In the previous part we observed the Scriptural answer to Mr. Burch’s first “difficult question” regarding Jesus dying on the Cross and being God at the same time. If we do not let human rationalism cloud our thinking, we realize that this “paradox” of the One Who is divine becoming incarnate and dying is not only acceptable but rather definitional to the orthodox Christian faith. On the heels of this first question comes Mr. Burch’s second “difficult question” concerning the resurrection of a divine Christ.
Foundations episode 002: Henotheism and the worship of Christ
Daniel continues with the subject of the deity of Christ and the issue of worship as it relates to henotheism. He finishes with a brief critique of a portion of a debate on where this issue exposes the glaring problem with trying to worship a creature as Jesus is worshiped.
The Unbreakable Threefold Cord: A Defense of the Trinity (Part 11)
Thus far we have seen a systematic Biblical case for the Trinity and against Mr. Burch’s attempts to resurrect the corpse of Arianism. However, Mr. Burch provides a list of questions that he posits are a challenge to the deity of Jesus Christ as co-personal with God the Father.[1] He emphasizes this list by repeating it later in the section.[2] In this part we will begin to examine these questions and demonstrate that they pose no challenge to the doctrine of the Trinity, primarily because they demonstrate that Mr. Burch does not quite understand exactly what he is denying.