Entries Tagged as ‘Sean's Posts’

June 26, 2008

Another Trinity Debate - Hosted by the Biblical Unitarian Society of Southhampton

The Biblical Unitarian Society at the University of Southampton, UK, has hosted a debate on the Trinity. The debate occurred on June 16th, 2008. Representing the trinitarian side were two Anglicans, Prof. Keith Fox and Chris Halls both from Highfield Church. The two biblical unitarians that participated in the debate were Ray Faircloth of Restoration [...]

June 10, 2008

Debating The Trinity

Presented by Brant Bosserman and Sean Finnegan at the One God Conference, Seattle WA June 1st 2008, commentary by Sean Finnegan. Click here to listen the entire 2 hour debate or click on one of the parts below.
The debate was over whether God is a single individual (the Father of Jesus) or if he is [...]

May 3, 2008

17th Annual Theological Conference (Full Recap)

As the conference was in progress, JohnO and I were live-blogging and uploading the audios. However, I thought it would be helpful to have all of the talks in the same place under one post. In addition, I now have many of the actual papers which are useful to follow along with while listening to [...]

April 30, 2008

Theological Conference 11 - My Story–To God Be The Glory

Click here to listen to My Story: To God Be The Glory presented by Joel Hemphill, Apr 30th 2008, Atlanta Georgia. Commentary by Sean Finnegan.
Famed gospel singer, Joel Hemphill, the surprise guest of the conference, delivered a riveting message about his story with God from his initial conversion at 10 years old to his recent [...]

April 29, 2008

Theological Conference 7 - Modern Idolatry or The Other Gospel

Click here to listen to Modern Idolatry or The Other Gospel as presented by Chuck Jones, Apr 29 2008, Atlanta Georgia. Commentary by Sean Finnegan.
Chuck Jones is a pastor of a congregation in Pomona, California. His presentation focused on the subject of idolatry. First, he looked to the Old Testament to describe six examples of [...]

April 29, 2008

Theological Conference 4 - Jesus and Atonement

Click here to listen to Jesus and Atonement delivered by John Obelenus, Apr 28th 2008, Atlanta Georgia. To read the paper (click here).  Commentary by Sean Finnegan. 
John’s big idea is summarized in this statement, “We must make sense of Jesus’ crucifixion in light of his ministry, and his ministry in light of his crucifixion.”
His outline [...]

April 27, 2008

Theological Conference 1 - The Sacrifice of the Son of God

Click here to listen to The Sacrifice of the Son of God as delivered by Alex Hall, Apr 27, 2008 in Atlanta Georgia. Commentary by John Obelenus
In the introduction Alex brings up a good point about assumptions and how they guide how we assimilate information into our pre-existing belief structure.
Next he brings a strong counterpoint [...]

February 21, 2008

Theological Conferences Approaching

This year there will be two theological conferences put on by people who share our understanding of God, Jesus, and the gospel of the kingdom.
The first is the 17th annual Theological Conference put on by Sir Anthony Buzzard and Restoration Fellowship. It will be held at Simpsonwood Conference Center in Norcross, GA (transportation from [...]

February 20, 2008

The Radical Deformation

The New Testament documents, interpreted in their original, historical, and religious context teach that Jesus was a human being begotten by God via the holy spirit in the womb of his virgin mother, Mary. In other words, Jesus’ origin is found in his human birth, not in some pre-existent, spiritual existence. In this [...]

February 9, 2008

Heaven-At-Death Refuted in Time Magazine

In a recent interview with Time Magazine, Bishop NT Wright made some very encouraging statements about the biblical destiny of Christians. The interview was titled, Christians Wrong About Heaven, Says Bishop (click here for the article). Below are a few quotes that I thought were extraordinary:
In his new book, Surprised by Hope (HarperOne), [...]