Monday, November 21, 2011

Theopologetics Debate: Deity of Christ

Announcing what will be the fourth Theopologetics Debate, this time on whether or not the deity of Christ is taught in five specific texts or families of texts, between Dr. James White, Director of Alpha and Omega Ministries and author of The Forgotten Trinity, and Patrick Navas, author of Divine Truth or Human Tradition?: A Reconsideration of the Orthodox Doctrine of the Trinity in Light of the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures..

Date: Friday, November 25th, to be published in the podcast feed shortly thereafter.

Resolution: The deity of Christ is taught in the following texts or families of texts: 1 Cor. 8:5-6, Col. 1:15-17, Heb. 1, John 12:41 (cf. Isa. 6 and 53) and the "I am" statements of Jesus (John 8:24/58, 13:19, 18:5-6).

Participants: Dr. James White affirms. Patrick Navas denies.

Debate format:
  • 10 minutes opening negative
  • 10 minutes opening affirmative
  • 28 minutes per each of the five texts/subjects, as follows:
    • 7-minute opening presentations (x2)
    • 3-minute rebuttals (x2)
    • 3-minute cross-examinations (x2)
    • 1-minute closing statements (x2)
  • (For a grand total of 2 hours 40 minutes.)
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12 comments:

  1. Mike FelkerNovember 22, 2011 at 2:58 AM

    Wow, this is a short one! Very much looking forward to it though!

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  2. ChrisNovember 22, 2011 at 5:23 AM

    It's 2 hours 40 minutes.

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  3. RonnieNovember 22, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    TAF, it's 28 minutes per text.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 22, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    Ronnie:

    Thanks for clarifying that. I had the same assumption as Mike, thought it was only going to be like a 50 minute debate

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  5. Mike FelkerNovember 23, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    Ohhhhhh

    LOL, silly me :-)

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  6. ChrisNovember 23, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    It was my fault. I worded it poorly.

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  7. AnonymousNovember 25, 2011 at 4:48 AM

    Short "debate".

    What time will it be recorded and then posted?

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  8. ChrisNovember 25, 2011 at 7:13 AM

    The 2.5+ hour "short" debate will be recorded in about 9 hours, and published shortly after it's over.

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  9. AnonymousNovember 25, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    2.5+hour? The Debate format info above has like 50mins.

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  10. ChrisNovember 25, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    No, I just worded it poorly. It's 20 minutes of opening, followed by 28 minutes of interaction per each of 5 texts/subjects.

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  11. ChrisNovember 25, 2011 at 9:18 AM

    Sorry, anonymous, I accidentally deleted your latest comment. It's as the OP says: 20 minutes of opening (10 minutes each, affirmative and negative), followed by 28 minutes of interaction per each of the five texts/subjects in the proposition, for a total of a little over 2.5 hours.

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  12. ChrisNovember 25, 2011 at 9:42 AM

    OK, I've updated the OP. Hopefully it makes a little more sense now.

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