By Timothy D. Oliver
Director
CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS MINISTRIES -
It’s interesting that Oneness adcovates want to rant and rave about the name of Jesus (which is all good if it was the true Jesus) but ironically, they truly deny the Jesus of Scripture in many instances. Let me explain one: in a recent interview that I had with one of the premier apologists of the church today, Dr. James R. White, Th. D., an accomplished scholar, author of numerous books. When examining the passage in I John 2:23, which reads “Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.” Dr. White comments:
"In Oneness theology, the Son is not an eternal [pre-existent] and divine person; the Son is the human form that the Father in essence indwells. So that Jesus becomes both the Father and the Son. They are not confessing the Son that we have in Scripture. They’re not confessing the Son who Paul say’s in Colossians 1:16-17 has created all things. So as a result of that, they are in essence denying the Son and therefore they don’t have the Father…."
White then continued to comment on the passage saying that this is clearly what the Apostle John is communicating in the text, as brother White read from the Greek New Testament. Dr. White is a Greek and Hebrew scholar, and teaches the Biblical languges. It was quite a privilege to spend time with such an intellect and strong defender of the faith. Not to mention White has debated Oneness advocates such as Dr. Robert Sabin & David Bernard both are well known in the Onesness comminity.
A Brief Recommend Resource List to Refute Oneness Pentecostal Heresy & To Validate the Biblical Doctrine of the Trinity
The Forgotten Trinity, by Dr. James R. White, Bethany House Publishers, Alpha & Omega Ministries, P.O. Box 37106, Phoenix, AZ 85069, Ph# 602-937-0318. www.aomin.org
A DEFINITIVE LOOK at ONENESS THEOLOGY:
Defending the Tri-Unity of God
By Edward L. Dalcour. www.christiandefense.org
How Biblical is the Trinity? Dr. James R. White debates Oneness Pentecostal Scholar Robert Sabin on the Biblical nature of the historic Christian doctrine of the Trinity vs the teachings of Oneness Pentecostalism, Alpha & Omega Ministries. http://www.aomin.org/miscellaneous.html
BEYOND THE VEIL OF ETERNITY: The Importance of Philippians 2:5-11 in Theology and Apologetics, article by Dr. James R. White in the Christian Research Journal, Volume 22 / Number 3. www.equip.org 1-888-7000-CRI, also posted at sites.silaspartners.com/csm4jesus
Loving the Trinity, article by Dr. James R. White in the CRI Journal, Volume 21 / Number 4.
The Department of Christian Defense, Edaward Dalcour, Director http://www.christiandefense.org/oneness.htm
“Jesus Only” Churches, by E. Calvin Beisner, Zondervan Publishing House. www.christianbooks.com
The Trinity And The Eternal Sonship Of Christ: A Defense Against “Oneness” Pentecostals Attacks On Historic Christianity, by Bob L. Ross, Pilgrim Publications, Box 66, Pasadena, TX 77501, Phone: (713) 477-4261 www.pilgrimpub.org
An Evaluation of the Oneness Pentecostal Movement, by Mark A. McNeil, Pilgrim Publications www.pilgrimpub.org
Knowing the truth about the Trinity, by John Ankerberg & John Weldon, Harvest House Publishers (addresses Oneness heresy also) www.ankerberg.org
Oneness Pentecostals & The Trinity: A world-wide movement assessed by a former Oneness Pentecostal, by Gregory A. Boyd, Baker Book House www.equip.org
The Trinity, Free Grace Broadcaster, Issue 165 / Summer 1998, Mt. Zion Publications / Chapel Library, 2603 W. Wright St., Pensacola, FL 32505, Ph# 850-438-6666 www.mountzion.org
The Mystery of the Holy Spirit, by R.C. Sproul, Tyndale House Publishers. Ligonier Ministries P.O. Box 547500, Orlando, FL 32854, Ph# 1-800-435-4343 www.ligonier.org
Why You Should Believe In The Trinity: An Answer to the Jehovah’s Witnesses, by Robert M. Bowman, Jr., Baker Book House.
For more information:
Alpha & Omega Ministries www.aomin.org
Dr. James R. White, Director
Timothy D. Oliver Dr. James R. White
