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In the second half of our dialogue we start by discussing John 17:1-3.
After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”
John 17:1-3, NRSV
I argue that this passage straightforwardly supports my position, that in the New Testament the Father is the one true God, not the Trinity.
We then give our closing summations of our respective cases, and our host Marlon Wilson has us answer some questions from the online audience, which relate to many passages. (Most of the passages mentioned and discussed are listed below.)
What did you learn through listening through this dialogue?
And in your view, which side made the stronger case, and why?
Links for this episode:
- John 17:1-3, John 8:58; John 4:25-26; Revelation 4:1-11; Revelation 5:1-14; Philippians 2:9-11; Psalm 110:1; Matthew 21:5-7; Mark 11:7; Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 1:8-9; Psalm 45:6-7; Rev 3:12; John 20:17; John 20:28; Colossians 2:9; Colossians 1:15-17; Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4-6; Ephesians 4:4-6; John 8:40; 1 Corinthians 15:28; Daniel 7:9-14; Revelation 4:5; John 6:57; Romans 5:10; John 1:14; 1 John 5:7; Colossians 1:15-17; Revelation 21:1-7; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:13; Romans 5:1-21.
- Marlon Wilson’s The Gospel Truth show
- The Gospel Truth episode 64: Does the Bible teach that God is a Trinity?
- Dr. Sean Cole homepage, his podcast “Understanding Christianity”
- What is the Trinity?
- God and his Son: the Logic of the New Testament
- podcast 70 – The one God and his Son according to John
- Reading comprehension quiz: Johann 17:1-3
- podcast 62 – Dr. Dustin Smith on the preexistence of Jesus in the gospel of John
- podcast 61 – Dr. Dustin Smith on preexistence in ancient Jewish thought
- “the only true President” of the USA, another laughable Fox News blunder
- podcast 235 – The Case Against Preexistence
- The Lost Early History of Unitarian Christian Theology
- podcast 224 – Biblical Words for God and for his Son Part 1 – God and “God” in the Bible
- podcast 227 – Who Should Christians Worship?
- podcast 145 – ‘Tis Mystery All: the Immortal dies!
- podcast 97 – Dr. Michael Heiser on The Unseen Realm
- podcast 253 – The Apostle Paul a Unitarian
- podcast 263 – Tuggy vs. Date debate – Jesus is human and not divine – Part 1
- Clarifying Catholic Christologies
- podcast 126 – What is an evangelical? With Kermit Zarley
- podcast 260 – How to Argue that the Bible is Trinitarian
- Kermit Zarley on “My Lord and my God.”
- podcast 26 – Pastor Sean Finnegan on “the Holy Spirit” – Part 2
- podcast 25 – Pastor Sean Finnegan on “the Holy Spirit” – Part 1
- Williams, The Radical Reformation
- This week’s thinking music “Mt. Fuji” by Timecrawler 82.
In my opinion Tuggy won the debate. The Trinitarians position has to accept a presumed stance
in that somewhere in the biblical text we see 3 persons, modes of being or selves making up
on substance called God. Where is that idea ever found or articulated in the Bible?
The term ho theos refers to the Father. Tuggy was right when he said that Satan is a god.
Was Satan a False god. I would say no. He truly is the god of this world. Again showing that theos
or god can be used in different senses. I thought the text in Hebrews 1 showed that Jesus could be a god but he has a God to himself. The expression that Jesus existed from ‘eternity past’ carries little weight with
me.
Some try to go to John 1.1 and use ‘en arke en ho logos’ but what beginning are we speaking of? The Gen.1.1 beginning. If so I have no problem with that at all. Trinitarians have to invent new meanings for Greek words.
They throw around words and expressions that are never articulated in the Bible.
They interchange in there speech God, Jesus, Father, Lord, on a whim. And when you tell them to stop and think
about what they just said they become defensive and realize there position requires them to go to mysterianism.
I have never met a Trinitarian that could prove that 3 persons make up one God without redefining the clear meanings of the word god in the Bible.
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