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podcast episode 70 – The one God and his Son according to John
When it comes to God and Jesus, does the fourth gospel contradict the first three? Some scholars have thought so. Everyone agrees that John was written last, and many have seen an evolution from lower...
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Want to sue yourself? Theology can help!
This unfortunate woman crashed her vehicle, injuring herself and fatally injuring her husband. But what’s interesting is what’s happening now: she’s going to sue herself, to get money from her own...
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reader question on the Trinity and numerical sameness
A podcast listener recently emailed me to ask (emphases added): I won’t hide that I’m a happy Trinitarian and yet that I’m thoroughly enjoying your podcast since it provokes my theology and forces me...
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podcast 79 – Dr. John Piper on why not everyone is elect
If all and only people whom God eternally and unconditionally chooses are saved, then why aren’t all people saved? In a recent episode of Dr. John Piper’s Ask Pastor John podcast, (#547 – If God Is So...
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podcast 80 – Foreknowledge, Freedom, and Randomness
If God foreknows all that you’ll do, doesn’t that imply that you have no control over how your life turns out? It just is going to happen as it’s already been known, right? And conversely, if you have...
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dialogue on God, Jesus, and identity with Alvin Kimel
Thanks to our friend Alvin Kimel for linking my post Jesus, God, and an inconsistent triad. Check out his post and the ensuing discussion here. Unfortunately, the fact that I’m a unitarian seems to...
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On a Rebuttal to my “How Trinity theories conflict with the New Testament”–...
The rebuttal is to this blog post of mine, and it is by a Blogger user named “Annoyed Pinoy,” with whom I briefly discussed these things in the comments here. I take it that he is an evangelical...
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In the New Testament, Jesus has a god (who is also ours)
Where does the New Testament say this? In these places. (The video is by unitarian Christian blogger Sandra Hooper.)I suggest that all Christians should carefully weigh this argument. (If you don’t...
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a present you should return: Christmas confusion
The scene, an American evangelical church, around Christmas time. The pastor prays, Heavenly Father, than you so much for sending us your Son! We’re so grateful for your perfect of gift of...
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God and Deus
Bill Vallicella, the famous Maverick Philosopher, just dropped me a line asking whether, when Thomas Aquinas and Baruch Spinoza use the term ‘Deus’, they are referring to the same being. This is a...
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So the Bible says
Them that’s got shall get Them that’s not shall lose So the Bible said and it still is news So Billie Holiday sang, probably alluding to Matthew 25:29 (‘For whoever has will be given more, and they...
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Necessarily so?
It ain’t necessarily so It ain’t necessarily so The t’ings dat yo’ li’ble To read in de Bible, It ain’t necessarily so In God as Biblical Character and as Divine Reality, the Maverick makes the...
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the apologetics blind-spot on numerical identity
Here’s part of a conversation I had recently with a guy in a Facebook group who when it comes to theology consumes almost only evangelical apologetics sources. I’m going to call him “T” here. I think...
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Can Kant refer to God?
I am plodding on with Plantinga’s Warranted Christian Belief, which I strongly recommend. He is committed to the Christian (and Jewish and Muslim) belief that not only that there is such a being as...
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Identity
Identity is a unique and interesting relation. To understand what modalism is, and in some cases to follow what philosophers who discuss the Trinity are getting so excited about, one needs to be clear...
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Diagram: Shield of Faith
How many times have you seen one of these offered as an explanation or illustration of the doctrine of the Trinity? There’s a really neat article about these here, complete with some links to real...
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If Modalism about the Son were true, then…
I’ve been harping on modalism about the Son for a while now, and I’ve even given what I think is a convincing argument against it. Still, what if it is false? Why do I care? Why do I think it matters?...
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Last time, we saw the set-up from Leftow. He’s aiming at orthodoxy, which to him means theorizing in the tradition of the great medieval Latin-speaking theologians. He’s spent a good amount of ink...
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Constitution Trinitarianism Part 6: summing up
Is Ned in trouble? Here’s a quick post to wrap up the series on Brower’s and Rea’s constitution theory of the Trinity. First, it’s striking how original and self-consistent their approach is. It is...
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perfection, the Trinity, and impossible beings (Dale)
“This clears it all up, right?” Anselm: “Um, no. I must bestow upon it the analytic frown of uncomprehension.” (image credit) I used to think I had a great objection to Anselm’s famous ontological...
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