podcast 321 – Evaluating Minton’s Three Arguments that Jesus is Yahweh
Can one prove that the biblical Jesus is Yahweh based on his being savior or creator, or his being worshiped?
podcast 320 – Thoughts on my debate with Rogers about Mark – Part 2 – interpretive fails
Adventures in theologically-motivated misinterpretation.
Is Jesus God? @TheOfficerTatum vs. Whaddo You Meme??
Does Scripture clearly teach that “Jesus is God”?
podcast 319 – Thoughts on my debate with Rogers about Mark – Part 1 – culture clash
Why “that’s just Philosophy” is no excuse for a failure of basic critical thinking.
podcast 318 – Debate with Rogers – Does Mark teach that Jesus is God? – Part 2
Cross-examinations, discussion, closing statements, and audience Q&A.
evangelical apologists take note: Hurtado on Jesus and God
“…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…”
podcast 317 – Debate with Rogers – Does Mark teach that Jesus is God? – Part 1
What is the main thesis of the earliest Christian gospel?
Culture Warrior or Kingdom Warrior?
“But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire.”
podcast 316 – Review of Papandrea, Trinity 101: Father, Son, Holy Spirit
“…the doctrine of the Trinity is not in Scripture per se, but is the result of the Church’s interpretation of Scripture.”
podcast 315 – Review of Ryken and LeFebvre, Our Triune God
“For all its complexity, the biblical doctrine of the Trinity can be stated in seven simple propositions.”
Bird on Justin Martyr on the Logos
For Justin, is Jesus “distinct in number, but not in substance” from the Father?
podcast 314 – 10 Fundamental Questions about the Trinity
Ten basic questions that need to be answered, and ten more advanced questions.
podcast 313 – Weighing Channing Unitarianism
Which parts of Channing’s thought do and don’t hold up today?
podcast 311 – Channing’s “The Evidences of Revealed Religion”
Is it reasonable to believe in the reported miracles of early Christianity?
“trinitarians,” trinitarians, and me
In the New Testament “God” is nearly always the Father. But what follows from that, exactly?
“The Trinity” – Whatever it is, smart guys believe it.
“I do not know what the Christians mean, and am as much puzzled as you; but Father Verbiest is of that opinion.”
Revised version of “Trinity” in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
I see trends in this analytic theology literature somewhat towards relative identity theories, and towards “metaphysical madness.”
podcast 310 – Channing’s “Objections to Unitarian Christianity Considered”
Does unitarian Christianity “deny the Divinity of Christ,” preach “morality,” and teach salvation by works?