podcast 166 – Alvan Lamson’s On the Doctrine of Two Natures in Jesus Christ – Part 2
Is the theory that Jesus has “two natures” more trouble than it’s worth?
Is the theory that Jesus has “two natures” more trouble than it’s worth?
All Christians have always believed that Jesus Christ is one person with two natures, a divine nature and a human nature, right?
The terms “atheism,” “monotheism,” and “polytheism” seem straightforward enough… BUT important ambiguity lurks in the root term “theism.”
My paper “On Counting Gods” has just been published in the new TheoLogica journal.
Does Christianity trump Philosophy?
We find miracle-reports in many religions. Does this undermine Christian appeals to miracle-reports?
“… and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.”
Do Christian claims clash with Philosophy?
Can metaphysics show how trinitarian theology is coherent?
An appealing theological option which is neither Nicene nor “Arian”?
If Jesus fulfills predictions about Yahweh, does this mean that he’s Yahweh?
Do Matthew, Mark, and Luke discreetly but clearly imply that Jesus is God?
Sommer’s theory of divine fluidity: a solution to the problem of anthropomorphic language in the Hebrew Bible.
A tightly knit religious group can ignore outsiders’ criticisms indefinitely. But when insiders…
Joseph Smith made some bold claims, many of which
Is there evidence for God’s existence?
What if you believe in Christianity, and it’s false? Have you lost much, really?
I am plodding on with Plantinga’s Warranted Christian Belief, which I strongly recommend. He is committed to the Christian (and Jewish and Muslim) belief that not only that there is such a being as God, but also that we are able to address him in prayer, refer to him, think and talk about him, and predicate properties of him. This means using unique descriptions like… Read More »Can Kant refer to God?
In this second part of my conversation with Dr. Larry Hurtado about his book Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World, we discuss the distinctive “bookishness” of early Christianity