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James White, June 22, 2005, Roman Catholicism

Someone came into channel asking about Ignatius this morning and in the process dropped the URL to another thread on the Catholic Answers Forums about yours truly, and once again I sit here in utter disbelief at the double standards that people will use without blinking an eye as long as it is in the service of Mother Church (and

Sippo’s Response

James White, June 15, 2005, Roman Catholicism

In a state of fear and panic James White has begged me not to debate him on justification! He grovels asking that I pick any other topic but not THAT! Well, maybe that is overstating it. James wants to do another topic. He suggests Purgatory. Unfortunately, that is poor debate topic and it does not get to the heart

The Brave RC Apologists at Envoy

James White, June 10, 2005, Roman Catholicism

I was finishing up a few items on this “down day” after the debate (I am finally getting the hang of this: never schedule anything for the day after a debate—why did it take me 15 years to figure that out?) and getting ready to pack up and head down to New Jersey (Please, Lord, if you could, and I

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Vatican City: Selling Grace

James White, May 19, 2005, Roman Catholicism

It was bought and paid for by the most gross selling of the grace of God in the form of the blasphemous doctrine of indulgences. Maybe that is why I could not even begin to think it was grand, or glorious, or even attractive: it stinks of the deadness of man’s religion and worse, the perversion of the gospel of

Why Exegesis?

James White, May 13, 2005, Exegesis

The issue here is not, “Is there more to the Scriptures than mere human words?” All Christians gladly confess this. Surely there is a spiritual, living dimension to the Word. We truly must separate the method of determining the intended meaning of the author from other issues such as, Is the meaning of the author in his own time and

The “Real” Paul Owen

James White, May 9, 2005, Mormonism

I have mentioned the fact that the person Paul Owen is in writing an article, for example, is not the person he is in “regular life” when interacting, especially, with those he considers non-scholars. The posting of the previous two articles, which I intended to be the end as far as my time currently allows, has led Owen to correct

Paul Owen Finally Lays His Cards on the Table (#2)

James White, May 9, 2005, Mormonism

But let us look at the specifics of this anti-apologetic, anti-evangelical position. First, Owen says Mormonism “allows” “certain heresies” in its system. No, Mormonism is based upon, and flows from, fundamental, foundational falsehoods, specifically, that God is an exalted man; that men can become Gods, and that God “became” a God through the eternal law of progression. These beliefs are

Paul Owen Finally Lays His Cards on the Table (#1)

James White, May 8, 2005, Mormonism

The letter came to my office via the CRI Journal. I had been asked to write an article for the journal on the apologetic errors of FARMS in the space of about 4800 words as I recall, and I did. The letter was from Paul Owen and Carl Mosser, two students at Talbot. I had never heard of either of

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NO COMPROMISE: A Call To Faithfulness In the Midst of Apostasy

James White, April 18, 2005, General Apologetics

The prevalence of words and ideas borrowed from the world of battle and war and military training in the midst of inspired Scripture must bother a lot of post-modernist style folks. But they are there. I’ve been thinking a lot about those terms of late. Ever seen that picture (they used to have them on t-shirts back when I was

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A Call to Faith

James White, April 12, 2005, Pastoral Theology

But I hear you say you cannot come alone, you cannot struggle by yourself, you cannot brave alone the thunderings and lightnings of Mount Sinai, you cannot stand with Moses on the smoking and the quaking summit, you must mingle with the multitude below. You are not even willing to be saved alone. Having followed a multitude so long to

A Catholic Who Wants His Letter Posted

James White, April 5, 2005, Mail Bag

Christopher Hunt of Hanceville, Alabama, evidently is a strongly believing Roman Catholic. He wanted to make sure his letter appeared on my blog, so who am I to rob him of such a blessing? Of course, this is my blog, so, I get to respond. Dear Mr. White, I have heard some of your debates, and know that you are

Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR): Jihad in the Media

James White, March 30, 2005, Islam

Today on the Little Green Footballs blog we read: According to Robert Spencer, National Review decided to cave in to pressure from the Council on American Islamic Relations because they were “choosing their battles.” While it’s definitely true that National Review has done a great deal to expose the agenda of radical Islam, and I’m not going to stop reading

Psalm 73 and Postmodernism Continued

James White, January 11, 2005, Christian Worldview

I was looking at Brian McLaren and postmodernism and the Emergent Church movement a few days ago, and wish to continue with that theme here. In CT an article on “Emergent Evangelism” appeared wherein we read: Making absolute truth claims—so important to evangelism in the modern era—becomes problematic in the postmodern context. Instead, he said, we can focus on recruiting

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The Catholic Verses: The Pillar and Foundation

James White, January 5, 2005, Roman Catholicism

Mr. Armstrong has just recently noted, in reference to myself and others, Carry on, fools . . . we’re all watching, and it is high entertainment, believe me. You think you will get me to change my mind by these childish tactics and colossal errors of fact? You go right ahead. I’m documenting every vacuous, vapid insult and dumb

You Will Be Hated

Mike Porter, December 31, 2004, Christian Worldview

Paul warned Timothy in his second letter to him, “And indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” (2Ti 3:12) These words came just after Paul recited his own persecutions and just before he warned Timothy of impostors and evil men would proceed from bad to worse. Paul’s encouragement for Timothy is to continue in

e`rmhnei,a (Explanation, Interpretation)

James White, December 31, 2004, Roman Catholicism

“holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these” (2Ti 3:5). The masculine plural participle e;contej has as its referent the “men” of v. 2; hence, the vice list in 2-4 refers to men who “hold” a “form” mo,rfwsij of godliness but they have denied (hvrnhme,noi, perfect tense over against present) the

Federal Vision Rhetoric I Hope Stays East of the Mississippi in November

James White, October 6, 2004, Federal Vision, General Apologetics

I had the misfortune of having to once again look over the “response” Steve Schlissel wrote to Richard Phillips in The Auburn Avenue Theology: Pros & Cons (2004). This is the kind of stuff I hope we don’t hear, at least in this form, November 5th: Phillips has difficulty identifying Christians. The Reformed faith does not. Christians are heirs of

This Letter Failed

Summer Jaeger, September 26, 2004, Abortion, Christian Worldview, Personal

Letter to the President The letter should be personal. It should not attack or criticize the President. The letter should discuss something you wish improved. It should follow a business letter format. Paragraph 1 should begin with “I am concerned about….” Paragraph 2 should involve the first reason. It should be about seven sentences. Provide an example for evidence. Paragraph

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

And Verily It Got Nuttier

James White, September 11, 2004, Mail Bag

Just a few moments of connection time after speaking at the Conference here in Toronto. I check in back at home and what do I discover? Of course, a new “I’m so smart, you are so dumb, so I will keep lying about you but won’t face you to be refuted” e-mail from Paul Owen (I had challenged him to

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Imputation Controversy #2

James White, August 26, 2004, General Apologetics

Before we continue with our examination of Dr. Seifrid’s published views on imputation, I thought it would be wise to note the presence of a rather short chapter in the new book, Justification: What’s at Stake in the Current Debates (Husbands & Treier, 2004) by Dr. Seifrid. The majority of the text is a discussion of a dialogue between Luther

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Conversations with God

James White, August 16, 2004, Resources

Recently I took the time to obtain a number of books by Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God (www.cwg.org). For a while it looked like I would have the opportunity to respond to Walsch’s contentions in a televised setting, but he has now declined that engagement. So, I did not want the investment to go completely wasted, so

NEWS FLASH! VITALLY IMPORTANT REVELATION PROVIDED TODAY! MUST READ!

James White, July 20, 2004, Roman Catholicism

If you are one of those who thought that the self-glorifying work of the Trinity, the Father, Son, and Spirit, in redeeming a people to the praise of His glorious grace through the gospel, was part of the truth of God that He has promised to safe-guard to His people throughout the pilgrimage of the church on earth, you have

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

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

Let the Record Be Known

James White, April 6, 2004, Mormonism

No matter how hard you try to cross your t’s and dot your i’s, if someone wants to muddy the waters, they can find a way to do it. And so it is yet again. Below you will find all the correspondence that went back and forth between myself and Dr. Hamblin since he contacted me on March 17th as

UMC Proves Inerrancy Matters

James White, March 22, 2004, Post-Evangelicalism

The “acquittal” of a “lesbian pastor” by officials of the United Methodist Church (story) has once again demonstrated what happens when the full authority and inerrancy of the Scriptures is abandoned by a once strongly evangelistic denomination. If you are one of those who cannot begin to understand how anyone can call themselves a minister of the gospel, claim fidelity

Wilson takes a shot at NPism

James White, December 26, 2003, Federal Vision, Reformed Apologetics

Obviously, Doug Wilson has become tired of being connected with the New Perspective on Paul (aka, NPism), so, a special edition of Credenda Agenda has come out, replete with a fairly lengthy article on the subject. I have had a couple of folks write and complain that I have noted the confluence of Auburnism (aka the loose movement associated with

Sample E-Mails in Response to the BAM “Debate”

James White, December 21, 2003, Mail Bag

Dear James, In spite of Hank’s best efforts to gang up on you, you (through Scripture) smashed George Bryson’s reasoning. I was amazed at his lack of understanding of the Bible and his refusal to address Genesis 50:20, his explaining away Rom. 8:7,8 with a “you don’t need to see my papers” (Star Wars reference) smokescreen, etc. I hate that

David Cloud and Fundamentalist Traditionalism

James White, April 23, 2003, King James Onlyism, Reformed Apologetics

David Cloud is a fundamentalist, King James Only teacher who runs www.wayoflife.org. He maintains a mailing list and sends his articles out with regularity. Often we can agree with David Cloud’s social commentaries, for example, and I have often pointed to the fact that he is one of the very few KJV Only advocates who has had the temerity to criticize

Dave Hunt vs. Charles Haddon Spurgeon

James White, December 9, 2002, Reformed Apologetics

Using Obfuscation to Avoid Admission of Simple and Documented Error It is obvious that a number of truth-loving “Bereans” have been contacting Dave Hunt’s ministry, The Berean Call, and calling him to accountability regarding the documentation of his error concerning the beliefs of Charles Haddon Spurgeon which I presented in my Open Letter responding to the publication of his book,