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Jesus and “god” - part 11 - Review and Conclusion (Dale)

10 parts in the series so far… but how many points?

Time to wrap up this long in the tooth series with a summary, and a few extra thoughts along the way. In parts one and two, we laid out simple arguments that Christ is divine, or that he is the one God. Careful examination of [...]

Posted 11 December 2008 † Dale § Apologetics § Bible § Christology § History § Incarnation § Philosophy ‡ Comments (5) °

Jesus and “God” - Part 10 - What is worship? (Dale)

Nothing is appropriately worshipped except God.
Jesus is appropriately worshipped.
Therefore, Jesus is God.

This argument is valid. But is it also sound?
It may depend on what is meant by the term “worship”. It seems to me that many contemporary Christian philosophers and theologians understand “worship” in a way that makes 1 true by definition.

Posted 10 November 2008 † Dale § Bible § Christology ‡ Comments (7) °

Jesus and “God” - Part 9 - What is monotheism? (Dale

A man, and a god?

What is monotheism, anyway? This may seem like a stupid question, one with a trivial answer: belief in one god, or in one divine being.

But we’ve seen in this series that it is by no means obvious what the concept of a god / divine being is. I hazarded an analysis [...]

Posted 05 November 2008 † Dale § Bible § History ‡ Comments (0) °