Brown vs. White on the Trinity
How can they respond to an argument which shows that they collapse the Father/Son distinction?
Search Results for: Branson on the Monarchy of the Father
The Incarnation of God’s Logos (John 1:1-18)
In this guest post, our friend Mario Stratta expounds the prologue of the gospel according to John. – Dale I believe that the Prologue to John’s Gospel speaks about the Incarnation of God’s Word (Logos) in/as the “man called Jesus” (John 9:11). Where I disagree with the Trinitarians, Subordinationists and Arians, is that the Word had a personal subsistence (hypostasis), distinct from that of God,… Read More »The Incarnation of God’s Logos (John 1:1-18)
First Review of the How ___ Became ___ books
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
Bowman vs. Buzzard on the Shema
Today’s letter is “B.” At Bowman’s blog, Bowman and Buzzard battle about the basic building block of Old Testament belief – that YHWH is but one. But who has the better of this bitter brawl? Will Bowman best Buzzard? Or will Buzzard beat Bowman? Bowman’s a bit burned, as he feels he’s been a bit abused. But I think it best to leave that issue… Read More »Bowman vs. Buzzard on the Shema
God and his Son: the logic of the New Testament
Applying standard predicate logic with quantification to the New Testament.
podcast 333 – The Arguments of “God’s Death”
A humorous puppet-show about a serious subject: properly understanding what the New Testament teaches about Jesus and God.
Hays on “God” in the New Testament
One’s theology can lead one to deny obvious facts about the New Testament.
Ye Olde Trinity Diagram: The Shield of Faith
How many times have you seen one of these offered as an explanation or illustration of the doctrine of the Trinity? There’s a good article about these here, complete with some links to real medieval examples. Basically, this sort of Shield of Faith (Latin: scutum fidei) diagram seems to have originated in the high middle ages, with the intention of illustrating the doctrine. In general,… Read More »Ye Olde Trinity Diagram: The Shield of Faith
Bird on Justin Martyr on the Logos
For Justin, is Jesus “distinct in number, but not in substance” from the Father?
Jude 5: Did Jesus deliver the people out of Egypt?
Is it “Lord” or “Jesus” here? What’s a layperson to do?
The One Who Sends Is Greater than the One Who Is Sent
At his blog our friend Kermit Zarley, aka the Moon Man, has an excellent post on Jesus and God in the gospel according to John. The One Who Sends Is Greater than the One Who Is Sent. In part, Most Christians think the primary message of the Gospel of John is that Jesus is God. I think that is a misunderstanding of this gospel and… Read More »The One Who Sends Is Greater than the One Who Is Sent
Philip Jenkins on Philo’s theology
At The Anxious Bench, eminent historian Dr. Philip Jenkins has a nice basic summary of Philo’s merging of Platonic theology with that of the Hebrew Bible. This summary fits nicely with the one I quoted towards the end of episode 76 of the trinities podcast. Dr. Jenkins says, in part: Having excluded God from the world, though, Philo used a Stoic concept to bring him… Read More »Philip Jenkins on Philo’s theology
Kimel’s review of What is the Trinity – Part 4
The real question, I think, is whether or not this idea about “God” is consistent with biblical teaching.
Kimel’s review of What is the Trinity – Part 3
What Origen actually says vs. what trinitarians wish that he’d said.
Kimel’s review of What is the Trinity – Part 2
Kimel lampoons the biblical unitarian historical narrative, and urges that Irenaeus is a big problem for it.
Kimel’s review of What is the Trinity – Part 1
Synopsis: I’m not Eastern Orthodox, so am incompetent to discuss the Trinity, and I’m somehow missing the whole point.
the dud of “corporate personality” or group persons
Chad occasionally talks in ways that suggest that I’ll actually alleging divine deception.
Word and Spirit: the “Everlasting Arms” of God
This is a guest post by Mr. Mario Stratta, a frequent commenter on this blog. He works in electronic engineering in Italy, and blogs on theological topics as “Miguel de Servet” at beliefnet. – Dale In the OT we find an obscure reference to the “eternal arms” of God: “The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath [you] are [his] eternal arms …” (Deut 33:27)… Read More »Word and Spirit: the “Everlasting Arms” of God
podcast 32 – review of the movie Son of God (2014)
Last night I finally saw the 2014 movie Son of God. I’m not as down on the movie as this guy! Other reviewers point out some inaccuracies of detail. Others say it’s just too compressed. Me, though I liked the movie, I most noticed what New Testament material they left out, as well as their familiar, confused picture of Jesus and God. In this episode,… Read More »podcast 32 – review of the movie Son of God (2014)