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. 

Enjoy!

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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You can find both of these gentlemen on facebook if you have any questions for them!   You can find Will Duffy's work on www.opentheism.org You can find RT Mullins work from his podcast to his books to his videos and articles at www.RTMullins.com  

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.

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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Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory? 

Do Christians go to a place called purgatory where they atone for sins not covered by the blood of Jesus? Does this impact the gospel in any way? 

The doctrine of justification seems to be directly impacted by the Catholic dogma of purgatory (in which anyone who denies it is anathemitized), making the work of Christ ineffective regarding atonement. 

Enjoy this episode and as always, call in at the end of the debate with your questions at 816-866-0025.

Are we living in the new heavens and new earth right now? Has Jesus come back? Is the Devil still around and active on this earth? Did the Great Tribulation already occur and was Nero the AntiChrist? When was the book of Revelation written?   

Tune in for the answers to these questions and more.  In this debate I will represent the premillennial position while Stacy represents the full preterist position. The full preterist seems to be gaining popularity as we approach the end of this age. It's a bit like finding a an armadillo in southern Missouri, they were once rare and you would stop to get a picture, but now they are everywhere and carry a nasty disease called leprosy on them.   The full preterist position has 2 BIG assumptions- Revelation was written in 60-65 AD and that we are living in the new heavens and new earth right now... this is as good as it gets folks! :)   

Stacy and I debated the eternality of the Son (Jesus) in a Trinity vs Oneness dialogue a few weeks back. check that out if you haven't already.   

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In this episode we are debating the Eucharist. It is a totally open-ended topic that can go any direction each debater would like to take it.

As a Free Grace Christian I will make an argument against the historical problems with the Eucharist, trans-substantiation, the mass, the necessity of faith alone for justification in opposition to sacramental participation + faith, and the authority and nature of the Catholic priesthood compared to what the Bible teaches about the 2 classes of priests- Aaronic and Melchisek.

One side (catholicism) teaches faith + works are necessary for salvation while the other teaches that Faith in Jesus' is enough to be born again and have the righteousness of Jesus imputed to you. 

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Reviewing the PA debate between Boyce and Riddle and taking a closer look at the empirical data with a TR proponent and CT proponent. This will be a great conversation to be had!   Dont miss it and please like and share this video for others to watch. God Bless!

In this episode I am interviewing Dr. James Snapp, Jr. where we will review portions of the debate between Dr. Stephen Boyce and Dr. Jeff Riddle. See here for a link to that debate https://youtu.be/-RkxlW9cP0U. 

James Snapp's work can be found here: http://www.thetextofthegospels.com

Stephen Boyce's article can be found here: 

https://citylightseattle.com/blog/did-john-write-the-story-of-the-woman-caught-in-adultery/

Thesis- “Is the PA an authentic part of John's Gospel? The PA should be rejected on external, internal, and historical grounds.”

In this debate Dr. Stephen Boyce is taking the affirmative that the PA is NOT an authentic part of John's gospel and that it should therefore be rejected on external, internal, and historical grounds.”

Dr. Jeff Riddle will take the negative and show that the PA is authentic to the gospel of John and that it should be accepted on external, internal and historical grounds.

Call in with your questions at 816-866-0025 or you can send them in your livestream chat to be answered at the end of the debate.

In this debate we are really answering 3 questions: 1. Is the Son divine? 2. Is Jesus God the Son or God the Father? 3. Did Jesus pre-exist the incarnation?   

Tune in for this debate if you are interested in understanding how Jesus is not the Father, not the Son and not the Holy Ghost, yet these 3 persons are identified as being independent persons who make up our one God according to Deuteronomy 6:4 and Mark 12:29. The Trinity is seen in both testaments and I hope to show that in this debate.   

See Michael Heiser's work on this subject for more information as well as Robert Bowman Jr., Dr. Edward Dalcour, and Keith Piper, all of whom I cited in this debate.

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In this episode we are going into some of the deeper topics within the study of the Trinity.   

Dr. EDWARD DALCOUR is the president and director of Department of Christian Defense. He is the administrator and theological contributor in literature curriculum at Grace Bible University. He teaches apologetics and general theology at Harvest Bible University. He also serves as Mentor of Theology at Greenwich School of Theology (London, Eng.). He also holds the appointment of Senior Lecturer of the North-West University Faculty of Theology (Potchefstroom Campus). Dr. Dalcour holds a Master in Apologetics from Columbia Evangelical Seminary and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Dogmatic Theology from North-West University.  

Dr. Dalcour is an international speaker and has been featured on many Christian and secular radio and TV networks. He is a theological contributor to various theological journals and publications. He has written numerous counter-cult apologetic and evangelical tracts and pamphlets. Dr. Dalcour has authored several books on the topic of apologetics and theology.  Dr. Dalcour currently resides with his wife and family in Los Angeles, CA holding on-going Christian apologetic and theology classes. For the schedule and location of all classes, please contact us.  

Check out his website with lots of good resources here - https://christiandefense.org

In this episode I am debating a "biblical unitarian" regarding the nature of God. He will defend the unitarian POV which says the Father is the one person of the Godhead while the son is 100% man with no divine nature while the Holy Spirit is simply an impersonal force used by the Father to accomplish his own will.   

As a trinitarian, I will establish the 3 persons within the one being which we call God. He is complex in nature yet very clearly identified as 3 persons throughout the entire Bible. Jesus was not a created being yet existed with the Father and Holy Spirit from eternity past. We will draw out the discussion and nail down the differences in our views on God and ultimately the impact one's view of Jesus has on the gospel itself.  We are taking calls at the end if anyone wants to call in At 816-866-0025! ‬ 

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Jonathan Sheffield on Text and Canon and why wont anyone debate him on his TR position? We are taking calls for Jonathan, at the end if anyone wants to call in At 816-866-0025! ‬

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“How should Christians approach textual criticism, or how should they deal with textual variation in our manuscripts” Join our Round-table Discussion on “The Text and Transmission” with Peter Gurry, Jeff Riddle and James Snapp, Jr.

For some reason we lost the stream at about 1:49:00 mark in part1. So this picks up where we left off when we had to reconnect the stream. 

“How should Christians approach textual criticism, or how should they deal with textual variation in our manuscripts” Join our Round-table Discussion on “The Text and Transmission” with Peter Gurry, Jeff Riddle and James Snapp, Jr.

For some reason we lost the stream at about 1:49:00 mark so we immediately went to stream again for part 2/2 where you can catch the last 1:00:00. 

In this episode James Snapp Jr. and myself will continue our conversation on Confessional bibliology, Textus Receptus, KJVO, Preservation, Inspiration, and hopefully we will get through some more textual variant information! This is part 2 so definitely check out part 1 if you haven't already. As always! Enjoy, God bless you and let me know if you have anything you want to discuss...

The title says it all pretty much! check out James' website and blog at http://www.thetextofthegospels.com

Listen to this episode to get our upcoming topics and itinerary. 

here is what we are hoping to discuss tomorrow!

What’s your view regarding some important textual variants?

Mark 16:9-20 – regarded in early Egypt as secondary (cf. Jn. 21:25 in Aleph)

“Secondary” does not mean “non-original” – Psalms, Proverbs, Jeremiah.

John 7:53-8:11 – Pentecost-lection

A lector’s copy was used as an early exemplar

Left off here------

Luke 22:43-44 – movement into Matthew 26

(First John 5:7 (Comma Johanneum) – see the blog)

(Mark 1:2 – “In Isaiah” or “in the prophets” – see the blog)

(Matthew 6:13 (doxology) – see the blog)

(Luke 23:34 – see the blog)

(John 1:18 – see the blog)

(John 3:13 – see the blog)

Jude verse 3 – the conflation in Codex Sinaiticus (if we have time)

● How do you regard “Confessional Bibliology”?

Ultra-minority-readings in the TR.

Parablepsis in the Byzantine Text.  Example:  James 4:12.

Russ LaFleur has me on his show to discuss soteriology. In this episode I recorded our conversation discussing differences between free grace theology, Calvinism, Arminianism, Lordship Salvation, works and molinism, 

In this episode James lays out a foundation for textual criticism and the various methodologies used to make up our modern greek texts, byzantine text, Textus Receptus, and Equitable Eclecticism. 

He then goes into detail on a couple major textual variants and interacts with some of the live viewers comments and questions. we will pick up where we left off in this episode with more variants discussion and live viewer interaction. 

Enjoy and please be sure to send us a voicemail with comments or questions about this episode or textual criticism in general. 

This is definitely one of my favorite episodes so far! 

In this episode Jonathan and I spend a lot of time discussing the start of the church, the differences of the catholic definition of the church and protestant definitions, who the church is, and how it relates to Israel. 

We discuss the gospel, the gospel message of the apostles and the gospel message of Paul. Are they different or the same? 

http://wgsministries.orgHere is a link to Jonathan Williams website for his ministry. please contact him or myself if you have any questions or comments or want to help support the ministry. http://wgsministries.org 

Jeffriddle.netIn this episode we dialogue with Dr. Jeff Riddle regarding the Confessional or Canonical (also Called the Traditional or Ecclesiastical Text) movement.  Jeff is Pastor of Christ Reformed Baptist Church in Louisa, Virginia. He is also Adjunct professor piedmont virginia community college, a Podcaster, Blogger at Jeffriddle.net, Author, and you can find Dr Riddle's academic work on academia.edu where you have published numerous articles in this area in addition to your works published in the puritan journal.

In this episode we also engage with some videos from James White regarding the use of the TR vs the modern critical text and the practical impact this has on unbelievers and believers alike. 

thanks for listening! Enjoy!

This is the final episode in this series of episodes concerning the extent of the atonement. In this episode Dr. Smith breaks down the doctrine of the resurrection concerning the atonement and its relation to the just and the unjust. He also goes into detail on the nature of the body of the just in comparison to the body of the unjust in resurrection. We discuss things like, immortality, life, eternality, eternal conscious torment vs conditional immortality/total annihilationism and much more. As always we interact with your questions and comments as a listener and supporter of this podcast. 

Please continue to reach out and send in your questions! go to the link in description of the podcast you are listening to in order to leave us a voicemail or send us support. 

In this episode Dr. Scott Smith takes us through the scriptural support for his pananastatic POV on the extent of the atonement. This is an excellent episode for those of you who are interested in geeking out on the intricate part of the conversation! Send us your feedback and questions or comments! Thanks again for listening! TTYS. 

In this episode we continue the conversation in the theology of Pananastasism and its historical consistency. We also engage with our audience questions and comments. this is a great episode to follow up on part 1! Thanks again Scott! Im looking forward to getting into the scriptural side of the convo in part 3! Great questions and comments from our audience! keep em coming. 

Do we need to rethink the Extent of the Atonement? Scott says we do and he has provided a robust answer for why he believes this. He has coined the term, "pananastasism" and is challenging you on your view of the atonement. Join us for the introduction to the topic and as always, leave feedback and share this with your friends! 

In this episode, Timothy Morton creator of the Bible Analyzer program, author, and blogger, debate the Gap Theory! This is a great episode. we had a lot of fun on this one! Enjoy and be sure to leave your feedback! Feel free to leave a voicemail for us with any questions you may have on the subject! Check out the description links below in order to do that!. TTYS

Discussing the Kalam Cosmological Argument with author, blogger, podcaster and debater Evan Minton. Check out his site at https://cerebralfaith.net for more information. In this episode we introduce Evan and his ministry efforts as well as some of the main objections to the KCA. At the end of the episode we briefly discuss the surging view of molinism and its relevance to the KCA. Enjoy! please like and share! 

Randy Krakowski is a self-identifying Agnostic Atheist. He says this is one who neither claims to know a God exists and believes there is no God because there is no tangible evidence of one. In this episode we use a formal style debate pattern to decide if the Kalam Cosmological Argument is sound and if it leads you to the God of Christianity. Does God Exist? Enjoy!

In this Episode we have the audio from a live debate over the topic of Bible Versions between myself and Tyler Hood. Tyler is the man! A great friend of mine, even though we disagree on this subject. It has been a while since we did this debate, and my views may have become more distinguished and broad since. :)

Here we will examine 6 common textual variants within the greek texts of the Bible. We will debate which English versions got it right in regard to the text they used in translating from Greek to English. Nathan is in the Air Forc and has a viewpoint from the critical textual side while Josh takes a stance from the Traditional perspective. The variants we will discuss will be 1 John 5:7, John 7;53-8:11, Mark 16: 9-20, Epheisans 5:9, Mathew 27:16, and Romans 13:9. #textualvariation #doctrine #love #textusreceptus #criticaltext #jameswhite #jeffriddle #confessions #calvinism #kingjames

Discussion with Ethan @sonofDaVid512, about his conversion to Christianity. He renounced Judaism and has a very interesting story. Topics of discussion: how he converted to christianity, the rapture, the secret rapture, the second coming, the difference between Israel and the church, Lordship salvation, Predestination and Election. Thumbnail picture came from myjewishlearning.com. Here is a link to the video shown in this interview https://youtu.be/UCUxTFt8pB0. #Jesus #jew #christianity #discussion #dialogue #debate #biblestudy #messianicjew #Israel #apologetics

The topic is Limited Atonement with the thesis, "For whose sins did Christ die?" Pastor Terry Basham will represent the Calvinist position while I (Josh Gibbs) will represent the traditional perspective of Limited Atonement. Terry pastors Bethel Baptist Church in Lawton Oklahoma.#apologetics #debate #limitedatonement #calvinism #biblestudy #oldpaths #traditionalism 

This is a tag-team debate where James Gray @JamesGray__ and myself- Josh Gibbs @thaRealJgibbs represent the traditional perspective where we will deny that God Decrees sin. Kris Williams @Kdubtru and Dave @Presbypolemics will represent the calvinist position that God does decree sin. Some would consider this the great theodicy, which is, what is the origin of evil and how is God still a holy God having permitted evil to enter the world... #apologetics #debate #calvinism #biblestudy #oldpaths #God #christianity

In this episode I debate a seasoned Vet (literally a veteran active in the military) over the question of Total inability/Total Depravity. I consider Dave to be a friend! Very good discussion! enjoy!

Kevin Micuch is the author of multiple books including, "Calvinism- A Foundation Built on Sand". In this episode we discuss his book and why he believes Calvinism has a poor foundation.