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Category Archives: Apologetics

Jesus and “god” - part 5 - Jesus as “god” in the New Testament (Dale)

Is Jesus addressed or described as “god” or “God” (Greek: theos) in the New Testament? Yes. But quite a bit less often than you might think. Theologian Murray Harris wrote a whole book about this, pictured above.
I don’t endorse this as a particularly good book - Harris, like many a theologian, mixes linguistic sophistication and [...]

Posted 01 October 2008 † Dale § Bible § Christology § Incarnation § Philosophy § Theologians ‡ Comments (6) °

Jesus and “god” - part 3 - analyzing “X is a god” (Dale)

What does it mean to say that this dude is a god (or is divine)?
In this series, we first set out an important argument from Christian theology and apologetics about Jesus. In the second installment, we simplified the argument in two ways, and pointed out that to have valid argument, we need to avoid equivocal [...]

Posted 25 September 2008 † Dale § Bible § Christology § History § Incarnation § Philosophy ‡ Comments (3) °

Jesus and “god” - part 1 (Dale)

Don’t just say ‘Jesus’, smartypants.
This series is about a guy, Jesus, and a word, “god”. Consider this argument:
1. Jesus is divine.
2. There is only one god.
3. Therefore, Jesus is the one god.
This argument, as it stands, is invalid. But, not to worry

Posted 22 September 2008 † Dale § Bible § Christology § Incarnation ‡ Comments (3) °