podcast 329 – Dr. Joshua Sijuwade on divine identity
Is the idea of essence the key to understanding Bauckham's christology of divine identity?

Is the idea of essence the key to understanding Bauckham's christology of divine identity?
Many are moving from a trinitarian understanding to a unitarian understanding of Christian theology. But not all of their reasons are good reasons...
Can we establish on historical grounds that the historical Jesus thought that he was God?
Dr. Mike Licona argues that the real, historical man Jesus considered himself to be God.
Dr. Beall explains and defends his suggestion that Christ is a contradiction.
In this episode Dr. Beall explains why he doesn't accept five consistency-preserving ways to understand the divinity and humanity of Christ.
If God is essentially immortal, the answer must be: No. But the human Jesus of the Bible was then mortal.
Review of a learned and insightful yet deeply flawed book.
Can one prove that the biblical Jesus is Yahweh based on his being savior or creator, or his being worshiped?
Adventures in theologically-motivated misinterpretation.
Why "that's just Philosophy" is no excuse for a failure of basic critical thinking.
Cross-examinations, discussion, closing statements, and audience Q&A.
What is the main thesis of the earliest Christian gospel?
"...the doctrine of the Trinity is not in Scripture per se, but is the result of the Church's interpretation of Scripture."
"For all its complexity, the biblical doctrine of the Trinity can be stated in seven simple propositions."
Ten basic questions that need to be answered, and ten more advanced questions.
Which parts of Channing's thought do and don't hold up today?
"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children."
Is it reasonable to believe in the reported miracles of early Christianity?
Does unitarian Christianity "deny the Divinity of Christ," preach "morality," and teach salvation by works?
The anti-Calvinist side of early American unitarian Congregationalist Christianity.
A famous manifesto of unitarian Christianity from 1819
Dr. Michael Bird argues that in Mark, Jesus is "included in the identity" of God.
Does the Gospel According to Mark contain as hidden messages the deity of Christ and the Trinity?
What sort of book is the gospel according to Mark, and what does it really claim about Jesus?
A Wesleyan ministry tells new Christians about "The Absolute Basics of the Christian Faith."
I answer some questions and ask some, in response to this well done book review.
I have gone through all six. Which stage are you at, and what is keeping you from moving to the next?
According to Dr. Boyarin, most 1st c. non-Christian Jews could accept John 1:1-13.
Is God's spirit in the New Testament supposed to be a self in addition to God and his Son?