‘The Trinity and the Bible,’ with Scott Swain

Dr. Scott Swain discusses the Trinity in the Bible with the usual cast.

R. Scott Swain

Dr. Scott Swain, President of Reformed Theological Seminary, is the author of The Trinity & the Bible: On Theological Interpretation, recently published by Lexham Press. In this conversation with Derek (making his triumphant return!), Matt, and Alastair, Dr. Swain helps ask and answer some of the big questions about the doctrine of the Trinity: How do we find it in the Bible? Is it really just Greek philosophical categories imported into Christian teaching? Why do we use the terms Father, Son, and Spirit? How do you pronounce ‘prosopological’? And what is the Doctrine of the Trinity good for, anyway?

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Timestamps

0:56
Rishmawy Returns
2:32
Where is the Trinity in the Bible?
5:00
The Hip New Trinitarians
6:39
The Swain Trinitarian Oeuvre
9:03
Prosopological Exegesis
15:31
Social Trinitarian Readings
19:42
Bridging Systematic and Biblical Theologies
24:41
Why the names “Father, Son, & Spirit?”
30:28
Avoiding Extremes
36:42
The Mystery that Solves All Mysteries

Follow Derek, Andrew, and Alastair for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to Timothy Crouch for keeping us organized. Special thanks to Tim Motte for sound editing and show notes. And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.

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