James White (theologian)

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James Robert White
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White speaking in 2019
Born
James Robert White

Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S.
Education
Occupations
  • Christian apologist
  • theologian
  • pastor
  • author
Known forDirector of Alpha and Omega Ministries
SpouseKelli
Children2
Theological work
EraLate 20th and early 21st centuries
Tradition or movement
Main interests
Website www.aomin.org/aoblog/

James Robert White is a Baptist theologian, [1] the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, an evangelical Reformed Baptist Christian apologetics organization based in Phoenix, Arizona and a Christian scholar. [2] [3] He is the author of several books. [4]

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Early life and education

White graduated with a BA from Grand Canyon University (formerly known as Grand Canyon College) and an MA from Fuller Theological Seminary. His ThM, Th.D. and D.Min. degrees are from Columbia Evangelical Seminary (formerly Faraston Theological Seminary), an unaccredited online school. [5] [6] [7] The legitimacy of White's academic credentials has been questioned. [8]

Career

White served as an elder of Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church in Phoenix, Arizona, from 1998 until 2018. He became Scholar-in-Residence at Apologia Church in Tempe, Arizona in 2018, [9] [10] and was installed as one of the pastor/elders in 2019. [11] [12]

White is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, a Christian apologetics organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. As director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, White also hosts a daily Dividing Line Podcast and radio show on the Alpha and Omega Ministries YouTube Channel. He was also a critical consultant for the Lockman Foundation's New American Standard Bible. [13] [14]

White often engages in public debate, having participated in more than 170 public moderated debates, [15] [16] covering topics such as Calvinism, Roman Catholicism, Islam, Mormonism, Infant baptism [17] the King James Only movement, Jehovah's Witnesses, and atheism. His debate opponents have included scholars such as Bart Ehrman, John Dominic Crossan, Marcus Borg, Robert M. Price, Joe Ventilacion of Iglesia ni Cristo [18] and popularizers such as Dan Barker, Jimmy Akin and John Shelby Spong. [19] James White has criticized fundamentalist views and King James Onlyism. He has argued that the King James version has multiple translation errors. [20] [21] [22] [23]

White has written multiple books critical of Roman Catholic theology, including the books; The Roman Catholic Controversy, Mary: Another Redeemer? and The Fatal Flaw. [24]

White supports Creationism and Theonomy. [25] [26]

Personal life

He is married and he and his wife have two children. He also has two grandchildren. [15]

White is a Reformed Baptist [1] and a Calvinist. [3]

Selected works

See also

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  2. ↑ Alexis, Jonas E. (2013). Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism: A History of Conflict Between Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism from the Early Church to Our Modern Time. WestBow Press. ISBN   978-1-4497-8159-0.
  3. 1 2 "Calvinism debate cancelled, but serious discussion still resulted | Baptist Press". baptistpress.com. October 17, 2006. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  4. ↑ "James White | Resources from Ligonier Ministries". Ligonier Ministries. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Of Doctorates and Eternity". June 1998.
  6. ↑ "Columbia Evangelical Seminary".
  7. ↑ "The Saga of Accreditation". January 24, 2008.
  8. ↑ Armstrong, Dave (March 14, 2017). "James White's Bogus 'Doctorate' Degree".
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  14. ↑ Blair, Leonardo; Reporter, Senior Features (February 12, 2019). "Bible experts Eric Mason, James White clash over racist history of abortion". The Christian Post. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  15. 1 2 James White, Alpha and Omega Ministries, 2014, retrieved May 12, 2014
  16. ↑ "Announcing Dr. James White, Professor of Apologetics and Church History -". Grace Bible Theological Seminary. December 7, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  17. ↑ "New Horizons March 2008: A Better Case for Infant Baptism". opc.org. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  18. ↑ South Dakota Apologetics (April 21, 2017). "Dr. James White vs Bro. Joe Ventilacion – Who Is God? – Trinity Debate – Official". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via YouTube.
  19. ↑ 2006 Alpha and Omega National Conference, Sovereign Cruises, retrieved May 12, 2014
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  21. ↑ Ankerberg, John; Weldon, John (April 15, 2011). The Facts on the King James Only Debate. ATRI Publishing. ISBN   978-1-937136-08-6. "James White points out a number of other translation errors in the KJV
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  23. ↑ Hartman, Dayton (January 24, 2014). Joseph Smith's Tritheism: The Prophet's Theology in Historical Context, Critiqued from a Nicene Perspective. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN   978-1-62564-201-1.
  24. ↑ "Well-Intentioned but Weak". Catholic Answers. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  25. ↑ White, James (June 16, 2002). "Evidence for Special Creation From Scientific Evidence". Alpha and Omega Ministries.
  26. ↑ White, James (January 31, 2020). "Theonomy".
  27. ↑ Review of Letters to a Mormon Elder:
  28. ↑ Reviews of The King James Only Controversy:
  29. ↑ Reviews of Is the Mormon My Brother?:
  30. ↑ Review of Mary—Another Redeemer?:
  31. ↑ Review of The Potter's Freedom:
  32. ↑ Review of The God Who Justifies:
  33. ↑ Reviews of The Same Sex Controversy:
  34. ↑ Review of Dangerous Airwaves:
  35. ↑ Reviews of Debating Calvinism:
  36. ↑ Reviews of Scripture Alone:
  37. ↑ Reviews of What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur'an:
  38. ↑ Review of The Forgotten Trinity:
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