Bret Baier Interviews Obama March 17, 2010

I don't know how this slipped through my information dragnet but here is an interview President Obama did last week! You know we are in trouble when the President does an exclusive interview with Fox News!

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Rahab: A Prostitute or an Innkeeper?

Dr. Mariottini has posted a great article expounding on the story of Rahab. He covers who she was, what she did, and why she is so very important! This is a must read!

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Rahab: A Prostitute or an Innkeeper?

Line of Fire » Blog Archive » March 18, 2010

I've been listening to Dr. Michael Brown's radio broadcast over the internet for a while. He is a Jewish scholar who is a Christian. He does excellent scholarship. A few weeks ago he had James White on his broadcast and they debated Calvinism. At the end of this month, he will be on Dr. James White's webcast for 2 days and they are going to be exegeting specific scripture(read announcement at the bottom). I can't wait. Brown describes himself as a noncalvinist and a nonarminian - he is however definitely a Christian. I linked to this particular recording of Brown's because he specifically describes what he considers right about Calvinism. He is the most balanced noncalvinist I've ever listened to. He also answered some questions that his ministry received in E-mail. I agreed with all the answers he gave except the one about tithing. He was asked does God want us to tithe on net or on gross earnings? He said he believed in the principle of tithing but did not believe it was mandated anymore. I don't agree, but I agree with everything else he said subsequently. He said he tithed on the gross. He said he heard a preacher answer question with a question: "Do you want God to bless your net or gross?" This is the same way my own pastor answers this question.

Dr Brown also has several great debates coming up in addition to the one with Dr. White.
He's debating Anthony Buzzard soon.
And He is debating Bart Ehrman on April 15, 2010.

I'm looking forward to these!

Line of Fire » Blog Archive » March 18, 2010

Iron Sharpens Iron: R.C. Sproul, Jr.: Believing God: 12 Biblical Promises Christians Struggle to Accept

This was an amazing interview. R.C. Sproul Jr was interviewed on his new book "Believing God: 12 Biblical Promises Christians Struggle to Accept". I can't believe the insight he brought. I mean I thought: "I'm a Christian! I believe everything the Bible says!" Truth is I listened to the interview because I wanted to see how much like his father he is and didn't really expect to be as blown away as I was. He said he wrote the book because when he honestly looks at scripture he came to the realization that there were something that God promises that he did not literally interpret the statement as it  is stated. Two examples he brought up, I've got to share.

⁵If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. ⁶But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. James 1:5-6

He said one day, he looked at that and thought, no way is it saying that God will just give me wisdom if I ask...there has got to be more to it than that so he went on a mission to find out what the passage is truly saying. and came back to his first interpretation. I heard myself in his words. i realized that i too did not take that promise at face value. I'm still repenting! I was struck. Often times i feel at a loss for what to do. I pray but I don't really expect God to show me what to do. 

Dr. Sproul then went on to identify 12 such promises in the Bible. He didn't cover them all but hbe did talk about a few. another one that caught my attention is the point he made that many of us don't give God's forgiveness of our sin it's proper weight. We readily accept that God has forgiven our past crap but sometimes falter in believing the same as for the present and future issues we wrestle to overcome. Jesus' righteousness is imputed to us. 


If you can't say "Amen", say "ouch"!!!


Iron Sharpens Iron: R.C. Sproul, Jr.: Believing God: 12 Biblical Promises Christians Struggle to Accept