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An Example of CBMW Dogma
At this link you will find what CBMW views as a summary of the complementarian/egalitarian debate. Here is my analysis. The summary of the egal. position seems fair enough, if over-simplified. But the summary of the comp. position seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible Text, debate, egalitarian, hierarchy, male supremacism, subordination, trinity, women
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MacArthur and the Trinity
A friend alerted me to the article Reexamining the Eternal Sonship of Christ by John MacArthur, and I felt the need to comment. At this time I don’t see any date stamp on it so I don’t know when it … Continue reading
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Tagged God, hierarchy, Jesus, male supremacism, subordination, trinity, women
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Boys Will Be Boys
I just read The Role of Women in the Church, another typical male supremacy-endorsing document, and I'm really tired of such things. But because these familiar claims and arguments keep being promoted, there is a need to keep refuting them, … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Organization
Tagged assembly, hierarchy, male supremacism, subordination, trinity, women
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Trinity Debate Assessment, Part 5
Under “5. Final Comments”, Affirmative Again the assertion is repeated that since the Bible uses names for God like Father and Son, then it must indicate a hierarchal relationship. And again they insist that permanent subordination does not mean inferiority … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Bible Text, Nature of God
Tagged hierarchy, Jesus, subordination, trinity
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Trinity Debate Assessment, Part 4
Under “3. Rebuttals”, Affirmative The affirmative asserts that although incarnational events don’t necessarily equate to eternal truths about Jesus’ divinity, they still insist that the relationships among the Persons are not presuppositions but have scriptural support. Then a personal attack … Continue reading
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Tagged hierarchy, Jesus, subordination, trinity
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Trinity Debate Assessment, Part 3
Under “2. Opening Statements”, point I (neg.) Point I states that that the affirmative lacks scriptural support while the negative has such support. They clarify and focus the debate by stating that Biblical authority is not a part of the … Continue reading
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Tagged hierarchy, Jesus, subordination, trinity
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Trinity Debate Assessment, Part 2
Under “2. Opening Statements”, point II This point is very simple: an appeal to the so-called church fathers. But history is not scripture, and if they want to win a debate on the eternal relationships among the Persons of the … Continue reading
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Tagged hierarchy, Jesus, subordination, trinity
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Trinity Debate Assessment, Part 1
At Henry Center Media there is a transcript of a debate on the Trinity. The point under debate is whether or not the Persons of the Trinity have a hierarchal relationship; the formal question is “Do relations of authority and … Continue reading
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Tagged hierarchy, Jesus, subordination, trinity
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Birth of a Cult
For if evangelicals go off again in a fundamentalist separatism while clinging to an unorthodox doctrine of the Trinity, their separation from the rest of the Body of Christ could prove irreparable, like the invention of a new sect in … Continue reading
Posted in Nature of God, Other, Other Religions
Tagged cults, male supremacism, neo-arianism, trinity, women
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The Trinity and Subordination
Are you being told to believe in the “eternal Sonship of Jesus”, that he was always and will always be inferior to the Father? Most likely, and the reason is not because it’s necessarily a clear Biblical teaching, but because … Continue reading
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Tagged eternal sonship, subordination, trinity
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Trinity Hebrew plurality God Elohim
The Trinity is the concept of God as the Deity having unity with diversity. Deut. 32:39, Isaiah 43:11, 45:5-6,18,21-22, 46:9, etc. make it clear that there is only one God; the other verses listed above make it equally clear that … Continue reading
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Tagged Elohim, God, Hebrew, Old Testament, plurality, trinity
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