Daniel interviews his brother John Mynyk about an unexpected visit from two Jehovah’s Witnesses. In part 2 of the interview, a more experienced Jehovah’s witness joined the conversation. We cover topics such as the 1914 prophecy, John 1:1, defining the Trinity, “the Father is greater than I,” Philippians chapter 2 and Jesus being “equal with God,” comparing Jehovah in Psalm 102:24-27 with the Son in Hebrews 1:8-12, and refuting the “agentival argument.”
John 17:5 for a Oneness challenge
When a Oneness advocate on a Facebook group asked for trinitarians to explain how Jesus could be truly God, but be distinct from His Father, I replied with an exegesis of John 17:5. This verse clearly distinguishes the Son from the Father in Person but shows that they are coequal and coeternal. Here is my explanation of the verse: And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. — John 17:5 “O Father” – This is in the vocative case, grammatically signifying that one person is addressing another person. In the Koine period the vocative case was passing from common use and you see nominatives in
Foundations episode 004: Witnessing to Jehovah’s Witnesses part 1
Daniel interviews his brother John Mynyk about an unexpected visit from two Jehovah’s Witnesses. In part 1 of the interview we cover topics such as the name of Jehovah, John 1:1 and Jesus being “a god,” Jesus being impaled on a “torture stake” rather than a cross, and Jesus being recreated as a spirit being rather than resurrected in His original body.
TruthHub TV: Refuting the agentival argument against the Deity of Jesus Christ
Unitarians who believe that the Son of God is not coequal and coeternal with the Father will use many arguments against the deity of the Son. The fundamental fallback argument will be that the Son as a creature Who had a beginning is the “agent” of God. Logically, according to this argument, any proof of the Son’s deity can be dismissed as the authority and power of God being granted to the agent. In this video we will ask some questions and look at Scriptures to see if the “agentival argument” stands up to scrutiny.
The Unbreakable Threefold Cord: A Defense of the Trinity (Part 17)
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.