One of the deepest problems in the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation is not merely whether it is “miraculous,” but whether the metaphysical explanation offered for it still explains anything at all once the doctrine’s own exceptions are introduced. The … Continue reading Bare Substance
Provisionist Perspective asks: “What sacrifice ‘appeased’ Yahweh when He planned to destroy the nation of Israel in Exodus 32?” The question is meant to function as a refutation of propitiation (and, by extension, penal substitution): if God relented from wrath … Continue reading Blot Me Out
Christian Wagner recently released a video arguing that sola Scriptura is false and self-defeating. His approach is slightly different, but it ultimately fares no better than the standard “canon argument.” Here is a strong response to Wagner: Wagner’s Video Wagner … Continue reading Wagner Debunked on Sola Scriptura
The Triablogue article wasn’t written in response to that “King Louis IX” tweet. It was responding to a different Catholic-style argument that masturbation was some form of sex and especially the Onan/prooftext move and the broader tendency to treat tradition … Continue reading Master Debaters and the Lust of the Heart
This is a follow up to article below: An unnamed, friendly objector has offered several arguments against this position. I’ll quote his arguments below: Just to clarify, by this logic of the atonement, I don’t think you can say Christ … Continue reading What Is an Atonement?: Eternal Justification and Apostasy
Hypothetical universalism (HU) is one of those positions that sounds like it’s giving everybody what they want. So you get this neat little package: And at first glance, people think: great—problem solved. We can preach “Christ died for you” to … Continue reading What Is an Atonement?
1) The “in God” question is the whole debate Panentheism lives or dies on what “in God” means. The phrase is doing all the work, but it’s usually left undefined—so it can function like a rhetorical bridge from omnipresence to … Continue reading Panentheism: Too Strong or Too Weak
Mindtrap’s argument (in brief) runs like this: That’s the intended squeeze: immutability + exhaustive divine knowledge allegedly forces modal collapse (everything becomes necessary). Mindtrap’s aim is to deny that God genuinely has two alternatives—create or refrain from creating—by arguing that … Continue reading Aseity Without Modal Collapse: A Neo-Reformed Reply to Mindtrap
This article grew out of an extended dialogue I had with a Catholic interlocutor about the canon—how it’s recognized, what authority it presupposes, and why the question matters in the first place. I’m sharing the conversation here not to recycle … Continue reading Who Authenticates the Canon?
By Jimmy Stephens 1) Partialism, Composition, and the Real Hinge-Point I think the partialism thing hinges on whether and why you believe composition is a metaphysical contingency-maker or whatever. I think God’s non-composite because I think composition entails dependence, contradicts … Continue reading Life in Himself
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