Alpha and Omega Ministries

Went over what has been going on over the past few days about our RV---and that fact that we needed to make arrangements to obtain a different one, due to it being defective and needing to be rebuilt. Went through the whole story, mainly for our supporters, as we will need to raise some funds to make up the differences in the trade-in, upgrading our hitch, etc., and all in a matter of weeks since I need to head out in about four weeks for the debates with Jimmy Akin in Louisiana. If you can help us, you can donate to the Travel Fund here. Then we moved over to the Big Board and looked at Hebrews 1-10-12, and Dale Tuggy's attempt to get away from its testimony to the deity of Christ.

Spent two hours documenting the incredible mythology generated by Leighton Flowers and his guests regarding my supposed -Greek errors- over the past ten days. Everyone who has heard the stories should watch, take notes, and verify for yourselves. Truly, the end of the story, and time to move on. Hope you find it helpful-

Managed to pull off a solid internet connection from a slight wide spot in the road called Lordsburg, New Mexico -really sad little town...lots of abandoned buildings-. We covered a wide variety of things, including announcing the upcoming debates, April 24th and 25th, in Lafayette, Louisiana, with Catholic Answers apologist Jimmy Akin -sola scriptura, and -How Does a Man Have Peace with God----. We discussed conversion, anthropology, and more, looking at Ezekiel 36, Titus 2, and even an old article Robert Gagnon reposted about John 6-39.

We had a great group listening at the start but the stream died a thousand deaths tonight, so we had to just record the rest of the program. Discussed a few things from the Tuggy debate, and then moved on to more of the response from the Flowers debate. I had hooked up my second monitor so I could walk through the text again since I have felt like the Greek issues have somewhat clouded what is in fact the plain meaning of the gospel of John.

Today we went back over the key issues in the Flowers debate on John 6, looked more closely at 6-45, documented errors on LF's part, etc. Also thanked a bunch of folks for their support and a super cool gift I was given last evening -the A-O Bow Tie--. Spent about ten minutes looking at Chris Fisher's misuse of 1 John 2-20 -the Byzantine textual variant-, had a few words about tomorrow night's debate with Dale Tuggy as well.

Finally had the opportunity of doing the program again after a pretty challenging few weeks which included Urgent Care and ER visits, along with a lot of driving, teaching, etc. We talked about tomorrow night's debate with Leighton Flowers, and focused upon my thoughts about the Fisher-Slick debate from last week and what it revealed about the hearts of many. Then we reviewed the sad fact that Ergun Caner, fourteen years down the road, continues to pretend he was something he never was. A truly sad story.

We took the time today to go back over the controversy that has developed when I asked my debate opponent Saturday afternoon to tell us what one of the key texts on the atonement -and in my opening statement- actually means, and he refused to do so. I played the audio of the exchange, put the text on the screen, and we invested an hour and 15 minutes on the topic -after some introductory topics-. Not sure if we will be able to squeeze another show in this week, as I am teaching at GBTS Thursday through Saturday.

In February of 2024 James White and Trent Horn did two, back to back debates at First Lutheran Church in Houston. The first night was on sola scriptura, and the second on purgatory. It was the conjunction of these two debates that was most informative and useful. We invite our viewers to listen to both debates and compare the assertions concerning the -deposit of faith- and -apostolic tradition- in the first with the argumentation in defense of purgatory in the second. It is very enlightening-

Just had to make note of the monumental Alabama Supreme Court decision and the issue of -By What Standard- that simply cannot be avoided. Then we looked at some further issues I had forgotten to get to on the last program about claims Trent Horn made and how all of this is so vitally relevant to the direction Roman Catholic apologetics is heading. Important stuff-

I did not intentionally organize this past weekend's debates to provide the excellent insight into how Rome's claims are self-refuting, I promise you, but that's how it worked out. The contrast between the claims of Rome for a -apostolic deposit of faith- from the first debate and their inability to provide any kind of certain or stable foundation for a dogma -purgatory- in the second was not something I had aimed to produce. That was the Lord's doing, and I am thankful. So we spent 90 minutes today going over those important matters after just a few minutes at the top talking about the trip as well as the denigration of the justice system in a nation that has rejected the only solid ground for justice to begin with. Very hard to say when the next program will be, but keep an eye on the app for announcements-

Talked a little about the -He Gets Us- thing, gave a brief report on the Allie Beth Stuckey Show from Tuesday, then dove into the Protevangelium of James and read its narrative of the birth of Christ in light of the defense of this document as containing genuine Christian tradition by Roman Catholic apologists. We then moved on to discuss The Invention of the Inspired Text by John Poirier and his actual goals in writing his book. Don't know when the next program will be as I will be heading off to Tullahoma next week for the Why Calvinism conference, a debate, etc. Watch the app for announcements-

Back to on-the-road status for the program today- We covered what's going on tomorrow and in the upcoming days, then looked at a tweet from -Cernovich wherein he demonstrates he has never done serious reading in the topic, and then finished up the hour looking at a key section from Carl Trueman's presentation -which we began reviewing over the past few weeks-.

Head out on Friday -I keep saying Lord willing, and I mean that-, so hopefully our next edition will be on the road, possibly on Monday. Played segments from a video from the pastor of -Zootown Church- in Missoula, Scott Klaudt where he repeated a whole string of utterly indefensible falsehoods about the Reformation, Rome, etc., and then played a brief portion of Trent Horn's second rebuttal in his debate with Gavin Ortlund on sola scriptura, looking specifically at the common error of ignoring the diversity in Rome while focusing upon it amongst -Protestants.- If you would like to help support this upcoming trip, please pray for my health -not starting off on the best foot, I have to admit-, and support the Travel Fund here. https---www.aomin.org-aoblog-support-us- Thank you-

My apologies for all the coughs and sniffs, I actually feel pretty good, but the voice and sinuses---not so much. Spent time talking about God's decree over against Provisionist palaver -look it up-, then looked at some Trent Horn material in preparation for a few weeks from now, and finished up with a real quick section from the Carl Trueman presentation, this time on -doctrinal development.-

Covered a number of topics today with a short discussion of how a small number of ne'er-do-wells can create faux controversies for not positive reason, then talked a bit about Alistair Begg's -swing and a miss- response, and then got back to Carl Trueman's speech on classical theology. An hour and fifteen minutes today.

Touched on a bunch of topics from Texas to Alistair Begg to the United Methodists at the start. Commented briefly on some miserable souls on line who want to debate about infant damnation. Then read from Nettle's fine work on Andrew Fuller and the reality of death and how it impacts us and our theological outlook, before moving briefly back to Carl Trueman's presentation that we began examining on the last DL. 90 minutes today.

Started to listen to and interact with Dr. Carl Trueman's inaugural address at the Center for Classical Theology. Got into the heart of the matter, Scripture, tradition, authority, etc., after playing a number of statements that were insightful, useful, and edifying. Will continue on Thursday-

We premiered the new video opening by Tim Bushong for Radio Free Geneva- So there is a new addition to the clips including in A Mighty Fortress, and then Jeff Durbin did the new closer about our new bunker under Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. We started with a one minute video from Leighton Flowers including some of the most absurd assertions by Warren McGrew. Then we moved to an almost ten minute presentation against Calvinism by Gregory Boyd from a number of years ago.--Then right at the end, I took the time to address, briefly, the controversy that erupted yesterday over comments by Alistair Begg in an interview four months ago wherein he counseled a grandmother to attend the wedding of a grandchild -marrying- a transgender person.

Started off looking at Francis' comment that he hopes hell is empty, and what this would mean to Roman Catholic theology as a whole. Then we transitioned over a Brandan Robertson video in which he shreds the Bible into contradictory strands, something that is all too common in what is called the -Christian academy.-

After some chatter about DEI's destruction of the United States -and the West in general-, we finally dug into a Twitter thread posted by Dr. Mike Riccardi on kenoticism and what it is supposed to mean and how we are supposed to identify it. Ended up going 90 minutes as a result, but this one will be discussed for a long time. Another example of -but, we can't do theology by creating our own definitions and then reading them back into Scripture.- Important stuff, and offered with full respect for and appreciation of both Master's Seminary and Mike Riccardi.

Started off with more on the continuing developments with Francis, Fernandez, and the Roman Church, moving sort of seamlessly into -ReformedtoRome's attempt to use Acts 15 as a defeater of sola scriptura. Then we looked at some recent -Soteriology101 statements on the idea of being made -better- so as to believe in Calvinism.

Spent an hour and 15 minutes with Dr. Jeffery Johnson, President of GBTS, talking about his new book, The Revealed God -2023-. Then I responded to a tweet storm from Stephen Wolfe just this morning and talked a bit about what it means to be -truly Reformed.- An hour and 45 minutes.

Well, 2024 started out a bit rough technically speaking, but we got past that and got to a discussion of Aquinas at MBTS, Dale Tuggy and philosophical trinitarianism, and finally responses to Leighton Flowers on the will of God and the proclamation of the gospel. Ninety minutes.

Had to make brief mention of some of the big stuff happening in our day at the top of the program. Then did a quick summary of the Crusades in light of their being used by some CNs as some kind of positive thing, but then moved on into dealing with the TRBs, the Truly Reformed Baptists, and their willingness to snipe at those on the front lines from the comfort of their seminary library windows, so to speak. Went for almost 90 despite my respiratory woes -improving, but slowly-.

Under the weather still, so, had to keep the volume down a bit, but had a few advent thoughts and then looked at Nebuchadnezzar's post grass-eating restoration confession of the glory of the King of heaven, asking why Christians can't be as clear and open as he was.

Went a bit long today, but, lots to talk about, and my voice wasn't real good, so I had to slow down a bit- In any case, first hour was on the Dicastery document released yesterday that caused such a stir, then we switched over to a summary of developments over the weekend with the -Neo-Socinian- allegations. Jumbo sized program today-

Back in Phoenix in our regular studio, so we looked briefly at the racist Rutgers professor and -white folks,- then we spent about twenty minutes responding to more of Muhammed Hijab's opening statement against the Trinity, and then listened to a few minutes of the -Coffee House Sessions- webcast on the modern state of Reformed Baptist and Robert Briggs' accusation that biblicism is neo-Socinianism and that this is the reason for the division amongst real, confessional Reformed Baptists and those who just -pretend.- Sad days for the RB movement, to be sure.

Managed to do an RFG while on the road as I do long days to get home to Phoenix. Took the time to explain and refute Nick Craig's -in depth- interpretation of Ephesians that tells us that verses 3 through 12 are only about the Apostles, not about regular believers. Then we looked at little bit at Acts 13-48, and a bit at a deranged Twitter account opposed to Calvinism. Nearly 80 minutes today.

I've changed my travel plans home so I will be spending long hours in the saddle to get home a day earlier, so I wanted to finish up this response in case we are not able to sneak any programs on till late next week. Only about forty minutes today, but we finished up our review of Jared's response article, focusing on atonement and election issues. Thanks for listening-

Just a few brief comments on Catholicism at the start, then back to Hebrews and Jared's article. We are, at least, getting into the nitty gritty of what the real issues are, so, I hope that is helpful. Tomorrow is a travel day for me, so I won't be able to do another program until I am headed home next week, and those will be later in the day since I have 6- hours to drive each day.

Started off with a look at the tweet introducing an article against postmillennialism before moving back to the response to Jared Longshore based upon Hebrews and the New Covenant.

Commented on the Pope's continued promotion of the climate fraud, and his connecting it to -the culture of death,- but spent most of the time responding to Jared Longshore on the Hebrews 8 issue. Did not finish, but hope to later in the week. Asked for comments on Twitter from listeners as to whether you want more of this kind of in-depth interaction.

Schedules for all sorts of stuff today so I could only squeeze a 45 minute program on a variety of topics today from supposed foul mouths in Moscow to Calvinist derangement syndrome on Twitter.

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Had to use the mobile studio today even though I am not yet on the road and...didn't really work out. Had to record it. Mainly a lengthy response to Joshua T. Charles on key and important issues relating to Roman Catholicism, claims of authority, canonicity, etc.

Though I touched briefly on a Soteriology 101 tweet at the end of the show, the vast majority was directed to responding to Joshua T. Charles and his presentation of Newman's -development hypothesis- as the answer to my Nicea question. A lot is going on in Rome these days, and we need to keep up if we wish to be good witnesses-

Spent a little over an hour with John Cooper today talking about his new book, Wimpy, Weak and Woke -available at johnlcooper.com though the Kindle is already available at Amazon-. Talked eschatology and law and culture and the future and hope and what we need to be praying for as far as mercy from God- As always a pleasure to have John on the Dividing Line-

Went for an hour and forty minutes or so and covered a lot of topics, I must confess- Mainly focused on finishing up our response to Jason Breda on John 6 and his confusion about Greek verbs, participles, tenses, you name it. Did that, and then played a clip from Frank Turek claiming Calvinism is contradictory, and then a clip where he is commenting on inerrancy as well.

Caught up on a few items on a special DL today. Read through a long message from Twitter that is a good warning about how some eschatologies can become downright dangerous, and then moved back to reviewing aspects of Muhammed Hijab's opening remarks in the Trinity-Tawhid debate.

Said more than I wanted to say about Ohio and the Papacy -will actually say more tomorrow on a special third edition of the DL for the week- at the opening, then jumped into Radio Free Geneva -about 20 minutes in- and continued our review-response of Jason Breda.

Jumbo edition of the program, basically two 45 minute segments. The first featured Jeff Durbin from his rental car in parts unknown talking with us about his work with End Abortion Now, the Ohio situation, the ERLC, and he and his wife adopting two premie baby girls. In the second I started playing Muhammad Hijab's opening comments from a 2018 debate on Trinity and Tawhid in hopes of helping folks be prepared to respond to Muslims in evangelistic settings. We will continue on future editions of the program. We hope to do two more programs this week, including another Radio Free Geneva. Make sure to download the A-O app so you will know when we will be on the air-

Started off with the truth about 10-31-1517 -nobody at the time had any idea anything important had happened-, which earned me the name -Dr. Downer- from Jeff Durbin last night at church. Then we talked about the recent Synod in Rome and the truly massive implications this has for Roman claims of authority, etc. Then we addressed this article https---jaredrlongshore.com-2023-10-31-are-your-children-members-of-the-new-covenant- from Jared Longshore, posted on Reformation Day, of all days, diving into Hebrews 7 and 8 especially, dealing with this key text in the debate over Calvin's doctrine of paedobaptism. I thought we would only go 90 minutes, but we actually went past two hours by a bit-

An hour and 45 minutes on Radio Free Geneva today, starting to look at Jason Breda's video -exegeting- John 6. Brother Breda claims to have been -a Calvinist for ten years,- and is now producing videos exposing this -lie of the enemy.- Well, he attempted to walk through John 6 -give him credit--, and we are reviewing that attempt. Had to deal with a lot of Greek today because brother Breda makes claims based upon the original language that, well, are more than just slightly fallacious. We will either do another RFG to finish up, or make it a sub-portion of a future Dividing Line.

Took two complete programs to do it, but we finished looking at Zach Lambert's sermon on -Homophobia and Transphobia,- getting to the part where the Bible finally was referred to- and twisted into a pretzel. It is truly hard to listen to -progressivists- engage in societal eisegesis, but we sure got our fill in today's 1-50 minute long program.

As promised I began playing the entirety of Zach Lambert's sermon, preached early last year, about -Homophobia and Transphobia.- He had linked to it as representative of his position, and in the opening of the sermon he says he spent more time preparing for that sermon than any other, so it seems fair to address it. It is a classic example of -cultural eisegesis,- and since it is the essence of modern -Christian- homosexual apologetics, everyone needs to learn to recognize it, and refute it. We will continue the study and response on Thursday, Lord willing- 1-55 today-

On the last program I said I hoped Doug Wilson would respond to Michael Riley's article on a Van Tillian response to Christian Nationalism, and lo and behold, he did just that. So, we took the time to look it over and comment on it. Then we looked at a Taylor Marshall tweet denying the imputed righteousness of Christ and dove into Romans 3-4 to respond.

Today we were joined by Asa Miller, former SEAL and one of the primary people in the new documentary https---youtu.be-p9euwl05sqo SEALS Beat Biden which comes out next month. We talked about a lot of things, and it was an enjoyable conversation. Then I went over Michael Riley's post https---g3min.org-not-by-what-standard-but-by-what-means- which appeared on the G3 website and I found most useful.

Tale of two programs today, sort of. First 35 minutes or so were on Jeffery Riddle claiming they will be changing the NT in 200 places in the upcoming -24-25- NA29th edition, and what that is all about. Discussed ECM-CBGM, etc. For those interested in textual issues, you will enjoy that portion. Then we switched over to the -Christian Nationalism- topic prompted by a series of tweets from Doug Wilson and Owen Strachan. Gave my position very fully and then interacted with both brothers, as that always helps to clarify things. Realized after the program was over I was going to look at the article posted at G3 today that I found very interesting, but ran out of time. Tomorrow I will be joined by one of the Navy SEALS who fought against the Regime's dangerous vaccine mandates, so join us at 3pm EDT for that-

Given the continuing conflict in the Middle East, we looked at the comments from the head of Hamas, looked at the concept of -the world at war- and -the world at peace,- and then worked through a short clip of a Muslim debater arguing against the clarity of the Christian Scriptures. Then finished with a response to the explosion of amazing tweets and claims on Twitter since yesterday, including those saying I've been -bought off- by the -globalists- -yes, seriously, someone suggested that-.

In light of recent events in Israel we took the first 55 minutes or so of the program to review issues in Islam, looking at the Qur'an and hadith to understand the animus Islam produces toward the Jews. It's been quite a while since we did any in-depth discussion of Islam, so I provided a lot of basic explanations of terms, etc. Then we moved to the events of Saturday and our 40th anniversary celebration. I played a video, and then looked at some of the pictures from our slideshow, taking a walk down memory lane. Old folks like doing things like that.

Literally five minutes before the program started The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century, Third Fully Revised Edition arrived at our offices. I gave some interesting citations from it since it contains a Foreword by Pope Francis. Then we read through a report from a leftist who attended Andy Stanley's conference, and finished off with some comments in defense of presuppositionalism over against the popular attacks coming from the Thomists.

Believe it or not, there really is a connection between all of that, and an important one. And we covered it all on an hour and 45 minute program today that was delayed 15 minutes while Rich ran around with his hair on fire finding a way to get the sound from my laptop to work- But we covered the Pope's move with reference to blessings for same-sex couples, Andy Stanley's talk to his church from Sunday morning, and Stephen Wolfe's comments as well. Enjoy-

Last program from the road, should be home next week in our regular studios. Talked a bit about Doug Wilson's blog article in response to Owen Strachan, though I mostly discussed the -Memorials- issue from that article. Then I played sections from two videos from a -former Calvinist,- Jason Breda, and considered why those who leave a movement struggle to accurately represent it after the switch. We finished by looking at his wildly botched attempt to get around John 6-37.

In between getting some needed maintenance done on the truck and speaking on textual criticism tonight, James took an hour to squeeze in a show. After doing some recap on G3 he discussed his sermon from Isaiah 41 and the Sovereignty of God -in time.-

Recorded before a live audience at G3 James discusses everything from the early days of witnessing to Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and Roman Catholics to more recent issues as God has blessed this work over the years.

Slightly shorter program today as I speak this evening here in PA. Discussed the upcoming debate and relevant issues, played a clip from Jesse Duplantis, and a clip from Thabiti Anyabwile as well.

Did the program live on the road from Indianapolis this evening, looking at the amazing secular tyranny in California, then a discussion of the challenges we are all facing as believers in these changing and unique times, and finishing with a look at some Taylor Marshall tweets.

Did the program from warm, wind-swept Amarillo, Texas today, discussing some comments made on the Reformed Forum first, and then switching to looking at some key aspects of Rosaria Butterfield's new book. https---www.amazon.com-Five-Lies-Our-Anti-Christian-Age-dp-1433573539

I hot footed it over here to Albuquerque this morning to be on Iron Sharpens Iron with Chris Arnzen, and so I continued the topic -since it was on my mind- on this program. Looked at 1 Cor. 6 and Romans 1 and the entire -Side A-Side B- controversy. Then briefly commented toward the end of Taylor Marshall's comment about Augustine.

Wrapping up our home stand before I head out next week with a pretty high energy program running through topics brought up on social media. We looked at how Francis is going to update his 2015 encyclical on the environment soon and asked, -If he can't see the scam of climate change, how can he have much insight at all--- We looked at a horrific Harrari tweet and a few others, then we also explained what the nice LDS home schooling mom was talking about when she talked about bringing sacred souls to earth. Finished up looking at another man-centered -and failed- attempt to get around John 6 by Soteriology 101. 75 minutes today. Right now it looks like we will be shooting to do a program from the road after I am on with Chris Arnzen on Iron Sharpens Iron next Wednesday.

I hope we offered an important discussion today regarding Pope Francis, the direction of the Roman Catholic Church, the impact of leftist ideology, and the vital role of Scripture as an unchanging standard.

I started off with a few comments on the coming mask mandates, etc. Then, we took quite a variety of questions today from our callers- We discussed head coverings and Michael Heiser's odd views on 1 Cor. 11- Hebrews 1-10 and its citation of Psalm 102- angels and demons today- how to translate the Greek term ---- -thelo-- and finally a discussion of justification, confession, and the Lord's Supper.

Finished up our response to Trent Horn on the topic of theopneustos, which we began two programs ago. But, I have started reading Rosaria Butterfield's new book, Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age, https---www.amazon.com-Five-Lies-Our-Anti-Christian-Age-dp-1433573539 which is due to be released on September 12th, and I shared a few quotes and thoughts that are directly relevant to the debate in Manheim, PA, on September 16th.

We continued our response to and review of Trent Horn's video, here, https---youtu.be-nLX3yDgw5lk dealing with his attempt to get around the reality that he is personally not in a position to foist a novel definition upon the entire Church, let alone to call it the -death knell- of sola scriptura.

Went just over 90 minutes today. The first quarter hour we talked briefly about dying Bible pages -showed off my recent examples- and the descent of the US into true banana republic status. Then we launched into Trent Horn's response to me on theopneustos, getting into a wide variety of topics such as church history, lexicography, and the like. We will continue our response on Thursday-

Started off showing my newly -dyed- Bible texts, following the process laid out by Jeffery Rice in this video, and then took calls on Rushdooney, Alma Allred -Mormonism-, recognizing novel and soon to be abandoned ideas in theology, wokeness in the Assemblies of God, and dealing with Jehovah's Witnesses on the eternality of Jesus.

Looked at two different sets of arguments against Calvinism today, first from Brian of Faith on Fire on YouTube, then back to Leighton Flowers on John 6-44. Enjoy-

Ninety minutes in the big studio today using the big board to look at some important topics. Started off with a little KJV Only silliness, then a little TR-Only silliness, and then on to comments made by IRBC pastor Steve Meister on Josh Sommer's program about biblicism being the -road to Rome.- Having corrected that idea, we moved into the topic of Bible translation and the topic of semantic domains, hapax legomenoi, etc.

Was joined by Pastor Jason Wallace for about forty minutes to talk about the new video he has produced, The Failure of Eastern Orthodoxy. Then Pastor Tobias Riemenschneider joined us from Germany to talk about his new book, Resisting Tyranny. Then I took a while to look at the arrests of Christians outside a sexual perversion event in Watertown, Wisconsin.

Other than discussing some upcoming events -such as the debate in Pennsylvania-, we took some time to listen to some voices from the past -Chrysostom, Jerome- and think about how things have changed. We also took some time to consider the definition of biblicism in the current controversy.

Last Road Trip Dividing Line for the July, 2023 trip -only a matter of weeks till we head for Pennsylvania and then G3-. Live stream failed us -I have no idea why--. Talked a bit about this new video on Eastern Orthodoxy from Jason Wallace up in Magna, Utah, discussed the assertion that biblicism is -cultic- -and the obvious need for far more concern about accuracy in defining that noble term- and then started listening to Dale Tuggy defining his brand of unitarianism in his dialogue with William Lane Craig. So, back into the furnace for me tomorrow -it hit 119 in Phoenix today--

Had a few technical issues today to be sure, but we soldiered on, looking at our new search engine which allows you to look for words and phrases in ALL of the Dividing Lines since 1998- Twenty five years worth -over 2,000 episodes-. Pretty amazing stuff. Then we looked at a few comments from ol' Steve Camp, a few more Unitarian comments, and finished up looking at Revelation 5 and the Lamb.

So Rich was literally just poking around on Twitter when he stumbled across the -live- set up recently, so today was our first day to live-cast on Twitter. That was what we wanted to do all along, but obviously things are developing at Twitter and so we had to use Facebook -which drove me nuts-. But, for as long as we can, we will use Twitter for our live streaming.--Today we announced some upcoming debates, specifically a series of debates in February that should have something for everyone- I then went over an odd, out-of-place diatribe against -Biblicism- found in Matthew Barrett's new book. If the rest of the 900 page monster is of similar nature, to use Luther's language, the book will be a -right strawy epistle.- We worked through the entire section asking the important questions and truly wondering what the answers will be. Then I responded to Steve Camp's recent Twitter claim that all PTs -postmillennial theonomists- -mistranslate- Matthew 28-19-20. Ninety minutes today-

Started off today's program talking about upcoming debates. Unfortunately, during the program itself, Chris Arnzen got word that Dr. Brownson will not be pursuing the debate on the 16th of September. However, we have another opponent lined up and will be able to give you information on that in a few days.--Spent a while responding to portions of a Trent Horn video on ----------- and elements of the common Catholic Answers approach to denying sola scriptura. Then we moved to a number of tweets by Unitarians, finishing up looking at John's use of ----- -----. Right at ninety minutes today- Enjoy-

Managed a solid live stream today, thankfully- Started off with an amazing example of -no, we haven't hit rock bottom quite yet, but man we are digging hard- as far as the evil of man is concerned. Then we looked at Stephen Wolfe's comments in response to Mark Dever on paedobaptism and a regenerate church membership. Finished up looking at the rhetoric of one Anthony Bernabei, a wild-eyed unitarian whose immaturity precludes him from serious consideration, but yet he provided a useful example of unitarian deception that allowed us to dig deeply into John 17 and 1 Corinthians 8. 75 minutes today-

The first 35 minutes or so of today's program focused on the Miss Universe results in the Netherlands, where a highly unattractive dude beat out some absolutely stunning women, all in the service to the dismantling of the West. Then we looked at pure, unhidden, unapologetic propaganda from an ABC affiliate in Louisville, Kentucky. Then we switched over to an analysis of 1 Peter 3-14-15 and the citation of Isaiah 8-12-13 therein, considering issues related to -inter-textuality- and the identification of Jesus as Yahweh incarnate.

A DL Short providing further response to Dr. Dale Tuggy on Jude 5.

I did not feel well today, but I pressed on, because I really wanted to share this study of Jude 5, CBGM, the variant in the text, and the biblical tapestry of phraseology and teaching that consistently testifies to the deity of Christ. Please get a deep seat, take some notes, and enjoy-

Made it through a few thunderstorms during the show today focusing on unitarianism, the Christian Shema in 1 Corinthians 8, and the testimony of Ignatius to not only the deity of Christ, but the two natures of Christ as well.

Had to record the program today due to the location I am at in Santa Fe -possibly due to weather issues as well, not completely sure-. Talked about the Australian legislation being proposed to give the state pretty much full control over speech and how we have taken our eyes off the ball as the totalitarians continue their global march. Then we switched over to a discussion that took place last year between William Lane Craig and unitarian Dale Tuggy https---youtu.be-W-2yIIb9YCo. We will be doing a deep dive on Tuggy's claims and positions over the next number of weeks and months. You might want to familiarize yourself with his views- You might also want to see Michael Brown's debate with Tuggy here https---youtu.be-Oi300-FvFz0 , and Chris Date's interaction here https---youtu.be-c35-uFjEbx8 .

Started off with stories about California and Michigan pressing the woke gender ideology that is a plague upon us all. Then, finally, as promised almost two weeks ago, I got to Leighton Flowers and his -Calvinists cannot answer Colossians 2-12- argument and discovered that in fact it seems it is the Provisionists who have to struggle with that particular text. Next week we are back on the road once again, so prayers for traveling mercies and physical strength and health are most desired and appreciated-

Went in the big studio today to talk about Mormonism and the challenges we face today in seeking to witness of the truth to members of the LDS Church. Did a good bit of reminiscing along the path, since the first books I read and studied from the LDS Church were purchased 41 years ago now. Had them in studio as well-

Our main discussion today was based upon Pope Francis' kind letter to Fr. Martin and the LGBTQ folks meeting tomorrow at Fordham University. What does this letter mean, and where is Rome really going today-- The alleged -certainty- that flows from the claim of Papal authority is a two-edged sword that really ends up showing us that Rome's -constancy- is a myth. It cannot be maintained. Spent a good bit of time talking about his death penalty stance as well as an illustration. Just over an hour. -Please note- I got so involved with the capital punishment discussion I completely forgot that we needed to get to Leighton Flowers and Colossians 2-12. Next time--

Talked about a lot of topics again, from Harari's -AI can write a true Bible- to an atheist saying Augustine inserted the Trinity at the Council of Nicea to transgender insanity and finishing up with developments at the Southern Baptist Convention.

I ran everything myself today, so even I am interested in how it turned out- Covered a lot of current events driven topics, which, being June, included a lot of cultural stuff, the sufficiency of Scripture, legal cases, the SBC, that kind of stuff. Touched lightly on eschatology, law, etc. Just over an hour in length.

It is very sad that the the Church does not speak with a unified voice in the modern world. Yet it remains our duty to think through, as Christians, the key issues we are facing in this world gone insane with its destructive rebellion. Today we looked at the comparison of a progressivist, -liberal- view on homosexuality with the comments of Russell Moore on the Ugandan law prohibiting homosexuality.

Started off with some thoughts on Ted Cruz's tweet https---twitter.com-tedcruz-status-1663200925018726407--s-20 about Uganda and Charlie Kirk's comments https---twitter.com-TerriGreenUSA-status-1663350223337402369--s-20 about conservatism. What are we supposed to be conserving if such basic, foundational truths as family and marriage are negotiable-- Then we looked at an article Catholic Answers published https---www.catholic.com-magazine-print-edition-the-white-question last year in response to the -White Question- and then finished up talking about debates -as a long thread had developed in Twitter on the topic-.

Some folks were kind enough to link me to examples of Joe Rogan repeat common mythology about how the Bible was collected, the canon, Constantine, etc., so I took the time today to deal with those issues, as well as respond to a number of claims made in one clip as Rogan interviewed Lawrence Krauss, a well known atheist and former professor at ASU.--I think Joe Rogan would benefit greatly from viewing my 2009 debate with Bart Ehrman, found here. https---youtu.be-5K-AOfj1Axg

I was Chris Arnzen's guest on Iron Sharpens Iron today, and then 15 minutes later we did the Dividing Line. I am in Tucumcari, New Mexico, making my way home in the mobile command center, truly enjoying our new studio, Starlink web access, etc. Despite some pretty strong thunderstorms we maintained connection and discussed forty years of ministry in the first half hour before looking at an article by -progressivist- John Pavlovitz on the sin of Christian homophobia. Talked a bit about how we can use the coming Month of Debauchery to press forward the claims of King Jesus.

Ok, so its a bit herky jerky at the start but it clears up after about 20 minutes. - Rich--So I was a bit worried when Rich said he was going to do something different--and this time I was right. The first part of the program is, well, sadly, not overly useful. I talked with Pastor Derrick Melton about his ministry, my many visits to Pryor, and his knife making skills. Unfortunately, most of that won't work for you. You can skip past all the problems by going to this time stamp. From there we addressed a little Andy Stanley, the upcoming Women's Conference at the SBC, and then I addressed the comments made by Matthew Barrett and Carl Trueman on the new Credo Podcast, which you won't know about if you have ever challenged them at all, since they went on a blocking spree on Twitter today. But it is important to see this move to create a new ecumenism based upon dividing over Thomistic metaphysical formulations rather than, well, the gospel. Troubling times indeed-

I cannot tell you how excited I am- I had always hoped Starlink would be a way for us to do what we need to do as far as Internet access while traveling, but we had real latency problems with it. Well, we decided to just try today and see what happened...and it not only worked perfectly for an hour long Dividing Line, I then did a 90 minute program with Eli Ayala on Mormonism again without any problem- Bravo Elon Musk- So, today I talked about the Culture of Life, the polar opposite of the culture of death that is destroying Western Society, and how we, as Christians, need to live and speak consistently with that Culture of Life.

Halfway through my May trip, currently in Memphis, headed up toward Nashville before doubling back to Pryor, Oklahoma. Gave a bit of a report on my time at GBTS in Conway, then got into Apologia Radio's response to G3, then moved on to consider how Daniel 7 relates to other key passages, and finished up reviewing Albert Mohler's article on theonomy from a few weeks ago. One brief interruption -another thing Rich is working on- but otherwise smooth sailing today-

I very much appreciated the conversation between George Farmer and Allie Beth Stuckey on the issues between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. I listened to the conversation and wish to offer some thoughts from someone who has spent decades on this topic.

After a brief review of a further comment by Stephen Wolfe -that I missed on the last show-, we went back to Ephesians 1 after listening to a monologue by Leighton Flowers seeking to establish synergism by...assuming it- Brought Accordance in once again and dove into the text. Had one little interruption -the kind lady who runs the RV park, well, needed payment-- but other than that everything went smoothly from the new studio- Rich also announced how the auction for the Jeffrey Rice rebind will be run -after he found the Bible that is--. We may be able to sneak a program in on Friday, hopefully-

I am at GBTS in Conway and we managed -despite some challenges-- to get a full DL in today- Caught up with a lot that has happened over the past week or so on a number of topics. Hope the discussion is useful and helpful in the midst of all the fog being produced today. We will go for another program tomorrow as well- See you then-

James discusses current events while he is on the road.

Without any unscheduled sudden disassembly, either- Our first Road Trip Dividing Line in our new Mobile Command Studio was a success- Sure, we have some tweaking to do -Rich discovered the microphone presets did not save, for example-, but we are just ecstatic that sitting here in our 35 foot Jayco Fifth Wheel RV in Kerrville, Texas, we were able to do an over hour long program with two cameras, touch screen -for use with Accordance-, etc. and etc.- Sure, there will be more to come -taking calls, having guests-, but we are so thankful to have this studio up and operational. I did a walk through the history of A-O as a fitting way to start off in our new mobile studio. I hope it will be encouraging to you. Thanks to all of you who have made this possible-