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Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 18) Filioque?
The Latin filioque is derived from two words. Filioque = que (and) filio (son). Thus, the filioque refers to the...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 17) The Eternal Procession of the Holy Spirit Proved
As I write this, it is December 6, and it has been just about one month since my last blog on the Trinity. It has been...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 16) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: Does Eternal Generation Lead to Arianism?
Millard Erickson has warned that in some way the doctrine of the eternal functional subordination of the Son will lead...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 15) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: The Glory of the Sacrifice Proclaimed in the Gospel
Hudson Taylor tells the story of the agonizing leaving of his mother at the dock on his first missionary trip to...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 14) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: The Christological Use of the Personification of Wisdom in Proverbs 8
It is well-known that the personification of wisdom in Proverbs 8:22-31 played a significant role in the development...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 13) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: The Normal Order of the Mention of the Persons of the Trinity
In my last blog post I had occasion to mention the great Trinitarian benediction of 2 Corinthians 13:14: “The...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 12) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: Election the Work of the Father
Another telling rebuttal of the notion that the peculiar roles of the Trinity in redemption are not eternal is that...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 11) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: The Eternal Fatherhood of the Father
Those who oppose the Eternal Sonship of Christ have invented some very clever evasions of the biblical evidence. They...
Who’s Tampering with the Trinity? (Part 10) The Biblical Support for Eternal Generation: The Son Subordinate to the Father in the Work of Creation
Those who oppose the doctrine of eternal generation also oppose the idea that the persons of the Trinity have in...