This lively discussion between James White and Tim Staples took place on July 6th, 2000, the day before the debate on Papal Infallibility.
James White vs Gilbert Scharffs James White debates Mormon apologist Gilbert Scharffs on the meaning of sin. This debate is an excellent example of the major divide that exists between Mormons and Christians on the depravity of man. Dr. Scharffs is the retired director of the LDS Institute of Religion at the University of Utah. He has a PhD from
It seems as though whenever we bring up the subject of Roman Catholics worshiping Mary, someone who is a Roman Catholic will say: “Go to your local parish, and as people are leaving Mass, ask them if they worship Mary!” Their expectation, of course, is that the folks at the local parish will say that they do not worship Mary.
We had an important discussion of the recent study showing that “Protestants” are now less than 50% of the US population, and I discussed how the “Nones” are now 20%, and what this means for evangelism and apologetics. Then we went back to Paul Williams’ comments, almost finishing off his opening statement.
Started off with a brief discussion of the constant problem with Islamic apologetics—the necessary double standard it has to employ to defend the Qur’an on one hand, and attack the Bible on the other. Then we moved back to the Russell Moore/Andy Stanley discussion, once again noting fundamental issues of ecclesiology and Scriptural authority lying at the root of the
Tomorrow morning we will have a very special announcement to make on The Dividing Line. Remember, instead of the normal Thursday time, the DL will be on at 11am MST (1pm EST). We have tremendously exciting news about October’s cruise, so make sure to be listening!
Began with a bit of an overview of last week’s events, and was about to go to the BAM discussion with Akin (having documented that during the second hour of the three hour program Akin had gotten 65% of the time to speak over against my own 35%, which sort of explains why Catholic Answers wants to call this discussion
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