539 Dale Tuggy’s Thoughts on the James White Debate: Is Jesus Yahweh?

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We're taking a break this week from our class on Reading the Bible for Yourself. By the way, did you know that there's a separate podcast just for classes without any interruptions like this? You can find it if you search your podcast app for Restitutio Classes. Anyhow, I had an opportunity to speak with Dr. Dale Tuggy about his recent debate with Dr. James White and wanted to share that conversation with you now rather than waiting until the end of this class.

On March 9, 2024 in Houston Texas at the First Lutheran Church, Dale Tuggy debated James White on the question, "Is Jesus Yahweh?" White affirmed and Tuggy denied. Just to give you a little background on these two scholars, James White is a professor of Apologetics at Grace Bible Theological Seminary and has a bachelors from Grand Canyon University, a masters from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a doctorate of ministry from Columbia Evangelical Seminary. He has participated in over 180 public moderated debates and has written the book The Forgotten Trinity in which he presented his case that the Trinity is biblical. Dale Tuggy is an Analytic Theologian who has a bachelors from BIOLA, a masters from Claremont School of Theology, and a Ph.D. from Brown University. He's the chair of the Unitarian Christian Alliance and the author of What Is the Trinity?, which explains the major Trinity theories and the problems each faces. In what follows, I ask Tuggy how he thought the debate went.

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The debate lasted over two hours and is accessible on YouTube. The format of the debate was as follows:

1. Opening Statement (25 min each)
2. Rebuttal (10 min each)
3. Cross Examination (10 min each)
4. Concluding Statement (5 min each)
5. Audience Questions (20 min total)

Here's the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky2SaHscSIo

—— Links ——

• More interviews with Dale Tuggy here
• Visit Tuggy's website at trinities.org
• Check out his books on Amazon, especially