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…
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:55:46 podcast 65 – Dr. Joshua Blander on John Duns Scotus on Identity and Distinction Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify John Duns Scotus (d. 1308), nicknamed by tradition “the Subtle Doctor,” was one of the most important medieval Christian philosophers, and was notorious for the difficulty of his thought. In… Read More »podcast 65 – Dr. Joshua Blander on John Duns Scotus on Identity and Distinction
Is this a powerful, state-of-the-art biblical argument for the Trinity?
“Of myself, I can do nothing.” Is this claim about Jesus’s self/person, or only about his “human nature”?
Here, courtesy of youtube is the main text discussed in the trinities podcast episode 62: John 8:12-59, culminating in “Before Abraham was, I am.” This is from the excellent 2003 Gospel of John movie, which is in my view the best Jesus movie, despite its bold choice to use every word in the Gospel of John. It is well acted and well staged, though long.… Read More »John 8 brought to life
Just recently on Facebook, I’ve been quoted a famous text, verses which for hundreds of years were a favorite trinitarian proof text, seemingly the “smoking gun” verse that was needed – 1 John 5:7-8. Here’s how it reads in the King James Bible: For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are… Read More »On the corruption of 1 John 5:7-8, the “Comma Johanneum”
“Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee… He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.”
Trinitarian theology is not served by sophistry, cheerleading, or ignoring relevant work. In this episode, I discuss five more apologetics face-plants about the Trinity.
Evaluating three proposed reasons why God would be motivated to incarnate.
Who needs the Bible when you can gesture at some philosophical speculations?
Is Jesus addressed or described as “god” or “God” (Greek: theos) in the New Testament? Yes. But quite a bit less often than you might think. Theologian Murray Harris wrote a whole book about this, pictured here. I don’t endorse this as a particularly good book – Harris, like many a theologian, mixes linguistic sophistication and wide theological erudition with philosophical unclarity, argumentative ineptitude, and… Read More »Jesus and “god” – part 6 – Jesus as “god” in the New Testament
A Wesleyan ministry tells new Christians about “The Absolute Basics of the Christian Faith.”
Dear Christian, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about God and me.
“Dear Christian, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about God and me.”
A penetrating discussion of John 1 by famous Harvard scholar Andrews Norton.
Is this “beginning” when the cosmos was created by God, or when it was “newly created” through the man Jesus?
“The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago.” Is this famous passage in Proverbs 8 about the pre-human Jesus?
Did Christ die in order to display God’s love for us, rather than his wrath towards us?