podcast 300 – Does the New Testament teach Trinity Monotheism? – with Dale Glover – Part 2
Is God’s spirit in the New Testament supposed to be a self in addition to God and his Son?
Is God’s spirit in the New Testament supposed to be a self in addition to God and his Son?
Is “monarchical trinitarianism” theologically viable?
Ice, ice, baby. (image credit)
A reader emailed me this question, and I thought others would be interested in my (attempt at) an answer. Also, this is a good chance to review and summarize some of my previous postings on modalism.
I was wondering if you could read [the following] and tell me what I was believing? (I think it might have been a form of Modalism) Also, I search everywhere and find that Modalism is wrong, but no explanations specifically why. Can you help me out on some links explaining that?
…I used to believe there was one God. He sometimes is called Father, sometimes called Jesus, and sometimes called the Holy Spirit. And sometimes called all at the same time. Read More »Reader Question About Modalism
Returning from my travels, it seems I’ve recently received two issues of Faith and Philosophy, dated Oct 2006 and Jan 2007. There are several bits that may be of interest to readers of this blog.Read More »Some good stuff in Faith & Philosophy
Adventures in theologically-motivated misinterpretation.
Using fulfillment fallacy reasoning to “prove” that King David is God.
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
One final example, this time from veteran evangelical apologist Norman Geisler. In chapter 12 of his Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross, Geisler gives a sort of standard exegetical argument for “the” doctrine of the Trinity. But he also addresses some Islamic concerns, and when he does, his modalism jumps to the foreground. Here, he tells us what is wrong with “modalism”.… Read More »Islam-inspired Modalism – Part 4
Is the idea of essence the key to understanding Bauckham’s christology of divine identity?
Thanks to the Maverick Philosopher, Dr. William Vallicella, for an excellent, deep post following up on a recent face-to-face conversation we had (which was a follow-up to this). In this and follow-up posts, I want to interact with his discussion. I only get through part of it here. Yes, I affirm that God is a being. As a Christian, I hold that “God” is a… Read More »Dialogue with the Maverick Philosopher: God is a being, not Being itself – part 1
Can evangelical apologists answer the question “How can God die?”
Did God punish Jesus on the cross with the punishment due us all?
At his resurrection and ascension, was Jesus promoted from humanity to divinity? Well, what are humanity and divinity?
Want to debate (or just refute) me? Here are some things you should study.
A conversation about the New Testament on God, Jesus, and worship.
The Social Trinity may be more social than you thought. In this episode I talk with trinities contributor Mr. Chad McIntosh about his new twist on a “social” Trinity theory – that not only are there three divine persons or selves, but in another but related sense, the Trinity is a person, what he calls a functional person.
…let me comment on your later post where you explained, on a biblical level, what pointed you to converting to Orthodoxy…