Welcome to a special edition of Real Christianity. I'm your host, Dale Partridge, and over the past several months, I've had the privilege of interviewing 12 of the top theologians of our time.

We discuss everything from apologetics and church history to the biblical family and standing firm on sound doctrine.

The objective of this series was to strengthen the theology of listeners and give them the tools they need to boldly proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.

So listen up, focus in, and prepare your mind for volume 1 of the Theologian series.

In this episode of the Theologian series, I interview Dr. James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries on the topic of presuppositional apologetics.

Dr. White is the author of nearly 30 books and is one of the world's leading apologists. He specializes in a defense against false religions like Mormonism, the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Roman Catholic Church, and even Islam.

You can find videos of his debates and apologetic resources all across the internet.

Now for those who don't know, there are several forms of apologetics and church history. There's the classical, evidential, experiential, and presuppositional models.

And today we're going to be focusing on the latter. And this form of apologetics is not interested in trying to persuade atheists with worldly logic or science or experience.

No presuppositional apologetics speaks of God in the same way the apostles and prophets did in Scripture. That is, they don't attempt to prove God existence.

They assume God existence and anchor their central defense in Scripture alone.

In many ways, they preach the biblical truth about God and just let the Holy Spirit change the heart and mind of whoever they're speaking with.

So guys, grab your Bible and sharpen your pencil because it's time to tune into another episode of the Theologian series.

Well, welcome to the Theologian series. It's exciting to have you here, Dr. James White. Break us in. Just tell us who you are. Why are you here? How has everybody heard, how has everybody heard of you?

I've always asked why I'm here. That's one of the great questions of life. I have, I have no idea why anyone contacts me and wants to do any of these things because generally they ask me one question.

I talk for the rest of the program. They fall asleep. So that's just sort of how it all ends up going on. I guess I'm here because over the past and now 30 years, I've done 175 moderated public debates around the world.

And that's pretty much what I'm known for, I suppose. That and the dividing line program we've done since the 1980s. Actually, we're coming up on 40 years for Alphanemagom Ministries.

And I look every day of it. I'm well aware of that. But I do apologetics and I've taught for all sorts of different schools around the world.

And I'm a pastor at Apology a Church in, well, we say the Phoenix area because we tend to move around a little bit. We don't own our own buildings. So we have to move around every once in a while.

But married for coming up on 40 years and two kids and four and a half grandchildren and one to be announced eventually.

And so written a few books. Haven't done that in a little while. But looks like we'll be doing another one pretty soon, hopefully with a fairly well known fellow.

But so opportunities abound and I've just simply taken advantage of them when I can. And so I guess that's probably how I ended up crossing anybody's radar.

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