BW Live: 5 Hebrew Roots Arguments Refuted
On this episode, I refute some bad arguments made by Hebrew Roots promoters, but in the process do something else as well. We go to apologetics school and I’ll also go over what principles of reasoning and …
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Theory
An Overlooked Argument for the Trinity (that applies to some other things, too.)
If you are undecided on a particular point of theology, and especially a big one, like the Trinity, there is a way to evaluate the arguments that can begin to point you in the right direction. This is an observation that …
Scriptural Problems Versus Philosophical Problems
In theological debate, you can categorize arguments, generally, into those that are Scriptural in nature and those that are philosophical in nature. When I say “in nature”, I’m referring to the basis of the argument, …
What Motivates the Argument?
Motivation is a funny thing in debates and arguments. In some cases, it is the only thing on the minds of the people in discussion, so that the actual arguments never get addressed head-on. I’m sure you’ve read news …
Letting the Context Drive your Interpretation
My last post before this blog took about an 8-year break was about interpretation, or, to use the smart-sounding word, hermeneutics. It was inspired by some conversations with Jehovah’s witnesses and dealing with …
Unitarians Committing Exegetical Fallacies
On August 31, Sean Finnegan had a guest, Jerry Wierwille, on his podcast to discuss exegetical fallacies. Today, I’m going to examine this discussion. The fallacies discussed were the following: Root Fallacy – Root word …
Some Thoughts on Interpretation
What sort of rules are good for interpretation? It seems the best interpretation is the one that captures the author’s intended meaning. With Scripture, we who believe that it is God’s word, as well as human writing, …
The Anatomy of the Response
For a lot of years, I’ve spent time, here and there, debating whatever seemed interesting on blogs and forums. In that time, I’ve seen a lot of back-and-forth interchanges and I’ve noticed that, much of the time, people …
Ethics and Objective Morality
Well, folks, it’s time for another look at what I call philosophical theory, or the nuts and bolts of philosophy, those ideas and concepts and frameworks that are basically the prerequisite for proper philosophical …
On Argumentation
For the past few months, I’ve been teaching a college/young adult Sunday School class. So far, we’ve looked at the Trinity and atheism. In the course of this class, I’ve pointed out that, when …