The topic this evening was, well, from a Christian perspective, a “slam dunk.” Did Muhammad teach the same message as Jesus? Obviously not. But, of course, I knew exactly where Adnan would be going. His approach was to undercut the biblical text and basically leave us with nothing but…the Qur’an, of course! Now, using liberal Western scholarship to undercut confidence in the words of the first century gospels so that you can replace them with the utterly unsubstantiated, a-historical words of Jesus from the Qur’an, a seventh century document, which not a single one of those liberal Western scholars would ever consider to be even slightly relevant to reconstructing the teachings of Jesus, is an amazing leap, but hey—that’s what you need to do! I spent the evening pointing out the double standards and getting a good opportunity to clarify the Christian message at the same time. These two debates have been a little unusual in that the audience participation has actually been far more valuable than normal. I had the opportunity to explain the Trinity, the cross, redemption—many key issues. I truly hope the Lord will make my words come alive in the hearts and minds of the Muslims who heard, for the first time, a clear presentation of the gospel of Jesus the Messiah. Visit the store at https://doctrineandlife.co/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElZ6yPS9A8g

Sorry about the technical issues today folks. Had some uber geeks in the office recently and, well, geeks play with things. But as I say, if it ain’t broke… Anyway, briefly noted the split amongst Calvary Chapel churches, and then spent some time (interrupted by technical issues) on the prologue of John and the Incarnation, then finished up with a response to Robert Morey’s further debate challenge. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMirifGcmSY

Talked a bit about the odd interaction Mormonism is having with the LGBTQ movement, and then covered some of the crack-down on religions (both Christianity and Islam) in China. Then I played a few minutes from a fellow named “Polight” wherein he gets all confused about the Virgin Birth. Then we took calls on such subjects as John Piper on future justification, apologetic methodologies, and the concept of “mystery” in apologetics. Visit the store at https://doctrineandlife.co/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOiM-9WblEs

Was on the road for six hours today but still managed to sneak a program in this afternoon, looking a bit at my discussion with Doug Wilson on “paedocommunion” (he prefers “child communion” and there is, actually, a difference), then responding to Jeffrey Riddle on an odd take on semper Reformanda, and then finishing up with a little discussion on actus purus and the relationship of biblical revelation to philosophy. Should be able to get another program in tomorrow as I have altered my travel plans to shorten the length of the drives each day. This old guy is getting a bit tired!