Alpha and Omega Ministries

Live Dividing Line at ReformCon 2022!

Today Dr. Joe Boot joined me to talk culture and Christian nationalism and eschatology. Enjoy-

Aquinas as a Commentator, Doing "Theological Exegesis" on Matthew 24:36

Looked at some claims about Aquinas by Norm Geisler, including a quick look at John 13-19, and then started to respond to the second in the series from Baptist Dogmatics regarding Matthew 24-36. What is -theological- or -dogmatic- exegesis- Well,...

The Regime Continues to Promote the Culture of Death, Christian Nationalism, Ecclesia

Covered the waterfront today, so to speak, addressing issues such as news about the vaccines, Covid-19 manipulation, transgender insanity, etc., before talking briefly about -Christian Nationalism.- Then we addressed a few Craig Carter tweets, and then addressed the new book...

Abortion at the Vatican, Baptist Dogmatics

Why would Francis appoint someone who is pro-choice to an official position with the Vatican- What does this tell us about how tradition can, and does, change over time- We started here, and then moved on to this article from...

John 3:13, Turretin, Pop Thomists

Did about 90 minutes today on a variety of topics but with a bit of a connected theme, digging into the text of John 3-13 as well as looking at Turretin's discussion of the two natures of Christ. Finished up...

Back in the Old Haunts

Back to the main studio in Phoenix today as we discussed a bit more theology, then discussed the climate cult, the 1946 Movie, Nikolas Cruz and the death penalty, and the Virginia legislator that wants to make it a felony...

Cancel Culture at Chalcedon

Damnable Heresies Come Fast

Part 2 of Today's -On the Road Trip with James-

Let Not Your Heart be Troubled

On Road Trip with James

Wokism: Jemar Tisby's Fundamental Change

James comments on an interview by Jemar Tisby of a -female minister- promoting the homosexual agenda.

Final Road Trip DL

Audio Only- We had tech problems and just plain old -you are out in the sticks and the cell connection stinks- problems so we gave up on the video and just concentrated on the audio, which worked well. So, no...

Road Trip Dividing Line

On the way home from a month on the road, catching up on a few items such as the re-ignition -by one side- of the -Federal Vision- controversy, etc. Then we went through ten points raised by Dr. Van Kleeck...

Early Church History Class DL from GBTS

Did a bit of an impromptu program tonight with most of the students from the early church history class I am teaching at GBTS in Conway today. Thankful for these men-

California's Love of Death

On the Road Trip with James

Traveling with James on the Road

Road Trip DL from Virginia

Started off with a little ministry report from the G3 Conference and my time in Pennsylvania. Then we talked a little bit about the Master's Seminary controversy, then about the debate from Saturday afternoon, and finished up with a response...

Road Trip Dividing Line from Ohio

Covered a lot of ground today from the RV park outside Columbus, Ohio, including a look at the Son of Man in Mark 9, some preview of the upcoming debate with Peter van Kleeck, some discussion of cultural developments such...

Road Trip DL from OKC

Commented on the Queen's passing and with her the passing of an era. Then we looked at Colossians 2-9, and then at Walter Brueggemann's comments on the Bible and homosexuality.

Mary as Mediatrix in Roman Piety, Comments on Scott Swain's Experimental Idea from Ja

We have no way of knowing what we will be doing for the next few days program wise, but we snuck one in today, looking closely at the infamous Marian prayer going around the net -one I was addressing in...

The Frankfurt Declaration/Responding to Craig Carter

First hour or so I was joined by Pastor Tobias Riemenschneider, one of the framers of the Frankfurt Declaration -Frankfurtdeclaration.com-. We discussed the declaration, its purpose and function. Then I responded to Dr. Craig Carter's inaccurate and unkind comments posted...

Ninety Minutes of Biblical Exegesis and Theological Ruminations

Started off looking closely at Jude 3-5, then moved on to listen to a section of an interview with Carl Trueman, and then brought it all together to respond to the topic of people destroying their credibility by talking about...

The Great Paedo-Bapti-Trans Dispute of 2022

I drove from Denver to Santa Fe today, set up my unit and jumped on line to address the great dispute that erupted over the weekend. I hope that my comments will clarify, enlighten, bless and challenge.

Road Trip DL: Passing On the Faith

Started off with something I had not planned on doing, discussing the importance of passing on the Culture of Life, and how this relates to God's law, the preservation of Scripture, etc. Then looked at some of the zaniness in...

Open Zoom Calls Road Trip Dividing Line

We managed to get through a number of excellent calls today on topics ranging from the canon to covenant theology to talking to folks who are being taught by the New Confessionalists, etc. with only one 30 second Internet drop...

The I Am Sayings of Jesus as an Example of Exegesis and Hermeneutics

Today we did a Road Trip DL in the rain up here in Colorado, focusing upon the I Am sayings of Jesus and using them as an example of what believing, exegesis looks like in contrast with modern methods, or...

Road Trip Dividing Line from Denver, Colorado

Started off with a little discussion of the lawless Regimes in the West and where all of that must, inevitably, head. Then I played key sections from a webcast hosted by Joe Thorn with special guest Steve Meister where I...

Mystics of India Video Review and More

We had a solid internet connection so we did a full program including playing a -Mystics of India- video and responding to it, and then playing a video from Norman Geisler on the necessity of Thomas Aquinas for Evangelicals. Oddly...

Church History Story Time with Uncle Jimmy: Road Trip Edition (Audio Only)

After a few minutes about the importance of self discipline in the Christian life, I read through three sections from Dr. Nick Needham's 2000 Years of Christ's Power series, one dealing with the Robber Synod, one dealing with the Marburg...

A Road Trip DL Short

45 minute program audio only today due to travel issues. Covered a little church history and a lot about the culture of death.

The Redemption of Christ

Today we dove headlong into one of the greatest chapters in Calvin's Institutes, Book II, chapter 16, where he lays out the great work of Christ. It has been alleged that a -Reformed Biblicist- like myself could not speak as...

Scripture and Tradition

Today we mainly looked at the first chapter of the London Baptist Confession of Faith and its beautiful and important testimony to the inspiration and sufficiency of Scripture. Hopefully encouraging for us all- I did look at a few statements...

The Socinians Are Amongst Us! Or Are They?

Today I responded to the -storm of love- of 2022, the past 48 hours of nastiness expressed toward me by a wide range of well known Reformed men. Cutting through the verbiage and emotions, we got to the key issues....

Provisionist Marshmallow Missiles Incoming! Thinking About Church History and Traditi

Looked a bit at the soon to be released Provisionist book against Calvinism, and then considered more about church history, exegesis, tradition, and orthodoxy. Next program will be another Road Trip Dividing Line-

Certainty, the Cost of Abandoning the Created Order, A Silly Dismissal of Presup, and

Only went an hour today but covered a number of topics including some statements by various -progressive- ministers, a passing dismissal of presuppositionalism that said more than its author intended, and finally a quick look at Aquinas on John 10-27-30.

The Madness of Secularism, the Goodness of God's Law

One hour show today starting off listening to the moral insanity of a -law professor- moving from that into a consideration of what it means to be a nation of law versus a nation of men, drawing from Deuteronomy 19.

A Little Skillet, A Lot of Aquinas

Started off with a fun story about being Official Theologian for Skillet, then we had to get serious. Looked at John 14-28 for a few minutes, and then had to start responding to the Credo article featuring Dr. VanDrunen. Paused...

Thoughts on July 4th, John 10:30 in Context

Did half an hour on the state of the US on July 4th, and then spent an hour on John 10-30, systems of theology and speculative philosophy, and how we need to be consistent lest we lose the ability to...

James White is Teaching Heresy!

Started off with some thoughts on the means God has given us to communicate the faith to the coming generations -hint- holy Scripture-, and then finally got around to Matthew 24-36 and the published allegation that I am teaching heresy...

Dobbs, Thomas, and Calls

Started off, sort of necessarily, looking at the Dobbs decision and the fall out, looking back on my own work in that area since 1989. Then moved to the vicious circularity of the Confessional Bibliology position, and moved from there...

The Work After Dobbs, Lots of Church History, Nicea, and More

Started off, sort of necessarily, looking at the Dobbs decision and the fall out, looking back on my own work in that area since 1989. Then moved to the vicious circularity of the Confessional Bibliology position, and moved from there...

The Redskins and Totalitarianism, and Just What IS the Great Tradition?

Started off with the Jack Del Rio story and the fact that we truly are living in the days of totalitarianism. Secular totalitarianism is the worst, as we will soon see. But then we moved to ask a question, -What...

My Thoughts on All Things SBC

Addressed the shameful situation with the treatment of the Bucks, the absurd claim by Karen Swallow Prior that she is -afraid- of Tom, and my predictions for the future of the, I think, soon to be renamed Southern Baptist Convention.

Sorta Road Trip DL: Squirrel's Demise, Inseparable Operations

We did a show while I am away for a few days, and hope to do so again tomorrow. Started off with the story of the demise of a squirrel on my ride this morning, and some lessons I thought...

Eerdmans Raised the Rainbow Flag, Unitarians and Will Hess

Walked through the argument presented by Eerdmans on Twitter in defense of its promotion of the LGBTQ agenda, and then looked at Will Hess and his comments about unitarianism, looking at John 1-1 and other important issues.

Calvin and Sadoleto, Reformed Biblicism

Started off telling the story of Calvin and Sadoleto, one of the most important interactions in the early period of the Reformation, and then using Calvin's response as a spring-board to look at a number of other relevant issues today...

Quick Commentary on YouTube Banishment, Once Again on Scriptural Sufficiency

Well, our first live stream on Rumble, which, honestly, surprised me, but hey---I just flap my jaws, Rich does the tech stuff. So explained a little about what happened yesterday, then went into the key issues found today in the...

You are Being Lied to, Regularly

In the aftermath of whatever it is that happened in Uvalde, the amount of jaw-dropping lies being told to the public is astonishing. And people get away with it because so many are utterly ignorant of firearms basics. It is...

On Emotionalism, the Accusation of Socinianism, Further Clarifications on Exegesis an

We had to move the program around a bit today, and I ended up having to do it from home, so my apologies for needing to deal with -providential hindrances.- Started off extending our sincere condolences to Doug Wilson, his...

Let God Speak: Hermeneutics

We did a nearly two hour long program today on the issue of hermeneutics, exegesis, tradition, and the current movement in Reformed circles toward the embracing of -the Great Tradition,- -Reformed Thomism,- and -Christian Platonism.- I think this is one...

Pursuing the Enemy with CrossPolitic and Delano Squires

The guys from CrossPolitic joined us in studio, together with Delano Squires, to talk gospel and law and culture. A wide-ranging discussion that we really hope will stir you up and encourage you---This was our first time working with so...