The Trinity Is Biblical... Change My Mind!

The host cited David's words about the Spirit speaking and being identified with the God/Rock of Israel to argue that the Holy Spirit is divine in the Old Testament.

A oneness/modalist guest appealed to this prophecy, especially the title 'Everlasting Father,' to argue that Jesus is the Father rather than a distinct divine person.

The host used Hebrews 1 to argue that the Son existed before creation and that God made the worlds through the Son, rebutting the claim that the Son began only at the incarnation.

A modalist guest cited this to say Jesus was 'made' Lord and Christ after resurrection; the host pushed back that this does not deny the Son's prior existence or deity.

The host used the 'arm of the Lord' text as a messianic prophecy to argue that Jesus is Yahweh's own revealed arm, supporting Christ's divine identity.

In response to a superchat, the host cited this to explain that Jesus can still say 'my God' because he remains incarnate and speaks according to his human nature.

The host paired this with Revelation 3:12 to say the Father is the God of all flesh, so Jesus in the flesh can rightly call the Father his God.

A superchat cited the Son of Man vision as evidence for an early 'two powers in heaven' or proto-trinitarian reading of the Old Testament.

The host used Abraham's encounter with Yahweh and the destruction of Sodom to argue that Yahweh appears on earth while Yahweh in heaven sends judgment, implying personal plurali...

The host used Abraham's encounter with Yahweh and the destruction of Sodom to argue that Yahweh appears on earth while Yahweh in heaven sends judgment, implying personal plurali...

The host used Abraham's encounter with Yahweh and the destruction of Sodom to argue that Yahweh appears on earth while Yahweh in heaven sends judgment, implying personal plurali...

The host used Abraham's encounter with Yahweh and the destruction of Sodom to argue that Yahweh appears on earth while Yahweh in heaven sends judgment, implying personal plurali...

A superchat briefly cited this as an especially clear trinitarian proof text.

The host directed a Muslim caller to the burning bush passage to argue that the angel of Yahweh is identified as God/Yahweh, supporting plurality within the one God.

An LDS guest cited this Book of Mormon passage because it says the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are 'one God,' asking whether the host agreed with that wording.

An LDS guest cited this passage about people praying to Jesus and Jesus then praying to the Father in order to discuss whether prayer may be directed to Jesus.

The host used this text to argue that believers can ask Jesus for things after he has gone to the Father, so prayer/request language to Jesus is still valid while he is away.

The LDS guest cited this section as an example of Joseph Smith addressing Jehovah, to show Latter-day Saint precedent for directing prayer or address to Jesus/Jehovah.

The host referred to Joseph Smith's King Follett sermon because it teaches that God was once a man; he used it as an example of LDS teaching that contradicts biblical teaching a...

The LDS guest appealed to this text to argue that the Father created things spiritually before the Son created things physically.

The LDS guest used 'life-giving spirit' to argue Christ progressed into a new status; the host countered that the verse refers to Christ's salvific role, not to Christ becoming ...

The LDS guest cited Joseph's birthright here to justify the idea that Joseph's line should also receive major covenant blessings, including additional scripture such as the Book...

A Jewish guest appealed to the Shema to argue that God is one; the host responded by pressing whether the text specifies one person or one divine essence.

The host used 'Let us make man in our image' to argue that God is speaking within a plurality in God, not merely to angels, because humans are made in God's image.

The host used this passage to argue that Yahweh speaks of being sent by Yahweh, presenting it as evidence for plurality within Yahweh in the Old Testament.

The Jewish guest cited Gideon's altar named 'Yahweh is peace' to argue that God's name can be applied representationally to something other than God himself.

A Jehovah's Witness guest cited this to argue that no one has seen God, so Old Testament appearances identified as God must not have been the Father.

A young Jehovah's Witness used this verse to argue that there is no God besides Jehovah, pressing the host on Trinitarian claims about Jesus and the Spirit being God.

The host appealed to the New World Translation of this verse to argue that Jehovah's Witness theology becomes polytheistic if the Word is 'a god' distinct from God.

A young guest raised this verse via Irenaeus to argue the Father knows more than the Son; the host answered that it concerns what the Son declares, not ignorance in the divine n...

The same guest referenced this in discussing Augustine and the 'only true God' language as part of a challenge to Trinitarian theology.

An older caller appealed to this verse to suggest the Holy Spirit functions like a heavenly mother or surrogate in Jesus' conception; the host rejected that reading.

The host cited this to show the Spirit has a mind, arguing that the Holy Spirit is personal rather than an impersonal force or mere extension.

The host used this scene where the Holy Spirit speaks and commissions Barnabas and Saul to argue that the Spirit acts as a person.

The host quickly named these as examples of passages that explicitly identify Jesus as God.

The host quickly named these as examples of passages that explicitly identify Jesus as God.

The host used this passage to argue that Christ's exalted rule continues not only in the present age but also in the age to come.

A oneness guest cited Jesus' promise to raise the temple of his body as proof that Jesus raised himself from the dead and therefore is the Father; the host answered that all thr...

The host used Jesus' promise to send the Helper from the Father to argue for real distinction between the Son, the Father, and the Spirit.

A oneness guest appealed to the Father sending the Helper here to argue unified divine action without distinct persons.

A oneness guest cited being 'complete in him' to argue that faith in Jesus should suffice even without Trinitarian distinctions.

The host used this text to argue that denying the true distinction of the Son from the Father means one does not truly have the Father either.

The host cited David being made 'firstborn' though not literally firstborn to explain that 'firstborn' can mean supremacy or preeminence rather than first created in time.

A non-trinitarian cited 'firstborn of all creation' to say Christ was created; the host argued from the context that it means supremacy over creation because all things were mad...

The host used this verse to press that if all created things were made through the Word, then the Word himself cannot be a created thing.

The host returned to Daniel 7 to argue that the 'most high' language is plural in context, identifying both the Ancient of Days and the Son of Man with the Most High.

The host returned to Daniel 7 to argue that the 'most high' language is plural in context, identifying both the Ancient of Days and the Son of Man with the Most High.