A critical response to Bernard's The Oneness of God
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Bernard's work is, in the kindest possible reading, a theologically motivated exercise in confirmation bias dressed up in the costume of systematic theology. He sets out not to discover what the Bible teaches about God but to defend a conclusion already reached. The result is a book riddled with logical fallacies, selective use of evidence, category errors, and interpretive sleight of hand. What follows is a chapter-by-chapter and argument-by-argument analysis. References are drawn from Boyd's Oneness Pentecostals and the Trinity, Grudem's Systematic Theology, and Geisler's Come Let Us Reason Together.
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- Chapter 1 - Christian Monotheism
- Chapter 2 - The Nature of God
- Chapter 3 - The Names and Titles of God
- Chapter 4 - Jesus is God
- Chapter 5 - The Son of God
- Chapter 6 - Father, son and Holy Ghost
- Chapter 7 - Old Testament Explanations
- Chapter 8 - New Testament Explanations: The Gospels
- Chapter 9 - New Testament Explanations: Acts to Revelation
- Chapter 10 - Oneness Believers in Church History
- Chapter 11 - Trinitarianism: Definition and Historical Development
- Chapter 12 - Trinitarianism: An Evaluation
- Chapter 13 - Conclusion
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