podcast 321 – Evaluating Minton’s Three Arguments that Jesus is Yahweh
Can one prove that the biblical Jesus is Yahweh based on his being savior or creator, or his being worshiped?
Books
podcast 320 – Thoughts on my debate with Rogers about Mark – Part 2 – interpretive fails
Adventures in theologically-motivated misinterpretation.
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 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.”
podcast 314 – 10 Fundamental Questions about the Trinity
Ten basic questions that need to be answered, and ten more advanced questions.
podcast 311 – Channing’s “The Evidences of Revealed Religion”
Is it reasonable to believe in the reported miracles of early 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 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.”
podcast 301 – Dr. Daniel Boyarin on John 1
According to Dr. Boyarin, most 1st c. non-Christian Jews could accept John 1:1-13.
Reference and Identity in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Scriptures: The Same God?
In this book, I argue that all reference is story-relative. We cannot understand reference to God, nor to his prophets, nor to any other character mentioned in the Jewish, Christian, or Muslim scriptures, without reference to those very scriptures.
podcast 298 – Andrews Norton on John 1
A penetrating discussion of John 1 by famous Harvard scholar Andrews Norton.
Is Jesus the Trinity?
A trinitarian ought to say No. But why? Doesn’t he accept “the deity of Christ”?
podcast 294 – Dr. Jo-Ann Brant on the Gospel According to John – Part 2
A conversation with the author of the Paideia John commentary on Jesus and God in the fourth gospel.
Kermit Zarley on “My Lord and my God.”
He said this to Jesus. But was he also addressing the God in Jesus?
podcast 293 – Dr. Jo-Ann Brant on the Gospel According to John – Part 1
A discussion about the fourth gospel with the author of this unique commentary on it.