In tonight’s debate, McCall and Yandell tried to make the case that the eternal subordination of the Son to the Father entails a denial of homoousion. The Argument Here’s their argument: If the Son is eternally subordinate to the Father in all possible worlds, then the Son is necessarily subordinate to the Father. If the […]
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My Question for Dr. Yandell
My good friend Andy Naselli is sitting on the front row watching and live blogging the debate. He asked me if I wanted to ask a question, so I sent this: If the Son is necessarily the Son and the Father is necessarily not the Son, then the Son is essentially the Son and the Father […]
Ware–Grudem vs. McCall–Yandell on the Trinity
A few weeks ago, a friend informed me of this upcoming debate between Bruce Ware & Wayne Grudem and Tom McCall & Keith Yandell. It’s very relevant to my dissertation topic, so I’m looking forward to hearing the results. Hopefully audio and transcripts will be made available. I read a paper from Tom McCall several […]
Van Til on Barth—and Doctrinal Sins
Those who are familiar with the writings of Cornelius Van Til are well aware of his strong criticism of Barth’s theology. He takes Barth to task in Christianity and Barthianism and The New Modernism: An Appraisal of the Theology of Barth and Brunner and avers that Barth’s theology is “in all fundamental respects . . […]
More Thoughts on Regret
About two months ago I wrote a blog post on the subject of regret, in which I raised some questions about whether regret will be a part of the experience of the glorified in the new creation. I suggested with some uncertainty that I’m inclined to think that it will not be. My thoughts were […]
Gunton on Taxis in the Trinity
I know I’ve been doing a lot of quoting recently, but my blogging time is limited and quoting is easier than writing—not to mention that you’d probably rather read Gunton’s perspective on the Trinity than mine anyway. I stumbled across this relevant bit from Colin Gunton in his The Promise of Trinitarian Theology, which I […]
Barth on the Son’s Subordination to the Father
In Barth’s section on “God the Father” in volume one of his Church Dogmatics, he makes some interesting statements about the relationship between the Father and the Son. He opens his discussion with this affirmation of the deity of the Son: Who is the Lord and therefore the God to whom the Bible is referring? […]
Is the Trinity One “What” and Three “Who’s”?
James White summarizes the Christian doctrine of the Trinity this way: Within the one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (The Forgotten Trinity, 26) He goes on to talk about how important it is that we distinguish Being from person. […]