Oneness Vs Trinity Debates with Robert A Sabin (1932-2014)

Is the God of the Bible triune in person or unitary? The debate has raged for millennia. Interestingly enough time has passed that we can compare and contrast this debate over decades of video recorded debates. We can even watch how the arguments change over the life time of one man: Dr Robert A Sabin. He was a member of the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI) which is a oneness pentencostal denomination. He argued in two debates against the Trinity, and although I disagree with him I have to admit that he was consistent. In 1985 he debated along side Dr Nathanial Urshan against Dr Walter Martin and Dr E. Calvin Beisner. In 1999, he debated Dr James White. Watch how the discussion changes and grows.

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1999

"If God is All-Powerful, Why does Evil Exist?"

Why does God allow evil to exist - even thrive? This question is one of the major questions of life. It's important. Your answer to it shapes your worldview - your thoughts, your actions, and the things that you say. I've written many posts on theodicy. One of the reasons is that the objections underlying this question are what often what makes people decide to reject God. Here are some answers provided by several scholars and people who have studied and searched for an answer to this question.


Greg Koukl





Truthbomb Apologetics: Video: Greg Koukl- "If God is All-Powerful, Why does Evil Exist?"

Ravi Zacharias








Lee Strobel


http://www.apologetics315.com/2012/07/why-does-god-allow-tragedy-and-suffering.html


Norman Geisler







Bill Honsberger

http://www.havenministry.com/A%20letter%20on%20the%20problem%20of%20evil.htm


Walter Martin

Evil and Human Suffering, part 1 and part 2

William Lane Craig

  

Walter Martin's last TBN Appearance - YouTube

Introduction to Playlist

Walter Martin defending the faith, circa 1985, on TBN with host Doug Clark. Neither the host nor the guest were ever invited back and the program was not reaired the following Monday as it was scheduled.

Walter Martin's last TBN Appearance - YouTube

Complete Video of Brown/Smaw Debate on Same-Sex Marriage at UCF - Voice of Revolution

 This was a very good Debate, especially juxtaposed against a debate Dr Walter Martin did on television back in the early 1980's. Society has gotten worse. Ignoring Smaw's crudeness and ill-preparedness on one side, the issues and arguments have not changed. Back then people were more willing tom stand with what the Bible says. Today, as this debate shows, people want to live their own way and willing to throw out common sense to do it.  I posed the Martin debate from Mariano Grinbank in the following post, just follow the link.

Complete Video of Brown/Smaw Debate on Same-Sex Marriage at UCF - Voice of Revolution

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Walter Martin debates homosexuality and Christianity | True Freethinker

Image via WikipediaMariano has pointed to a great older video recording of Dr Walter Martin debating homosexuality in Christianity. I agree with Mariano that there is very little changed in arguments or strategy in debating these issues. Take a listen.




Walter Martin debates homosexuality and Christianity | True Freethinker

Apologetics 315: Walter Martin MP3 Audio: Reasons for Faith

Brian has posted a great lecture from Dr. Walter Martin.  It's awesome. He defends the historicity of Jesus and how you can trust the reliability of the Bible.  This is a must-hear. 

Apologetics 315: Walter Martin MP3 Audio: Reasons for Faith

Bishop Spong -VS- Dr. Martin - Topic : Sexual Ethics

Here is the famous debate between Bishop John Shelby Spong and Dr Walter Martin regarding the Bible and Homosexuality. A must see!

Walter Martin and Seventh-Day Adventist

I admire the work that Walter Martin did while he was alive and active. One of the things that I admire about him is that he was constantly learning and if he found out he thought something that was not true, he publicly changed his position. Some people are too proud to admit when they are wrong. He wasn't. A case in point is that once upon a time, he thought that the Seventh-Day Adventist Church was a cult, but after much dialog and changes to the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, he changed his opinion. My Pastor found the following Debate on YouTube.





This was great! It really shows how we must be careful to allow scripture alone to be boss when it comes to judging matters of faith and practice.

Truthbomb Apologetics: The Deity of Christ by Dr. Walter Martin

On his Truthbomb Apologetics blog, Chad, has posted an essay from the late Dr. Walter Martin in which 9 points are enumerated showing that the Bible teaches that Jesus is God. This got my attention because just a few hours ago my 3 year-old daughter told me "Jesus is God." I was so grateful that God had allowed me to hear from her that she has been paying attention!


Truthbomb Apologetics: The Deity of Christ by Dr. Walter Martin