Alpha and Omega Ministries is a Christian apologetics organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. James White, director, is a professor, having taught Greek, Systematic Theology, and various topics in the field of apologetics for numerous schools.
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Tim Enloe writes on Dave Armstrong’s blog: I also as a Reformed Christian want to say to my Catholic brothers that I strongly disagree with the views of my Baptist brothers Drs. White and Svendsen, and all their like-minded friends from other denominations. Nobody on either side of the divide needs to be “reminded” that the issues that separate us
A Classic Illustration of God’s Sovereign Electing Freedom
Often it takes an illustration to help non-Calvinists break out of their categorical and cultural assumptions about the precious truth of predestination. The following illustration has floated around in Calvinist circles for many years, and has been very effective: You have 100 criminals on death row. They are all equally guilty and deserving of death. Every single one of them
Ergun Caner’s Summer Reading List
Ergun Caner posted a picture of the books he’s reading over the summer. I found it…interesting. Whosoever Will is old, so I figured Caner would have been feasting off that one long ago. And I may have to pick up Violated Online myself, given the behavior of Caner’s online henchmen! But given Caner’s frivolous lawsuits and Twitter rages, listing that
Biblical Inerrancy
(The following is “The Chicago Statement of Biblical Inerrancy” taken from Inerrancy edited by Norman Geisler, Academie Books, 1980, pages 493-497.) Article I We affirm that the Holy Scriptures are to be received as the authoritative Word of God. We deny that the Scriptures receive their authority from the Church, tradition, or any other human source. Article II We affirm
Let’s Sing it All Together Now…”I am Loved, I Am Loved, I Can Riiiiiiiisk Loving Yoooooooooouuuu”
Want to see the quintessential Dave Hunt Fan? Ran into these lovely lines today. Comments follow briefly…. Because James White could not biblically defend his positions on a limited atonement and that God predestinates sinners to hell, he and others of like minded Calvinist, cult leaders have sought out various publishers in a great effort to keep Dave Hunt from
The Order of Decrees – Which Came First?
A reader asked: Please clarify for me, which came first, the decree of God to reprobate and damn this or that particular individual or that individual’s sin against God and then the decree to reprobate and damn him for his sin? The issue of the order of decrees is a topic that seems to be of the greatest interest to
Predestined: Personal or Generic? (Part I)
Guest blogger Alan Kurschner addresses “How to Refute the God only predestined a planof salvation and not a people objection to Election.” Placing this Objection in a Context Many people are comfortable with allowing God to be sovereign in matters such as nature, answering prayer, ordaining a plan of salvation, etc. But for some reason they are averse to
Of Coffee and Words
Kevin Johnson has responded to my comments about his “mind of the church” hermeneutic comment last evening. Let’s remind ourselves what he said and the context in which he said it (for that little element got lost in his response): My belief is that context ought to be centered more in the concerns of the mind of the Church rather
