Ron Cannoli & Jimmy Jack

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DR. JAMES R. WHITE: THE MORMON VIEW OF THE GODHEAD: Does it fit the biblical text?

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DR. JAMES R. WHITE, founder & director of Alpha & Omega Ministries , a theologically Reformed Christian apologetics ministry based in Phoenix, AZ, will address the theme: THE MORMON VIEW OF THE GODHEAD: Does it fit the biblical text?"

During this live, call-in interview we will also be promoting the upcoming "COMPASSTIONATE BOLDNESS" conference, to be held this FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 29 & 30, in Draper, UT. Dr. White is one of 12 speakers at this conference who will address various themes on engaging the Mormon culture with compassionate boldness.

In addition to his labors for the furtherance of the Kingdom of Christ with Alpha & Omega Ministries, Dr. James R. White is a professor, having taught Greek, Systematic Theology, and various topics in the field of apologetics. He has authored or contributed to more than twenty books, including "The King James Only Controversy", "The Forgotten Trinity", "The Potter's Freedom: A Defense of the Reformation & A Rebuttal of Norman Geisler's 'Chosen But Free'", "Dangerous Airwaves: Harold Camping Refuted & Christ's Church Defended" and "The God Who Justifies" (see a complete list of Dr. White's available works here:
http://www.aomin.org/catalog/).

He is an accomplished debater, having engaged in more than fifty moderated, public debates with leading proponents of Roman Catholicism, Liberal Protestantism, Homosexual Activism, Oneness Pentecostalism, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Mormonism, in addition to having collegial, "in-house" debates with friends & brothers in Christ over issues ranging from the biblical subjects of baptism to the doctrines of Calvinism.

He is an elder of the Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church, has been married to Kelli for more than twenty-two years, and has two children, Joshua and Summer. Listen to Dr. White's live, call-in Internet program "The Dividing Line" at http://www.aomin.org/.

DR. JAMES R. WHITE: Islam and the Qur'an

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DR. JAMES R. WHITE, founder & director of Alpha & Omega Ministries , a theologically Reformed Christian apologetics ministry based in Phoenix, AZ, will address the theme: Islam and the Qur'an.

Co-hosting will be David Wood, founder of the web site http://www.answeringmuslims.com/

During this live, call-in interview we will also be promoting the upcoming MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE between Dr. White and Imam SHAMSI ALI, Director of the Jamaica Muslim Center (see www.jmci.org), Chairman of the Indonesian Muslim Community and Spiritual Leader of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York, the largest Mosque in New York City. According to "New York Magazine", he is one of the most influential religious figures in New York City.

The dialogue will be held at the United Presbyterian Church of Ridgewood, Queens, NY, on THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 7PM. For more details see the rotating banner ad at the Alpha & Omega Ministries web site.

DARRELL CASTLE & BILL LUSSENHEIDE: CONSERVATIVISM vs. NEO-CONSERVATIVISM: Have the Republican Party & the Media Redefined Conservative Patriotism?

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DARRELL CASTLE, 2008 Constitution Party Vice Presidential Candidate, & BILL LUSSENHEIDE, Constitution Party candidate for US Congress from California in the 49th district in 2010 under the AIP banner, will address the theme: "CONSERVATIVISM vs. NEO-CONSERVATIVISM: Have the Republican Party & the Media Redefined Conservative Patriotism?"

Darrell Castle served two terms as Constitution Party of Tennessee State Chairman, is serving his third term as Vice Chairman of the National Committee and two terms as Platform Chairman at the National Convention. Darrell has taught the Institute on the Constitution course and written articles and commentaries addressing national issues and analysis of current events.

Since 2005, Darrell has served on the Board of the Conservative Caucus . He served as Chairman of the National Veterans Coalition , an outreach of the National Constitution Party, in 2007.

Darrell is a member of Saint Patrick's Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Collierville, TN, where he has served as deacon and deacon chairman. In 1998, he and wife Joan founded Mia's Children Foundation, Inc., a Christian mission in Bucharest, Romania which ministers to homeless gypsy children.

Bill Lussenheide is a successful businessman and a talk show host on several large California conservative radio stations. Bill is also a speaker and lecturer at various churches and fellowships. Bill is the Treasurer for Abundant Living Ministries, a humanitarian, fully volunteer charity, that has no paid staff and uses 100% of its contributions for direct aid to the street children of Vinogradov, Ukraine (see this link).

Bill is also a member of Rock Valley Christian Church in Wildomar, CA. Contact Bill Lussenheide at Bill.Lussenheide@verizon.net and visit his web site.

Both men will also be promoting the upcoming NY General Meeting being held on Long Island on Saturday, May 30th, 2009, at the Sheraton LI Hotel, 110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, NY, where Darrell Castle will be a guest speaker. For details call (516) 496-2100.

JEANETTE VECCHIONE: A CHRISTIAN IN THE OPERA WORLD: An Update on Her European Audition Tour (Encore Presentation)

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JEANETTE VECCHIONE, a 24-year-old soprano from New York, will address the theme: "A CHRISTIAN IN THE OPERA WORLD: An Update on Her European Audition Tour".

Jeannette Vecchione, daughter of Pastor Tony & Christine Vecchione of Ridge Full Gospel Christian Church in Eastern Suffolk County, Long Island, returns to "Iron Sharpens Iron" for the second time after her very recent exciting European audition tour. Hosting the program again is PASTOR JIM CAPO of the Massapequa Church of God on Long Island, who is thoroughly knowledgeable on the subject of opera. Pastor Tony Vecchione also joins the conversation.

Jeanette will also make her operatic debut at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis this summer as the role of Florestine in John Corigliano's Ghosts of Versailles. In 2011, Jeanette will sing the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Magic Flute at Vienna State Opera , the Theatre des Champs Elysees , and Oper Cologne. In 2012, Jeanette will sing a new production of Mozart's Abduction of the Seraglio as the role of Constanza at Oper Cologne.

Jeanette graduated from The Juilliard School in May 2006 and was reaccepted into the Master’s Program on full scholarship. She studies under the tutelage of Marlena Malas. Jeanette was involved in many operas at The Juilliard School as well as the Chautauqua Institution . Some of these roles include Madame Herz in Mozart’s Impresario, Olympia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote, Clorinda in Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Despina in Cosi fan tutte, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro, and covered the role of Le Comtesse in Le Comte Ory and the title role in Le Rossignol.

Jeanette had the honors of coaching Die Zauberflote with the late Walter Toussig at The Metropolitan Opera in 2002. Jeanette sang and coached with Luciano Pavarotti in September 2005. She recently won 2nd place in the National Opera Association , 1st place in the Mario Lanza Competition of Philadelphia, an encouragement award in the Opera Index Competition and in the prestigious George London competition, 1st place in the Gerda Lissner Competition, 1st place in the National Bel Canto Competition, 4th place in the National Palm Beach Opera Competition, 2 time prize winner of the Licia-Albanese Puccini Competition, 2nd place in the International Giulio Gari Competition, a finalist in the International Mario Lanza Competition of Katia Ricciarelli in Filignano, Italy won 3rd place at the International Opera Competition of Riccardo Zandonai in Riva del Garda, Italy and also won a special prize to return to Italy to participate in the masterclasses with Riva del Garda's Music Festival Director Mietta Sighele.

Jeanette graduated from The Juilliard School in May 2008 then went off to sing at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. She had only begun singing opera 5 months before auditioning for The Juilliard School. Alongside her singing, Jeanette, who was known at the time as “Jeanette Baxter,” was a 3 time all-league, all-county, all-tournament player and was noted as one of the best basketball players in New York State. She received letters of intent from many National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I colleges from around the country including Georgetown University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Tennessee, and many other great women’s basketball schools.

Jeanette was also a top New York State shotput and discus thrower in track and field. She was “discovered” as an opera singer by her chorus teacher, Ellen Levine who heard her joking around after class. Ms. Levine encouraged Jeanette to continue singing and so she did with auditioning and being accepted into The Juilliard School on full scholarship. This story was recognized by NBC’s "The Today Show", CBS News , and ESPN’s "Cold Pizza".

Jeanette Vecchione's personal web site is: http://www.myspace.com/jeanettevecchione

T. DAVID GORDON: WHY JOHNNY CAN'T PREACH: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers (Encore Presentation)

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T. DAVID GORDON, Professor of Religion & Greek at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, will address the theme of his book "WHY JOHNNY CAN'T PREACH: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers".

Our guest, Dr. T. David Gordon, wrote the book we are discussing today after having been diagnosed with stage III colorectal cancer. He was told he only had a 25 percent chance of survival, and believed he only had several months to live. The dominance of poor preaching from conservative evangelical and even Reformed pulpits is what Dr. Gordon most wanted to warn pastors and pastors-to-be about before leaving this earth and entering into eternity with Christ Jesus.

Praise be to God, Dr. Gordon is currently in remission, but out of his trial was born what should prove to be an invaluable tool to either prevent those desiring to enter the ministry from beginning their vocation as failures from behind the pulpit, or to rescue those well-meaning pastors who already have burdened their congregations with ineffective, impotent and fruitless sermons, perhaps for years.

Before joining the faculty of Grove City College, Dr. Gordon was an Associate Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for 14 years and Pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashua, NH for 9 years.

THABITI ANYABWILE: THE DECLINE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN THEOLOGY: From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity (Part Two) Encore Presentation

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THABITI ANYABWILE, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, will address the theme of his very controversial book: "THE DECLINE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN THEOLOGY: From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity".

Who were Jupiter Hammon, Lemuel Haynes and Daniel Alexander Payne? And what do they have in common with Martin Luther King Jr., Howard Thurman and James Cone? All of these were African American Christian theologians, yet their theologies are, in many ways, worlds apart.

During today's interview, Thabiti Anyabwile offers a challenging and provocative assessment of the history of African American Christian theology, from its earliest beginnings to the present. He argues trenchantly that the modern fruit of African American theology has fallen far from the tree of its early predecessors. In doing so, Thabiti closely examines the theological commitments of prominent African American theologians throughout American history. In Thabiti's book, "The Decline of African American Theology", he traces, chapter by chapter, what he sees as the theological decline of African American theology from one generation to the next, concluding with an unflinching examination of several contemporary figures. Replete with primary texts and illustrations, this book is a gold mine for any reader interested in the history of African American Christianity.

Thabiti Anyabwile is a native of Lexington, North Carolina. He is the happy husband of Kristie and the adoring father of two daughters, Afiya and Eden, and son, Titus. He began serving as elder/senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman in August 2006. He served previously as an elder/assistant pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC, and as an elder at Church on the Rock in Raleigh, NC. Thabiti holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in psychology from North Carolina State University .

Thabiti is also the author of "What is a Healthy Church Member?" and "The Faithful Preacher: Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African-American Pastors". He contributed chapters to "Glory Road: The Journeys of 10 African-Americans into Reformed Christianity" and "Proclaiming a Cross-centered Theology".

Thabiti was a featured speaker at Ligonier Ministries National Conference in March, 2009, where he addressed the theme: "Cosmic Treason: Sin and the Holiness of God".

THABITI ANYABWILE: THE DECLINE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN THEOLOGY: From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity (Part One) Encore Presentation

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THABITI ANYABWILE, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, will address the theme of his very controversial book: "THE DECLINE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN THEOLOGY: From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity".

Who were Jupiter Hammon, Lemuel Haynes and Daniel Alexander Payne? And what do they have in common with Martin Luther King Jr., Howard Thurman and James Cone? All of these were African American Christian theologians, yet their theologies are, in many ways, worlds apart.

During today's interview, Thabiti Anyabwile offers a challenging and provocative assessment of the history of African American Christian theology, from its earliest beginnings to the present. He argues trenchantly that the modern fruit of African American theology has fallen far from the tree of its early predecessors. In doing so, Thabiti closely examines the theological commitments of prominent African American theologians throughout American history. In Thabiti's book, "The Decline of African American Theology", he traces, chapter by chapter, what he sees as the theological decline of African American theology from one generation to the next, concluding with an unflinching examination of several contemporary figures. Replete with primary texts and illustrations, this book is a gold mine for any reader interested in the history of African American Christianity.

Thabiti Anyabwile is a native of Lexington, North Carolina. He is the happy husband of Kristie and the adoring father of two daughters, Afiya and Eden, and son, Titus. He began serving as elder/senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman in August 2006. He served previously as an elder/assistant pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC, and as an elder at Church on the Rock in Raleigh, NC. Thabiti holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in psychology from North Carolina State University .

Thabiti is also the author of "What is a Healthy Church Member?" and "The Faithful Preacher: Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African-American Pastors". He contributed chapters to "Glory Road: The Journeys of 10 African-Americans into Reformed Christianity" and "Proclaiming a Cross-centered Theology".

Thabiti was a featured speaker at Ligonier Ministries National Conference in March, 2009, where he addressed the theme: "Cosmic Treason: Sin and the Holiness of God".

DAVID WOOD: Recent Islam Debates

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DAVID WOOD, Evangelical Christian apologist to the Muslims, will address the 4 recent debates that he and Muslim convert to Christianity Nabeel Qureshi participated in with Muslim apologists Osama Abdallah and Farhan Qureshi (no relation to Nabeel). The topics of these debates were "Who Was Jesus?", "Who Was Muhammad?", "Is the Qur'an Miraculous?" and "Did Jesus Die By Crucifixion?"

David has become fondly known as "Iron Sharpens Iron's Resident Apologist to the Muslims". David is a Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at Fordham University . A former atheist, David converted to Christianity based on the historical evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. David now debates both atheists and Muslims and is co-director of Acts 17 Apologetics Ministries, an organization he founded with Nabeel Qureshi, a convert from Islam to Christianity. David also contributes to http://www.answering-islam.org/, which he considers to be the very best resource available anywhere, bar none, to discover and learn the true history and teachings of Islam. He personally operates the blog site http://www.answeringmuslims.com/.

David's ministry comes very highly recommended by frequent "Iron Sharpens Iron" guest, renowned Christian apologist and biblical scholar Dr. James R. White of Alpha & Omega Ministries.

You can listen to other interviews with David Wood on "Iron Sharpens Iron" on free downloadable MP3 format by clicking here: http://sharpens.blogspot.com/search/label/David%20Wood.

BILL McKEEVER: IS IT TIME TO EMBRACE THE LDS CHURCH AS CHRISTIAN?: Looking at Mormonism through a 21st century lens

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BILL McKEEVER, founder of Mormonism Research Ministry , will address the theme: "IS IT TIME TO EMBRACE THE LDS CHURCH AS CHRISTIAN?: Looking at Mormonism through a 21st century lens".

In 1997, InterVarsity Press published a controversial book by an Evangelical, Craig L. Blomberg, and a Mormon, Stephen E. Robinson, titled "How Wide the Divide? A Mormon & An Evangelical in Conversation". Many Christian apologists, while encouraging healthy and honest dialogue between Evangelicals and Mormons, criticized this work believing that it softened and blurred many huge, cavernous differences that exist between these two religions which are as different as night and day. There are, to the amazement of many conservative, Christian apologists, a growing number of professing Evangelicals who are seeking a much greater degree of unity between Christians and Mormons, but is it time to embrace the LDS Church as Christian?

Bill will address that question on today's broadcast, and also at the "Compassionate Boldness" conference in Draper, Utah May 29th & 30th, where he will be one of twelve speakers. Bill founded Mormonism Research Ministry, based in the Salt Lake City, Utah area, in 1979. His interest in Mormonism began when his Mormon friends attempted to proselytize him into the LDS faith shortly after his conversion to Christianity in 1973 . The more he discussed spiritual issues with his LDS friends, the more concerned for them he became. Bill is the author of "Answering Mormons’ Questions", co-author of "Mormonism 101" and compiler for the newly released "In Their Own Words: A Collection of Mormon Quotations." He is also the editor of MRM’s newsletter, Mormonism Researched, occasional contributor to MRM’s blog site, Mormon Coffee and a contributing writer to "The Christian Research Journal". Bill and his wife Tamar have three grown children.

Sermon: Worship Wars Part Three: Pattern for Worship

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Pastor Richard Kuiken, Senior Pastor of the Pompton Plains Reformed Bible Church in Pompton Plains New Jersey, preaches the sermon: "Pattern for Worship."

Brief Sermon Overview: Especially when we consider the eternal Kingdom which God so graciously gives to His people as part of the precious inheritance which is ours solely through faith in the Name of His Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, what more could we do, what more should we do than to want to worship this great and gracious God - all to His glory! In precisely the same way in which He says that He wants to be worshiped in His Holy Word!

Pastor Kuiken graduated from The King's College in Briarcliff Manor, NY in 1977 with a B.A. Degree in Psychology and subsequently received his M. Div. Degree from Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan in May of 1983. He has served as a part-time and a full-time Staff Member for Metropolitan Youth for Christ/Campus Life under the direction of Mr. Ron Hutchcraft and as a Youth Pastor of the Central Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan during his years of seminary. He has served as the Senior Pastor of the Pompton Plains Reformed Bible Church since 1983.

MARTIN FROMM: "SHAVUOS: A PICTURE of GOD's REDEMPTION OF JEW & GENTILE ALIKE"

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MARTY FROMM, ministry leader of Beth Yeshua on Long Island, NY, a fellowship of Jews and Gentiles who together worship the one true Messiah, Jesus Christ, will address the theme: "SHAVUOS: A PICTURE of GOD's REDEMPTION OF JEW & GENTILE ALIKE."

Shavuos (also Shavuot) is the second of the three major Jewish festivals (Passover being the first and Sukkot the third) and comes exactly 50 days after Passover. It marks the giving of the Torah by God to the entire Jewish people on Mount Sinai 3320 years ago. Jews will celebrate Shavuos this year on the sunset of Thursday, the 28th of May, through Saturday day, the 30th.

In Hebrew, the word "Shavuos" means "weeks" and stands for the seven weeks during which the Jewish people prepared themselves for the giving of the Torah. During these seven weeks the Jewish people were cleansed of the scars of Egyptian slavery and became a holy nation. Today, Marty will demonstrate how a beautiful picture of the atoning work of Christ on Calvary for both the Jew and the Gentile can be found in this festival.

Marty is also the author of FOR UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN: A Closer Look at the Biblical Foundation for the Messiaship of Jesus and A JOURNEY INTO FAITH: The Schlepp from Moses to Jesus. Marty was raised in a Jewish home in a very anti-Semitic neighborhood in the Bronx, NY, where as a child he was regularly mocked and beaten for being a Jew. Growing up to hate the name of Jesus Christ even in adulthood because of the false perception he had of what "Christianity" was and who "Christians" were, Marty eventually came to fall in love with the One he once hated after joining his wife at a weekly Bible study led by a Jewish believer in Christ, and embraced Him as his Messiah.

THE SHACK: A Critical Examination

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AL STEIN, pastor of the Neighborhood Assembly of God in Bellmore, Long Island, NY, & KEN SILVA, pastor of Connecticut River Baptist Church & president of Apprising Ministries in Claremont, NH, will address the theme: "THE SHACK: A Critical Examination".

The above-mentioned book, "THE SHACK", by William Paul Young, has apparently been flying off the bookshelves of many retail outlets and the stockrooms of Internet booksellers. It reached #6 on Amazon's religious fiction book sales list and the New York Times Bestseller list. Pastor, scholar, author, and poet Eugene H. Peterson, who wrote the Gold Medallion Book Award winner "The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language", said of "The Shack":

“This book has the potential to do for our generation what John Bunyan’s ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ did for his. It’s that good!”

But should Christians spend their valuable time and hard-earned money reading this book?

Our guests today, Al Stein & Ken Silva, answer that question with a resounding "NO!" Learn why this very popular work of religious fiction is poison for the mind and soul, and how it heretically and dangerously distorts the person and work of all three members of the Godhead, the very nature of the Gospel and the innate spiritual condition of mankind.

Stein & Silva also hope this disturbing quote (below) from "The Shack" will cause all who profess to know and love Christ and His Holy Scriptures to wholeheartedly reject Eugene Peterson's previously quoted astonishing claim about Young's vision of the Gospel and will trump his recommendations to read it:

“Those who love me come from every system that exists. They were Buddhists or Mormons, Baptists or Muslims…. I have no desire to make them Christian, but I do want to join them in their transformation into sons and daughters of my Papa, into my brothers and sisters.”
-–The Shack’s “Jesus.” [1,p.182]

SANDRA TANNER: THE CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY of BRIGHAM YOUNG's GREAT-GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER

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SANDRA TANNER, co-founder with her late husband Jerald of Utah Lighthouse Ministry , will address: "THE CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY of BRIGHAM YOUNG's GREAT-GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER".

As Sandra begins her testimony of conversion from Mormonism to Biblical Christianity:

"Since I was born and raised in the Mormon church, and am a great-great-grandchild of Brigham Young, I had very strong ties to the Mormon faith. I was about seventeen before I ever attended another church. As a teenager my life centered around the Mormon church. Because I was active and paying my tithing I thought I was in pretty good standing with God. I knew I sinned but I felt my activity in church would somehow outweigh what I did wrong. I believed (as the Mormons teach) that I was inherently good. I had no fear of God's judgment. Besides the things that were wrong in my own life, I began to have doubts about my church. Could it really be the only true church? Was polygamy really right? Why couldn't the Negro hold the priesthood? Was temple marriage really so important? Why were its rites kept such a secret? Did God actually command Mormons to wear special under-garments? I had many questions going through my mind..."

Today we will hear how Sandra learned the answers to those vital questions, and how she discovered the mercy and grace of the true Jesus Christ of the Bible. We will also be promoting a conference to be held May 29-30 in Draper, Utah, featuring Sandra Tanner and eleven other speakers, in an effort to equip Christians to engage the Mormon culture with "COMPASSIONATE BOLDNESS".

LATAYNE C. SCOTT: MORMONISM's FIRST BLACK AFRICAN GENERAL AUTHORITY: Can a Cult Overcome its Racist Skeletons?

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LATAYNE C. SCOTT, a Mormon convert to Evangelical Christianity, author of 13 published books, Chair of the Department of Biblical Representational Research and Author in Residence at Trinity Southwest University in Albuquerque, NM and the recipient of the Distinguished Christian Service Award by Pepperdine University for "Creative Christian Writing", will address the theme: "MORMONISM's FIRST BLACK AFRICAN GENERAL AUTHORITY: Can a Cult Overcome its Racist Skeletons?"

Joseph Sitati, a "Mormon superstar" in Kenya, has just been very recently appointed to the "First Quorum of Seventy". He is the first black African to join that body, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint's second most important tier of leaders (read the entire Salt Lake Tribune article here). Although, on the surface, it is always refreshing to hear the news of any organization shedding racist beliefs and practices, can the Mormons consistently and logically do so while still believing that their church's founders, who taught racist tenets as the infallible commandments of God, were prophets? Also, is this news something genuine Christians should rejoice over knowing that this development can become an attractive lure to blacks worldwide to join the Mormon cult? These are just two questions to be addressed during this broadcast featuring Latayne Scott.

Latayne also announces that the third edition of her classic work THE MORMON MIRAGE: A Former Member Looks at the Church Today is NOW IN PRINT!!! In the first edition of The Mormon Mirage, Latayne C. Scott shared her remarkable journey out of Mormonism as she uncovered shocking inaccuracies, inconsistencies, and contradictions in the faith she had loved and lived. Thirty years later, Mormonism and Mormon scholarship have evolved with the times. In her third, revised and updated edition of her well-known book, Scott keeps pace with changes and advances in Mormonism, and reveals formidable new challenges to its claims and teachings. The Mormon Mirage provides fascinating, carefully documented insights into • DNA research’s withering implications for the Book of Mormon • the impact of new “revelations” on Latter-day Saint (LDS) race relations • new findings about Mormon history • increasing publicity about LDS splinter groups, particularly polygamous ones • recent disavowals of long-held doctrines by church leadership • the rise of Mormon apologetics on the Internet

As the publishers very aptly put it, "More than a riveting, insider’s scrutiny of the Mormon faith, this book is a testimony to the trustworthiness of Scripture and the grace of Jesus Christ."

Latayne also announces that her first novel, a murder mystery which takes place in Salt Lake City, UT, titled THE LATTER DAY CIPHER , is also hot off the press!!!




Chris Arnzen did the narration for this video trailer for Latayne C. Scott's book, Latter-day Cipher(Moody, 2009).

When rebellious Utah socialite Kirsten Young is found murdered in Provo Canyon with strange markings carved into her flesh and a note written in a 19th Century code, questions arise about the old laws of the Mormon Church. Journalist Selonnah Zee is assigned the story—which quickly takes on a life of its own. Even before the first murder is solved several more victims appear, each one more mysterious than the last.

Adding to a slew of other distractions, Selonnah’s cousin, Roger, has recently converted and is now a public spokesperson for the Mormon faith. But paradoxically, Roger's wife Eliza is struggling to hold onto the Mormon beliefs of her childhood. If something is really from God, she wonders, why does it need to be constantly revised? And could the murderer be asking the same questions?

About the Author: Latayne C. Scott is a former Mormon and the author of 12 books including the best-selling The Mormon Mirage. Latayne has been a frequent speaker on national radio and television programs and in seminar settings all over North America. She has been honored by Pepperdine University with its “Distinguished Christian Service Award for Creative Christian Writing.”

JUSTIN PETERS: THE WORD OF FAITH MOVEMENT EXPOSED by a Minister with Cerebral Palsy (Encore Presentation)

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JUSTIN PETERS, an ordained Baptist minister, evangelist & conference speaker, will address the theme: "THE WORD OF FAITH MOVEMENT EXPOSED by a Minister with Cerebral Palsy."

Justin Peters is a staff evangelist at First Baptist Church in Vicksburg, Mississippi . Justin created Justin Peters Ministries to fulfill God's call on his life of full-time ministry.

The influence of two loving Christian parents coupled with the challenges of Cerebral Palsy led Justin to begin inquiring about salvation at an early age. Shortly after a visit with his then pastor, Dr. John G. McCall, God graciously saved Justin at age seven. God's call on Justin's life to vocational ministry came in November 1995 while attending Mississippi State University .

Throughout his years as a student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, Justin studied at great depth the Word of Faith movement. The thesis he wrote for his Master’s of Theology (Th.M.) degree is entitled "An Examination and Critique of the Life, Ministry and Theology of Healing evangelist Benny Hinn".

In addition to his academic research, Justin also has attended numerous Benny Hinn crusades and has been witness first hand to the harm, both physical and spiritual, that the Word of Faith movement inflicts upon so many. As a teenager, Justin himself attended faith-healing services in hopes of being delivered from his Cerebral Palsy. Though the potential was there to shake his faith in the Lord, in the long run, these experiences had the opposite effect. Says Justin:

"Some have made the charge against me that I am just bitter about not being healed. I can assure you that nothing could be further from the truth. Next to my salvation, my Cerebral Palsy is one of the greatest gifts (an imperfect word to be sure) God has ever allowed me to have. He has used it to keep me dependent upon Him and through it has shown me His 'sufficient grace' and “strength made perfect in weakness.” (2 Cor. 12:9)

In 2004, Justin was featured as an expert witness for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s documentary on Benny Hinn entitled "Do You Believe In Miracles?".

In 2006 Justin was interviewed for the documentary entitled "Suffer the Children" produced by Trevor Glass. This documentary shows the profound harm, both physical and spiritual, that the Prosperity gospel inflicts upon so many.

In addition to expository preaching, another aspect of Justin's ministry is the three session seminar which he has developed entitled "A CALL FOR DISCERNMENT: A BIBLICAL CRITIQUE OF THE WORD OF FAITH MOVEMENT". This seminar is a fair, comprehensive, biblical critique of the modern Word of Faith movement. Word of Faith theology (WoF) dominates Christian satellite and cable television and is making alarming inroads into our Baptist churches. This seminar contains dozens of audio and video clips (primarily the latter) of various WoF leaders such as Benny Hinn, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, Jessie Duplantis, Creflo Dollar, etc. incorporated into a PowerPoint format. This format allows people to see and hear for themselves what these individuals are actually teaching. Everything then is, in turn, balanced with Scripture.

This seminar is being conducted at CENTEREACH BIBLE CHURCH on Long Island June 19-21, 2009. PASTOR SCOTT KRANIAK of Centereach Bible Church is co-hosting today's broadcast.

Sermon: Worship Wars Part Two- The Purpose of Worship

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Pastor Richard Kuiken, Senior Pastor of the Pompton Plains Reformed Bible Church in Pompton Plains New Jersey, preaches the sermon: "Worship Wars Part Two- The Purpose of Worship."

Brief Sermon Overview: In stark and direct contrast to the many today who believe that meeting the needs of man is much more important than giving all glory to God, our text for today in Hebrews 12:25-27 teaches and challenges us in no uncertain terms that God's people must practice and pursue at least three primary parts of The Purpose of Worship.

Pastor Kuiken graduated from The King's College in Briarcliff Manor, NY in 1977 with a B.A. Degree in Psychology and subsequently received his M. Div. Degree from Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan in May of 1983. He has served as a part-time and a full-time Staff Member for Metropolitan Youth for Christ/Campus Life under the direction of Mr. Ron Hutchcraft and as a Youth Pastor of the Central Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan during his years of seminary. He has served as the Senior Pastor of the Pompton Plains Reformed Bible Church since 1983.

JEFF COLON:FROM SLAVE TO SEX TO SERVANT OF CHRIST

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JEFF COLON, the Executive Director of Pure Life Ministries , will address the theme: "FROM SLAVE TO SEX TO SERVANT OF CHRIST".

Jeff earned his Masters in Biblical Counseling from Master’s International School of Divinity and is credentialed with the Assemblies of God. He is also a certified biblical counselor through the International Association of Biblical Counselors (IABC) and serves on the IABC Board of Directors.

Jeff came to Pure Life Ministries from Long Island, NY in January 1994. It was a last-ditch effort for freedom from a life of debauchery and sexual sin. An ultimatum from his wife and his pastor drove him here but it was Jeff’s plan to simply get the sin out of his life and then to go back to a “normal” life in New York. However, Jeff got more than he bargained for at Pure Life. God came to him in a powerful way. Today Jeff is a completely transformed man.

Jeff is the former director of the Pure Life Ministries Live-In Program, making him a popular presenter for the ministry’s Men of Purity Weekends. Men are consistently impacted by Jeff’s sincerity and passion in leading them to repentance and a life-changing encounter with God. In addition to his ongoing role as campus pastor for the PLM Live-In Program, Jeff and his wife Rose frequently minister to couples and young adults, speak regularly at the annual IABC conference, and minister in various speaking venues, both across the USA as well as internationally.

Jeff is the author of "From Ashes to Beauty: Spiritual Truths for Rebuilding & Revitalizing Your Marriage".

Co-hosting today's broadcast are two very dear friends of Jeff's, Pastor Jimmy Jack of Freedom Chapel in Amityville, NY and Founder and President of Long Island Teen Challenge and Bobby Lloyd, Executive Director of Long Island Citizens For Community Values .

THABITI ANYABWILE: THE TESTIMONY OF A MUSLIM CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY

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THABITI ANYABWILE, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, will address the theme "THE TESTIMONY OF A MUSLIM CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY".

Thabiti Anyabwile is a native of Lexington, North Carolina. Today he will give his remarkable testimony of being converted to Islam while a nominal Christian, and then converting to true faith in Jesus Christ. He is the happy husband of Kristie and the adoring father of two daughters, Afiya and Eden, and son, Titus. He began serving as elder/senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman in August 2006. He served previously as an elder/assistant pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC, and as an elder at Church on the Rock in Raleigh, NC. Thabiti holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in psychology from North Carolina State University .

Thabiti is also the author of the very controversial and provocative book "The Decline of African American Theology: From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity", "What is a Healthy Church Member?" and "The Faithful Preacher: Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African-American Pastors". He contributed chapters to "Glory Road: The Journeys of 10 African-Americans into Reformed Christianity" and "Proclaiming a Cross-centered Theology".

Thabiti was a featured speaker at Ligonier Ministries National Conference in March, 2009, where he addressed the theme: "Cosmic Treason: Sin and the Holiness of God".

DAVID WOOD: AN OVERVIEW OF 4 UPCOMING MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DEBATES

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DAVID WOOD, Evangelical Christian apologist to the Muslims, will address the 4 upcoming debates that he and Muslim convert to Christianity Nabeel Qureshi are having with Muslim apologists Osama Abdallah and Farhan Qureshi (no relation to Nabeel). The topics of these debates are "Who Was Jesus?", "Who Was Muhammad?", "Is the Qur'an Miraculous?" and "Did Jesus Die By Crucifixion?"

David has become fondly known as "Iron Sharpens Iron's Resident Apologist to the Muslims". David is a Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at Fordham University . A former atheist, David converted to Christianity based on the historical evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. David now debates both atheists and Muslims and is co-director of Acts 17 Apologetics Ministries, an organization he founded with Nabeel Qureshi, a convert from Islam to Christianity. David also contributes to http://www.answering-islam.org/, which he considers to be the very best resource available anywhere, bar none, to discover and learn the true history and teachings of Islam. He personally operates the blog site http://www.answeringmuslims.com/.

David's ministry comes very highly recommended by frequent "Iron Sharpens Iron" guest, renowned Christian apologist and biblical scholar Dr. James R. White of Alpha & Omega Ministries.

You can listen to other interviews with David Wood on "Iron Sharpens Iron" on free downloadable MP3 format by clicking here: http://sharpens.blogspot.com/search/label/David%20Wood

T. DAVID GORDON: WHY JOHNNY CAN'T PREACH: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers

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T. DAVID GORDON, Professor of Religion & Greek at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, will address the theme of his book "WHY JOHNNY CAN'T PREACH: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers".

Our guest, Dr. T. David Gordon, wrote the book we are discussing today after having been diagnosed with stage III colorectal cancer. He was told he only had a 25 percent chance of survival, and believed he only had several months to live. The dominance of poor preaching from conservative evangelical and even Reformed pulpits is what Dr. Gordon most wanted to warn pastors and pastors-to-be about before leaving this earth and entering into eternity with Christ Jesus.

Praise be to God, Dr. Gordon is currently in remission, but out of his trial was born what should prove to be an invaluable tool to either prevent those desiring to enter the ministry from beginning their vocation as failures from behind the pulpit, or to rescue those well-meaning pastors who already have burdened their congregations with ineffective, impotent and fruitless sermons, perhaps for years.

Before joining the faculty of Grove City College, Dr. Gordon was an Associate Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for 14 years and Pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashua, NH for 9 years.

ERIC C. REDMOND: THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD & AMERICAN ATTITUDES: An Examination of Our Haughty Ideas of Ourselves as a Nation and as Individuals

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ERIC C. REDMOND, author, sought-after theologically Reformed conference speaker and founding pastor of Reformation Alive Baptist Church in Temple Hills, MD, a new church plant in the suburbs of Washington, DC, will address the theme: "THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD & AMERICAN ATTITUDES: An Examination of Our Haughty Ideas of Ourselves as a Nation and as Individuals".

Pastor Redmond served as the Second Vice-President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2007 to 2008, and has served as the Theology Editor for "NAAF Outlook: Newsletter of the African American Fellowship of the SBC". He has also served on the Trustee Board of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary . He is a gifted expository preacher and teacher of God's Word. A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary , his passion is to see lives transformed by growing in love and understanding of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Pastor Redmond’s ministry emphasis lies in expositional preaching and teaching of the Scriptures, development of godly male leadership, and the cultivation of Biblical community within the local church. He has a burden to encourage academic theological studies at research levels among young African-American church leaders, and to see the rearing and sending of African-Americans into international missions work.

Pastor Redmond's book, "Where Are All The Brothers?: Straight Answers to Men's Questions About the Church", is one of Pastor Redmond's attempts to help strong men give Christ a second look by addressing some of their modern day concerns. He also contributed to "Glory Road: The Journeys of 10 African-Americans into Reformed Christianity".

Currently, Pastor Redmond also serves as an Assistant Professor of Bible & Theology at Washington Bible College in Lanham MD . He feels a burden to reach all generations for Christ, so that a generation yet unborn might be raised up to know and love God. On his blog, "A Man from Issachar", Pastor Redmond again attempts to point his readers to Christ through an examination of current events.

Pastor Redmond and his wife Pam will have been very happily married for 18 years this July. They have five children – Charis (17), Chloe (15), Candace (11), Calvin (9), and Codell (8) – and they reside in Lanham, Maryland. The heart of the Redmond’s ministry partnership is strengthening families.

A controversial and refreshingly honest article by Pastor Redmond that is highly recommended, "Living Soli Deo Gloria Under Obama", may be read here.

Pastor Redmond is one of eight featured speakers at a special event of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals: "The Sovereignty of God Conference", to be held this June in Haledon, New Jersey.

Sermon: Worship Wars Part One- The Participants in Worship

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Pastor Richard Kuiken, Senior Pastor of the Pompton Plains Reformed Bible Church in Pompton Plains New Jersey, preaches the sermon: "Worship Wars Part One- The Participants in Worship"

Brief Sermon Overview: Even though in the midst of our modern-day "Worship Wars" there are many who are seeking to "market the Church" with the Gospel as their "product" and prospective worshipers as the "consumer", both the context of the giving of God's Law at Mt. Sinai as well as our text in Hebrews 12 teach us in no uncertain terms that when we come to worship we are to be gathered as a Holy People in a Holy Place with Holy Partners.

Pastor Kuiken graduated from The King's College in Briarcliff Manor, NY in 1977 with a B.A. Degree in Psychology and subsequently received his M. Div. Degree from Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan in May of 1983. He has served as a part-time and a full-time Staff Member for Metropolitan Youth for Christ/Campus Life under the direction of Mr. Ron Hutchcraft and as a Youth Pastor of the Central Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan during his years of seminary. He has served as the Senior Pastor of the Pompton Plains Reformed Bible Church since 1983.

ISI Mailbox

Here are some highlights from a letter written to Chris Arnzen, host of Iron Sharpens Iron:

Hi, I am a Malagasy living in Madagascar. I am 24 years old. I am a real fan of Muslim and Christian debates. I am a Muslim. I have followed the debate on your show with David and Zawaddi. I really appreciated it. I want you to mail me some info about debate web sites and detail of the debates if possible. I have studied the Bible and Koran for few years.


I am SO VERY GLAD that Muslims like you are listening to my "Iron Sharpens Iron" radio program (even all the way over in Madagascar)!!! I highly recommend you also investigate the ministry of Dr. James R. White, an Evangelical Christian apologist actively involved in debates with various renowned Muslim apologists. Dr. White's organization, Alpha & Omega Ministries, can be reached at http://www.aomin.org/. Please keep listening to "Iron Sharpens Iron", and keep spreading the word about it in the Islamic community. Grace & peace!

The Pastor's Roundtable

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Featuring:





PASTOR JIM CAPO, Massapequa Church of God, Massapequa, Long Island, NY

PASTOR RICH JENSEN, Hope Reformed Baptist Church, Medford, Long Island, NY

PASTOR MARK LUKENS, Providence Baptist Church, Norfolk, MA