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Answering Unitarians #4: The Shema

According to Deuteronomy 6:4, God is one.  3 does not equal 1.  Doesn’t this immediately disprove the Trinity?   The verse referenced is known by the name of the “Shema” (because that is the word that begins this passage in … Continue reading

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Answering Unitarians: Special Delivery #4

My apologies, but Answering Unitarians #4 will be a week late (next weekend).  In this edition I’m dealing with the #1 counter-argument Unitarians bring forth against the Doctrine of the Trinity: the Shema (Deut 6:4).  I really want to do … Continue reading

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Answering Unitarians #3: Encore

In the most recent AU we looked at how the Doctrine of the Trinity is drawn from scripture and dismissed the common but erroneous idea that we must find a Nicene-type confession in a single verse for the Trinity to … Continue reading

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Answering Unitarians: Special Delivery #3

Given how in AU2 we talked about the Deity of Christ in the synoptic Gospels, but didn’t really deal with the Gospel of John but for in passing, I thought we should give ol’ John the props He deserves in … Continue reading

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Answering Unitarians #3: I want a verse!

You don’t have a single verse that explicitly says that God exists in the Nicene definition of one essence and 3 persons, or “one What, three Whos”.  How can you say the Trinitarian conception of God is true without such … Continue reading

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Answering Unitarians #2: Encore

In re-reading AU#2, I really think I could have made my point more succinctly about why the synoptic gospels are not as explicit as the one penned by John about the Deity of Christ.  I’m going to leave AU#2 untouched … Continue reading

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Answering Unitarians #2: Synoptic Silence

Question: If Jesus is Deity (Very God of Very God, as you like to say), how come the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) don’t talk about it?  You’d think if He was God they would have made a big … Continue reading

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Answering Unitarians: Special Delivery #2

Trinitarians are often accused of violating the law of non-contradiction with the doctrine of the Trinity.  Over the years, many, many theologians have demonstrated that this is not the case, but Ravi Zacharias does the most concise yet comprehensive job … Continue reading

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Answering Unitarians – Special Delivery #1

Well, I do dearly hope that some of you found AU1 and the Encore to be helpful.  I know there were several points I touched on in those posts that many of you would like to explore in greater detail … Continue reading

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Answering Unitarians #1: Encore

If you have not already read Answering Unitarians #1: Does the Deity of Christ Matter?, please do so before continuing. What you will find below is a short exhortation to those whose hearts are hardened, who read AU1 and were … Continue reading

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