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Rome’s Apologists At It Again

James White, August 4, 2006, Roman Catholicism

You may recall back in June a series of blog articles that dealt with the fact that Rome’s apologists really don’t seem to spend much time reading “the other side,” and how, when caught being way, way behind on things, they use that as an opportunity to simply “diss” myself or anyone else who would point out their less than

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Friday Morning Odds and Ends

James White, July 14, 2006, Misc

Watching the news these days reminds me of how frightening it must be to not know God has a purpose He is working out in this world. The Mideast remains a mess, and, of course, will remain a mess until either the Lord returns or He grants repentance to a very large group of people. There is only one hope

The Caner Saga: Episode MCLXVII: Revenge of the Synergists

James White, July 13, 2006, Reformed Apologetics

Maybe I’ll have more to say about this later. I don’t know. I talked a bit about it on today’s DL right at the start, where I read Ergun Caner’s letter and my response. I’m still processing this myself. I am still in a bit of shock. In any case, here is today’s DL. I have added all of today’s

Anthony Buzzard “Reviews” The Forgotten Trinity

James White, July 13, 2006, General Apologetics

Sam Shamoun, Islamic expert extraordinaire, happened to notice that once again a cheap hit piece has been posted in the guise of a “review” of one of my books on Amazon. I truly detest the review features which are so rarely used for reviews and so often used as a major-league sized “comments” section (another good example of why comments

Irony of Ironies

James White, June 27, 2006, Reformed Apologetics

I noted a few weeks ago the fine sermon by our brother Roy Hargrave on “The Idol of Evangelism,” found here. We have a fine and ironic example of this mindset in the words of that anonymous blogger, he who lacks the courage to even identify himself, Charles the Brave, the man who provides Bob Ross with an outlet on

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

This Speaks For Itself

James White, June 23, 2006, Reformed Apologetics

To be honest, this kind of correspondence deeply saddens me. I am hesitant to post it, but I do so for mainly one reason: it seems the Caners are doing all they can to force any logically thinking person to run from even considering trying to engage in meaningful dialogue and debate with them. They are insisting upon their incoherent

Major Developments in the Lynchburg Debate Saga UPDATED

James White, June 22, 2006, Reformed Apologetics

Well, as some of you have been wondering what has been going on regarding the October 16th debate in Lynchburg with Ergun and Emir Caner. I had sent a note to Dr. O’Donnell once again, since it had been a full month since we had first contacted him, and had asked that he respond by the 20th. He replied on

The Results of Misrepresentation

James White, June 16, 2006, Reformed Apologetics

While no end of interesting illustrations could be mined from continuing to review Jimmy Akin’s desperate attempt to avoid admitting he simply doesn’t care to keep abreast with developments in his area of self-professed expertise, I likewise find the task most distasteful. I have not invested much time perusing the comments on Akin’s blog, but I did look through a

Continuing with Akin and False Charges of Ad-Hominem Argumentation

James White, June 15, 2006, Roman Catholicism

I continue responding to Jimmy Akin and his blog articles. I am aware another has been posted, and given the string of, well, simply amazing comments posted as well, we once again observe the same kind of behavior we observed last year regarding the Catholic Answers forums and the Envoy forums. In any case, Akin continues, Notice that he’s begun

Jimmy Akin and the Actual Definition of “Ad-Hominem Argumentation”

James White, June 14, 2006, Roman Catholicism

I confess, if I had written what Jimmy Akin posted on his blog recently, I would not be calling into webcasts that have fairly wide-ranging audiences to advertise it. And I likewise do not know why Mr. Akin would suggest that responding to his personal attack post would in any way alter what I said in response to his discussion

Jimmy Akin Replies

James White, June 12, 2006, Roman Catholicism

A few days ago I posted an article showing that Roman Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin of Catholic Answers had demonstrated a basic lack of research in responding to a question regarding the Corban rule, Matthew 15, and sola scriptura. I documented that one of the leading Catholic apologists was unaware of the specifics of the discussion regarding Jewish sources, Tractate

2 Peter 3:9 and the “Letterhead Argument”

James White, June 11, 2006, Reformed Apologetics

This is surely the most popular passage cited (almost never with any reference to the context) to prove that God could not possibly desire to save a specific people but instead desires to save every single individual person, thereby denying election and predestination. The text seems inarguably clear. But it is always good to see a text in its own

Jimmy Akin More than a Decade Behind

James White, June 8, 2006, Roman Catholicism

I was informed today that Jimmy Akin had made some comments regarding sola scriptura, the Corban rule, and my comments on the subject. In looking at his blog article found here I was just a little surprised to discover that Mr. Akin, the lead apologist for Catholic Answers, has not done his homework on this particular subject, and in reading

Let the Truth Be Known

James White, June 1, 2006, Reformed Apologetics

Below you will find the entirety of the correspondence that has passed between myself, Tom Ascol, Ergun Caner, and Emir Caner over the past few months regarding the October 16th debate in Lynchburg. I am posting it because the conversation has fallen to such a level that only public scrutiny and input can now possibly convince the Caners to allow

BaptistFire.Com, Meet StrangeBaptistFire.com

James White, May 1, 2006, Reformed Apologetics

Most of my readers are familiar with BaptistFire.com, the conservative Baptist website that is, sadly, likewise rabidly anti-Reformed, grossly one-sided, and anonymous as to who is involved in promulgating its articles. Well, a number of folks have gotten together to launch www.StrangeBaptistFire.com, a website which will debunk the constantly misleading, imbalanced, and often easily refuted materials posted on BaptistFire.com. Now,

Does Omnibenevolence Mean Unibenevolence?

James White, May 1, 2006, Mail Bag

James White, I’m not reformed in my theology, but I did want to ask you a sincere question. How do you reconcile God not being omnibenevolent with simplicity. When you claim that God only wants some people to be saved, you are really claiming that God is only partially loving. By doing this, you are destroying God’s simplicity and really

John 6:45 and Free Will

James White, April 29, 2006, Mail Bag

From the mail-bag: FOLLOW-UP on Revisiting the Norman Geisler/Chosen But Free/Potter’s Freedom Issue: Even you said JAmes “Unregenerate man is FULLY CAPABLE of UNDERSTANDING the facts of the Gospel”. If a man is FULLY CAPABLE of UNDERSTANDING then unregenerate man (all men)are FULLY CAPABLE of “listening and learning” from the Father as Jn. 6:45b says. Revisiting the Norman Geisler/Chosen But

Of Debates and the Silent Treatment

James White, April 26, 2006, Reformed Apologetics

I must admit. My job is fascinating. Never dull. Well, almost never dull. This morning while getting a 30 mile ride in at an average speed of 15 mph (yeah, I know—but, I also climbed 2520 feet, which explains the average speed) I was listening to Shabir Ally throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the New Testament, writing mental

Quick and Final Addendum

James White, April 5, 2006, Simply Silly

Despite the clarity of the documentation refuting him, Bob L. Ross continues to engage in the most desperate form of dishonesty even today: The fact remains, if John MacArthur held an erroneous view in the past, and if James White defended that view as “SOLID TEACHING,” then James White was defending an erroneous view — whether he in fact held

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Bob Ross: Painter of Happy Little…Falsehoods

James White, April 4, 2006, Simply Silly

For years, if you wanted to read Spurgeon without worrying about who edited his sermons to “fit” their theology, you were dependent upon Bob Ross of Pilgrim Publications. No, this Bob Ross (it’s Bob L. Ross) knows nothing about happy little trees, and I have no idea if he can paint a pretty picture in less than thirty minutes or

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Mike O’Fallon Has A Special Announcement

James White, March 30, 2006, Misc

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Exegesis, or Eisegesis, of Revelation 5:9-10?

James White, March 23, 2006, Mail Bag

This morning I posted another memory verse and made some brief comments about Revelation 5:9-10 and its witness to the perfection of the atoning work of Christ in behalf of His people. Fairly quickly the following was sent through the website: Good piece of eisegesis James! Results of the Atonement Seen? Results, yes. The full extent of “how”, NO. The

I’ve Received Stauffer’s One Book Stands Alone

James White, March 18, 2006, King James Onlyism

First impression: absolutely nothing new here, nothing beyond what KJV Onlyism has been offering for forty years. Not a smidgeon of meaningful interaction with my own work. Same ol’ same ol’. But, there are a few almost humorous things, and some completely absurd things. You will find this book filled with standard KJV Only “loaded language” throughout. In the

Dr. Stauffer on Codex Sinaiticus

James White, March 15, 2006, King James Onlyism

I did a little looking around the net for materials by Dr. Stauffer, and very quickly ran across this article. And it took just a moment to read this: The Codex Vaticanus (discovered in the Pope’s library in 1481) and Sinaiticus (discovered in 1859 in a trash can at St. Catherine’s monastery on Mt. Sinai) were the two texts that

What Does the Reality of Apostasy Mean?

James White, March 14, 2006, General Apologetics

Apostasy abounds in Western culture today. Much of the confusion as to what the Christian faith teaches is due to apostates who refuse to leave the church but instead corrupt it from within. But there are many apostates who have completely abandoned the faith; some simply disappear and go back to their worldly ways. Look at the huge baptism numbers

Fan Mail That Speaks for Itself

James White, March 3, 2006, Mail Bag

“if any man thirsts let him come unto me and drink.” You really expect us to believe that God is talking to regenerate men here because it is only they who can thirst spiritually speaking?.Come now James if this is yor best answer then your pretty desperate. Your pulling the cart before the horse…assuming calvinistic dogma before it has been

The Bankruptcy of Islamic Apologetics (III)

James White, January 27, 2006, Islam

Let’s briefly refute the assertions made by Deedat and Abdullah noted in the first post in this series. Note that Deedat repeated these errors ad nauseum: as far as I can tell, he never accepted correction on these issues, but repeated the same errors throughout his entire life. 1) “The context of the verse talks about an unbelieving Thomas being

Islam’s Apologetic Bankruptcy

James White, January 20, 2006, Islam

I have been shocked over the past few weeks to realize that the best Mecca has to offer apologetically, particularly in reference to their attacks upon the Deity of Christ, fall far short of even that presented by our home-grown “Christian cults” like Jehovah’s Witnesses. This has been particularly clearly demonstrated in the comments I have been hearing and reading

Jesus Christ: Full Deity in Humanity

James White, December 15, 2005, Godly Disciplines

This week we are memorizing the Greek term qeo,thtoj (theotetos, pronounced thay-AH-tay-toss), translated in the NASB as “Deity.” I noted last time that the King James Version renders it “godhead,” which is not only ambiguous, but since the KJV elsewhere renders other less strong terms by the same word (e.g., Romans 1:20), can be quite confusing. The Bauer, Arndt, Gingrich

First Objection: It’s Fiction, Dummy

James White, October 20, 2005, General Apologetics

Very shortly after posting the previous article the following e-mail was sent through our website: Someone at Alpha and Omega ministries might like to encourage James White to point out at the beginning of his blog that The Da Vinci Code is marketed as a fictional story. Fiction defined as: a making up of imaginary happenings. He should point out