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…
Many are moving from a trinitarian understanding to a unitarian understanding of Christian theology. But not all of their reasons are good reasons…
“…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.”
Dear Christian, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about God and me.
If God is essentially immortal, the answer must be: No. But the human Jesus of the Bible was then mortal.
Does Scripture clearly teach that “Jesus is God”?
Why “that’s just Philosophy” is no excuse for a failure of basic critical thinking.
Cross-examinations, discussion, closing statements, and audience Q&A.
“…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…”
What is the main thesis of the earliest Christian gospel?
“…the doctrine of the Trinity is not in Scripture per se, but is the result of the Church’s interpretation of Scripture.”
For Justin, is Jesus “distinct in number, but not in substance” from the Father?
Which parts of Channing’s thought do and don’t hold up today?
Is it reasonable to believe in the reported miracles of early Christianity?
In the New Testament “God” is nearly always the Father. But what follows from that, exactly?
Does unitarian Christianity “deny the Divinity of Christ,” preach “morality,” and teach salvation by works?
“The dissolution of a mythology is no less natural a process than its growth, and is indeed secured the moment we have discovered how it has grown…”
The anti-Calvinist side of early American unitarian Congregationalist Christianity.
A famous manifesto of unitarian Christianity from 1819