khanpadawan | trinities 260 - How to Argue that the Bible is Trinitarian @khanpadawan | Uploaded May 2019 | Updated October 2024, 16 minutes ago.
trinities.org/blog/podcast-260---how-to-argue-that-the-bible-is-trinitarian This episode is my presentation on April 13, 2019 at the 28th Theological Conference. Because it is easier to follow with my slides, I recommend the YouTube version below.
First, I show why this influential argument by Reformed theologian B.B. Warfield is invalid (that is, the conclusion doesn’t follow from the premises).
1. There is only one God.
2. The Father and the Son and the Spirit are each God.
3. The Father and the Son and the Spirit are different persons.
4. Therefore, the doctrine of the Trinity is true.
Unfortunately, this argument is unthinkingly recycled by countless later trinitarian apologists!
Next, I show why this argument from trinitarian apologist Dr. Robert M. Bowman Jr. is valid but unsound.
1. All the elements of the doctrine are taught in Scripture.
2. The New Testament presents a consistent triad of Father, Son, Holy Spirit (God, Christ, Spirit).
3. Therefore, the Bible does teach the Trinity.
Finally, despite these failures I explain how, in principle, a trinitarian apologist might actually show that the Bible is trinitarian. It involves far more work than is usually assumed. To help, I lay out six points which should be acknowledged.
Links for this episode @ trinities.org/blog/podcast-260---how-to-argue-that-the-bible-is-trinitarian
28th Theological Conference
Dr. Fred Sanders’s Study of Edition of Warfield’s “Trinity”
Dr. Bowman’s “bib.irr.org/series/biblical-basis-of-doctrine-of-trinityThe Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity”
trinities.org/blog/podcast-260---how-to-argue-that-the-bible-is-trinitarian This episode is my presentation on April 13, 2019 at the 28th Theological Conference. Because it is easier to follow with my slides, I recommend the YouTube version below.
First, I show why this influential argument by Reformed theologian B.B. Warfield is invalid (that is, the conclusion doesn’t follow from the premises).
1. There is only one God.
2. The Father and the Son and the Spirit are each God.
3. The Father and the Son and the Spirit are different persons.
4. Therefore, the doctrine of the Trinity is true.
Unfortunately, this argument is unthinkingly recycled by countless later trinitarian apologists!
Next, I show why this argument from trinitarian apologist Dr. Robert M. Bowman Jr. is valid but unsound.
1. All the elements of the doctrine are taught in Scripture.
2. The New Testament presents a consistent triad of Father, Son, Holy Spirit (God, Christ, Spirit).
3. Therefore, the Bible does teach the Trinity.
Finally, despite these failures I explain how, in principle, a trinitarian apologist might actually show that the Bible is trinitarian. It involves far more work than is usually assumed. To help, I lay out six points which should be acknowledged.
Links for this episode @ trinities.org/blog/podcast-260---how-to-argue-that-the-bible-is-trinitarian
28th Theological Conference
Dr. Fred Sanders’s Study of Edition of Warfield’s “Trinity”
Dr. Bowman’s “bib.irr.org/series/biblical-basis-of-doctrine-of-trinityThe Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity”
