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On an alleged counterexample to Leibniz’s Law – Part 2 (Dale)
(click for image credit) In his comment on my previous post, Brandon points out that he doesn’t assert the case described there to be a counterexample. Rather, he was wondering why it isn’t a...
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Linkage: Did God the Son change in becoming incarnate?
“Classic” (i.e. mainstream catholic, Platonic) Christian theism holds that God is timeless, and so incapable of any change whatever. And they add: the Word is God, and the Word became flesh. Sounds...
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A few thoughts on generation and time (Dale)
A reader emailed to ask me what I thought about the classic patristic doctrine of “eternal begetting.” When this reader objected to someone that any process of begetting must be temporal, with a...
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Comment on a Poll – an inconsistent triad
The poll below is an interesting one. (The bogus one to the left is only fun, but not interesting.) As I write this post, it is still current, and is available for voting at the upper right of the main...
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Jesus, God, and an inconsistent triad
Christians believe in God. And Christians believe in Jesus Christ. How should we think these two (?) relate to one another? Consider this following inconsistent triad: D: Jesus and God have differed....
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Worship and Revelation 4-5 – Part 1 – setup
(click for image credit) What, if anything, is wrong with this argument? 1. Only God should be worshiped. 2. Jesus should be worshiped. 3. Therefore, Jesus is God. (1,2) Before you answer, be sure...
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Worship and Revelation 4-5 – Part 2 – Revelation 4
(click for image credit) What does Revelation imply about God, Jesus, and worship? In Revelation chapter 4, the author is granted a heavenly vision: After this I looked, and behold, a door standing...
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Worship and Revelation 4-5 – Part 3 – Revelation 5
(click for image credit) Last time, in chapter 4, our author (a “John” – 1:1) was granted a vision of God in heaven, receiving worship in his throne room. In chapter 5, God – the one on the throne – is...
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Worship and Revelation 4-5 – Part 4 – Implications
Last time we carefully read through a heavenly scene in which Jesus is exalted to God’s side and worshiped alongside him. We saw that it is indisputable that Revelation 4-5 holds forth Jesus as worthy...
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Worship and Revelation 4-5 – Part 5 – An Objection
(click for image credit) If we stick with objections arising from the text of Revelation itself, perhaps the most obvious one is that raised in a comment on previous post by my friend James Anderson....
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Worship and Revelation 4-5 – Part 7 – Charles Morgridge on Revelation 4-5
19th c. American minister Charles Morgridge makes an apt comment about Revelation 4-5: There is not in the Bible a clearer distinction between the only true God, and his only Son our Saviour, than is...
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Scott Williams’s new paper: Henry of Ghent on Real Relations and the Trinity
Congratulations to Scott Williams, trinities contributor and newly minted Oxford University PhD in Theology, on his forthcoming paper: ‘Henry of Ghent on Real Relations and the Trinity: The Case for...
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A Tale of Two Tattoos (Dale)
I love philosophy majors. The best of them almost always develop a nerdy and warped sense of humor – and I mean that in the best way. These two young ladies, recent alumnas of our department, decided...
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Defining the concept of a Christian unitarian
(click for image credit) Thanks to reader Mike Gant for his question about my last post. As of now I think I’ve got a solid definition of the concept unitarian: someone who believes that the one God...
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Patton’s problem with Apologists
(click for image credit) I recently stumbled upon a great post by Michael Patton that just about perfectly expresses how I’ve felt about Christian apologists since growing past teenagerhood. In part:...
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The Trinity Explained (with Reason)
The word is “Therefore…” When you are making a deductive argument, this means that what you are about to say logically follows from (is implied by) what you have just said. That is, if the former part...
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How Trinity theories conflict with the New Testament
Most Christians are (at least in theory, according to creeds and statements of faith promulgated by denominations) trinitarians, believers in a triune or tri-personal God, which they call the Trinity....
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A Tale of Three Kims – Part 2
To continue: Jun-suh had heard rumors that both Kim Il-Sung and then later Kim Jong-Il had died. Jun-suh reasoned that since the Great Leader could not die, some foolish people must have mistaken the...
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Here’s a screencast version of a talk I gave in Atlanta at the 2012 Theological Conference sponsored by the Atlanta Bible College. My thanks to the hosts and audience there for a good discussion. This...
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God and his Son: the Logic of the New Testament – conference presentation
Here’s a video of my May 2012 talk in Atlanta, “God and his Son: the Logic of the New Testament.” Many thanks to Sharon and Dan Gill, who filmed, edited, and posted it on their fine website, 21st...
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