The Great Debate 2004:
"The Canon of the
HOLY BIBLE:
Has Rome Added or Have Protestants
Taken Away?"
A Roman Catholic vs. Protestant Debate on
the Canonicity of the Deuterocanonical (Apocryphal) Books
GARY MICHUTA: "The Deuterocanon (Apocrypha) IS Scripture!"
Gary Michuta is Founder & Director of THY
FAITH, Inc., a non-profit Catholic apologetics
organization dedicated to helping Catholics competently share and defend their
Catholic Faith. He is the author of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JAMES McCARTHY, a
rebutal to McCarthy's critique of Catholicism called The Gospel According to Rome,
and he has currently begun work on a new book dedicated to the question of the
Old Testament canon. He is also a contributor to the future CATHOLIC APOLOGETIC
ENCYCLOPEDIA by Ignatius Press. He is the
Managing Editor of HANDS ON APOLOGETICS MAGAZINE, one of three nationally
published Catholic apologetics magazines in the United
States. Contributors to HANDS ON APOLOGETICS
include such notables as DR. SCOTT HAHN, STEPHEN RAY, DAVID ARMSTRONG, DAVID
PALM and others. Dr. Scott Hahn of Franciscan
University of Steubenville said "Hands On
Apologetics magazine is a quick, informative and delightful read... it gets
better and better every issue." Dr. William Riordan, Professor of Theology
at Ave Maria University, said "I recommend Gary Michuta
as a speaker on Catholic apologetics. He shows an appreciation of the views
that he critiques and offers advice with both clarity and charity." Gary
is a popular speaker for conferences as well as Church and Youth Groups all
over the United States
and Canada. Gary
is also the host of the ministry's talk show, HANDS ON APOLOGETICS LIVE, that focuses on the practical aspects of apologetics
and evangelism. Gary and his wife Chris live in south-east Michigan
with their dog Corky.
JAMES R. WHITE: "The Deuterocanon (Apocrypha) IS NOT Scripture!"
James R. White is Director of ALPHA & OMEGA MINISTRIES, a non-profit,
theologically Reformed, Evangelical Protestant Christian apologetics
organization in Phoenix, Arizona,
where he also serves as one of the elders at the Phoenix Reformed Baptist
Church. Dr. White was appointed Scholar in Residence in the College
of Christian Studies at Grand
Canyon University,
and was chosen as an Adjunct Professor with the Golden Gate Baptist Theological
Seminary's Arizona Campus. Dr. White has lectured in Greek, Hebrew, Systematic
Theology and Christology for Golden Gate, and Theology
and Church History at Grand Canyon. He is also Professor
of Apologetics for Columbia Evangelical Seminary in Longview,
Washington. He is the author of almost 20
books, including THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CONTROVERSY, MARY: ANOTHER REDEEMER?, DANGEROUS AIRWAVES: HAROLD CAMPING REFUTED & CHRIST'S
CHURCH DEFENDED and THE FORGOTTEN TRINITY. He has also contributed to such
publications as TableTalk and The CRI Journal. He has engaged in more than
forty five moderated public debates on a very wide range of topics. Dr. White
has also served as Critical Consultant for the New American Standard Bible
(Update) 1995. He is heard frequently as a guest on such national Christian
radio broadcasts as THE BIBLE ANSWER MAN with Hank Hanegraaff and JANET
PARSHALL'S AMERICA.
He has been married for more than 20 years to Kelli, and has two children,
Joshua and Summer. You can visit Dr. White's web site
for ALPHA & OMEGA MINISTRIES at www.aomin.org.
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DATE & TIME: THURSDAY, MAY 20,
2004, 7:30PM
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