podcast 339 – Does the New Testament teach that Jesus is truly divine? – Loke vs. Tuggy – Part 1

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podcast 339 – Does the New Testament teach that Jesus is truly divine? – Loke vs. Tuggy – Part 1

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In August of 2021 I debated analytic theologian and philosopher of religion Dr. Andrew Loke on the above topic for The Analytic Christian YouTube channel.

Dr. Loke makes his case by arguing that a handful of New Testament texts clearly imply the full deity of Jesus, focusing on ones which in his view assert that Jesus was “involved in creation” and so must be “on the creator side of the creator-creature divide.”

In my opening, I argue that New Testament clearly teaches six things about Jesus and God which imply that Jesus is not truly divine, as he must lack certain divine attributes.

This first episode includes our opening statements and rebuttals. Next week you’ll hear the rest of the debate.

Which opening case is stronger, and why? And including the rebuttals, in your view, which one of us makes the stronger case?

Thanks to Jordan for setting this debate up and being a good moderator, and to Dr. Loke for his goodwill and clear arguments.

Given more time, there is a good bit more I would say about why it’s a mistake to think that the New Testament authors assert, imply, or assume that Jesus is truly and fully divine (see several of the links below). On the other hand, I’m pretty happy with my opening statement here as a summary of why we should not think the New Testament Jesus is divine in the way the one God is divine. Thus, I made it into the following stand-alone video: