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The Case for Unitarianism and the Logical Relation of Identity
Dr Craig, In the recent ETS Panel Discussion about the trinity, Dale Tuggy pressed one intriguing and important objection to your view that I feel you hadn't the time to reply. Tuggy argued that your claim that in ancient times people didn't have a "...
law of identity, laws of logic, logical formulation, trinity, unitarianism
A Theological Objection to Penal Substitution
Hello Dr. Craig, I've recently been devoting quite a bit of time learning about the different theories of the atonement. The two ones that I'm familiar with are the Penal Substitution view (that God, demanding justice for our transgressions and yet de...
Leftow’s “Time-Traveling Trinity”
Hello Dr. Craig, I was recently reading Brian Leftow’s article in Philosophical and Theological Essays on the Trinity, (for which you also submitted a fantastic work) and was curious if you think that his “time travel analogy” for the Trinit...
divine personhood, impossible, leftow, brian, metaphysics, time, relation to god, trinity
Maximal Greatness and the Number of Divine Persons
Dr. Craig, In 'Trinity Monotheism Once More: A Response to Daniel Howard-Snyder," you write, "If God were a soul endowed with a single set of rational faculties, then He could do all these things. By being a more richly endowed soul, is God thereby someho...
concept of god, divine love, divine personhood, maximal greatness, moral perfection, trinity
The Soul of Christ
I have a question about the relationship between your trinity model and your incarnation model. 1- The soul of the Son is the soul of the Holy Spirit and the Father. 2- The soul of the Son is human. 3- Therefore, the soul of the Father and the Holy Spirit is ...
character and nature of god, divinity of jesus, neo-apollinarian christology, soul, trinity
Trinity and Incarnation
Dr. Craig, I will begin my question with the obligatory statement that I am a huge fan of your work and have been following you since I was in high school. It was you that led me to studying Philosophy as an undergraduate and then later pursuing a Masters in ...
character and nature of god, divine omniscience, divinity of jesus, incarnation, trinity
Which Divine Person Speaks in the Old Testament?
Hi Dr Craig Is it correct to say that whenever God speaks in the Old Testament such as 'Thus says the LORD' it is usually the Father speaking but on some occasions it may be the Son or the Holy Spirit? Or is it more correct to say it is always the Fat...
divinity of jesus, incarnation, jesus, old testament, trinity
God’s Divided Will?
Hi, Dr Craig's answer to this question left me puzzled about two issues: 1. Dr Craig says, 'there is but one will in Christ' and, with respect to the Trinity, 'Though there are three distinct acts of will, they all will the same thing.' ...
concept of god, divine personhood, divine will, incarnation, personhood, trinity
Monothelitism and the Trinity
I read a most excellent response to a question on third ecumenical council and monotheletism. My question is if will is indeed a faculty of person hood how do escape the conclusion that three persons, three wills equals tri-theism or three Gods? Ken
concept of god, divine nature, divine personhood, divine will, monotheism, personhood
Ehrman on Jesus’ Divinity
Bart Ehrman has made the claim that since only John (the last source of the Gospels dated after the previous ones) makes the claim that Jesus is God, and none of the earlier gospels as sources (Matthew, Mark, Luke, Q Source, M Source, L Source) do so, Jesus ne...
christology, divinity of jesus, ehrman, bart, incarnation, trinity, two natures of christ
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Annihilationism and Penal Substitutionary Atonement Once More
Dear Dr. Craig, Thank you for your thoughtful response regarding annihilationism (Question of the Week #999). I found your argument internally consistent and helpful. However, I wondered if one part of the original question deserved a more direct response. The...
annihilationism, atonement, penal substitution, substitutionary atonement, trinity
The Soul of the Incarnate Christ and the Trinity
Hello Dr. Craig. In your 2024 EPS paper, Anthropological and Christological Compositionalism, you argue that a person is identical to his soul. You've also argued for the Trinity as one soul with three rational faculties. Does this create some tension for ...
Eternal Past Sonship?
Dr. Craig, Many Evangelicals seem to believe that to deny Jesus as being past-eternally the Son, is to somehow deny his pre-existence as a person of the Trinity. Yet, I know of no clear biblical or philosophical support for the pre-human person of the trinity...
begotten, divine logos, divine personhood, divinity of jesus, incarnation, trinity
Discord among the Trinitarian Persons Once More
Dr. Craig, I had a question about the Persons of the Trinity and the idea of possible worlds. I was recently reading your "Attributes of God" series to my daughter. In "God is Three Persons," Papa answers the objection, "But then what if [all the persons] dis...
character and nature of god, divine attributes, divine goodness, metaphysics, trinity
Papa Bear on the Trinity
Hi Dr. Craig, I have a Trinity question inspired by your Children's book "God is Three Persons". In the book, nearing the end you have the following. BEGIN QUOTE. "But then what if they all disagreed with each other?" said John. Papa laughed. "Don't...
“what is god like”, character and nature of god, children, moral disagreement, objective moral values and duties, swinburne, richard