podcast 194 – God: One Person or Three? Sanders vs. Buzzard debate
Which does the Bible teach, that the one God just is the Father, or that the one God is Father, Son, and Spirit?
Which does the Bible teach, that the one God just is the Father, or that the one God is Father, Son, and Spirit?
In this episode, the final half of my debate with Roman Catholic apologist Mr. William Albrecht. The question: was Tertullian a trinitarian? (Part 1 is here.) First, we take turns cross-examining one another, and then the closing arguments. I’ve shortened the audio here, but have not cut any meaningful content at all. Who makes the better case? As Fox News says, we report, you decide.… Read More »podcast 34 – Albrecht vs. Tuggy debate – Was Tertullian a trinitarian? Part 2
On March 29, I debated Catholic apologist William Albrecht on whether or not Tertullian was a trinitarian. In this episode, our opening statements, and rebuttals, slightly edited (“cleaned up”) from the original audio (“in studio” for me, unfortunately, just over the internet for his side – but I did my best to make the whole thing listenable.) You can also listen to this episode on… Read More »podcast 33 – Albrecht vs. Tuggy debate – Was Tertullian a trinitarian? Part 1
Is the Doctrine of the Trinity articulated in the New Testament?
In this episode I respond to the interesting article “What about This View? How to Defend an Anti-Trinitarian Theology,” by evangelical apologist Dr. Robert M. Bowman Jr.
Cross-examinations, discussion, closing statements, and audience Q&A.
What is the main thesis of the earliest Christian gospel?
Post-debate thoughts and more, in dialogue with an ex-biblical-unitarian who is now a trinitarian.
Interrogations, closing statements, and audience Q & A.
The debate question is: Jesus is human and not divine.
Saith the late Christian sage Dallas Willard: The Kingdom Among Us is simply God himself and the spiritual realm of beings over which his will perfectly presides – “as it is in the heavens.” That kingdom is to be sharply contrasted with the kingdom of man: the realm of human life, that tiny part of visible reality where the human will for a time has… Read More »Jesus: Not a Cheerleader
Cross-examinations, closing statements, and audience Q&A – with post-debate links.
A helpful two-on-two debate from April 2023: opening statements and rebuttals.
Here’s a video of my May 2012 talk in Atlanta, “God and his Son: the Logic of the New Testament.” Many thanks to Sharon and Dan Gill, who filmed, edited, and posted it on their fine website, 21st Century Reformation. The characteristic thesis of unitarian Christianity (aka Biblical Unitarianism, Christian Monotheism) is that the Father of Jesus just is the one God, Yahweh, and Jesus… Read More »God and his Son: the Logic of the New Testament – conference presentation
Adventures in theologically-motivated misinterpretation.
Why “that’s just Philosophy” is no excuse for a failure of basic critical thinking.
Because you’re too busy to read the book, here is Dr. John M.G. Barclay review of Dr. N.T. Wright’s enormous Paul and the Faithfulness of God (kindle) in the Scottish Journal of Theology. (H/T Dr. Denny Burke.) Below are some choice bits (emphases added). You’ll have to read the whole thing to learn why there’s a Russian doll here. …the narrative of the Messiah Jesus, who takes on… Read More »Barclay reviews Paul and the Faithfulness of God
“For all its complexity, the biblical doctrine of the Trinity can be stated in seven simple propositions.”
Pastor J. Dan Gill was a third-generation Oneness (aka “Jesus only”) Pentecostal, but he started to notice a disconnect between their ways of talking about Jesus and what we read in the Bible.
Is God’s spirit in the New Testament supposed to be a self in addition to God and his Son?