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In our last episode, Dr. Jerry Wierwille led us through a contextual overview of Hebrews 1 and 2 in order to situate Hebrews 1.10-12. Today, we’ll consider seven interpretations of Hebrews 1.10-12, including: Father as referent, doxology Jesus as creator of Genesis creation Jesus as creator of figurative heaven and earth (referring to people and political institutions) Jesus as creator of figurative heaven and earth (referring to Mosaic order) Jesus as creator of heaven and earth for millennial kingdom Jesus as creator of new creation Jesus as the embodiment of God’s wisdom This survey should help shed light on the strengths and weaknesses of these views. We won’t get into the seventh position much in this episode, but we will cover it in detail in the next one. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Check out these other episodes in this series on Hebrews 1 See more episodes with Jerry Wierwille More resources on Hebrews 1.10 Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow Sean Finnegan on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here

Hebrews 1.10-12 is a confusing passage for many of us. It seems to say that Jesus created the heavens and the earth in the beginning. Today we are beginning a three part series in which Dr. Jerry Wierwille will address this important passage in context. Our first part is Wierwille's presentation from last year's UCA conference. In this overview, he reviews the context, extending from chapter 1 all the way to 2.8. Next he presents lexical connections between Hebrews 1 and wisdom literature. He concludes that Hebrews 1.10-12 is a wisdom christology text, attributing to Jesus what wisdom had accomplished prior to his birth. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_F_T2o3WWo Here is the paper that accompanies this talk. —— Links —— Check out these other episodes in this series on Hebrews 1 See more episodes with Jerry Wierwille More resources on Hebrews 1.10 Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here

Today we are addressing Progressive Christianity. To be clear, we are not talking about politics, though they often go hand in hand. Progressive Christianity is an outgrowth of liberal Christianity, which accepted the modernist ethos of the Enlightenment and merged it with Christianity. Likewise Progressive Christianity brings the assumptions and moral commitments of postmodernism to Christianity. Thus, individual experiences and stories, especially from minorities, victims, and the disenfranchised have higher authority than scripture, history, or logic. As a result, Progressive Christians feel free to disagree with scripture if it seems to cause distress or difficulty for people. Our inner sense of goodness and personal purpose are the spiritual authorities that should guide us, not what Jesus said, not what the church says, not what the bible says. Today I'm playing out a teaching by Mike Winger of Bible Thinker. He had served as a youth pastor and worship leader at a Calvary Chapel church in California before YouTube ministry became his full time focus. His YouTube channel currently has nearly half a million subscribers and his focus is on thinking biblically about life. I thought he made some great points in this presentation that will sensitize you to the cultural creep that is slowly adjusting all of our moral compasses. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYuWlxnqa4o "Progressive Christianity is not a sustainable community, but it's a door out of Christianity" -Mike Winger"Can God tell you that your heart is mistaken? Even about your deepest longings and morality?" -Mike Winger —— Links —— Check out these other episodes related to compassion For outro comments, see Looking for the Historical Jesus between Evangelical and Liberal Scholarship Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here

Power and kindness rarely go together. I don't know about you, but I'm so thankful the most powerful being in the universe is also exceedingly compassionate! In fact, when he revealed himself to Moses, compassion was the first attribute he declared about himself. We see the outworking of God's compassion in the laws he provided Israel in the Torah, especially the provisions he made for those who were vulnerable or suffering. These serve as examples for how we should think about those in difficult life circumstances. Scripture calls us to imitate our Father as dear children. Let's be a compassionate people who genuinely feel for those in dire straits and who seek to do our part to alleviate their suffering. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/iMOptuZptDI —— Notes —— Exodus 34:6-7 Compassion/mercy is the first of God’s attributes that He listed out when He revealed His glory to Moses. Exodus 22:21-27 God cares about the sojourners, widows, and orphans. He hears their prayers and takes up their cause because He is compassionate. Deuteronomy 24:10-22 God wanted His people never to forget that they were once slaves in Egypt. The benefit of that corporate memory was that they would have compassion on others in need like the poor, the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow. Deuteronomy 25:5-10 God installed an automatic system to ensure that widows would have the chance to get remarried quickly. Deuteronomy 26:12-13 The people’s tithes went to provide for the Levites, sojourners, orphans, and widows. It was important to God that His people not forget these categories of people. Psalm 68:4-5 4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him! 5 Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. Zechariah 7:9-14 Sadly, God’s people did not act in compassion to the vulnerable members of their society. They took advantage of the weak and closed their ears to hear their cry. Other than idolatry, their lack of compassion was the chief reason God exiled them from their land. Luke 6:30-36 Our Lord taught us that we too should be merciful just as God is. We too should be generous to the poor and kind to the undeserving. —— Links —— Check out these other episodes related to compassion For outro comments, see Looking for the Historical Jesus between Evangelical and Liberal Scholarship Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

Have you heard of historiography? Your historiography is the method you employ in doing history. This is especially relevant when the scholars who make the rules for doing history decide to exclude any supernatural events from their historiography. Today, my guest, Aaron Shelenberger, continues his rebuttal to Ehrman’s three main objections to the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus. We discuss Ehrman’s contentions that supernatural events are inaccessible to historians and the prevalence of methodological naturalism. Also, Shelenberger briefly reviews the recent debate between Mike Licona and Bart Ehrman. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— For Shelenberger’s thesis, see part 1: 444 Resurrection Objection 1: Unreliable Gospels? See also part 2: 445 Resurrection Objection 2: Improbable Miracles? Follow Aaron Shelenberger on his YouTube channel: Life and Beyond and on his blog: Abandoning the Trinity See Mike Licona’s Why Are There Differences Between the Gospels? Check out Shelenberger’s interview on the Trinities podcast (part 2 here) Other episodes referenced include 390 God Is Real (Why Christianity 3), 53 Does God Exist?, 54 Four More Reasons God Exists Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

Today my guest, Aaron Shelenberger, and I are tackling a second scholarly objection of Bart Ehrman against the resurrection of Jesus. We're taking a deep dive into the historian's use of probability to establish whether a particular event happened. Are miracles by definition improbable? Does the rarity of miracles preclude the historian from talking about them? Like last week, Shelenberger will guide us through his master's thesis to deal with this issue. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/swvCj4uVeJU —— Links —— For Shelenberger's thesis, see part 1: 444 Resurrection Objection 1: Unreliable Gospels? Follow Aaron Shelenberger on his YouTube channel: Life and Beyond and on his blog: Abandoning the Trinity See Mike Licona's Why Are There Differences Between the Gospels? Check out Shelenberger's interview on the Trinities podcast (part 2 here) Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

Aaron Shelenberger who studied under Mike Licona at Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina, shares about his research on the historicity of the resurrection. In particular, his thesis tackled three main objections brought forth by popular author and anti-Christian Bart Ehrman. Now, I realize this episode and the next two that follow are a tad technical, so if that's not your jam, then you may want to skip them. However, what I've noticed in the past is that our most technical episodes tend to get lots of downloads. In our conversation today we discuss the importance of resurrection and how Ehrman's attack on the reliability of the Gospels fails to undermine the case for the resurrection. Also, I bring up Licona's somewhat controversial book, Why Are There Differences in the Gospels and get Shelenberger's take on it. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ9xpP2c89E Here is Shelenberger's thesis for your consideration. —— Links —— Follow Aaron Shelenberger on his YouTube channel: Life and Beyond and on his blog: Abandoning the Trinity See Mike Licona's Why Are There Differences Between the Gospels? Check out Shelenberger's interview on the Trinities podcast (part 2 here) More information about Family Camp here. Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

Last time Pastor Daniel Calcagno spoke to us about the older generations. Today we'll get into discussing Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z. We explore pivotal events in each of these younger generations as well as how Christianity uniquely appeals to them. Hopefully this conversation will spur some thoughts for you, regardless of your age, and how you can reach people for Christ in your own world. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZHTrMvzYyY —— Links —— Listen to "Generational Differences, Part 1" Check out these other episodes with Daniel Calcagno, including “From Pentecostal to Messianic Unitarian“ Check out his church: Glad Tidings Church of God in Fonthill, Ontario Follow his YouTube channel and his website MessianicNiagra.com Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

Daniel Calcagno serves as the pastor of Glad Tidings Church of God in Fonthill, Ontario (just west of Niagara Falls). He is the owner of MessianicNiagra.com along with the associated YouTube channel, which has several thousand subscribers and a video with over 400,000 views. Today he’s talking to me about generations based on a sermon series he preached at his home church. This week we’ll cover the older living generations include the greatest generation, silent generation, and baby boomers. Not only will Calcagno sketch out some of the key experiences and attitudes of each, but he’ll also talk about how they relate to Christianity. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Check out these other episodes with Daniel Calcagno, including “From Pentecostal to Messianic Unitarian“ Check out his church: Glad Tidings Church of God in Fonthill, Ontario Follow his YouTube channel and his website MessianicNiagra.com Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

Tribalism is a major problem in our society today. If we're honest, tribalism is a major problem in Christianity today. If I'm really honest, I have to admit that tribalism is a major problem in me today. Do you feel it too? Are you tempted to blow your ideological, theological, or political enemies out of the water when they say something ignorant or obviously wrong? Are you tempted to lump people into a group, label them, and stereotype them? As our society has increasingly become polarized on issues from the environment to immigrants to sexuality to wearing masks we must resist the temptation to get sucked into tribal thinking. In the end, we are the Church with a commission to reach outsiders with God's love. How can we do that if we circle the wagons, or worse, cast stones? Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYlCo9SEMfg —— Links —— Check out these other podcast episodes about culture and polarization Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

Eric Miller begins by covering Alexander and Thomas Campbell's beliefs about the Trinity. Then he talks about his own experience as a non-Trinitarian in the Independent Christian Churches community. He explains how the Christian Churches have become stricter on this issue in recent years. We discuss the possibility of reforming his church to be more in line with the tolerance expressed by Campbell and Stone in the early years. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Check out Eric Miller's YouTube channel here See more episodes about the Trinity More about Jeff Deuble and his book Christ before Creeds here Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.      

Have you heard of the Restoration Movement? In today’s interview Eric Miller recounts the history of Barton Stone and Alexander Campbell as they initiated the movement to get back to the Bible over against denominational divisions. He explains the differences between the Disciples of Christ, the A Capella Churches of Christ, and the Independent Christian Churches. He also explores why the Independent Christian Churches is growing today. Eric Miller is a Bible college student with the Independent Christian Churches in Cincinnati, Ohio. He’s passionate about evangelism and Spanish ministry. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Check out Eric Miller’s YouTube channel here See more episodes about the Trinity Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.      

The Trinity remains a massively popular theory to understand God in Christianity today as it has since the fourth century. Some go so far as to condemn any attempt to understand the concept while others are content to allow their faith to seek understanding (fides quarens intelectum). Nevertheless, most Christians have never honestly assessed this doctrine in light of scripture, reason, and history. In what follows, we'll begin by taking systematic theologian Wayne Grudem's definition of the Trinity to build an understanding of this model of God (social Trinity). Next we'll take a brief survey of the history of the idea from it's antecedents in the second and third centuries to the full-blown understanding in the sixth century. Lastly, we'll evaluate the concept based on scripture and reason. Whether you believe in a Trinity theory or not, I hope this presentation will help you understand it better and see why an increasing number of people are questioning the idea. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDGNGWf2buM —— Notes —— Definition God is three persons Each person is fully God There is one God History Theophilus (184) Tertullian (208) Alexander (313) Nicaea (325) Constantinople (381) Ephesus (431) Chalcedon (451) Athanasian Creed (500s?) Bible God is one person (Deuteronomy 4.35, 39; 6.4-5; Mark 12.28-34; John 17.3; 2 Kings 19.19), routinely referred to as “he” rather than “they.” Since every time people in Scripture speak to or about God, they always use singular pronouns, we should be suspicious of affirming plural persons within God. The Holy Spirit is not a different person from the Father or Son since it lacks a name, never sends greetings (Romans 1.7), is left out of fellowship (1 John 1.3), is intrinsic to the Father’s mind (1 Corinthians 2.11), is never prayed to, is left out of key Christian creedal statements (1 Corinthians 8.6; 1 Timothy 2.5-6; 2 Timothy 2.11-13), is left out of end times knowledge (Mark 13.32), and is never given a throne like the Father and Son (Revelation 3.21). Jesus is not fully God because he is not the same substance (1 Timothy 2.5), not eternal (Matthew 1.18; Hebrews 1.5), not a se (John 6.57; Mark 10.18), not omnipotent (John 5.19, 30), not equal to God (John 14.28; 1 Corinthians 15.28), not omniscient (Mark 13.32), not immortal (1 Corinthians 15.3), not invisible (1 Timothy 1.17; 6.16), and temptable (Hebrews 4.15) unlike God (James 1.13). Not only do the words “Trinity,” “same substance,” “eternal generation,” “three persons,” etc., fail to occur in the Bible, but Scripture likewise lacks any explanation of the concept of the Trinity. Furthermore, if the apostles were teaching about the Trinity, why is it missing from their recorded sermons in Acts? If the Apostle Paul taught the Trinity, why didn’t any of his opponents bring up that issue either during his missionary journeys or among the many issues he dealt with in his letters? Furthermore, if Jesus were merely playing the role of a lowly human in his “incarnation,” why does the resurrected, ascended, and exalted Christ still refer to the Father as “my God” (Revelation 3.12) and remain in subjection to God for all of eternity (1 Corinthians 15.28)? —— Links —— See Five Major Problems with the Trinity See <a href="https://restitutio.org/2019/04/12

Are you in a high control group? How would you even know? Lori Jane shares her story of waking up after attending Kingdom Halls for thirty years as a Jehovah's Witness (JW). Although the Watch Tower organization claimed they were the one true church, Lori discovered in Pioneer School the many "corrections" that had been handed down, which indicated they didn't have a monopoly on truth. In today's conversation, we talk about how to recognize if you are in a high control group. Still, even if you aren't in a high control group, you might have their exclusive mentality that looks at all outsiders as beyond salvation. Lori explains why humility is important as an antidote to the arrogance that can accompany doctrinal pride, leading to sweeping statements about who is saved or not in other Christian groups. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swvBx8_A6S8 —— Links —— Follow Lori Jane on Youtube at her channel: Finding Lori Jane and check out her popular video "Waking up in Pioneer School" Email her at [email protected] Visit her website SimplyChristian.faith Support Restitutio by donating here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

In a world where self-identifying as a Christ-follower draws criticism, exclusion, and persecution, it's important for us to remember the words of our Lord. He said we are salt and we are light. But, what does it mean to be salty and shining? In this message, my hope is that you'll be challenged to stick with Jesus even when others pressure you to conform to new ways of thinking and living. Today is your day. You are who God has in your home, your neighborhood, and your workplace. Be salt. Be light. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/4z20Ou6qzkI Matthew 5:10-12 Jesus fully expected that his followers would suffer persecution. The world reviles, persecutes, and utters evil against us because of righteousness’ sake and because of our association with Jesus. We do not seek negative attention, but when it comes, we can take comfort knowing that the world persecuted the prophets before us in much the same way. What’s more, Jesus tells us to “rejoice and be glad” since our reward is great. Matthew 5:13 Based on the concern for losing its taste, we can conclude that Jesus’ point here is that his follows should retain their distinctive salty flavor. We should not blend in with the world too well. Swapping out Christ’s teachings for the world’s fads and whims results in a comprised Christianity that is as useful as flavorless salt. We need not seek to be weird in the eyes of the world but instead endeavor to follow Jesus’ teachings, and let the chips fall where they may. Matthew 5:14 Unlike monasteries and hidden communes, Christ’s followers have an important role to play as the lights of the world. God’s ultimate goal for His city on a hill is to draw all nations to Himself (Isaiah 2:2-4; 42:6; 49:6; 60:1-3, 18-22). We seek to embody God’s future Kingdom in the present by how we live now, both individually and communally. As the city on the hill, our goal is to attract and invite. Matthew 5:15-16 A light exists to illuminate. Putting a lamp under a basket doesn’t make any sense. Likewise, we cannot limit our faith to the privacy of our homes and churches. We also have an illuminating, prophetic, public role to play, just like Jesus did. Our goal is for others to see our good deeds so that they give glory to God. In the end, God will wipe away our tears and remove our reproach (Isaiah 25:6-9). —— Links —— Read the article that goes with this message here To join Salt &amp; Light Study Night via Zoom, visit their facebook page or email them here For more about the teachings of Jesus see Podcast 30: Rabbi Jesus and Podcast 78: The Insidious Dangers of Self-Righteousness See more episodes on Christian living Support Restitutio by donating here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air<

Have you heard of the Integrity Syndicate? No, not a crime syndicate, the Integrity Syndicate--the online ministry of Theophilus Josiah, my guest today. Abused and neglected by his parents and raised in a California orphanage, Josiah met God in his youth resulting in a new course for his life. Through a series of providential events, he went to college and became a mechanical engineer. His career included working on devices to aid hearts in their work to pump blood throughout the body. Now, he's bringing his analytic mind and passion to disseminate truth throughout the body of Christ via his 27 websites, his YouTube channel, and his conversations on Discord. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/qqtVn1OxU_Y —— Links —— Check out the Integrity Syndicate website, YouTube channel, and Discord server Watch Josiah's interview with Sean about Matt Slick's case for the Trinity If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here. &nbsp;

Last time we looked at Solomon's glorious reign as an archetype. Today Pastor Victor shows five parallels between Solomon's golden era and Christ's coming kingdom. Eliminate rivals and enemies Appoint new leaders Peace and prosperity Nations flowing to Jerusalem Worship of God central This last episode of this Son of David class ties together everything nicely, providing us with a wonderful description of the Christian hope in the age to come. As it turns out, in every category the ultimate Son of David outperforms the original Son of David. Download the notes for this session Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Read the pdf notes for this teaching Check out these other Restitutio episodes featuring Gluckin To watch Pastor Victor's sermons, visit his church website or follow him on YouTube For another class by Gluckin, see Kingdom Story If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

In many ways, Solomon was the greatest Israelite king of all time. Abundance, security, and vastness characterized his long reign. Pastor Victor surveys Solomon's prodigious reign, tying it in to both the promises God made to Abraham before him and those he made regarding a future son of David after him. Solomon's fabulous wealth, unrivaled wisdom, and magnetic reputation serve as an archetype for the greater son of David whose reign will outshine even Solomon's majesty. Download the notes for this session Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Read the pdf notes for this teaching Check out these other Restitutio episodes featuring Gluckin To watch Pastor Victor's sermons, visit his church website or follow him on YouTube For another class by Gluckin, see Kingdom Story If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

As we saw last time, Solomon's coronation set a precedent as the first son of David. By learning to recognize this archetype, we can spot intentional enactments later on. In this episode, Pastor Victor explores the striking parallels between Solomon's anointing and Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Next he considers how the first coming of our Lord into Jerusalem in peace on a donkey differs from his second coming, which will be on a war horse, ready for battle. Download the notes for this session Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Read the pdf notes for this teaching Check out these other Restitutio episodes featuring Gluckin To watch Pastor Victor's sermons, visit his church website or follow him on YouTube For another class by Gluckin, see Kingdom Story If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

Today we begin looking at the original son of David--Solomon. Although his brother, Adonijah had crafted a master plan to take the throne, he was not God's choice. As a result, Bathsheba acted quickly to impose upon her elderly husband so that Solomon would be anointed. Pastor Victor shares the story of how this all happened, ending with the son of David riding into Jerusalem on a donkey with crowds shouting "Long live the king." Download the notes for this session Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Read the pdf notes for this teaching Check out these other Restitutio episodes featuring Gluckin To watch Pastor Victor's sermons, visit his church website or follow him on YouTube For another class by Gluckin, see Kingdom Story If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here. &nbsp;

This is part 2 of the class, Son of David. Today our focus is on Jesus. What do terms like &#8220;son of God,&#8221; &#8220;Christ,&#8221; and &#8220;messiah&#8221; mean? How does Jesus fit into the promises God made to King David a millennium before his birth? Victor Gluckin answers these questions through copious texts from the New Testament, driving home the point that Jesus&#8217; primary identifier is messiah, God&#8217;s anointed one to rule on the throne of David. Download the notes for this session Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Read the pdf notes for this teaching Check out these other Restitutio episodes featuring Gluckin To watch pastor Victor&#8217;s sermons, visit his church website or follow him on YouTube For another class, see Kingdom Story If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here. &nbsp;

This is part 1 of the class, Son of David. Today we're beginning a new class called "Son of David," which explores the rich biblical parallels between Solomon and Jesus. Our teacher is Victor Gluckin, pastor of Living Faith Christian Church in Warwick, Rhode Island. Over more than two decades of friendship, I've been repeatedly impressed by Gluckin's ability to bring scripture alive when he teaches. Truth be told, he's one of my favorite preachers of all time. You can find out more about him at his church's website: livingfaithri.org.Today our focus is on the covenant God made with David to be a father to one of his descendants and to establish his throne forever. This seminal promise shaped Israelite history in good times and bad until ultimately Jesus came on the scene in the Gospels. Download the notes for this session Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Read the pdf notes for this teaching Check out these other Restitutio episodes featuring Gluckin To watch pastor Victor's sermons, visit his church website or follow him on YouTube For another class, see Kingdom Story If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here. &nbsp;

Did you know that scholars who work on Jesus divide starkly into two major camps? On the one hand, the evangelicals do such great work on the existence of God, the historicity of the resurrection, and the reliability of Scripture. But, then they read the Gospels through the filter of their theological commitments, always coming away with a Jesus that looks suspiciously like the second person of the Trinity. On the other hand, liberal scholars tend to get the message of Jesus about the kingdom right, but then due to their anti-supernatural presuppositions, deny the resurrection and end up with a failed prophet.In this presentation, recorded way back in 2008, I share about my own quest to benefit from both evangelical and liberal scholarship to identify the genuine Jesus of the first-century. If you'd like to delve deeper into this, you can get the paper here. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— access the full-length paper here Check out the Historical Jesus class (available both as podcast episodes and on YouTube) If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

Why did Jesus die? Why couldn't God just forgive all our sins? How did Jesus' death pay for sin? How can someone else die for my sins? Questions like these are what atonement theories strive to answer. Throughout the history of Christianity a half dozen prominent theories have vied for adherents. In what follows I begin by surveying what the bible says about atonement before moving to briefly cover seven atonement theories. I originally released this presentation as two separate talks a while back (Theology 17 and Theology 18), but due to continued interest and inquires about this subject, I thought it would be a good idea to rebroadcast this talk. For those who would like to go more in depth, you can access the full-length paper here. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAox3ELuVwY —— Links —— access the full-length paper here More posts on atonement here If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

Is the Son equal with the Father or is he subordinate? Thinking Christians have struggled over the tension between the traditional doctrine of coequality between Father and Son, on the one hand, and the dozens upon dozens of scriptures that either imply our explicitly teach the Father's supremacy over his Son. Two ways of solving this problem include the idea of the economic Trinity and eternal functional subordination. In what follows I overview the biblical evidence for the Son's subordination to the Father before critiquing both of these reigning trinitarian solutions to the problem. Last of all, I consider a few texts often pressed into service to teach coequality, but upon closer examination fail to adequately warrant that position. Also, if you'd like to dig deeper into this topic, here is the full paper. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/PPjAfgfGejM —— Links —— Learn more about the supreme Father both from the bible and church history by taking the One God Over All class. Also check out Did Christians Believe in the Trinity before Nicea? and Five Major Problems with the Trinity Here's the Original Sin series referenced at the end of this episode If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

What does the bible say about hell? Though many Christians believe hell is where the wicked suffer eternal conscious torment, this view contradicts dozens of scriptures about the fate of the wicked. In this masterful presentation, hell expert, Edward Fudge, works through not only the bible, but also intertestamental literature and church history to show the original view of hell and how it changed over time. He explains that the destiny of the lost is to face God&#8217;s terrifying wrath leaving them ultimately annihilated rather than tortured without end. This understanding of judgment has been steadily growing in recent history as evidenced by scholars like F. F. Bruce, John Stott, John Stackhouse, Clark Pinnock, Richard Bauckham, and N. T. Wright. Still none of them compares to the erudition and persuasiveness of the late Edward Fudge in his tour de force on the subject. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— For answers to confusing verses about hell see Difficult Texts for Annihilationism (Warren Prestidge) and Challenging Annihilationism (Sean Finnegan) More episodes about hell and annihilationism Check out the debate between Chris Date (annihilationism) vs. Phil Fernandez (eternal conscious torment) If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

This is part 14 of the One God Over All class. After a brief sketch of one God believers throughout time, we&#8217;ll consider how well positioned we are today to publish this truth. We may be few, but we are mighty, motivated, and making a difference! Additionally, we&#8217;ll consider a few important questions like (1) How can unitarianism be right if most Christians are trinitarian? (2) Shouldn&#8217;t I stay &#8220;in the closet&#8221; if so I don&#8217;t get excluded, mocked, or persecuted? (3) What are some good books to dig deeper? and (4) How can you support the cause? This is our last episode in this class. I hope it has served you well and that you will share it with your friends. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” and “The Trinity before Nicea.” Check out the video Is God a Trinity? If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

This is part 13 of the One God Over All class. What happened in the fourth century? You've probably heard all kinds of rumors about Arius of Alexandria and his newfangled heresy. But, was Arius really a sinful outsider who tried to corrupt Christianity? Was his idea of a Son with a beginning even new? In this episode we'll cover an outline of the major events that happened in the controversy that raged from 318 to 381. You may be surprised to discover that Arius was actually and elderly conservative with an impeccable character who quite consciously worked to avoid established heresies. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/OZeMX_Ni6O0 —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” and “The Trinity before Nicea.” Check out the video Is God a Trinity? If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

This is part 12 of the One God Over All class. If the entire bible clearly and repeatedly teaches that there is one supreme God who is over all and that Jesus is his subordinate son, then surely we should find evidence of this idea in the historical writings of Christians after the New Testament period. Within the four broad strands of Christianity in the second and third centuries, three of them embraced thoroughgoing subordinationism while the fourth--the modalists--taught that Jesus was the Father. In this episode, we'll focus on the three early subordinationist groups: the Gnostics, the Dynamic Monarchians, and the Logos Incarnationists to explore what they each believed about Jesus. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/Or5KAXkc6Jc —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” and “The Trinity before Nicea.” Check out the video Is God a Trinity? If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

This is part 11 of the One God Over All class. Who or what is the spirit of God? It won't do to read later tradition back into the scriptures. Rather, we need to see how the bible itself talks about the holy spirit. To get at that answer we'll take a look at a couple of bible dictionaries along with dozens of texts. Next we'll explore how the spirit solves the problem of a God who is both transcendent and immanent. Lastly, we'll briefly examine three commonly misunderstood texts, including lying to the spirit in Acts 5.3, blaspheming the spirit in Matthew 12.31, and how Jesus talks about the spirit in the upper room discourse (John 14-16). Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWrN8EX8lLs —— Links —— Link to Blinkist wish list to up-vote Christ before Creeds More one God resources and posts available here, including “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” and “The Trinity before Nicea.” Check out the video Is God a Trinity? If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

This is part 10 of the One God Over All class. We've looked at Jesus' identity as Messiah, his relationship to God throughout his ministry, his crucifixion, and his resurrection. Repeatedly we've asked the question, if Jesus is not the one God over all, then how should we interpret him? Today we delve into his exaltation and priestly ministry in heaven. We'll explore a little about what it means to be at God's right hand before spending a good deal of time working through Colossians 1.15-20. Lastly, we'll cover how Jesus' humanity uniquely equips him to sympathize with us in his role as our high priest. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/kdKv52WkI5Q —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” and “The Trinity before Nicea.” Check out the video Is God a Trinity? If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

This is part 9 of the One God Over All class. If Jesus is not the one God over all, then how should we interpret his death and resurrection? How does his death pay for our sins? What does the resurrection tell us about Jesus? Unlike medieval Christianity that taught God the Son united himself to impersonal human nature, the bible portrays a whole person, a second Adam, who died for our sins. When the Almighty raised Jesus from the dead, that marked him out as God&#8217;s true messiah. In this episode, we&#8217;ll also briefly consider Thomas&#8217; statement in John 20.28 when he called Jesus, &#8220;my Lord and my God.&#8221; Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” and “The Trinity before Nicea.” Check out the video Is God a Trinity? If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

This is part 8 of the One God Over All class. Does the bible call Jesus God? If so, how many times? This seems like such a straightforward question, but it's pretty hard to answer. We'll examine three types of texts in which Jesus might be called God, including those with manuscript issues, translation issues, and interpretation issues. In each case we'll see that, in fact, the text in question doesn't have to be taken in that way.Texts covered include: 1 Timothy 3.16; 1 John 5.7-8; John 1.18; Acts 20.28; Romans 9.5; Titus 2.13 (2 Peter 1.1; 2 Thessalonians 1.12); and 1 John 5.20. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvQ32LLM9cU&amp;list=PLN9jFDsS3QV0lS6ELFoLnZovP0NKxqTGG&amp;index=8 —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” and “The Trinity before Nicea." Check out the video Is God a Trinity? If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

This is part 7 of the One God Over All class. In the bible we encounter a strange phenomenon. Sometimes beings other than Yahweh are called Gods. How can we square that with monotheism&#8211;the idea that the Father is the only true God? Although most Christians are aware that the bible calls Jesus God a couple of times, most have never noticed that the scriptures also use the term for Moses, angels, judges of Israel, the divine council, and the king of Israel. What do all of these individuals have in common? They are all agents commissioned to do God&#8217;s will on earth. In this episode we&#8217;ll explore the principle of agency so we can better understand Jesus&#8217; role as God&#8217;s supreme representative. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” and “The Trinity before Nicea“ and If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

This is part 6 of the One God Over All class. The bible routinely recognizes the subordination of the Son to his Father. Throughout his ministry on earth, Jesus repeatedly and unapologetically taught, "The Father is greater than I" (John 14.28). Further, after his exaltation, Jesus remains dependent on the Father as his superior (1 Cor 11.3). Then, even once the age to come arrives, the Son will remain in subjection to the Father forever (1 Cor 15.28). In addition to covering many of these subordination texts, we'll also consider what Jesus meant when he said "I and my Father are one" in John 10.30 and overview some of the possibilities for interpreting John 1.1. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/zsCh3iIGDaI The Father planned salvation, commissioned his Son, authorized him as his agent, empowered him with miraculous powers, guided him in his ministry, provided him the words to speak, instructed him to give his life, raised him from the dead, elevated him to his right hand, poured out the spirit through him, appointed him a priest to intercede in his heavenly ministry, and will one day send him back to restore our world. Then, when the end comes, he will turn everything back over to his Father so that God may be all in all. The Father is the supreme authority who directs his subordinate Son to do the work of salvation. From the Son we see a loyal and loving heart, willing to heroically obey his Father even when it costs everything. He provides the quintessential model for what humanity can be when totally dependent on God. —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” and “The Trinity before Nicea“ If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here. &nbsp;

This is part 5 of the One God Over All class. Last time we looked at what Jesus taught about God. Although this class is called "One God Over All," it's also important for us to talk about Jesus. If the Father alone is the one God over all, then what does that mean about Jesus? Who is he? We're going to take the next few sessions to explore what the bible teaches about Jesus. Today our focus is on his primary title--Messiah. In addition we'll briefly look at John 8.58 and whether or not Jesus claimed to be "The Great I AM." Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQbyTyKpuJc&amp;list=PLN9jFDsS3QV0lS6ELFoLnZovP0NKxqTGG&amp;index=5 —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” and “The Trinity before Nicea“ If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

This is part 4 of the One God Over All class. Today we enter the New Testament and ask the question, &#8220;What did Jesus believe about God?&#8221; After all, whatever Jesus said on the matter is primary for us as Christ-followers, right? As it turns out, Jesus not only believed the Shema, but strongly endorsed it as his core understanding of what&#8217;s most important! Furthermore, he repeatedly spoke of the Father as &#8220;my God.&#8221; We&#8217;ll also engage with the ideas of &#8220;compound unity&#8221; as well as &#8220;splitting the Shema.&#8221; Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” and “The Trinity before Nicea“ If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

This is part 3 of the One God Over All class. Yahweh is particularly sensitive about fidelity. He wants his people to be solely devoted to him; he&#8217;s not content to share them with other gods. Century after century, when Israel strayed from him, Yahweh sent prophets to confront his people. Eventually, he could not abide their treachery and he took drastic measures, removing them from the land. We&#8217;ll cover this tragic history and how God cured his people from their idolatry addiction. Lastly, we&#8217;ll cover Isaiah 7.14 and 9.6&#8211;two texts that some allege teach that a coming child would be God. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” and “The Trinity before Nicea“ If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

This is part 2 of the One God Over All class. This class is all about who God is. That Yahweh is our God and that Yahweh is one are truths we must take to heart if we want to think biblically about God. Today we'll continue our march through the Hebrew Bible, stopping to see how God reveals himself through his ten commandments, the golden calf incident, and the Shema creed. Although the Shema teaches that "Yahweh is one," some have interpreted the Hebrew word "echad" (translated "one") to mean "compound unity." Fortunately, we can easily dispel this misunderstanding by consulting a standard Hebrew lexicon (HALOT). Not only will this episode introduce you to the Shema, but you'll also learn about the remarkable Jewish legacy of integrating this creed into their daily lives. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/heWcstW7oeI —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including "Five Major Problems with the Trinity" and "The Trinity before Nicea" If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

Today we are starting a brand new class called "One God Over All!" My plan is to work through scripture to build a biblical theology of the one true God and his Son, Jesus the Messiah. This class will cover both texts supporting God's exclusive oneness as well as misunderstood verses that seem to teach otherwise. Additionally, we will briefly explore how Christian theology developed from the New Testament period to the Trinity's full articulation at the Council of Constantinople in a.d. 381. This is part 1 of the One God Over All class. Who is God? Let's begin in the beginning with Genesis 1.1. We encounter the word elohim and ask ourselves, "What does this word mean?" and "Why is it plural?" Even more to the point, was this what ancient readers would have fixated upon? In this first class session you'll learn all about the word elohim, what God's name is, and how singular and plural pronouns tell us how many God is. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/tSO106waGnA —— Links —— More one God resources and posts available here, including "Five Major Problems with the Trinity" and "The Trinity before Nicea" If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here.

Have you heard about the upcoming Unitarian Christian Alliance conference (or as I like to call it, UCA-con)? It's going to happen next month from October 15-17. My guest today is Dr. Dale Tuggy, the chairman of the board of the UCA. Listen in as he discusses what's on the docket for our inaugural UCA conference as well as a teaser for what he will be saying about John 1 in his presentation. (By the way, if any of you Restitutio listeners make it to the conference, stop by and say "hello" and get your free Restitutio sticker while supplies last.) We also spend some time talking about the newest UCA publication, a reprint of an interesting book by Thomas Emlyn from the year 1702. Dale Tuggy and Kegan Chandler worked hard to modernize the old English, provide lots of helpful footnotes, and include an excellent introduction. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/lFPjQDRfG3g —— Links —— Get more information about registering for the UCA Conference (October 15-17, 2021) held near Nashville, TN Get the Thomas Emlyn book at Theophilus Press Watch Tuggy's latest talk, "Who Do You Say That I Am?" on YouTube Check out these other Restitutio episodes with Dale Tuggy Follow Tuggy at his Trinities website, on Twitter @DaleTuggy, on Instagram @hermanootics, and on TikTok @Dale_Tuggy If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

When was the last time you heard a sermon about singleness? Married people have lots of sermons, classes, books, and conferences dedicated to them, but singles are largely ignored. Today, Matthew Elton, himself a single millennial, shares what Jesus and Paul have to teach us about the incredible advantages of singleness for God's people. Far from second class citizens, singles have much to offer the body of Christ. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZqXEJw4u7Y —— Links —— Check out podcast 154 Spiritual Friendship: Celibacy as a Call to Love by Wesley Hill More podcasts and posts on singleness If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

Nearly a year ago, I interviewed Pastor Jeff Deuble from Sydney, Australia about his journey of discovering the genuine Jesus of the first century. At the close of that interview, he mentioned that he had written a book that makes a case for his understanding of the biblical Christ. Well, I&#8217;m happy to say that this book is now available, published by Living Hope International Ministries. In what follows, I ask Deuble about the content, purpose, and tone of the book. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Get your copy of Christ before Creeds on Amazon (USA) or Amazon (Australia) today! Here&#8217;s the previous interview with Jeff Deuble from November 2020 Also see the interview I did with his brother, Greg Deuble, back in December of 2018, called They Never Told Me This in Church More podcasts and posts covering biblical monotheism here If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

How should those of us committed to a biblical sexual ethic treat those who are same-sex attracted or who identify as the opposite sex? In our polarized world, it seems like only two options are available to us: (1) we accept, approve, and celebrate LGBT+ lifestyles or (2) we deny, denigrate, and dismiss them. Either we reject scripture or reject love. Surely, there must be a better way. Can we show love without compromising our morals? In this episode, we&#8217;ll take a look at what the bible says about sexual ethics before asking how we can be like Jesus in loving outsiders without betraying our own code of ethics. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— For a very helpful book on transgenderism, see Preston Sprinkle&#8217;s Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say. This is the book that contained the story of Leslie that I quoted from in this message. Check out these other podcasts and posts about same-sex attraction Listen to Becket Cook&#8217;s interview &#8220;A Change of Affection&#8221; where he describes his own walk as a Christ-follower with same-sex attraction If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library &nbsp;

This is the third and final part of our series on conditional immortality with Warren Prestidge. Although most Christians today believe hell is a place where the dammed suffer eternal conscious torment, the bible teaches that the lost will perish. For example, the most famous verse in the bible says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him would not perish but have eternal life" (John 3.16). Did you see the two options there? On the one hand, those who believe will have eternal life. On the other, those who do not believe will perish. Now, considering that eternal life contrasts with perishing, we shouldn't envisage perishing as also having eternal life, but of a much less pleasant variety. But, if this "annihilationist" perspective is true, then what do you do with the handful of texts that seem to imply that the lost suffer continuous and unending torture? My guest today, once again, is Baptist pastor Warren Prestidge of Auckland, NZ. He will help us work through a few key texts to make sense of everything, including Matthew 25.41, 46; Mark 9.47-48; Revelation 14.11 and 20.10; and Luke 16.19-31 (The Rich Man and Lazarus). What you'll see is how Prestidge's careful reading explains what these verses really mean in their context without reading in medieval assumptions about infernos and torture chambers. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts &nbsp; —— Links —— Order Prestidge's book: Life, Death, and Destiny (paperback on Amazon, ebook on Lulu, or pdf on Afterlife.co.nz) Many more resources available at The Conditional Immortality Association of New Zealand More episodes about annihilationism If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

Last time Warren Prestidge walked us through a case for conditional immortality. Today, we'll delve into some of the key texts that proponents of natural immortality employ to make their case, including these four texts: Luke 23.43; John 14.2-3; 2 Corinthians 5.8; and Philippians 1.23. In each case, Prestidge appeals to the context of the passage and basic logic to make his case. If you've ever wondered about what these verses mean, this episode will equip you to understand them from a conditional immortality perspective. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Books —— Freeman Barton, Heaven, Hell, and Hades Warren Prestidge, Life Death and Destiny George Carry, I Believe in Man Oscar Cullman, Immortality of the Soul or Resurrection Murray Harris, Raised Immortal Joel Green, What about the Soul Paul Elthouse, The Theology of Martin Luther "Eschatology" in New Bible Dictionary —— Links —— Order Prestidge's book: Life, Death, and Destiny (paperback on Amazon, ebook on Lulu, or pdf on Afterlife.co.nz) Many more resources available at The Conditional Immortality Association of New Zealand More episodes about conditional immortality If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

What happens when you die? This is such a big question for all of us. Do we go somewhere like heaven or hell? Do we stay on earth as a disembodied spirit? Or are we unconscious? My guest today is Warren Prestidge of New Zealand, who contends that we should embrace the biblical language of the sleep of the dead. The idea--often called conditional immortality--is that immortality is not automatic or innate, but conditioned on resurrection. Prestidge is a retired Baptist pastor, living in Auckland, NZ. He has degrees in English and Theology. As well as pastoring churches in Auckland for over 30 years, he has lectured at the Bible College of NZ and Tyndale College. He has also served as a pastor in UK and, for two years, as a Bible college director in the Philippines. He has been married for over 50 years and has three sons and six grandchildren. He continues to preach and also to work with the Conditional Immortality Association of NZ. He has had an impact on me through his book, Life, Death and Destiny, which both lays out a biblical case for the sleep of the dead and offers solid explanations for confusing texts. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Order Prestidge's book: Life, Death, and Destiny (paperback on Amazon, ebook on Lulu, or pdf on Afterlife.co.nz) Many more resources available at The Conditional Immortality Association of New Zealand More episodes about conditional immortality If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

This is the last episode of our class, Why Christianity. We've covered so many different reasons why Christianity is attractive, makes sense, and is worthy of our attention. We've looked at scientific, logical, epistemological, social, psychological, and historical reasons for God's existence, Christ's resurrection, and the gospel's effectiveness. Today, we consider three stories of changed lives. The proof, they say, is in the pudding. Can Christianity deliver healing, forgiveness, and purpose for real people in our world today? What about people who are deeply entrenched in atheism, partying, or gay activism? Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts This is part 16 of the Why Christianity class. https://youtu.be/iCxsuTKrKB4 —— Links —— See other episodes of Why Christianity More episodes about defending your faith here Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library —— Notes —— God Has Power to Change Lives- Titus 3:3-7- sometimes our faith is too little- we are too easily intimidated Lee Strobel- 1 Peter 3:1-2- 1 Corinthians 7:13-16 - Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus- both a book and a movie Brian Welch- lead guitarist for Korn- Matthew 11:28-30- Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story David Bennett- A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus- David recounts his dramatic story, from his early years exploring new age religions and French existentialism to his university experiences as an activist. Following supernatural encounters with God, he embarked on a journey not only of seeking to reconcile his faith and sexuality but also of discovering the higher call of Jesus Christ.

Although many throughout the Western world are quick to criticize Christianity, Jesus remains well-liked. In fact, one of the most obvious answers to the question, &#8220;Why Christianity?&#8221; is &#8220;Jesus.&#8221; To this day, reading the Gospels draws the reader to Jesus&#8217; magnetic and compelling way of life. What&#8217;s more, the less satisfied we are with our own society, the more we find ourselves drawn to counter-cultural forces. Jesus of Nazareth is just such a person. He spoke truth to power and challenged the religious status quo of his own day. He remains counter-cultural, and this just may be a strong reason for unbelievers to consider him today. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts This is part 15 of the Why Christianity class. &nbsp; —— Links —— See other episodes of Why Christianity More episodes about defending your faith here More with Daniel Fitzsimmons Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library —— Notes —— • Countercultural forces and revolutions appeal to people because they’re different than what has been done or experienced before. • Rejection by the established political and cultural norms can greatly heighten that appeal. • True countercultural forces/revolution substantially affect culture going forward. • Countercultural forces are often co-opted, first through mainstream acceptance, then by assimilation and appropriation. • Jesus Christ’s ministry was revolutionary and counter-cultural, as evidenced by his radical message, rejection and ultimate execution by those in power. • We are to live as examples of Jesus to a desperate and dying world, presenting the message of the gospel as the true alternative to other life-defining &#8211; yet ultimately empty &#8211; belief systems.

Community is so important. As so many continue to struggle with the ache of loneliness, anxiety about social encounters, and the gnawing pain of depression, we who belong to Christian communities have a huge opportunity and obligation to invite outsiders in, provide them a taste of God&#8217;s goodness, and welcome them with a spirit of genuine hospitality. However, as soon as you begin reaching out to friends, coworkers, and neighbors, you may encounter a flurry of criticisms about Christianity. &#8220;What about the crusades and the Spanish inquisition?&#8221; they may ask. Or perhaps they&#8217;ll ask about pedophilia among priests or greedy mega pastors with private jets and multi-million dollar houses. What can you say when these issues come up? In this episode Daniel Fitzsimmons shares a about answering charges of hypocrisy as well as what authentic Christian community looks like. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts This is part 14 of the Why Christianity class. —— Links —— See other episodes of Why Christianity More episodes about defending your faith here More with Daniel Fitzsimmons Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter @RestitutioSF If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here or designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library —— Notes —— • Evil that is perpetrated by so-called Christians or in the name of Christianity is a reality that must be acknowledged and addressed. • God hates hypocrisy (1 John 4:20; James 1:22-25; 1 John 2:1-6) • There are many examples, both ancient and recent, of Christ-followers embodying his teachings of radical love, self-sacrifice, service and forgiveness. • The best example of what a Christian community looks like should be the one you set within your own community. People who are skeptical about the Christian faith will be persuaded more by how you treat those around you and in your church community than by rote recitation of the gospel message alone. • There are copious opportunities to live out Christ’s teachings within your church and community. • The defining characteristic of an authentic Christian community is love.