The Nazareth to Nicaea vodcast discusses the historical Jesus, the Christ of Faith, and everything in between. We look at the many texts and traditions, the stories and artifacts, the heroes and heretics of the christological controversies. We cover the debates, the doubts, and the dissenters about all things related to Jesus and the early church.
This episode examines the topic of “Did Jesus Think He Was God?” with specific focus on:
• Reasons for doubting Jesus believed in his own divinity • Jesus as harbinger and centerpiece of the kingdom of God
• Jesus granting the forgiveness of sins
• Jesus’s sense of unmediated divine authority
• Jesus as God’s wisdom, greater than the temple & adversary of Satan • Jesus and God’s throne
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Recommended Reading
Michael F. Bird, How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus’ Divine Nature (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2014). Sigurd Grindheim, God’s Equal: What Can We Know of Jesus’ Self-Understanding (London: T&T Clark, 2011).
Brant Pitre, The Case for Jesus: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Christ (New York: Image, 2016).
Ben Witherington, The Christology of Jesus (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1997).
N. T. Wright, Jesus and the Victory of God (COQG 2; London: SPCK, 1996).
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Title art by Ben Clements