journal. Unfortunately, the letter is ambiguous and does

The “JimmyJoeJ” Saga

James White, October 2, 2000, Roman Catholicism

UPDATED SEPTEMBER, 2001. See bottom of page for details. UPDATED APRIL, 2002. See bottom of page for even more details. James C. (he has asked that his last name be withheld) is a Roman Catholic seminary student, or so he claims. I believe I first encountered him in AOL under the screen name JIMMYJOEJ. I would often find him

Catholic Legends And How They Get Started: An Example (Sermon 131)

James White, April 11, 2000, Roman Catholicism

The large gap that exists between Roman Catholic historical scholarship and Roman Catholic apologists is a large one indeed. One often finds the historians admitting what the apologists will not regarding the truths of history that are so often utterly contradictory to later Roman dogmatic claims. This is especially

Catholic Answers Continues To Dodge The Issues

James White, February 28, 2000, Roman Catholicism

On June 29, 1999, we posted an open challenge to Karl Keating and Catholic Answers to debate in San Diego, California, their main base of operations. We did so because Catholic Answers was continuing to claim, in their literature, to be out front taking on “anti-Catholics” at seminars and publicly giving the “Catholic answer.” We find it hypocritical that Catholic

The Strange Saga of the BYU Correspondence (aka, Nastigrams ‘R Us)

James White, April 29, 1998, Mormonism

If I hadn’t received these notes myself, I’d question their validity. But, since these very same notes have been posted on the SHIELDS web page (http://shields-research.org/Critics/A-O_01.html), you can verify for yourself that these are indeed the writings of leading LDS scholars Daniel Peterson and Louis Midgely. Here’s the background: My son and I spent four hours on KTKK radio in