podcast 319 – Thoughts on my debate with Rogers about Mark – Part 1 – culture clash
Why “that’s just Philosophy” is no excuse for a failure of basic critical thinking.
Bible
podcast 318 – Debate with Rogers – Does Mark teach that Jesus is God? – Part 2
Cross-examinations, discussion, closing statements, and audience Q&A.
evangelical apologists take note: Hurtado on Jesus and God
“…in the New Testament Jesus is not worshiped ‘as God’ (whatever that may mean) but, instead, with reference to God, as the Son of God, as the Lord appointed by God…”
podcast 317 – Debate with Rogers – Does Mark teach that Jesus is God? – Part 1
What is the main thesis of the earliest Christian gospel?
Culture Warrior or Kingdom Warrior?
“But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire.”
podcast 316 – Review of Papandrea, Trinity 101: Father, Son, Holy Spirit
“…the doctrine of the Trinity is not in Scripture per se, but is the result of the Church’s interpretation of Scripture.”
podcast 315 – Review of Ryken and LeFebvre, Our Triune God
“For all its complexity, the biblical doctrine of the Trinity can be stated in seven simple propositions.”
Bird on Justin Martyr on the Logos
For Justin, is Jesus “distinct in number, but not in substance” from the Father?
podcast 313 – Weighing Channing Unitarianism
Which parts of Channing’s thought do and don’t hold up today?
podcast 311 – Channing’s “The Evidences of Revealed Religion”
Is it reasonable to believe in the reported miracles of early Christianity?
podcast 310 – Channing’s “Objections to Unitarian Christianity Considered”
Does unitarian Christianity “deny the Divinity of Christ,” preach “morality,” and teach salvation by works?
podcast 309 – Channing’s “Unitarian Christianity” – Part 2
The anti-Calvinist side of early American unitarian Congregationalist Christianity.
podcast 307 – Two Readings of Mark – popular or esoteric? – Part 3
Dr. Michael Bird argues that in Mark, Jesus is “included in the identity” of God.
podcast 306 – Two Readings of Mark – popular or esoteric? – Part 2
Does the Gospel According to Mark contain as hidden messages the deity of Christ and the Trinity?
podcast 305 – Two Readings of Mark – popular or esoteric? – Part 1
What sort of book is the gospel according to Mark, and what does it really claim about Jesus?
podcast 303 – Rauser’s review of Is Jesus Human and not Divine?
I answer some questions and ask some, in response to this well done book review.
Did Jesus have faith in God?
“It’s stunning; there is nothing in the Bible that says Jesus had faith.”
“Well OF COURSE they distinguish the Son from the Father!”
How Trinity theories cause a “blind spot” when reading the New Testament.