Having answered all Mr. Burch’s “difficult questions,” we will now turn outside the Scriptures to the understanding of the early church to see how they understood what the Scriptures taught. These were the ones who could read the Scriptures in their original languages and access what the apostles taught outside the inspired writings. By observing the history of the early church, I am in no wise appealing to it as an authority on doctrine. Like Mr. Burch I believe in sola scriptura and tota scriptura, and I stand by my original statement that the Scriptures “ooze and bleed” the doctrine of the Trinity. The Scriptures alone are sufficient to prove their own teachings, and only prooftexts without context resulting in
The Unbreakable Threefold Cord: A Defense of the Trinity (Part 16)
The Incarnation of the One known as the Son of God will always prove to be a scandal to the world because of the mystery of how God in the person of the Son can be fully divine and fully human at the same time. According to the hypostatic union as expressed in the Chalcedonian Creed, Christ joined a human nature to Himself in the Incarnation, resulting in two natures–divine and human. These two natures are neither divided so as to make Christ two persons as the Nestorians argued, nor are they confounded, confused, and fused so as to obscure His human nature as the Eutychians argued. However, many within Christendom today, usually out of ignorance of the theological battles
The Unbreakable Threefold Cord: A Defense of the Trinity (Part 15)
In this part we will answer one of Mr. Burch’s remaining “difficult questions” for trinitarians. This question has to do with the distinction in person and role between the Father and the Son. We will see that the Scriptures provide all the answers to this that we need if we let the Spirit lead us into all truth.
The Unbreakable Threefold Cord: A Defense of the Trinity (Part 14)
In this part we will continue to look at Mr. Burch’s “difficult questions” that raise the challenge of Jesus being human and yet divine. Three of these “difficult questions pertain to the fact that Jesus prayed to the Father; thus, we will answer these three together. Indeed, if we are to look to Jesus as our example, we should understand not only the how but also the why of His prayers to the Father.
The Unbreakable Threefold Cord: A Defense of the Trinity (Part 13)
In this part we will continue to address the “difficult questions” that Mr. Burch poses in his book. The previous two parts answered questions related to the deity of Jesus Christ regarding His death and resurrection. Now, we will shift gears to answer several of Mr. Burch’s questions concerning the humanity of His earthly ministry. Understanding the purpose and nature of the incarnation can help us to understand why the Son as deity submitted to the Father and experienced the human difficulties as we do, but without sin.
Foundations episode 003: Christ the Image of God
Daniel explores how the Old Testament says that no one can see God while also saying that people did see God. These apparent contradictions are resolved in the revelation of Jesus Christ as the One Who is the image of the invisible God and is the One Who exegetes the Father. Daniel then demonstrates that Isaiah actually saw Jesus Christ in his glorious temple vision.
The Unbreakable Threefold Cord: A Defense of the Trinity (Part 12)
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.
Foundations episode 001: Christology, Monotheism, and the Trinity
Daniel introduces the TruthHub Podcast and provides a series roadmap for Foundations, Walls, and Interior Design. Then, he discusses the foundations of knowing the true Jesus Christ and monotheism in Christianity. He concludes with a brief introduction to the doctrine of the Trinity.