podcast 129 – Ehrman and Bird on How Jesus Became God – Part 2
Does chapter one of the earliest gospel (Mark) portray Jesus as the God of Israel, as Yahweh himself? This is part of what Dr. Michael Bird argues in this second half of the debate.
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podcast 128 – Ehrman and Bird on How Jesus Became God – Part 1
In this episode I review the first portion of a recent debate/discussion between Dr. Bart Ehrman and Dr. Michael Bird, held at the at the 2016 Greer-Heard Point Counter Point Forum in February 12-13, 2016 at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
podcast 127 – Kermit Zarley’s Solving the Samaritan Riddle
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
podcast 126 – What is an evangelical? With Kermit Zarley
According to recent research, about 3 in 10 Americans are evangelical Christians. But what exactly is an evangelical?
podcast 125 – Dr. Robert M. Bowman’s “What about This View?”
In this episode I respond to the interesting article “What about This View? How to Defend an Anti-Trinitarian Theology,” by evangelical apologist Dr. Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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 123 – your official god vs. your actual god
What if the official god of your theology isn’t the one who actually gets his way in your life?
podcast 122 – 7 Christians on 4 questions in the “same god” controversy
I say that we should distinguish between four questions which have arisen in this “same god” controversy.
podcast 121 – Do Christians and Muslims worship the same god? Part 2
In this second part of my discussion with Dr. William Vallicella, I give an argument that when Muslims use the word “Allah” they are referring to the same being Christians refer to when they say “God,” namely, the god of Abraham.
podcast 120 – Do Christians and Muslims worship the same god? Part 1
In this episode I’m joined by Dr. William Vallicella, aka “The Maverick Philosopher” to discuss the recent controversy
2015: the trinities podcast in review
2015 was a good year for the trinities podcast! Many thanks to those who supported it via PayPal or Amazon. Here are some highlights, month by month: January: podcast 70 – The one God and his Son according to John February: podcast 74 – Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho – Part 1 March: podcast 81 – Dr. Oliver Crisp on the breadth of Reformed tradition April: podcast 83 – The Spiritual… Read More »2015: the trinities podcast in review
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 115 – the aborted council at Serdica in 343
The eastern emperor and the western emperor agreed: there needed to be a new ecumenical council to somehow solve the theological disagreements festering from the controversy over Arius in 324-5.
podcast 114 – the recycled creed (342-359)
This “Fourth Creed” was offered as a non-controversial, “big tent,” ecumenical summary of faith. And surprisingly, given its initial reception, its language ended up being re-used several times after, as catholics struggled to replace the language of Nicea with something more widely acceptable.
podcast 113 – the council at Antioch in 341
What happened after the famous council at Nicea in 325? Was there rejoicing and peace, now that the “Arian” controversy had been definitively settled? Sadly, no.
podcast 112 – Dr. Joseph Jedwab on divine omnipresence – Part 2
In this second philosophical conversation with Dr. Joseph Jedwab we discuss some of his reasons for thinking that God is strictly aspatial but loosely spatial and present at all places.
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?