Instead of explaining away or casting doubt on the reference to the Father, Son, and Spirit in Matt. 28:19, why not strive to understand what it does mean? This week's episode begins a new series that aims to explore the triadic formulas in the New Testament, beginning with the Great Commission. We consider that the Gospel of Matthew teaches about God, the Son, and the Spirit before drawing conclusions concerning the triadic reference at the end of the book. Please consider supporting this Podcast and future projects by donating at: https://www.paypal.me/10mintruthtalks                             To view the notes from this episode please click the link below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rwbyYycbBUJFnJqaSSOMzfLKr8ITQ6r9Yh1ak0Q6G34/edit?usp=sharing         Check out some of my videos on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5H6oqEnhFjdUryhDOYSvQ  Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/OneGodPodcast  

This week's episode surveys six NT authors in order to see what sort of preexistence they attribute to Jesus. Do these authors (the four Evangelists, Paul, 1 Peter) regard Jesus as having existed in the plans and purposes of God? What about preexisting as personified wisdom/word? Can a NT author believe both of these things without contradiction? Is there any evidence that these authors regarded Jesus as having literally preexisted his birth? These are the sort of questions this episode encourages interpreters to ask as we nuance the topic of preexistence to take into account all of its possible meanings. Please consider supporting this Podcast and future projects by donating at: https://www.paypal.me/10mintruthtalks                            To view the notes from this episode please click the link below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Osz9orl2sU4SoAZPLVHNChaYevKppnhEi2hptUlINrk/edit?usp=sharing        Check out some of my videos on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5H6oqEnhFjdUryhDOYSvQ  Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/OneGodPodcast 

This week's episode explores how Jews described the concept of preexistence. We note that "preexistence" is not a single concept, but rather we observe from several Jewish texts that preexistence can mean three different ideas: preexisting in God's plans, preexisting as a personified attribute (e.g., word and wisdom), and literally preexisting. This study aims to encourage interpreters to think more critically about the way we talk about preexistence, rather than to assume that it only refers to a single defined concept.  Please consider supporting this Podcast and future projects by donating at: https://www.paypal.me/10mintruthtalks                           To view the notes from this episode please click the link below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tVqk107QDYkFkaWMjqXJZJrIPt-sPwM4Uahkw71AHQ8/edit?usp=sharing         Check out some of my videos on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5H6oqEnhFjdUryhDOYSvQ  Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/OneGodPodcast 

Did Jesus Christ preexist as a rock? In this week's episode, we explain what Paul means in 1 Cor. 10:4 by first identifying the wisdom Christology in his letter. We then turn to place his discussion of the nourishment-giving rock in its Hellenistic Jewish context. Lastly,  we charitably interpret the way in which Paul describes Jesus before he was born (i.e., typology). As we come to better understand and grasp Paul's wisdom Christology, we can discern that the attributes and characteristics of God's personified wisdom are now deployed to illustrate Jesus Christ--the human embodiment of God's wisdom.   Please consider supporting this Podcast and future projects by donating at: https://www.paypal.me/10mintruthtalks                          To view the notes from this episode please click the link below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fqW0pjUHfyJByOmb69p-tf7Xp44gVj_BD4tDH5q9sMI/edit?usp=sharing        Check out some of my videos on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5H6oqEnhFjdUryhDOYSvQ  Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/OneGodPodcast   

This week's episode gives another listen to our recent debate's closing statements. If you do not have time to listen to the debate in its entirety, my closing statement summarizes what took place, the strengths of our position, the inadequate attempts by our dialogue partners to address our key points, the weaknesses of their position, and a call to the audience to seek the more logical of the two options presented. Please consider supporting this Podcast and future projects by donating at: https://www.paypal.me/10mintruthtalks                         To view the notes from this episode please click the link below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iaL6-6Z93ArEr5hgvxCGbe4WtaECE1aswE_901HxuvM/edit?usp=sharing       Check out some of my videos on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5H6oqEnhFjdUryhDOYSvQ