the “Functional Polytheism” accusation
An apologist tries to tag unitarian Christians with some unwelcome words.
Christology
Debating Dale Starter Pack
Want to debate (or just refute) me? Here are some things you should study.
podcast 249 – Tuggy vs. Brown debate – The God of the Bible is the Father alone
Biblical unitarianism vs. what Dale calls one-self trinitarianism.
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.
podcast 235 – The Case Against Preexistence
Some reasons why we should think that the New Testament writers don’t believe that Jesus literally existed before his time in the womb.
podcast 234 – Dr. James R. Gordon on the extra Calvinisticum – Part 2
Is the “extra Calvinisticum” both biblical and theologically helpful?
podcast 233 – Dr. James R. Gordon on the extra Calvinisticum – Part 1
The “extra Calvinisticum” and the coherence of Chalcedonian christology.
too many Jesuses vs. too many “Jesuses”
Deciding to call just one of the three selves in your christology “Jesus” doesn’t fix the fact that your theory has two too many selves.
podcast 229 – Buzzard and Hurtado on God and Jesus – Part 2
When a NT author claims that Jesus fulfills an OT text which is about God, is that his way of saying that Jesus is God?
podcast 227 – Who Should Christians Worship?
Is the New Testament position that Christians should only worship God himself?
podcast 223 – Self-evident truths relevant to Trinity or Incarnation theories – Part 2
Can these obvious truths pop the bubbles of various theological and christological speculations?
podcast 215 – Two Intelligent Responses to My Challenge
Have either of two philosophically astute bloggers refuted the Challenge to “Jesus is God” Apologists?
podcast 213 – Has Bauckham clarified his “divine identity” theory? – Part 1
Is the idea of “divine identity” the key to understanding New Testament christology?
podcast 205 – Conversation with a frustrated trinitarian – Part 2
Does the gospel of Mark hint that Jesus is Yahweh in the flesh?
podcast 202 – Gregory of Nazianzus vs. Noah Worcester on subordinationist texts
“Of myself, I can do nothing.” Is this claim about Jesus’s self/person, or only about his “human nature”?