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podcast 321 – Evaluating Minton’s Three Arguments that Jesus is Yahweh
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In this episode I interact with some arguments from the interesting blog post “3 Syllogistic Arguments For Jesus’ Deity” by apologist Evan Minton (also posted here). I evaluate the arguments according to whether or not they are valid (i.e. whether the premises really imply the conclusion) and sound (i.e. valid and the premises are each true). For m…
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podcast 320 – Thoughts on my debate with Rogers about Mark – Part 2 – interpretive fails
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In this episode, my final thoughts on my recent debate with apologist Anthony Rogers about whether Mark teaches that Jesus is the one true God (part 1, part 2). Topics include: the fulfillment fallacy how New Testament authors use the Old Testament a serious misreading of Psalm 110 which confuses together the two characters the idea of multiple mea…
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podcast 319 – Thoughts on my debate with Rogers about Mark – Part 1 – culture clash
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In this episode I reflect on the debate of episodes 317 and 318. Topics include: why I was willing to debate a Jesus-is-God apologist like Rogers Rogers’s post-debate statements that I think that all trinitarians are blasphemers, and that I regard them with “immense hatred.” what I meant by referring to Rogers’s views as “fringe” the idea that we c…
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podcast 318 – Debate with Rogers – Does Mark teach that Jesus is God? – Part 2
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In this episode, the final portion of my debate with apologist Anthony Rogers. Topics include what I call “the fulfillment fallacy,” the meanings of “Lord” in the New Testament, what Rogers means by saying that “Jesus is God,” whether or not Mark portrays Jesus as having been given authority by God, whether or not Mark portrays Jesus as not knowing…
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podcast 317 – Debate with Rogers – Does Mark teach that Jesus is God? – Part 1
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In this episode apologist Anthony Rogers lays out his case that the gospel according to Mark asserts Jesus to be the one true God. Not only does it call Jesus “the Lord,” it presents Jesus as doing miracles which sort of resemble some of the miracles involved in the famous Old Testament Exodus from Egypt. Thus, any reader should know that this is Y…
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podcast 316 – Review of Papandrea, Trinity 101: Father, Son, Holy Spirit
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In this episode I review this introductory Trinity book by Dr. James Papandrea. As with the previous episode in this series, I’ll ask how many of these fundamental questions the book clearly answers: What is “the doctrine of the Trinity”? Why is this doctrine not, as some allege, tritheism? Why is this doctrine not, as some allege, incoherent? Is t…
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podcast 315 – Review of Ryken and LeFebvre, Our Triune God
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In this episode I ask whether this short, introductory book on the Trinity, Our Triune God: Living in the Love of the Three-in-One by Philip Ryken and Michael LeFebvre, answers the ten (or nine) basic questions we explored last time. I score the book based on how many are clearly answered, as opposed to either being ignored or answered in an utterl…
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podcast 314 – 10 Fundamental Questions about the Trinity
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There are now a plethora would-be experts on “the doctrine of the Trinity” who offer to tell you the basics of what you need to know about the subject in a short paperback book, or in a lecture or three. Here are some questions which any actual expert should have ready and supportable answers for. 10 Basic or Fundamental Questions about “the Trinit…
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podcast 313 – Weighing Channing Unitarianism
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We’ve heard quite a bit from the famous, learned, and eloquent early American unitarian preacher and author William Ellery Channing (1780-1842): podcast 308 – Channing’s “Unitarian Christianity” – Part 1 podcast 309 – Channing’s “Unitarian Christianity” – Part 2 podcast 310 – Channing’s “Objections to Unitarian Christianity Considered” podcast 311 …
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podcast 312 – Channing’s “Likeness to God”
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This episode is my modernized version of William Ellery Channing’s 1828 sermon “Likeness to God.” In it Channing takes as his starting point the text, “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.” (Ephesians 5:1) Human beings imitating God, which entails being like God? Yes. His thesis is that “…true religion consists in intending as our ma…
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podcast 311 – Channing’s “The Evidences of Revealed Religion”
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Is it reasonable to believe in the reported miracles of early Christianity?By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 310 – Channing’s “Objections to Unitarian Christianity Considered”
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Does unitarian Christianity "deny the Divinity of Christ," preach "morality," and teach salvation by works?By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 309 – Channing’s “Unitarian Christianity” – Part 2
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The anti-Calvinist side of early American unitarian Congregationalist Christianity.By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 308 – Channing’s “Unitarian Christianity” – Part 1
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A famous manifesto of unitarian Christianity from 1819By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 307 – Two Readings of Mark – popular or esoteric? – Part 3
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Dr. Michael Bird argues that in Mark, Jesus is "included in the identity" of God.By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 306 – Two Readings of Mark – popular or esoteric? – Part 2
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Does the Gospel According to Mark contain as hidden messages the deity of Christ and the Trinity?By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 305 – Two Readings of Mark – popular or esoteric? – Part 1
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What sort of book is the gospel according to Mark, and what does it really claim about Jesus?By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 304 – The Absolute Basics of the Christian Faith
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A Wesleyan ministry tells new Christians about "The Absolute Basics of the Christian Faith."By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 303 – Rauser’s review of Is Jesus Human and not Divine?
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I answer some questions and ask some, in response to this well done book review.By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 302 – The Stages of Trinitarian Commitment
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I have gone through all six. Which stage are you at, and what is keeping you from moving to the next?By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 301 – Dr. Daniel Boyarin on John 1
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According to Dr. Boyarin, most 1st c. non-Christian Jews could accept John 1:1-13.By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 300 – Does the New Testament teach Trinity Monotheism? – with Dale Glover – Part 2
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Is God's spirit in the New Testament supposed to be a self in addition to God and his Son?By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 299 – Does the New Testament teach Trinity Monotheism? – with Dale Glover – Part 1
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A conversation about whether or not the New Testament teaches "Trinity Monotheism."By Dale Tuggy
A penetrating discussion of John 1 by famous Harvard scholar Andrews Norton.By Dale Tuggy
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podcast 297 – Assessing Craig’s “Trinity Monotheism” – with Dale Glover – Part 2
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Does it make sense to say that God is a soul with three cognitive and volitional faculties - but is nonetheless not a self?By Dale Tuggy