podcast 175 – Marcellus of Ancyra
Marcellus’s theology is a key to understanding the post-Nicea controversies.
Incarnation
podcast 173 – Eusebius of Caesarea
Why did Eusebius have to submit his own creed at the famous council of Nicea in 325?
podcast 169 – Athanasius’s On the Nicene Council – Part 1
With this episode we continue our series on the 4th-century creed-producing councils of catholic bishops.
podcast 166 – Alvan Lamson’s On the Doctrine of Two Natures in Jesus Christ – Part 2
Is the theory that Jesus has “two natures” more trouble than it’s worth?
podcast 165 – Alvan Lamson’s On the Doctrine of Two Natures in Jesus Christ – Part 1
All Christians have always believed that Jesus Christ is one person with two natures, a divine nature and a human nature, right?
podcast 155 – Dr. J.R. Daniel Kirk on A Man Attested by God – Part 1
Do Matthew, Mark, and Luke discreetly but clearly imply that Jesus is God?
the apologetics blind-spot on numerical identity
Here’s part of a conversation I had recently with a guy in a Facebook group who when it comes to theology consumes almost only evangelical apologetics sources. I’m going to call him “Tim” here. The conversation illustrates a blind spot that I often run into, a blind spot which results from people who study apologetics being insufficiently trained in logic. All the non-theological points I… Read More »the apologetics blind-spot on numerical identity
podcast 145 – ‘Tis Mystery All: the Immortal dies!
God is immortal. But Jesus died. Does it follow that Jesus is not God?
podcast 144 – Dr. Timothy Pawl’s In Defense of Conciliar Christology – Part 2
Is Jesus both mutable and immutable?
podcast 143 – Dr. Timothy Pawl’s In Defense of Conciliar Christology – Part 1
Is “conciliar christology” coherent?
podcast 138 – Pastor Sean Finnegan’s “Why Did Jesus Die?”
In this talk from the 2016 Theological Conference, Pastor Sean Finnegan discusses the biblical data about why Jesus died, and lays out seven options for understanding Jesus’s unique atonement.
podcast 136 – Dr. Dustin Smith on debating Jesus’s preexistence
This time, Dr. Smith’s thoughts on the debate. He argued for the minority view that the New Testament doesn’t teach Jesus’s literal pre-human existence.
podcast 124 – a challenge to “Jesus is God” apologists
In this episode, I walk you through an argument against confusing Jesus with his God.
podcast 119 – The Son of God 3 – Dr. Dustin Smith’s “Socinian” view of Jesus
In this last of three interviews with the authors of The Son of God: Three Views of the Identity of Jesus, we talk with Dr. Dustin Smith of Atlanta Bible College.
podcast 118 – The Son of God 2 – Mr. Danny Andre Dixon’s “Arian” view of Jesus
Many Christians in the 2nd to the 4th centuries, and many since, have read the famous opening of the gospel according to John like this: In the beginning [i.e. at the Genesis creation, but not necessarily before] was the Word [i.e. the pre-human Jesus], and the Word was with God [i.e. the Father], and the Word was divine.
podcast 117 – The Son of God 1 – Dr. Lee Irons’s trinitarian view of Jesus
Dr. Lee Irons on his contribution to the new book The Son: Three Views of the Identity of Jesus, interview by Dr. Dale Tuggy for episode 117 of the trinities podcast.
podcast 116 – George R. Noyes’s Explanation of Isaiah 9:6 and John 1:1
Did Isaiah predict that someday God would become a baby?
podcast 111 – Dr. Joseph Jedwab on divine omnipresence – Part 1
Theologians say that God is everywhere, which is to say omnipresent or ubiquitous. But why do that say this, and what does the claim mean?