podcast 235 – The Case Against Preexistence
Some reasons why we should think that the New Testament writers don’t believe that Jesus literally existed before his time in the womb.
Some reasons why we should think that the New Testament writers don’t believe that Jesus literally existed before his time in the womb.
Why we don’t accept this sort of interpretation.
Is the Doctrine of the Trinity articulated in the New Testament?
by evangelical apologist Rob Bowman, at the Parchment and Pen blog. He has a nice and fair summary of Ehrman’s book, and he then focuses to a large extent on New Testament issues. He puts his finger on several of the key issues most Christians will have with Ehrman’s theory – places where Ehrman really goes out on a limb. For example, A second notable… Read More »First Review of the How ___ Became ___ books
Adventures in theologically-motivated misinterpretation.
In 344 a meeting of Eastern bishops sent a statement to the West explaining their theology.
Is the question absurd? Or does it make sense in light of New Testament teachings?
In what sense are “all things” from God and through Jesus?
Part 1 of a dialogue from December 2019, including opening brief opening statements and a discussion of John 1.
In the New Testament, is the Father God himself, or does the Father rather represent the one God?
Is it the foundational commitment of biblical unitarians that Scripture must be inoffensive to human reason?
Is God’s spirit in the New Testament supposed to be a self in addition to God and his Son?
A conversation about whether or not the New Testament teaches “Trinity Monotheism.”
“And the Word was God.” Which one? The same mentioned before, or not?
Mr. Kermit Zarley is a retired professional golfer and Christian author, having written books on christology and eschatology. In this episode he describes being born again as a teen, his evangelical identity, and his discovery that in the New Testament, Jesus and God are two, namely the human Son of God (Jesus) and the one true God, Yahweh (aka the Father).
Does John start his gospel at the same “beginning” as Mark 1:1?
Gregory of Nazianzus and John of Damascus held that the one God is the Trinity.
Does the New Testament teach that Jesus’ exaltation changed him from human to divine?
A thoughtful Baptist confronts his church about biblical vs. later teachings about God, Jesus, and heresy.