{"id":44083,"date":"2023-01-23T14:50:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T20:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=44083"},"modified":"2023-01-27T16:34:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T22:34:48","slug":"episode-359-where-we-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/episode-359-where-we-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 359 &#8211; Where We Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6489\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-44083-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities359.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities359.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities359.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities359.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=44083-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities359.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities359.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dale-speaking-2022-Oct-1024x701.png\" alt=\"Dr. Dale Tuggy speaking at the 2022 UCA Conference\" class=\"wp-image-44097\" width=\"507\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dale-speaking-2022-Oct-1024x701.png 1024w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dale-speaking-2022-Oct-450x308.png 450w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dale-speaking-2022-Oct-768x525.png 768w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dale-speaking-2022-Oct.png 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode is a slightly updated version of my <strong>opening address<\/strong> to <a aria-label=\"the second annual Unitarian Christian Alliance Conference in October 2022 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e0tofk7tfVw&amp;list=PLr38agbhEado2o0kvq99cgulVCGzKfgmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">the second annual Unitarian Christian Alliance Conference in October 2022<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In it, I describe the<strong> Reformation context <\/strong>of today&#8217;s unitarian Christian movement. Increasingly, Christians are trading in traditional confusions for <strong>New Testament<\/strong> clarity when it comes to the one God and his Son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After briefly outlining<strong> a unitarian Christian theology and christology<\/strong> using the words of Scripture, I discuss what typically happens <strong>when trinitarians thus reform<\/strong> their thinking. Generally, they are in the market for a new church. I then explain how the UCA helps to network believers and fellowships using <a aria-label=\"its website (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/membership-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I then briefly describe our <strong>2022 Conference Partners<\/strong>: Church of God General Conference, Spirit and Truth, Living Hope International Ministries, Allegiance to the King, Williamsburg Christadelphian Foundation, Lord\u2019s Harvest International, Compass Christian Church, Integrity Syndicate, TruthBorn, Christian Centered Counseling, Yahweh-TV, and the trinities podcast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then I highlight the <strong>awesome efforts<\/strong> of two UCA Board members: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=twEzwt8BJmc&amp;list=PLr38agbhEadpy6uP5-G8Z8BZy7SmxycOn\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"these videos (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">these videos<\/a> (and the one below) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"UCA Podcast (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">UCA Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, I mention some<strong> things which are coming up<\/strong> for the UCA and for me in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UCA - The Faith Once and For All Delivered\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vLqhxwV7Z8c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links for this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"Here's a printable pdf of this talk &quot;Where We Stand: 2022.&quot; (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/rdlvwu4cr9o2wza\/Dale%27s%20UCA%20opening%20speech%202022%20UCA%20Con%20-%20Where%20We%20Stand.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>Here&#8217;s a printable pdf of this talk &#8220;Where We Stand: 2022.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/trinity\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"a survey of competing Trinity theories (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">a survey of competing Trinity theories<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"podcast 302 \u2013 The Stages of Trinitarian Commitment (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-302-the-stages-of-trinitarian-commitment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>podcast 302 \u2013 The Stages of Trinitarian Commitment<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-189-the-unfinished-business-of-the-reformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"podcast 189 \u2013 The unfinished business of the Reformation (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">podcast 189 \u2013 The unfinished business of the Reformation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"podcast 248 \u2013 How Trinity theories conflict with the Bible (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-248-how-trinity-theories-conflict-with-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">podcast 248 \u2013 How Trinity theories conflict with the Bible<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"A letter from the Lord Jesus: About God and Me (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">A letter from the Lord Jesus: About God and Me<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nb4TogqyTrw\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"What John 1 Meant (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>What John 1 Meant<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"The official UCA Twitter account (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnitarianChrist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>The official UCA Twitter account<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"Theophilus Press (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/theophilus-press.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Theophilus Press<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/living-hope-international-ministries-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Living Hope International Ministries (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Living Hope International Ministries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/church-of-god-general-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Church of God General Conference (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Church of God General Conference<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/spirit-and-truth-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Spirit and Truth (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Spirit and Truth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/allegiance-to-the-king-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Allegiance to the King (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Allegiance to the King<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/williamsburg-christadelphian-foundation-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Williamsburg Christadelphian Foundation (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Williamsburg Christadelphian Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lhicog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Lord's Harvest International (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Lord&#8217;s Harvest International<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.compasslou.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Compass Christian Church (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Compass Christian Church<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/integrity-syndicate-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Integrity Syndicate (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Integrity Syndicate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthborn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"TruthBorn (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">TruthBorn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christiancenteredcounseling.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Christian Centered Counseling (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Christian Centered Counseling<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/yahwehtv-the-grace-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Yahweh TV (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Yahweh TV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hgcnashville.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Higher Ground Church (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Higher Ground Church<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Emlyn, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Humble-Inquiry-Scripture-Account-Jesus-Christ\/dp\/1737578301\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"An Humble Inquiry into the Scripture-Account of Jesus Christ (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">An Humble Inquiry into the Scripture-Account of Jesus Christ<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thomas Gaston, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/theophilus-press.com\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Dynamic Monarchianism: The Earliest Christology? (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Dynamic Monarchianism: The Earliest Christology?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dale Tuggy, <a href=\"https:\/\/theophilus-press.com\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Monotheism, History, and Heresy (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><em>Monotheism, History, and Heresy<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-145-tis-mystery-immortal-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"podcast 145 \u2013 \u2018Tis Mystery All: the Immortal dies! (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">podcast 145 \u2013 \u2018Tis Mystery All: the Immortal dies!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judges 12; John 15:15; Mark 12:30; Matthew 6:9; John 17:1-3; John 8:40; Acts 2:22; John 20:17; Revelation 3:12; Ephesians 1:17; Colossians 1:15; John 14:9; 1 Timothy 2:5;  seen the f; 1 Timothy 2:5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week&#8217;s thinking music is &#8220;<a aria-label=\"High Above the Darkness (My Star) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/files\/admiralbob77\/62876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">High Above the Darkness (My Star)<\/a>&#8221; by <a aria-label=\"Admiral Bob (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/people\/admiralbob77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Admiral Bob<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brief address to and about the Unitarian Christian Alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,93,15,57,77,76,94,95,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible","category-christadelphian","category-christology","category-podcast","category-protestant","category-roman-catholicism","category-socinian","category-uca","category-unitarianism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44083"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44143,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44083\/revisions\/44143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}