Talking Christianity

In this episode I take a look at what calvinists are saying about total depravity in their own words, and then I give a response with references to Adam Harwood in his new book "Christian Theology" and his 6 major views on the subject. 

Then I look at Sam Webb and his overall conclusion of calvinism in a nutshell. What does it really matter?

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Divine simplicity: discursive thought and generated knowledge Will Duffy and Chris Morrison 

In this episode we explore some tough questions about specific bible passages that seem to indicate God changes his mind, he interacts with his creation, that he is temporal and experiences emotions and growth in knowledge as it relates to both the Old Testament authorial intent and New Testament incarnation. Chris takes the classical position which relies heavily on anthropomorphisms and other phenomenological explanations for texts that seem to show God gaining knowledge, changing his mind, and experiencing change that the classical models may have difficulty explaining. 

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Will Duffy can be found at opentheism.org and 

Chris Morrison can be found at gulfsideministries.wordpress.com or his YouTube channel Gulside Ministries

In this episode I take a quick look at John 6:44 and we dive into some calvinist commentaries and non-calvinist commentaries to see what is being said about this verse. Who is able to come to Jesus? Who is drawn of the Father? Is the gospel enough to Bring someone to belief in Jesus? 

- In addition to the commentaries, we also take a look at the grammatical and syntax of this verse to see if it supports the calvinist interpretation. 

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If you ever saw the Hank Hanegraaff vs Mark Hitchcock debate... ...you will be excited to hear that we have been working on and have scheduled James Michael Rochford and Dean Furlong to debate the DATE OF REVELATION.   

This may impact one's view of eschatological doctrine via preterism vs futurism.   IMO this is the equivalent of Hitchcock V Hanegraaff with updated arguments.   You won’t want to miss this.  

This took place March 21st @ 2pm cst  Here is a link to james’ website supporting the late date. 

There is a LOT of excellent material on this website supporting the late date. https://www.evidenceunseen.com/.../ju...​ 

Here is a link to Dean’s website supporting the early date. He also did his dissertation on the subject and is VERY well-versed in the arguments for and against and early date. https://deanfurlong.com/irenaeus-domi...​ 

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If you haven't seen or heard of the reluctant theologian, that is the name of his podcast, so go check it out!   

In this episode Will Duffy and R.T. Mullins join me for a discussion on Open Theism.   We break down the impact and necessity of Open Theism in discussing the timelessness of God, the incarnation, the Hypostatic Union, Divine Simplicity, Divine immutability, foreknowledge and the problems that Exhaustive foreknowledge creates.  

Do I understand it all? No I do NOT! But I am challenging my presuppositions and trying to strengthen areas I may be weak. This is one of those areas and I hope you will do the same.  

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“The worlds oldest Bible is a replica: Simonides the scribe.” James Snapp, Jr. vs Steven Avery

In this episode Steven Avery and James Snapp, Jr. debate the thesis “The worlds oldest Bible is a replica: Simonides the scribe.”

Steven will take the affirmative and James the negative. 

There was a video we played from BBC that showed the condition of Aleph vellum and the ink on it as well. BBC blocked this video so I had to edit it out. Here is the video we played and trimmed out. 

https://youtu.be/U4Xkv2gjzZw

Here is a video from 1933 as well when it moved from mascow to London. https://videos.files.wordpress.com/FdScOuZ6/codex-sinaiticus-british-movietone-footage-1933_dvd.mp4 

Here is a link to the pure bible forum for Steven Avery. feel free to use that or Facebook to contact Steven. www.purebibleforum.com

http://www.thetextofthegospels.comHere is a link to James Snapp Jr.'s website as well. http://www.thetextofthegospels.com or http://www.curtisvillechristianchurch.org

10 minute opening statements. 

37 minutes of open moderated dialogue where I pick the topic and you Steven and James discuss. 

Audience Q&A for 15 minutes before Round 2. 

Round 2- of open moderated debate where I pick the topic. 

4 minute responses 

5 minute closing statements. 

Audience q&a. 

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Topics of discussion:

provenance, palaeogrphy, history, impossible variants, coincidence and probabilities

For all copyright purposes, we show a 2 minute video from BBC for commentary and educational purposes only.

In this episode Steven Avery and Nick Sayers join myself to have a roundtable discussion on the critical text position.  

James Snapp, Jr. jumps on the livestream and brings up some real challenges to the idea of a forgery and engages Steven Avery very seriously. Great conversation! Maybe we need to organize a debate! We'll see. 

 Here we discuss some problems with the critical text.  

Siniaticus, Vaticanus, Westcott and Hort, 1 John 5:7-8, Jonathan Sheffield vs Bart Erhman and Jeff Riddle vs James White.  

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Foreknowledge & Is Calvinism Fatalism?- Brian Wagner, PhD 

 In this episode Brian Wagner, PhD and I discuss the intricacies of foreknowledge vs fatalism and how Calvinism is actually Fatalistic in its teaching.   

I know that's a mouthful, but stick with me on this one. You dont want to miss it. 

A great conversation to be had and I welcome any calvinists who wish to challenge the claim that Calvinism is actually just fatalism at is core.   

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Final Destiny- Find the link to the excellent scholarly work by Dr. Jody Dillow here. 

There is a ton of information on these very subjects.  https://www.amazon.com/Final-Destiny-... 

Calvinism and Free Grace Theology seem to butt heads on serious doctrinal issues. Wayne Grudem, John MacArthur and others have written and preached against free grace theology. Why is that?   

We know that the idea of a Catholic Purgatory is not scriptural but what about the final accountability of the Christian? What exactly happens at the judgment seat of Christ for the christian as it is related to rewards and punishment?    

Join Jody Dillow and myself as we discuss these topics. Feel free to chat or call in with your questions at the end. Remember the number: 816-866-0025. Enjoy!

In this episode I am talking to fellow-podcaster Kevin Thompson about the problems with calvinism. We seek to ask and answer some of the tough questions about calvinism. 

Here are two links to the video we reviewed. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=741421129960882

https://youtu.be/FI_xboojOY0

If you have any interest in understanding soteriology, differences between arminianism and calvinism, or just plain old talking about the gospel... you dont want to miss this episode. 

You can find Kevin's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/KevinThompson1611

and his website here: http://beyondthefundamentals.com

Kevin is sometimes called an "anti-calvinist", and I hope to draw out some of these accusations as well. 

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God Bless!