trinities 2021 highlights – a grateful review
A review of the most interesting trinities podcast episodes from 2021.
Unitarianism
podcast 339 – Does the New Testament teach that Jesus is truly divine? – Loke vs. Tuggy – Part 1
Opening statements and rebuttals.
deep dives on Philippians 2 and John 1
Live-streamed discussions with Josiah of Integrity Syndicate on two famously difficult New Testament texts.
podcast 338 – What John 1 Meant
The original meaning of John 1, disentangled from later speculations about Trinity and two natures christology.
podcast 335 – Pastor Jeff Deuble’s Christ Before Creeds
“In essentials, unity; in non-essentials liberty; in all things, love.” So far, so good. But, what does Scripture say is essential teaching about Christ and about God?
podcast 334 – “Who do you say I am?”
What would we expect to find in the New Testament writings if the authors thought Jesus was a man, a god, or a godman?
podcast 333 – The Arguments of “God’s Death”
A humorous puppet-show about a serious subject: properly understanding what the New Testament teaches about Jesus and God.
podcast 332 – Emlyn’s Humble Inquiry
Would you stand by your biblical convictions at the cost of your job and your freedom?
Bock and Loke on Jesus’s “blasphemy” in Mark 14 – Part 2
What the priest was thinking in charging Jesus with “blasphemy.”
Bock and Loke on Jesus’s “blasphemy” in Mark 14 – Part 1
Is Jesus in Mark 14 claiming to be a divine Person within God?
podcast 330 – Dr. Joshua Sijuwade on the monarchy of the Father
Does a doctrine of divine processions entail that the Son is less divine than the Father?
podcast 328 – 13 bad reasons to switch from trinitarian to unitarian
Many are moving from a trinitarian understanding to a unitarian understanding of Christian theology. But not all of their reasons are good reasons…
new exchange with Bill Hasker in EJPR
“…in light of five undeniable facts about the New Testament texts, we can know that the authors of the New Testament thought that the only God was just the Father himself, not the Trinity.”
A letter from the Lord Jesus: About God and Me (Revised)
Dear Christian, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about God and me.
podcast 323 – Did God die on the cross?
If God is essentially immortal, the answer must be: No. But the human Jesus of the Bible was then mortal.
Is Jesus God? @TheOfficerTatum vs. Whaddo You Meme??
Does Scripture clearly teach that “Jesus is God”?
podcast 319 – Thoughts on my debate with Rogers about Mark – Part 1 – culture clash
Why “that’s just Philosophy” is no excuse for a failure of basic critical thinking.
podcast 318 – Debate with Rogers – Does Mark teach that Jesus is God? – Part 2
Cross-examinations, discussion, closing statements, and audience Q&A.
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…”