They have been doing this for a while, but if you haven’t heard this yet you should check it out. Alpha & Omega Ministries is streaming old episodes of The Dividing Line on a continual basis, 24/7. You can access these episodes at the following link:
http://stream.aomin.org:8000/dl.m3u (This should open in iTunes or your default media player)
The pages for their webcast is available here:
http://aomin.org/articles/webcast.html
A PDF of Jamin Hubner’s article in Reformed Perspectives Magazine
A new article about an age old question.
A new video from James White. Get ready for some Greek!
James White will deal with the sermon below on tomorrow’s edition of Radio Free Geneva[link]. The show will air at 4pm PDT/7pm EDT. click here to open the live stream in iTunes
The sermon was preached by Pastor Ron Armstrong of Cornerstone Community Church in Wildomar, CA.
7 Topics ::: Predestination from Cornerstone Community Church ::: on Vimeo.
Topics include “Harold Camping, atheists and bible thumpers, Abdullah Kunde and a call about sanctification and free will.”
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Dr. James White debates atheist Dan Barker in Newburg, OR on Sept. 26, 2009. The topic of the debate: “Was Jesus a Myth?”
This is from one of the *few* Dividing Lines I got to listen to live :)
Some good commentary on Love Wins, Chapter 4, the “heart” of the book.
Forged, Book Cover
Humbly standing in the shadows cast by the publicity frenzy of Rob Bell’s Love Wins is Bart Ehrman’s new book, Forged: Writing in the Name of God—Why The Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are. I wanted to point you in the direction of some reviews which I believe will benefit you if you are considering reading Ehrman’s Forged.
Ehrman has popped out another book on a well-worn scholarly issue at a “layperson’s level†with promises of a future “detailed scholarly monograph that deals with the matter at length.†(10) For now we’ll have to content ourselves with Ehrman’s distillation of modern (i.e., 19th century to present) historical-critical scholarship. The opening chapter introduces us to Ehrman’s major claims, i.e., pseudepigrapha is forgery; forgery is lying; forgery/lying was frowned upon in the ancient world; the Bible (especially the NT) is full of forgeries. We’re also equipped with some definitions (orthonymous = rightly named; homonymous = same named; anonymous = having no name; pseudonymous = falsely named), the most important being Ehrman’s definition of forgery, which is “a writing that claims to be written by someone (a known figure) who did not in fact write it.†(24)
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On March 22, the New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman published his latest iconoclastic book challenging the traditional Christian view. In Forged, Ehrman’s bottom line message is that literary forgeries were plentiful in antiquity, many of which were written by Christians and that approximately 70 percent of the New Testament writings were not written by those to whom they are attributed….
Why is the subject matter of this book important? For years, a significant number of biblical scholars have contended that the traditional authorship of a large portion of the New Testament literature is mistaken. This raises an important question: If, lets say, Peter was not at all involved in writing 2 Peter and the letter was not written until several decades after Peter’s death, should it be included in the New Testament canon and regarded as authoritative to the Christian?
I will try to add more reviews as they come to my RSS feed… To stay up to date follow @EyeApologetics on Twitter. I will tweet when I update an article.
I came across a blog which makes a ridiculous claim which I want to refute in this blog post. Peter Lumpkins maintains that Dr. James White is not an adjunct professor at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. To enhance your viewing pleasure I offer you the following video.
In the video I refer to these documents:
These PDFs are currently available for anyone to download (even if you are not a student) at http://www.ggbts.edu/academics/downloads/
Screenshot of ggbts.edu's course syllabi page (3/28/2011)
Peter Lumpkins desires a website which is not controlled by Dr. White to corroborate his bio.
No website info I can find supports James White’s claim he teaches at GGBTS (i.e. website info over which James White has no control). Instead all indications point to the established fact he does not. It is entirely possible the website info at GGBTS is not up to date but barely probable–if probable at all–given the strong affirmation less than a year ago by GGBTS seminary officials that James White would receive no future contracts. If the web info is strangely incorrect, we will keep the public informed via an update here
In response to this I offered the course syllabi above. Golden Gate’s website is frequently NOT up to date. I speak from personal experience as a current MDiv student. I have emailed professors on multiple occasions requesting their course syllabus because it had not been posted in a timely manner on the link above. In every instance, without fail, the professor had submitted their syllabus to the school weeks or months beforehand and the reason it was not available on ggbts.edu was because the site had not been updated. From my experience I, therefore, offer the following (obvious) observation:
This meets Mr. Lumpkins’ qualifications. But I proceed further. My twitter account also contains evidence that James White is an adjunct professor at GGBTS. Again, it is a website “over which James White has no control.” And since you are unable to go back and alter content after you have posted it (like you can on wordpress, blogger, etc…) this ought to help support my main point:
Class with @DrOakley1689 is on! Textbooks are ordered, vacation days scheduled, fees are paid… THIS IS HAPPENING!! Tue Jan 05 22:02:21 +0000 2010
sitting in room 222 with @DrOakely1689 waiting for class to start… I’m ready to apologeticsize #NewWordAlert Wed Jan 13 16:55:38 +0000 2010
Just saw an Islamic alter call in my Apologetics class. It is one of the most disgusting and vile things I’ve seen in a while #falsereligion Thu Jan 14 23:21:36 +0000 2010
http://twitpic.com/y41qr – The Qur’an is not God’s word Fri Jan 15 00:20:06 +0000 2010
image of James White's Qur'an, from http://twitpic.com/y41qr (posted on 1/15/2010)
this class is SO AWESOME!!!! Fri Jan 15 18:48:45 +0000 2010
http://twitpic.com/y4jqk – My new James White book Fri Jan 15 02:19:07 +0000 2010
Purchased at the GGBTS bookstore, with intent to get a signature!
http://twitpic.com/y4jzd – He signed it!!!!!!! Fri Jan 15 02:20:35 +0000 2010
Signature from a man who, according to Peter Lumpkins, wasn't there!
http://twitpic.com/y98ov – Me and @DrOakley1689 Sat Jan 16 01:04:49 +0000 2010
Myself with Dr. White (1/15/2010)
Class is over :( it was awesome and very helpful and i look forward to continuing to grow as an apologist Sat Jan 16 01:30:06 +0000 2010
Ok, so to recap what we have so far. Peter Lumpkins want’s a website not under Dr. White’s control which says he is an adjunct professor at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. I offer two. First, the GGBTS website with 3 syllabi. Second, my twitter account’s tweets from January 2010. (Technically, I offer three websites, as twitpic.com is a different site than twitter.com). Dr. White has no control over either. I post tweets of my own free will and they were posted looooong before I got it in my mind to reply to Mr. Lumpkins’ absurd assertion.
From DrOakley1689: Nooma 15 really bothered me, and it should bother you, too. I get Bell’s argument, but, it just doesn’t work. Not only is the history flaky, but you aren’t the gospel, either. An examination and response to Rob Bell’s odd claims about the nature of the gospel.
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsVkeMZCkOg
The following are the books which James White cites in this video (any purchase through these links will help support Eye On Apologetics!):
The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ
Pre-Christian Gnosticism: A Survey of the Proposed Evidences
The Gospel and the Greeks: Did the New Testament Borrow from Pagan Thought? (The Student Library)
The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and His Mysteries
Riddle of Resurrection: "Dying and Rising Gods" in the Ancient Near East (Coniectanea Biblica, Old Testament, 50)
