Today on the DL James goes over the debate with Trent Horn as an illustration of how we should seriously track with debates and evaluate them.
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Given that The Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel was released today, I dedicated the program to the topic, the background of the statement, etc. I also took time to provide some biblical reasoning from Revelation 5 and Ephesians 2, and then made application to social media statements that illustrate the corrosive effects of this movement within the church.
Began a rainy DL today with an interaction with a Twitter user (@BlackRepublican) regarding the foundational issues of the faith (once again—and one of the calls from our brother Kofi raised the issue again later), and then moved on to a brief interaction with Dr. David Bernard of the UPCI on the Trinity and soteriology (Bernard is the leading theologian
James discusses his blog critique of the work of Dr. Seifrid and reviews the response posted by SBTS. Listen here. Update 12/30/2014: This review eventually became a major series of posts. For those interested in reading the entire series in order I post the links below. RP Dr. Seifrid on Imputation July 9, 2004 More in Response to Southern Seminary
Sorry to have neglected to blog last Thursday’s DL. At the start we mentioned the prayer offered at the Inauguration and its seeking God’s blessing on homosexuality; then I updated folks on the fact that, so far, John Ankerberg has followed the Norman Geisler line: ignore the actual facts of the Caner scandal, in this case, by the ignoring of
Many thanks to the inventers of Ibuprofen I managed to make it through the DL today with the help of some good callers. Also gave a brief report on the trip to St. Louis. Here’s the program.
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
Started off discussing next Tuesday’s seminar in Lindale on Ergun Caner and the Great Evangelical Cover Up, then went back to our review of Jerry Walls’ presentation, and then for the last half hour we went back to responding to Yusuf Ismail. The Walls discussion got into his comments on John Piper and his comments about his sons, so it
Almost signaled the end of time by discussing eschatology on the DL today! Had to chuckle at all the commentary before the program began. In any case, all I wanted to do was review this article by Kenneth Gentry on 2 Timothy 3. When I read it (linked on FaceBook) I found it wanting. Just didn’t ring true for me.
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