Another Mega edition of the DL today -what are we going to do IF we ever get let out of jail-- marking five and a half hours worth so far this week alone- We are single-handedly attempting to get the economy going on our own- Started off with four great phone calls on a bunch of good topics, then briefly chuckled over Rod Dreher's article sorta defending Doug Wilson, and then dove back into church history in responding to yet another Leighton Flowers video, this time looking at Clement of Rome. Don't forget that tomorrow we will be joined by Seb Goldswain, so make sure to join us live-

Started off reminiscing about our LDS outreach from long ago, looking at my old copies of the Triple Combination. Then we gave background on the great martyr bishop Cyprian, and read his entire epistle to the Christians imprisoned in the mines, a truly challenging work. Then we returned to listening to the 2018 interview by Leighton Flower of Ken Wilson. Two full hours-

Started off with reading through the entire Epistle to Diognetus --135 AD-, then going back and making direct commentary on the text as it relates to the unique theory promoted by Dr. Ken Wilson and promoted by Dr. Leighton Flowers. We dove pretty deep into the text and found that the author of the epistle had a very strongly apostolic doctrine. Then we switched gears and analyzed Doctrine and Covenants 114 from the LDS Scriptures as an example of a false prophecy of Joseph Smith, Jr. And hour and 45 minutes in length today. Enjoy- We intend to be back tomorrow-

Covered a ton of topics including the consistency of John's witness with the Synoptic Gospels regarding the day of the Crucifixion -Friday-, modalism in the Book of Mormon and the -Joseph Smith Translation,- some thoughts on my upcoming sermon from Romans 4-25 -this coming Sunday-, and some loose ends on materials relevant to Ken Wilson's dissertation and the early Fathers.

So it is sort of hard to describe this one, but, you just sort of have to follow along to see how stuff developed today, starting with checking out an alleged quotation from Clement of Rome in my debate with Leighton Flowers from 2015 which led to other discoveries and conclusions. We also looked at some words from Clement regarding the salvation of the -number of the elect,- a phrase you probably don't hear at too many -provisionist- churches -but you hear regularly in Reformed churches-. I also refuted the list of objections Flowers posted to our being careful, and thorough, in dealing with church history and its abuse by those promoting -provisionism.- Tomorrow we will look at the date of the crucifixion, and the relationship of the resurrection to justification.

Answered an audience question from an old friend about how to handle differences in the pastoral staff on the issue of textual critical theory, and then got back into the Flowers-Wilson debate. Had to explain a few more things about Manichaeism that are, well, somewhat adult in their orientation, so keep that in mind. Will be on Chris Arnzen's Iron Sharpens Iron broadcast for two hours tomorrow, so, no program, but we will be back Thursday and Friday-

Looked at some comments from one of the LDS Apostles at the -sort of- virtual General Conference in Salt Lake yesterday on the topic of the nature of God. Then we watched Kenneth Copeland and his chorus spitting at coronavirus-seriously. Finally, listened to a few more comments from Leighton Flowers and Ken Wilson relating to church history. Also, at the beginning and end of the program, discussed the apologetics tournament on Twitter, asked for your support, and talked a bit about why it is very surprising indeed that things have turned out as they have. We will be back again tomorrow for more-

Talked a bit about the announcement from Master's that they are going to be putting out -and soon- the Legacy Standard Bible, an update-revision of the -I assume- 1995 NASB. Some thoughts on some of the unique elements of the translation. Then we talked a bit about what the -gift- is in Ephesians 2-8-9, and then took calls on a variety of topics, including presuppositionalism.

Started with a little video that Apologia Studios put together -thanks to Carman and Isaac- of Jeff and I competing in the apologists' bracket, and then looked at a tweet from R. Scott Clark kicking me out of Reformedville -well, nothing overly new there-, before moving back to the 2018 interview with Leighton Flowers and Ken Wilson. Last program for the week as I need to go help my daughter and her family move to Phoenix -yay--. Back, Lord willing, on Monday.

Discussed a little about the arrest of Rodney Howard Browne, looked at NT Wright's sad article in Time.com, and then dove into the important historical issues related to the claims of Ken Wilson from his 2018 interview with Leighton Flowers. Will be back tomorrow again-