Trinities

Feb 22 2025 300 ep. 55 mins 667

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Weekly podcast exploring views about the Trinity, and more generally about God and Jesus in Christian theology and philosophy. Debates, interviews, and historical and contemporary perspectives. Hosted by philosopher of religion / analytic theologian Dr. Dale Tuggy.

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podcast 388 – Yes, “the Trinity” is a Problem – Part 2

Feb 22 2025 74 mins

In this second part (part 1 here) I interact with the rest of this discussion between Dr. Sean McDowell and Dr. Fred Sanders. I do register some significant agreements with them, but on the whole, my criticism from last time stands: their apologetic defense of “the doctrine of the Trinity” is not anywhere near sufficient to rebut or refute the arguments presented by

podcast 387 – Yes, “the Trinity” is a Problem – Part 1

Feb 17 2025 79 mins

In this episode I, a Biola University alum (B.A., Philosophy) interact with this video by two current Biola University professors, Dr. Fred Sanders, and Dr. Sean McDowell. Their goals are to show that the doctrine of the Trinity is coherent (not self-contradictory) and that it fits well with Scripture. Issues they discuss include: What about the fact that the word “Trini

podcast 386 – Cold Case Confusion – J. Warner Wallace on the Trinity – Part 2

In this second part (first part here) we hear the rest of this podcast by Cold Case Christianity apologist and former cold case detective J. Warner Wallace. In this part he tries to define “the doctrine of the Trinity” by quoting a portion of the so-called “Athanasian Creed.” He then argues that this doctrine is necessary for understanding the atonement,

podcast 385 – Cold Case Confusion – J. Warner Wallace on the Trinity – Part 1

Jan 21 2025 63 mins

In this and the next episode I engage with an episode by Cold Case Christianity apologist J. Warner Wallace called “Why is the Trinity an Essential Doctrine?“ (Also here. Alternate title: “Is the Trinity Contradictory?“) We first hear him explain how crime-solving police detectives reason using Inference to the Best Explanation, or what some call abducti

podcast 384 – Mainstream Christian Theologies in the Late 100s – Early 200s and Early Trinitarian “Fool’s Gold”

Dec 22 2024 68 mins

In this episode you’ll hear my presentation from the October 2024 UCA Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. In it I explain the theological landscape from the late 100s through the early 200s using the words of some writers in that era: the author of the Refutation of All Heresies (attributed by some to Hippolytus), Theodotus of Byzantium (as quoted by Epiphanius), Noetus o

podcast 383 – New Zealand Conference Church History Q and A with Sean Finnegan and Dale Tuggy – Part 2

Dec 14 2024 62 mins

At the start of this episode I have a very important announcement! Then you’ll hear day 2 – November 24, 2024 – of pastor Sean Finnegan and I fielding church history questions for New Zealand conference attendees. Topics include: the only really trinitarian-sounding text in the New Testament (Matthew 28:19), the formation of the biblical canon, some ancient boo

podcast 382 – New Zealand Conference Church History Q and A with Sean Finnegan and Dale Tuggy – Part 1

Dec 05 2024 66 mins

This episode is a live Q&A session from the first ever UCA Conference in New Zealand, held in a beautiful lakeside conference center in Cambridge. The venue was a 15-minute walk from where I stayed. The view from there was this! Topics discussed include: unitarians throughout church history, Eusebius of Caesarea and his Church History, Theodotus of Byzantium, Artemon, Paul o

podcast 381 – Mainstream Christian Theologies in the year 240: What Trinitarian Apologists Don’t Know

Aug 15 2024 70 mins

In videos like this one and this one, trinitarian apologists continue to push false narratives about the history of mainstream Christian theologies, like these (ordered from least to most plausible): In this historical presentation, focusing on passages from Tertullian, Origen, and Novatian, I explain the actual early history of mainstream Christian theologies. Each of these

podcast 380 – Dr. Dustin Smith on Wisdom Christology in the Gospel of John

May 16 2024 58 mins

To understand a book as its author intended, you don’t look to its future, but rather to its past. What has this author read, and what could he presuppose his audience to have read? These other pieces of literature are like tools in the author’s hands. The biblical book of Proverbs famously features a vivid personification, Lady Wisdom. She pleads with people to see

podcast 379 – AI and I evaluate my debate with James White

Mar 22 2024 67 mins

The way to evaluate a debate is to actively chart and compare the arguments made by each side. Debaters call this “flowing” a debate. I sat down and did this, working carefully all the way through my recent debate with James White on the question “Is Jesus Yahweh?” In this episode I’ll give you my evaluation of the debate, with an assist from the c