Transfigured

Rivers o Feden is a self taught bible student who is very good at Greek. He has a very interesting interpretation of the prologue of gospel of John. In this conversation we do a high level overview of his interpretation of the prologue and how that fits into the larger picture of the gospel. Rivers' interpretation is compatible with a Biblical Unitarian understanding of Jesus but it is different than the way most Unitarians have interpreted the prologue in recent times. If you enjoy this episode and want to dig in deeper Rivers and I recorded over 3 hours of content and I will be posting the full video at a later date.

Jake Brancatella is the host of The Muslim Metaphysician channel on youtube. Jake has an interesting story, he grew up catholic but later converted to Islam, partially over objections to the doctrine of the trinity. He has studied philosophy and knows a lot about different Christian doctrines of the trinity. We discuss his current Islamic views of Jesus and the other prophets, we discuss the different trinity models in Christianity and what we perceive as their shortcomings, and then we discuss Unitarian Christian views of Jesus. Specifically mentioned are Dr. Khalil Andani and Dr. Beau Branson, both previous guests on the channel. I hope you will enjoy!  

Jake's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcGQRfTPNyHlXMqckvz2uqQ 

Jake's twitter: https://twitter.com/MMetaphysician

Dr. Dustin Smith is the host of the Biblical Unitarian Podcast. He is also an expert on the Book of Revelation also known as the Apocalypse of John. While most of the time people associate Revelation with eschatology, in this video we focus on what we can learn about Christology. We mostly set eschatology aside and cover Dustin's own personal story, his interest in the book, the background of the book, and then what we can learn about God, Jesus, and even the Holy Spirit. I really enjoyed talking with Dustin and I hope you will enjoy it too.  

You can find "The Biblical Unitarian" podcast where ever you get your podcasts but here is a link:https://biblicalunitarianpodcast.podbean.com/

 Dustin has also appeared on youtube before and here is a selection of some of my favorite videos of his.

Jewish Preexistence in John: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZE4Ihjv0Wc

Philippians 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltCl-MSumQM

Dr. Richard Rubenstein is a Professor of Conflict Resolution and Public Affairs at George Mason University. He is the author of the excellent book "When Jesus Became God" about the Arian Controversy. In this conversation we cover both the details and higher level themes of the Arian controversy. We talk about Arius of Alexandria, Athanasius of Alexandria, the Emperors Constantine, Diocletian, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Constantius, Constans, Valens, and Theodosius, the Cappadocian Fathers Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa. Augustine of Hippo, Eusebius of Caesarea, Thomas Aquinas, Peter Abelard, and others. We also talk about how the Arian Controversy relates to our time. We also briefly hint at his next project which is a novel based on Paul the Apostle's time on Malta.   

When Jesus Became God: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253881.When_Jesus_Became_God

Dr. Madison Pierce is an Assistant Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She is an expert on the Letter to the Hebrews. We talk about the background of the letter, the theology of creation, the role of Jesus in creation, prosopological exegesis, soteriology, and of course, Melchizedek. Hope you enjoy!  

You can find her book on Divine Discourse in the Epistle to the Hebrews here: https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Discourse-Epistle-Hebrews-Recontextualization/dp/1108495419  

You can follow her on twitter here: https://twitter.com/MadisonPierce?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor  

You can find the Foreward Podcast which she co-hosts here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMTXOvLqW5YGn44VKNR3QqQ  

You can find her appearance on the Preston Sprinkle's podcast: https://www.prestonsprinkle.com/theology-in-the-raw/700-madison-pierce

Dr. Lydia McGrew is an analytic philosopher who focuses on the reliability of testimony particularly as that applies to the gospels. She has written a book titled "The Mirror and the Mask: Liberating the Gospels from Literary Devices". We talk about the difference between a literary device model supported by Dr. Michael Licona and the historical reportage model supported by Dr. McGrew. As a statistician I enjoyed getting to talk with Dr. McGrew about probability theory and how we can apply that to our understanding of the gospels. We discuss implications for these different understandings of the gospels for apologetics, for faith, and for understanding Christology. We also spend a good amount of time discussing the christology in the gospel of John. This was a very fun discussion and I hope you will enjoy!  

Dr. Lydia McGrew's books. The Mirror and the Mask: https://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Mask-Liberating-Gospels-Literary/dp/1947929070 Hidden in Plain View: https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Plain-View-Undesigned-Coincidences/dp/1936341905/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/140-4227063-2261906?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1936341905&pd_rd_r=08c57267-9efb-4c6f-ba03-6dd3a3539dc6&pd_rd_w=V5viJ&pd_rd_wg=Fg3MK&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=3DH3B150Q7G720QF7B4X&psc=1&refRID=3DH3B150Q7G720QF7B4X  

Dr. Lydia McGrew's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSwhBk0vUSg_6prKkR82IDQ  Mirror and the Mask youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe1tMOs8ARn0S9CsFG47bKjcYxsnHujhg  Dr Michael Licona's response youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe1tMOs8ARn0Xw5fVp1NhKTnu21-wZcge

Dr. James Arcadi is an Assistant Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has written a book about his Incarnational Model of the Eucharist which you can find here: https://www.amazon.com/Incarnational-Eucharist-Current-Issues-Theology/dp/1108425895  

He is also a cohost of the Foreword Podcast from the faculty of TEDS which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMTXOvLqW5YGn44VKNR3QqQ  

We discuss the details of his book and his proposal for an Incarnational Model of the Eucharist. We mention Martin Luther, John Calvin, Brett Salkeld, Fred Sanders, Ulrich Zwingli, Thomas Aquinas, Richard Cross, Thomas Cranmer, Berengar of Tours, John Wycliffe, Jan Hus, Athanasius, Cyril of Alexandria, Skylar McManus, and many others.

Sr Anthony Buzzard is one of the living leaders of Biblical Unitarianism. He has written many books and appeared in many debates and discussions. We talk about his upbringing and his theological journey.   

You can find his ministry here: https://focusonthekingdom.org/ Here are some of his books: https://www.amazon.com/Doctrine-Trinity-Christianitys-Self-Inflicted-Wound/dp/1573093092/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=anthony+buzzard&qid=1597942498&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Was-Trinitarian-Anthony-Buzzard/dp/0967324971/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=anthony+buzzard&qid=1597942498&sr=8-2  

You can also watch his famous debate with James White here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4joi2P9lupw

Dr. Jo-Ann Brant is the author of a wonderful commentary on the Gospel of John: https://www.amazon.com/John-Paideia-Commentaries-New-Testament/dp/080103454X  

She has also written a book "Dialogue and Drama" about connections between Greek Drama and the style of the Gospel of John: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1565639073/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1  

I heard about her from her appearance on Dale Tuggy's trinities podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVnOdseOXOY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivbzGFC6DV0  

We talk about the Gospel of John, what makes it unique and just what exactly is it trying to teach us about Jesus.

Eric Seitz will be ordained as a Priest in the Catholic Church in just over a week. This will probably be the last recording of him as a Deacon.   

Eric and I had a 3 way conversation with Jacob that you can find here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llk3r3T63uE  

The letter wiki conversation I am having with Tripp and Eric you can find here: https://letter.wiki/conversation/679  

We discuss the Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas and Augustine, how that relates to the doctrine of divine simplicity, and whether or not that is compatible with the trinity.