Presented by Gary Fakhoury at the One God Conference, Seattle WA May 31st 2008, commentary by John Obelenus. Click here to listen to this talk.
Gary starts by providing the stalwart belief of Judaism to be the belief that YHWH was God. YHWH is a personal name, of a single Person who alone truly holds the title of God. He notes that all serious scholars and pastors agree this is the essential statement of the Old Testament and Judaism until Jesus. We know revelation to be progressive and new truths are given over time to us. However, is this single person of God changed by subsequent revelation in the new covenant?
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Presented by Lindsey Killian and Dr. Laura Palik-Killian at the One God Conference, Seattle WA May 31st 2008, commentary by John Obelenus.
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Presented by Sean Finnegan at the One God Conference, Seattle WA May 31st 2008, commentary by John Obelenus. To listen to this talk online, click here or to read the paper, click here
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Presented by Mark Bosserman at the One God Conference, Seattle WA May 31st 2008, commentary by John Obelenus.
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Presented by Noel Rude at the One God Conference, Seattle WA May 31st 2008, commentary by John Obelenus.
Noel continues to work backwards in his research on the Trinity. First we question the Trinity, and the spirit seems to definitively not be a person. What about binitarianism? We see that Jesus is not God either. Arianism? Jesus is not a divine figure, but rather a human being. Noel continues to wonder about the virgin birth, as he suggests it is the first Christological heresy.
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Presented by Rick Richardson at the One God Conference, Seattle WA May 31st 2008, commentary by John Obelenus.
Rick opens talking about why we believe what we believe. Mostly it is formed from your experiences and thoughts, not necessarily rigorous proof and examination. He tracks this through to the creation of tradition. Many traditions and other beliefs come about because of the limited information in the biblical text. It doesn’t give us the answers to all the questions we could possibly ask – as the Gospel of John says: if all the works which he did were written down, the world wouldn’t have enough books to contain them. And because of these traditions we have to re-ask a lot of questions about phrases, words, and definitions. Rick clearly defines the Gospel as the Kingdom, and we only get this wrong because of a faulty definition and tradition.
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