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Philo on Abraham’s Three Visitors: Evidence of a Pagan Origin of the Trinity?
This is a follow-up to my previous post, “Unitarians, William Inge, and the Platonism in Christianity.” Unitarian apologist Carlos Xavier, in the same post in which he quoted Inge out of context, also manages to quote the first-century Jewish philosopher … Continue reading
Posted in apologetics, Jesus and Christology, Trinity, Unitarianism
Tagged Carlos Xavier, Nicene Creed, Philo
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Unitarians, William Inge, and the Platonism in Christianity
There is practically a cottage industry online of quote mining secondary sources to criticize the doctrines of the Incarnation and the Trinity. These quotations usually omit salient elements of those sources that would make them useless to the anti-Trinitarian polemicists. … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus and Christology, Trinity, Unitarianism
Tagged Carlos Xavier, Incarnation, Neoplatonism, Paul, Platonism, Plotinus, resurrection, Trinity, William Inge
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Modern Worldviews and the Deity of Christ: A New Series
Worldview Bulletin is an evangelical Christian newsletter available on Substack and by email with over 6,000 subscribers produced by Chris Reese covering philosophy, theology, biblical studies, and apologetics. I have been subscribing for several years. Basic subscriptions are free, but … Continue reading
Is It Wrong to Say that Christ Is Fully God and Fully Man?
Posts are showing up on Facebook arguing that it is theologically incorrect to affirm that the incarnate Christ is “fully God and fully man.” Supposedly, these expressions should be avoided in favor of the creedal wording “truly God” and “truly … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus and Christology, Uncategorized
Tagged Chalcedon, John MacArthur, R. C. Sproul
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Defending the Trinity Lecture Notes Now Online
This week I spoke at the Defend Conference at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. I had an unusually heavy schedule! I gave a plenary presentation on “The Trouble with the Trinity” followed by a five-part breakout series on “Defending the … Continue reading
Did Jesus Doubt?
In an article published on April 1, 2021, two Christian scholars argued that Jesus had “moments of doubt.” The Christianity Today article, by A. J. Swoboda of Bushnell University and Nijay K. Gupta of Northern Seminary, is entitled “Jesus Was … Continue reading
Francis Chan “Like God and Man All at Once”?
Francis Chan has been one of the most popular American evangelical figures of the past decade. He is the author of several influential books, was the pastor of a megachurch in Southern California, and has been featured in all sorts … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus and Christology
Tagged Catholicism, Francis Chan, Incarnation, Orthodox Church, theosis
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Christianity vs Mormonism: Atheist Bob Seidensticker Cross-Examined
Bob Seidensticker is an atheist with a blog at Patheos called Cross Examined. Two days ago (May 20, 2020), another atheist blogger at Patheos, Jonathan M.S. Pearce, posted “Using Common Sense to Not See God: Christianity versus Mormonism,” part of … Continue reading
Suppression of Documents: Joseph Smith’s 1832 First Vision Account versus the Noncanonical Gospels
The second article in the recent Book of Mormon Central (BMC) series of “Insights” on the First Vision is entitled “The 1832 First Vision Account.” In that account, Joseph reported seeing only “the Lord” Jesus, not of the Father and … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Jesus and Christology, Mormonism
Tagged canon, First Vision, Gospels, Joseph Smith, LDS
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Four Contrasts between Joseph Smith’s Four First Vision Accounts and the Four Gospels
The first article in the recent Book of Mormon Central “Insight” series provides an overview of “Joseph Smith’s Firsthand Accounts of the First Vision.” These include the 1838/1839 canonical account in Joseph Smith–History (part of the collection known as the … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Jesus and Christology, Mormonism
Tagged First Vision, Gospels, Joseph Smith
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