Alpha and Omega Ministries

Introduced a new word to the world today, Βουλομάχοι, which means "those who fight against the decree." Identified Dinesh D'Souza and his cohorts by the term, and even offered to have a t-shirt made with the term for Leighton Flowers if he'd like one. Anyway, covered various theories of how God's knowledge relates to events in time from an X post Dinesh D'Souza reposted, and then went back to the final paragraph of the 3rd chapter of the Confession of Dositheos which just happens to be on the exact same topic as the first part of the program!

Made the mistake of reading, and responding, on X right before the program started so...ended up covering enough D'Souzian hubris to do an entire edition of Radio Free Geneva, if we had wanted to play the theme! But, got back to the Confession of Dositheos though we are right at the part where it is addressing the very same issues, so, the topic did remain fairly consistent for the full hour. Briefly responded to an LDS apologist in the middle there somewhere, but, similar topic as well.

Touched on a few items from the web to get started, but then transitioned back to the Confession of Dositheos, which, honestly, is the confession of Provisionism, too. I have already heard of Provisionists who swam the Bosporus, it is a really short swim!

Three major topics today, first, some more on the upcoming "debate" involving Dinesh D'Souza and his ever worsening diatribes against Calvinism. Then we responded to Joel Webbon's pious defense of having Alex Jones speak at a "Christ is King" Conference, and finished up doing in-depth in response to Leighton Flowers on Genesis 50 and motivations and actions.

Started off looking at developments on the Dinesh D'Souza front, looking at his citation of Jeremiah 19:5. Looked at the posting of a clip from Alex Jones in which I honestly stated that it seemed to me he was on drugs, his language and vile speech shocking even those on the program with him. And this is the lead speaker at the Christ is King conference in November. Then we moved back to Eastern Orthodoxy and looked at Empress Irene and her foundational role in calling, running, and determining the outcome of, the Second Nicene Council in 787.

Put up a nicely done graphic against Calvinism and started there, walking through its common objections and providing the same responses we have provided for decades now. Then we looked at Leighton Flowers attempting to turn John 6 into a Provisionist Pretzel (applauded by Jenna Ellis) while ignoring the reality of what happened to him in the debate a few years ago. Enjoy!

Went long today but covered a lot of territory. Looked at the horrific video from Tibet/China and the sudden floods and talked about theodicy, then moved to Dale Partridge pretending to be an Anglican and the Ogden crew hiding from the reality of having Alex Jones and Harrison Smith speaking at a "Christ is King" conference. Finished by looking at Webbon's incredible threat against Phil Johnson wherein he conflated the Great Commission with Christless Nationalism.

Had to address what everyone is talking about right now, so we went over my attempt to help D'Souza understand that which he clearly has never considered before, and then talked about Jenna Ellis' behavior on line. Then we looked at what is going on at Prays Mill and G3, and finished with some words for Dinesh from Scripture.

Started off commenting on the G3/Prays Mill/Tom Buck saga, giving my own insights as best I can. Then looked at the astonishing invitation to Alex Jones to speak at a "Christ is King" Conference along with Webbon, Robinson, Partridge, and the Ogden crew, a new low for Christ-less Nationalism. Then finished up with a short presentation on "St. Tarasios" in response to comments on X.

Well, it's two months to go till we have our debate in Gilbert, Arizona with Craig Truglia, and so...it's on my mind. So that's what we talked about today, getting into events at Nicea II, Patriarch Tarasios, etc. Don't tune it out! Vitally important material relevant to a lot of other things as well.

More topics today on the DL including showing off an early Christian hymn fragment from Wes Huff's papyri website (manuscriptshop.com), and then talking about the amazing rise of the Communists in the United States of America. Then we went back to the Confession of Dositheus and noted the parallels to the Provisionists claims, so we brought up a Leighton Flowers X post to document that as well.

Spent a few minutes talking about unbelieving "academic consensus" with Dan McClellan's claims about Jude and 1 Enoch, and then went back into my Pseudo-Dionysius presentation, finishing it up with a discussion of the influence this work had on Thomas Aquinas.

Today's episode features an introduction to the Pseudo-Dionysian Corpus. Dr. White takes some time to talk about the background of the corpus, looking at its general contents and discussing some of the viewpoints presented within the text. If you've been following the recent discussions on this topic and want a helpful overview of the source material, check out the full broadcast!

Covered the waterfront from Colorado Springs today! So, 2 Timothy 3:16-17 defended against Bishop Jaxi (again), new (good) rules for online behavior for the Eastern Orthodox, the Scriptural testimony to the sovereignty of God, a traditional Catholic being hypocritical about "Protestants," Bart Ehrman mentions me, Stephen Wolfe just isn't a serious man, and finally a bit on Pseudo-Dionysius. Whew! We hope to do a program Thursday however I have seven hours to drive that day so... we will have to see!

Covered a few things, such as the suicide of the West, Bart Ehrman's continued commitment to naturalistic materialism, the utter evil of Dr. Fauci (and the entire Big Pharma/Globalist Cabal), and the article I just finished in response to the Nickitopoulos/Truglia theory about Pseudo-Dionysius. Then finally we spent a lot of time looking at Cameron Bertuzzi's attempt to turn the old canon argument into the new, not-really canon argument, which is still the canon argument, and hence, has still been refuted for...centuries.

Started off with some personal stuff as I was watching events unfolding outside my window in the RV park. Then got to Radio Free Geneva and the comments from Frank Turek and Braxton Hunter and others on a panel a while back. Went through the Scriptures that had been cited in the question they responded to... but never touched. Then we listened to a William Lane Craig clip on how humans "co-actualize" the world with God.

Covered three main topics on our road trip program from Grand Junction today, going about an hour and fifteen minutes. We started off with a response to a Mormon in reference to my presentation last evening at Calvary Bible Church on bridging the communication gap with Mormons. Then we looked at a fine post by Ron Henzel on Acts 13:48 in response to Provisionists actually pushing the NWT's tortured rendering of that text. We then got back to the Confession of Dositheus, and finished looking at Decree 3, noting how it uses the same prevenient grace argumentation of modern Arminianism.

Covered a few topics (a little Open Theism) at the start and then listened to a portion of a "sermon" by a PCUSA priestess about how John 14:6 doesn't really say what...it actually says. Then we got back to Dositheus and discovered that the Provisionists have been stealing from the Orthobros all along!

Road Trip DL today from northern Arizona. We started with a response to Hayden Carroll on the subject of omniscience, and then moved to a discussion of a recent video I listened to attacking penal substitutionary atonement. We then read through a major portion of Isaiah 53 in reference to this topic. Might sneak another program in to get back to Dositheus, but that is dependent on travel.

Looked at a recent statement from Leighton Flowers that sure looks a lot like Open Theism, then moved on to some more evidence of how far removed Mormonism is from Biblical Christianity. Finished up listening to a section of Jay Dyer on Tucker Carlson talking about the "ancient church" and the Reformation.

Dr. White covers three main topics before heading up to Colorado! Today features a response to Patrick Madrid on Galatians 5:4, a look at the Mormon doctrine of God, and the conclusion of the Confession of Cyril Lucaris.

Mainly spent our time looking at an excellent example of what Mormonism's doctrine of "god" brings them to when discussing election and sovereignty, and then we almost finished up the Confession of Cyril Lucaris, talking about faith, justification, and the sacraments.

Remembered to cover some comments made by young neoMorm Chandler Hendry on the topic of John 1:1. Then we got back to the Confession of Cyril Lucaris, part of our broader study of the Confession of Dositheos from 1672 in Eastern Orthodoxy.

The archive of today's broadcast is now available! Dr. White went a bit long today, covering a handful of miscellaneous topics before getting back into our series on Orthodoxy. Today's Docket: View of Scripture: Responding to a progressivist UMC pastor presenting the "Bible isn't God's Word, it just points to God's Word" perspective. Eastern Orthodoxy Deep Dive: Looking at the historic confession of Cyril Lucaris as the critical background to the Confession of Dositheus that we began last week. Be sure to check the blog post for the reference links to Jason Wallace's original video and our past DL episode on Cyril Lucaris!

Started off with some comments about the childishness of many on line today, but spent most of our time on Eastern Orthodoxy and specifically thinking about a conversation Gavin Ortlund had with Jonathan Pageau, focusing on the Synod of Jerusalem. Then we began reading the Confession of Dositheus and we will continue that on the next program. Remember, I have been telling you the EO stuff was coming! But as we saw today, much of this conversation has tremendous meaning in other areas of theology and apologetics.

Went into the big studio today, started off with a little discussion of the Tucker Carlson stuff, and then shifted over to some comments by Eastern Orthodox speaker Alex Sorin that allowed us to discuss some other foundational issues about church history.

Picked up on a few developments since the last program out of Ogden including the "Nazi hunting" piece by Sauve, and then moved to a video of Archbishop Edward Weisenburger speaking at a mosque opening in Dearborn (Detroit area), identifying the place as one of true worship, where God is active, and even made reference to the Islamic prayers (which, of course, specifically identify Christianity as a religion that has been led astray). We discussed how this tells us a lot about how Romanism has changed, and is changing, over the centuries.

Addressed the Ogden Debacle today. Did not want to, honestly, but this is cancer in the camp, and it is spreading. Yes, Nazis---self proclaimed, proud ones---were selling their wares at the NCP conference and the excuse making by Sauve and Conn didn't fly. Be warned, brethren: this stuff is insidious!

Yeah, this will be a real barn-burner! A truly entertaining program! Lots of sound effects and humor! Clicks galore! Actually, none of that. After some general discussion and a bit more on the de-evolution of Mormonism, I spent the rest of the program discussing my work on a scholarly article responding to the theory that Pseudo-Dionysius is actually a first century production. See? Thrilling. Well, I do try to explain why, anyway. And our audience has learned that sometimes you have to do a deep dive to really get a foundation for important things.

Three major topics on tap today. First, William Lane Craig and the reason for suffering in conversation with Alex O'Connor. Then, a Roman Catholic plays a clip and missed my point regarding Athanasius and "apostolic tradition." Then, the Neo-Morms are on the rise, and we get a confession of faith from one of them.

Dr. White tackles three major topics: William Lane Craig on suffering, a Roman Catholic missing the point on Athanasius & apostolic tradition, and a confession of faith from the rising "Neo-Morms."

Spent the first half of the show on other topics, including some RV stuff, and then talked a bit about Cardinal Bellarmine and forms of argumentation, but the main topic today was Emperor Theodosius, the proclamation of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire, and the incident between he and Ambrose of Milan regarding the massacre at Thessaloniki.

Did another Zoom calls show today and as usual...great questions on a wide, wide variety of topics, mainly church history, a little more EOism, etc. Went pretty long, too, as I couldn't shut up! Spent some time at the end talking about AI fakes, sticking to God's standards of justice, etc.

Followed up on recent exchanged on line regarding such topics as "Roma locuta est" and the sacrifice of the Mass. Important topics for evangelizing Rome. We are planning on a Zoom call program tomorrow.

Final road trip DL of this trip, from Willcox, Arizona. Covered some trip details from my visit to Lubbock and Las Cruces, and then played a parody song produced by Ward Radio on the "God of Calvinism." Used it as a basis to again address the utter lack of interest in accuracy or truthfulness exemplified on the net these days. Not sure what next week's schedule is going to look like, but we will do our best!

Live Road Trip DL from Las Cruces, New Mexico today, considering Dale Partridge's amazing assertion that "most women can't think," and then moving on to the state of Roman Catholic apologetics on line today, using the ramblings of Bishop Jaxi as an example. And a nice shot out the back window of our Mobile Command Center at the Organ Mountains on the other side of Las Cruces.

Covered some important material today, starting with the purgatory clip I didn't play last time. Found out the priest who made those comments died in 2023, so, it seemed fitting to review them. Then we looked at a claim about Jerome and the Apocryphal books, then switched back to the Jacob Hansen/Allie Beth Stuckey conversation, focusing on Acts 17. Quite a range once again!

Covered two primary topics today, both with a strong church history and apologetic element. Started off responding to the citation of Irenaeus and how everyone must be in agreement with the church at Rome. Spent quite a while providing the context and meaning of the statement. Then, spent the last part of the program reading a five chapter book. I will leave it to the listener to figure out why. Telling you what it was about would prejudice your listening!

Replied to Dale Partridge briefly, then interacted with "Bishop Jaxi" and "Pope Respecter" on salvation issues before moving back to the appearance of Jacob Hansen on Allie Beth Stuckey's "Relatable" episode. Don't forget, we are on the road next week, so use the app and follow us here to keep up with when the program will be live from the road for the next two weeks.

Another wide ranging show with lots of topics including the cringey cigarette picture from NXR, Stephen Boyce's unwillingness to defend Rome's dogmatic claims, the House of Loreto, and LDS priesthood discussions.

A super wide ranging 75 minute program today covering everything from working out in your mid sixties to the collapse of the Black family, the repeal of the 19th Amendment, the evolution of the Papacy, and Jacob Hansen the neo-Mormon on Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey. A little something for everyone on today's program!

Covered a really wide variety of stuff today from Stephen Boyce's convert syndrome to the impact of monetization on the social media discussions to a lengthy introduction to the Pseudo-Dionysian Corpus (DC). Also briefly discussed some issues raised in the appearance of Jacob Hansen on Relatable with ABS, but we will be covering that on the next program.

Every time we open the phones we get such excellent questions! A huge thank you to everyone who joined the Zoom and called in today—all of your questions were truly great. Today we tackled tough questions like the canon of Scripture and its relationship to epistemology as well as how believers need to view politics, voting, etc. We got calls from Ireland and Hungary as well! Went in depth in our responses as well. Remember, Rich is out of town for a bit, so we will be back, Deo volente, next week.

After some comments on a variety of topics at the top of the program, we dove deep into the following citation from Basil the Great, "because the honor paid to the image passes on to the prototype." We looked at the original context and meaning, and then how it was plucked out of that context and used by John of Damascus, and how that then became central to the arguments of the iconophiles at Nicea II, and hence became the basis of "infallible dogma" for both Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Not an entertaining program, to be sure, but hopefully a helpful one. Tomorrow we will be doing a Zoom call "open phones" program, so join us then!

Covered the waterfront today to be sure! Talked about Trump's healing meme, the Pope and the Muslims, and Joel Webbon playing footsie with Catholics on the Reformation, all because...the Jews!

Was joined by Aaron Shafovaloff of Mormonism Research Ministry (mrm.org) to discuss developments in Mormonism and to review a clip of a recent LDS discussion wherein the historic view of God is questioned by Blake Ostler, an ostensibly LDS philosopher and attorney, and others in the "New Mormonism" movement. If you have LDS friends and neighbors, you will want to listen to this one!

In light of the resurrection of a particularly bad parable by Jacob Hansen we went over the lengthy rebuttal of the story of the "boys in the pond" parable (Hansen made it girls in a lake), showing that it fails on every level to correspond to biblical truth. We also touched on a good bit of LDS theology as well today.

Spent the program responding to the craziness that has developed after the debate in Ogden, working through all the details. Good opportunity to discuss debates, integrity, proper use of sources, form of argumentation, etc. Also gave us a chance to discuss the rise of "Neo-Mormonism" in contrast with historic LDS orthodoxy.

Dr. White broadcasts from the road ahead of his debate in Ogden, Utah. He starts with a warning regarding extreme rhetoric surrounding the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek Septuagint (LXX), before continuing the review of the Austin vs. Hansen cross-examination for debate prep.

Covered a few pressing topics today, from the cultural chaos of utterly unqualified Supreme Court justices to Phil Vischer's question about defining doctrines. Then we talked a bit about "Eucharistic miracles" and an odd little exchange on X about debating the topic, and finally we got just a minute into the cross-ex between Avery Austin and Jacob Hansen in their recent debate. Since I will be debating Jacob in a few days, this is good preparatory thinking.

First "real" program from the Mobile Command Center! Musings on secularism, the death of the West, and God's judgment.