Caught between catholic tradition and the Bible
Dr. Brown is caught between the traditional claim that God is the Trinity and the clear NT claim that God is the Father.
Dale
Dale Tuggy (PhD Brown 2000) was Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Fredonia from 2000-2018. He now works outside of academia in Middle Tennessee but continues to learn and podcast.
Blue Babies Pink: from evangelical Christian to liberationist
This man’s journey reflects and reveals some problems with present-day evangelical teaching.
Dunn on Jesus as kyrios (“Lord”) in the New Testament
In calling Jesus “Lord,” is Paul asserting that Jesus is God himself?
Moses Stuart on Nicea
A trinitarian evangelical Bible scholar comments on the subordinationist theologies both of Arius and of his accusers.
podcast 246 – Response to Branson Part 4 – the shortcomings of “monarchical trinitarianism”
Is “monarchical trinitarianism” theologically viable?
podcast 245 – Response to Branson Part 3 – Dueling Definitions
Weighing incompatible definitions of trinitarian theology and unitarian theology.
podcast 244 – Response to Branson Part 2 – Early Orthodox Trinitarians
Gregory of Nazianzus and John of Damascus held that the one God is the Trinity.
podcast 243 – Response to Branson Part 1 – The Orthodox Doctrine of the Trinity
Most Orthodox theologians agree with Catholics and most Protestants that the one God is the Trinity.
podcast 242 – Dr. Beau Branson on the Monarchy of the Father – Part 4
A summary of Dr. Branson’s case and an argument against biblical unitarian theology.
letter to a friend who is converting to Orthodoxy
…let me comment on your later post where you explained, on a biblical level, what pointed you to converting to Orthodoxy…
podcast 241 – Dr. Beau Branson on the Monarchy of the Father – Part 3
Was 381 the dawn of imperially enforced confession of a triune God?
David Kelley on How to Evaluate Definitions
How does one objectively evaluate a definition of a concept, e.g. trinitarian or unitarian?
podcast 240 – Dr. Beau Branson on the Monarchy of the Father – Part 2
Is the first Catholic conciliar statement about a tripersonal God in the late 9th c.?
podcast 239 – Dr. Beau Branson on the Monarchy of the Father – Part 1
Can one be a trinitarian without believing in a tripersonal God?
podcast 238 – Dialogue with a Catholic Listener
“What bothers me most is the rhetorical move you’re making with this claim that everyone before Nicea (or so) was a ‘Unitarian.'”
podcast 237 – Levine and Witherington on Luke – Part 2
Some friendly disagreements about the prodigal son, women in Luke, and the deity of Christ in Luke.