Category: Deity of Christ

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The Real Slim Shady

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Here’s your problem Vincent: You’re not able to distinguish between the nature of a person, let’s say Jesus, the [hu]man, and the identity of a person, like, again, Jesus ‘the Word’ of God, the ‘son of God’, the “name” (notice a name is an identifier telling us who, not what) “that is above all names.” Once you do, all of your citations fall right into place. No need to posit non-Christian philosophical solutions like, of a sudden, we’re to suppose man now has two natures? Once again, the presupposition you hold to is showing (Classic Theism/Scholasticism), which you bring to … Continue reading The Real Slim Shady

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Kenotic Christology

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6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to exploit 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, … Continue reading Kenotic Christology

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Did God create Time?

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Dr. William Lane Craig doesn’t hold my perspective on time and he doesn’t hold most of any position that I hold. He and I are on different sides of the theological pendulum. But even he sees that the Bible teaches that the creation event is the beginning of time. So, I’ll quote one of his works: Defenders of divine timelessness might suggest that the biblical authors lacked the conceptual categories for enunciating a doctrine of divine time- lessness, so that their temporal descriptions of God need not be taken literally. But Padgett cites the first-century extra-biblical work 2 Enoch 65:6-7 … Continue reading Did God create Time?

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The First and the Last

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Revelation 1:7-8, 17, 22:12-17 7 Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” 17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death … Continue reading The First and the Last

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Nicene Orthodoxy and The Reformed Tradition

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A reformed pastor asked me to provide sources on where John Calvin denied eternal generation. I just wish to clarify what I mean by stating John Calvin denies eternal generation. I maintain that he rejects the classical understanding of eternal generation as pertaining to the essence. He thinks it applies to the persons instead. I just think that is to deny the original meaning of the Nicene Creed. Here is Dr. Robert Reymond to help clarify what I’m stating: We take up now the extremely difficult matter concerning the Nicene distinction between the Father and the Son by means of … Continue reading Nicene Orthodoxy and The Reformed Tradition

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Eutychianism

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I’m no stranger to questioning tradition and conclusions of councils. I have said that I reject Nicene Orthodoxy and related issues in the past. Recently, one of my friends has been flirting with Eutychianism. That is the idea that Christ has only one nature that possesses both human and Divine properties. I’ll comment on his usage of Dr. Paul Copan(Copan isn’t teaching Eutychianism): 1. The distinction between nature and person. A thing’s nature or essence makes it what it is; it wouldn’t exist if it lacked these features. We all have human-making features—the capacity to choose or act, to be … Continue reading Eutychianism

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Paradoxical Unitarianism

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This is continuing from a prior discussion I had with a ContraModalism: http://spirited-tech.com/COG/2018/12/03/contramodalisms-dilemma/ He has added some new responses to this dilemma but his response is unexpected: Created, as in caused by the Father, before time existed, yes. Yeah. I see this as a change in terminology, mainly. The word ‘create’ is simply a synonym for ’cause’, and as you are familiar with, I have long held that the Son is caused by the Father. I would not say He is created from nothing. I think the Son’s generation from the Father is a mystery. This seems to me to be an … Continue reading Paradoxical Unitarianism