Episode 68: The Great I Am

Episode 68 of the Theopologetics Podcast is now available! Debate topic: "The deity of Christ is taught in the following texts or families of texts: John 12:41 (cf. Isa. 6 and 53), 1 Cor. 8:5-6, Heb. 1, Col. 1:15-17, and the "I am" statements of Jesus (John 8:24/58, 13:19, 18:5-6)." Dr. James White, Director of Alpha and Omega Ministries and author of The Forgotten Trinity, affirms. 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, denies. This episode is part 2 of their debate, including their interaction with Heb. 1, Col. 1:15-17, and the "I am statements" of Jesus (John 8:24/58, 13:19, 18:5-6). Listen to episode 67, "Firstborn of Creation," for part 1's opening statements and interaction with John 12:41 and 1 Cor. 8:5-6.

Episode 67: Firstborn of Creation

Episode 67 of the Theopologetics Podcast is now available! Debate topic: "The deity of Christ is taught in the following texts or families of texts: John 12:41 (cf. Isa. 6 and 53), 1 Cor. 8:5-6, Heb. 1, Col. 1:15-17, and the "I am" statements of Jesus (John 8:24/58, 13:19, 18:5-6)." Dr. James White, Director of Alpha and Omega Ministries and author of The Forgotten Trinity, affirms. 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, denies. This episode is part 1 of their debate, including their opening statements and interaction with John 12:41 and 1 Cor. 8:5-6. Listen to episode 68, "The Great I Am," for part 2's interaction with Heb. 1, Col. 1:15-17, and the "I am statements" of Jesus (John 8:24/58, 13:19, 18:5-6).

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.)

Theopologetics Debate: Conditionalism (Again)

Well I've moderated three debates, now it's time to participate in one myself. I've wanted to try my hand at it and get some practice, and have come in recent months to find the case for annihilationism quite compelling. Friends of the show, www.grassrootsapologetics.org, have accepted my invitation to debate the topic.

Date: Tuesday, December 20th (or Thursday, December 22nd if unforeseen circumstances rule out Tuesday), to be published in the podcast feed shortly thereafter.

Resolution: The punishment of the damned will be actual torment forever and ever.

Participants: Hiram Diaz from Grassroots Apologetics affirms. Chris Date, host of the Theopologetics Podcast, denies.

Moderating: Michael Burgos, also from Grassroots Apologetics, will moderate. If he is unavailable, Mike Felker of The Apologetic Front will moderate.

Audience Questions: To submit a question to be posed to either participant, please email the moderators at voluntaryenslavement@gmail.com and mike@theapologeticfront.com with your question and the participant to which you would like it posed.

Debate format:

• 20 minutes opening affirmative
• 20 minutes opening negative
• 10 minutes rebuttal affirmative
• 10 minutes rebuttal negative
• 10 minutes cross-examination of affirmative
• 10 minutes cross-examination of negative
• 10 minutes cross-examination of affirmative
• 10 minutes cross-examination of negative
• 30 minutes "audience" Q&A, alternating
• 10 minutes closing negative
• 10 minutes closing affirmative

Episode 65: Immortal

Episode 65 of the Theopologetics Podcast is now available! Debate topic: "Unsaved humans will suffer everlasting conscious torment." Pseudonymous blogger TurretinFan affirms, whereas Ronnie from the Consuming Fire blog denies. This episode is part 2 of their debate, including cross-examination, Q&A and closing arguments. Listen to episode 64, "Consuming Fire," for part 1's opening statements and rebuttals.

Episode 64: Consuming Fire

Episode 64 of the Theopologetics Podcast is now available! Debate topic: "Unsaved humans will suffer everlasting conscious torment." Pseudonymous blogger TurretinFan affirms, whereas Ronnie from the Consuming Fire blog denies. This episode is part 1 of their debate, including their opening statements and rebuttals. Listen to episode 65, "Immortal," for part 2's cross-examination, Q&A and closing arguments.