Radio Free San Francisco

I had been contacted by a number of people regarding the encounter between Dr. Robert Sungenis and Matt Slick that aired a week ago Monday, so I started reviewing the program and interacting with the claims that were made. (In fact, I started typing this post, had to stop as I was on Matt’s program for about half an hour,

As I noted, we pre-empted our normal Thursday evening Dividing Line so as to bring you the two hour debate on baptism between myself and Dr. Gregg Strawbridge. This is the first time I have been involved in a debate using Skype as the mechanism, and I must admit, that outside of one or two break-ups (at least from what

John Samson continues teaching on the doctrine of justification by faith alone, the imputation of Christ’s righteousness and how Paul and James compliment each other on the matter. Here is the YouTube link:

Had to do a Jumbo (90 minute) edition of the DL today to fit it all in.  First half was all in response to Let the Lion Roar and the accompanying book.  Had many things to discuss–can’t say it was overly well organized, but hopefully helpful.  Then moved on to a Puritan Board discussion about me and the textual critical issue.

James reviews the teaching of Total Depravity and what it means.

I felt it would be helpful to many to comment on the inclusion of very minority readings in the new SBLGNT that was released recently. Specifically, I addressed Bart Ehrman’s two favorite texts, Mark 1:41 and the “angry Jesus,” and Hebrews 2:9, “apart from God.” The SBLGNT includes both barely supported variants in the main text, going against pretty much