podcast 110 – Dr. Keith Ward on Christ and the Cosmos – Part 2
What does it mean to say that God is triune? Is this to say that the one God is a loving community of three divine selves? Or is there but one self common to the Trinity?
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podcast 109 – Dr. Keith Ward on Christ and the Cosmos – Part 1
Dr. Keith Ward is a prolific and influential theologian, philosopher, and scholar of religions. He’s also an Anglican priest. In this first of two interviews on his 2015 book Christ and the Cosmos: A Reformulation of Trinitarian Doctrine, we discuss his christology, how to understand what is unique about the man Jesus.
podcast 108 – Dr. Robert M. Bowman Jr. on triadic New Testament passages – part 2
In this episode Dr. Bowman and I continue our discussion from last week, about some of the New Testament passages he discusses in his “Triadic New Testament Passages and the Doctrine of the Trinity.”
podcast 107 – Dr. Robert M. Bowman Jr. on triadic New Testament passages – part 1
At the end of the gospel according to Matthew, Jesus is portrayed as saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…”
podcast 106 – Dr. James Spiegel on unbelief and belief in the Bible
Does the Bible say in the fourteenth Psalm that atheists are fools? And what about Paul’s critiques of the Gentiles in Romans and Ephesians – do these teach that atheism is caused, in all cases, by willful rejection of God, preferring sin to acknowledging him?
podcast 105 – Dr. James Spiegel on The Making of an Atheist
In his 2010 book The Making of an Atheist: How Immorality Leads to Unbelief, Dr. James Spiegel, professor of Philosophy and Religion at Taylor University, argues that unbelief results more from the will than from the mind. Drawing on the Bible, Plantingian epistemology, and contemporary psychology, in this book he builds a theory of the source of atheistic belief.
podcast 104 – Dr. Randal Rauser: Is the Atheist my Neighbor? Part 2
In this final part of our discussion Dr. Rauser and I continue to discuss his interesting new book: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? Rethinking Christian Attitudes toward Atheism.
podcast 103 – Dr. Randal Rauser: Is the Atheist my Neighbor? Part 1
“Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”” (Psalm 14:1) This says that all atheists are fools, right? Pastor John Hagee says that “Atheism is bankrupt and empty. It’s brain dead!” Others have said that all atheists because they hate God and want to sin with impunity. Is this what the Bible teaches? Is this true?
podcast 102 – Dr. Brian Leftow on perfect being theology
If we accept that God is the greatest being there could possibly be, this will guide our theorizing about God. As Dr. Leftow explains, the method can be uncertain and hazardous. Still, it seems an indispensable tool in Christian thinking about God.
podcast 101 – Dr. Brian Leftow: from Jerusalem to Athens
Since 2002, Dr. Brian Leftow has been the Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at Oriel College, Oxford University. He taught for many years at Fordham University in New York City before moving to Oxford. Dr. Leftow has written over 90 professional articles and book chapters on metaphysics, medieval philosophy, and philosophical theology.
podcast 98 – Dr. Michael Heiser on Old Testament binitarianism
According to Dr. Michael S. Heiser, we see “two Yahweh figures” in the Old Testament: Yahweh and the “angel of the Lord”. He holds that the Jewish idea of “two powers in heaven” arose from reading these texts, which sort of set the stage for the more radical idea of God becoming incarnate, becoming a man, which he sees in the New Testament.
podcast 97 – Dr. Michael Heiser on The Unseen Realm
In the Bible, God is one of many divine beings, although unique among them.
podcast 96 – Dr. Winfried Corduan on the case for original monotheism
In this recent book, Dr. Winfried Corduan re-opens the case for “original monotheism,” the view that the forms of human religion which are probably the oldest, are mostly monotheistic, which is what one would expect if the earliest human religions were all or mostly monotheistic.
podcast 95 – Dr. Winfried Corduan: Are all religions the same?
Dr. Winfried Corduan is emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Taylor University, and has been a blogger since before it was cool. His scholarship is thorough, multi-disciplinary, insightful, and informed by his own travel and conversations. He’s well known among students of apologetics for his informed engagement with members of other religions.
podcast 94 – review of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus – Part 2
Trinitarian theologies are a major barrier to Muslims accepting Christianity. In this episode we hear how Mr. Qureshi changed his view that the Trinity is a patently ridiculous doctrine.
podcast 93 – review of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus – Part 1
The gripping story of Nabeel Qureshi’s journey from Islam to Christianity.
podcast 92 – Dr. Joshua Thurow on objections to atonement theories
In the first portion of this episode Dr. Thurow offers objections to subjective theories, and to penal substitution, ransom, and christus victor theories of atonement. Dr. Thurow then sketches his own, original approach to understanding atonement, which focuses on the collective sin of the human race.
podcast 91 – Dr. Joshua Thurow on theories of the atonement
“Jesus died for our sins. Jesus provided atonement, to reconcile God and humans. Jesus paid a debt we could never pay ourselves. Jesus was willingly a sacrifice for our sins.” How should a thinking Christian understand these claims? In this episode I discuss atonement with Dr. Joshua Thurow.
podcast 90 – Listener Questions 1
In this episode of the trinities podcast I answer some of your questions.
podcast 89 – Dr. Trent Dougherty on The Problem of Animal Pain
When a human suffers, we can think of how at least some suffering may be good for him or her. Perhaps suffering is the best way to develop virtues like perseverance and compassion. But what about animals?