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Those Who Fight Against the Decree Identified, and then Back to Dositheos

James White

Dr. White introduces a new theological term today: Βουλομάχοι (Boulomachoi), meaning “those who fight against the decree,” applying it to Dinesh D’Souza, Leighton Flowers, and their cohorts. He examines theories of God’s knowledge in relation to time from a recent social media post before returning to chapter 3 of the Confession of Dositheos on the exact same topic.

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D’Souzian Levels of Hubris, Back to Dositheos

James White

Dr. White begins by responding to recent online claims from Dinesh D’Souza before returning to the Confession of Dositheos. He explores how Eastern Orthodox soteriology intersects with current debates on divine sovereignty and free will, with a brief response to an LDS apologist along the way.

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Quick Notes from the Net, Then to the EO Position on Free Will

James White

Dr. White touches on a few items from the web before diving into the Eastern Orthodox position on free will. By examining the Confession of Dositheos, he demonstrates how it essentially mirrors modern Provisionist arguments, making the “swim across the Bosporus” a very short one for today’s Provisionists.

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Upcoming Debate, Yes, Christ is King, and Motivation and Action

James White

Dr. White begins by addressing developments with Dinesh D’Souza and his citation of Jeremiah 19:5. He then reviews a troubling clip of Alex Jones—the lead speaker at the upcoming “Christ is King” conference—before moving into church history to examine Empress Irene’s foundational role in the Second Nicene Council of 787.

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Alex Jones Is Certifiably Nuts, Empress Irene Put Her Son’s Eyes Out

James White

Dr. White begins by addressing developments with Dinesh D’Souza and his citation of Jeremiah 19:5. He then reviews a troubling clip of Alex Jones—the lead speaker at the upcoming “Christ is King” conference—before moving into church history to examine Empress Irene’s foundational role in the Second Nicene Council of 787.

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Theodicy, D’Souza, Christless Nationalism, Webbon on the Grim Reaper

James White

Dr. White covers significant ground today, beginning with natural disasters in Tibet/China and the question of theodicy. He then addresses Dale Partridge, the Ogden conference featuring Alex Jones, and Joel Webbon’s recent comments regarding Phil Johnson and Christian Nationalism.

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Dinesh D’Souza on Calvinism, Jenna Ellis Gets Nasty, the PMBC/G3 Debacle

James White

Dr. White addresses the topics everyone is talking about right now. We cover recent interactions helping Dinesh D’Souza understand Calvinism, address Jenna Ellis’s online behavior, and look at the ongoing situation with Prays Mill and G3. The broadcast finishes with some words from Scripture for Dinesh.

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Patriarch Tarasios, Second Nicea, and the Vital Importance of Sola Scriptura

James White

Dr. White covers a variety of topics today! We look at an early Christian hymn fragment via Wes Huff’s papyri website, discuss the alarming rise of Communism in the US, and return to the Confession of Dositheus to examine its parallels with modern Provisionist claims (featuring an X post from Leighton Flowers).

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Papyri, Talarico, Commies, and Dositheus!

James White

Dr. White covers a variety of topics today! We look at an early Christian hymn fragment via Wes Huff’s papyri website, discuss the alarming rise of Communism in the US, and return to the Confession of Dositheus to examine its parallels with modern Provisionist claims (featuring an X post from Leighton Flowers).

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Audio Only Road Trip Brief Dividing Line

James White

Trying to get back across the US two days faster than I had planned, so each day is a long one, and I am not feeling well. So, audio only, but did want to address a few topics like the Kirk memorial and how people are viewing how the gospel was presented, etc., and then also talked about Tucker Carlson’s […]

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A Road Trip DL from Carlisle, Pennsylvania

James White

Today on a Road Trip DL from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, we report on ministry here and then talk a bit about Acts 20 and the words of Paul to elders that echo today loudly, to be sure. We talked a little more about Charlie Kirk, a little about “Defiant Baptist,” and a bit more about Pope Leo and developments regarding whether […]

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On The Road Dividing Line from Pennsylvania

James White

Today I covered the last few days in light of the Charlie Kirk murder, talking about grief, martyrdom, assassination, and the foolishness of telling people they should leave their churches. I will confess, I wandered around a bit—should have put that outline together, but didn’t have time! Part of the “what you need to get done on the road” syndrome. […]

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Pope Leo and Father Martin, Pints with Aquinas and Marian Idolatry

James White

Another Road Trip Dividing Line today from eastern Oklahoma on my way to Nashville, Tennessee. Started off talking about the upcoming conferences and debates, including the big debate get-together in Dallas next February. Then we talked about Pope Leo and Father James Martin and the future of Roman Catholicism and the LGBTQ movement, which led naturally into a discussion about […]

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Pre-Road Trip DL from the Mobile Command Center

James White

This was a hot program! Mainly because the AC units had not yet caught up with the Arizona heat in the RV! Anyway, talked about the sad state of affairs, worldview wise, on social media, then talked about what the Bible says about purity in speech. Then we looked at a statement about the “Reformed Ghetto” from Joel Webbon and […]

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Politics Over Gospel, Back to David Allen and Romans 8

James White

Going to try to get two programs in before we head back out on the road, so hopefully Wednesday at 6pm EDT for the next one. Started off looking at some stuff that happened over the weekend, including people mocking Fritz Erbe, the man martyred by the sacralist Lutherans for not having his children baptized. We looked at the direction […]

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Webbon Implodes, Bad Sola Scriptura Argument, New Pope Promotes Liguori

James White

Started off looking at a new video from Joel Webbon, who recently called Nick “F-Bomb” Fuentes a “political savant,” where he had Dr. Taylor Marshall, former Protestant, now more-Catholic-than-the-Pope promoter of Papalism, to talk about (ready for this?) dispensationalism and the red heifer! Webbon is now amplifying his “Rome really isn’t our enemy” theme, just as predicted by certain folks […]

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Intertextuality, Matthew 16, A Bit More David Allen

James White

Three major portions to the program today, starting off with some observations on the relationship of the Prologue of the Gospel of John (John 1:1-18) to the Prologue of the First Epistle of John. Then we looked at a post on X from a few weeks ago presenting a very one-sided view of the supposed “Petrine Promise” in Matthew 16, […]

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Penal Substitutionary Atonement: Part 2

James White

We continued looking at the unhinged attacks on Penal Substitutionary Atonement today, following up on yesterday’s program. Looked at a lot of the reasons for the attacks, as well as the fact that you won’t believe the doctrine without the highest view of Scripture, its sufficiency, and its consistency as well. Hopefully a blessing to those wondering why this topic […]

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PSA: the Many Vital Issues (Part 1)

James White

After a brief note of some words from Mark Miravalle about the “5th Marian Dogma” movement that continues to this day, we started talking about Penal Substitutionary Atonement, PSA, which exploded on social media a few days ago. It is not that denying PSA is anything new: it’s a theological minority broadly speaking. But most evangelicals are unaware of its […]

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A Tale of Two Topics: Assumed Unitarianism, More from David Allen

James White

Had to keep it to an hour today, but we started looking at some statements from Dale Tuggy in his debate from a number of years ago with Michael Brown in preparation for my second debate with Dale in Tullahoma next month. Then we got back into David Allen’s new book as we move toward it’s attempt to deal with […]

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Dr. Newman I Presume, More on David Allen and Romans

James White

Covered a few personal items at the start, talked a bit about Calvin Robinson and Rome, then about Pope Leo’s intention to elevate John Henry Cardinal Newman to the position of “Doctor of the Church” and what this might mean. Then we looked at a Leighton Flowers tweet on God’s sovereignty, and finished up moving back into David Allen’s book […]

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Debate Announcement, Korean Baptist, Allen on the Wooing Spirit

James White

Talked about debates and announced the upcoming debate with Dale Tuggy on 9/11 in Tullahoma. Looked at some amazing claims by a guy named Korean Baptist, and then spent the rest of the time looking at David Allen’s “the wooing of the Spir…

A Dialogue with Grok 3.0

James White

A number of times over the past year I have ended up in discussions with Grok about theology, transcendent reality, and it’s task of being “maximally truthful.” It doesn’t take long for the conversation to become presuppositional, I can assure you of that, and it does so at Grok’s insistence first and foremost. This morning I saw an article about […]

On Presidential Immunity and the SCOTUS

James White

Rational people had come to the same conclusion SCOTUS did on the topic of Presidential immunity for, well, as long as the republic has existed. You cannot have a functioning Presidency if the President can be imprisoned after his term for doing what he had to do as President. That does happen, in banana republics, communist countries, etc. But it […]

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1946 Movie Producers Doing a Road Trip

James White

So I just got an email from the promoters of the 1946 Movie—the film that has face-planted, badly, since its “release” months ago. For some reason, its producers have kept it next to impossible to actually see, and, having seen it myself, I know why (it’s horrible). They are doing a “2024 Road Tour.” In their own words, they are […]

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