March 7, 2006

After a scheduled debate on the Apocrypha cancelled due to a family emergency James shifts his presentation into a teaching time on the subject.

Started off with a few minutes on the topic of the deity of Christ and Victor Paul Wierwille, then moved on to F. LaGard Smith’s closing statement in the ISI debate (wear asbestos gloves while listening to that part if you are Reformed), and finished up with a call on indulgences.

I had simply wanted to play the debate into the DL feed, but when I saw Chris Pinto’s spin article this morning (the first thing I was appraised of upon arising) I felt it appropriate to respond, which I did for the first about 35 minutes of the program.  Then I played the entire debate.  Enjoy! Here is the YouTube

Great calls on the program today, followed by an examination of some comments in the Hitchens/D’Souza/Prager debate from 2008.

My sincerest thanks to Dr. Jim Renihan for joining me on the program today. We discussed the London Baptist Confession of Faith, John Owen, and all sorts of related topics, including the active and passive obedience of Christ (did you know Baxter opposed that language out of fear of offending Roman Catholics?). A true pleasure to have Dr. Renihan with

Again, Dr. White demonstrates how Dave Hunt has bitten off more than he can chew in taking on Reformed theology at his current level of understanding. Hunt is confused in thinking that biblical appeals to repent refute Calvinism. Dr. White explains the necessity of consistency in apologetics with the example that Hunt appeals to aspects of the concept of penal