Truth Unites
By Gavin Ortlund
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Truth UnitesMar 08, 2024
Icon Veneration is STILL an Accretion (Response to Hamilton/Garten)
Gavin Ortlund responds to Michael Garten and Seraphim Hamilton on icon veneration as defined at Nicaea 2. See their video: https://youtu.be/xo6-UDl7zq8?si=S5Lgm4COZhXUX_69
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Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.
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Persecution in Church History: Stories We MUST Know
Gavin Ortlund shares three lessons we can learn about persecution from church history.
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Is Spirituality A Greater Threat Than Atheism? With Michael Horton
Gavin Ortlund and Michael Horton explore the origins of "spiritual but not religious" as an ideology. See Dr. Horton's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Shaman-Sage-Spiritual-Religious-Antiquity/dp/0802877117
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Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.
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War R*pe in Deuteronomy 21?
In this video Gavin Ortlund addresses whether Deuteronomy 21 condones war rape among the ancient Israelites.
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The Conquest of Canaan: Genocide or Just?
Gavin Ortlund addresses the conquest of Canaan in the book of Joshua. Was it a just punishment of evil or itself an evil act of genocide?
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John MacArthur on Mental Illness: Why I Disagree
In this video Gavin Ortlund responds to John MacArthur's recent comments that there is no such thing as mental illness.
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Were Adam and Eve Historical People?
In this video Gavin Ortlund addresses whether a historical Adam and Eve can be harmonized with evolutionary science.
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Chatting About Life and YouTube With Paul Vanderklay
Gavin Ortlund and Paul Vankerklay chat about life, culture, YouTube, and Christianity.
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DEBATE: Is Divine Simplicity True? Gavin Ortlund vs. Ryan Mullins
Gavin Ortlund and Ryan Mullins debate whether divine simplicity is true.
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Atheist INCONSISTENCIES on Slavery in the Bible
In this video Gavin Ortlund responds to several atheist critics about slavery in the Bible.
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How Many Sacraments Are There? 2, Not 7!
In this video Gavin Ortlund offers a Protestant perspective that there are two sacraments in the church, not seven as other traditions like Roman Catholicism affirm.
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How NOT to Help a Sufferer
In this video Gavin Ortlund shares four things NOT to say to someone who is suffering. See my article on this topic here: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/how-not-to-help-a-sufferer/
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Is Richard Dawkins a Cultural Christian?
In this video Gavin Ortlund responds to Richard Dawkins' love for cultural Christianity without the doctrines. Speak Life: https://www.youtube.com/@SpeakLifeMedia
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The Deconstruction Movement: How the Church Should Respond
In this video Gavin Ortlund shares two strategies for responding to those deconstructing their faith. Check out Trinity Evangelical Divinity School: https://www.teds.edu/truthunites #sponsorship
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What We MISS About Easter
In this video Gavin Ortlund explores what Christians often miss about Easter and the nature of Christ's resurrection. See the McNutt's Know the Theologians book: https://www.amazon.com/Know-Theologians-Jennifer-Powell-McNutt/dp/0310114411 See my article on Christ's Resurrection: https://truthunites.org/mypublications/
Truth Unites exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth.
Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.
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Slavery in the Bible: Answering Atheist Critiques
In this video Gavin Ortlund responds to critiques from atheists about slavery in the Bible. My article on the Imago Dei: https://truthunites.org/mypublications/#essays Peter Williams' lecture on slavery in the Bible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUOsBQYuZ9g Jay Sklar's Leviticus commentary: https://www.amazon.com/Leviticus-Zondervan-Exegetical-Commentary-Testament/dp/0310942187/ Alec Ryrie's Protestants: https://www.amazon.com/Protestants-Faith-That-Modern-World/dp/0670026166
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Protestant vs. Orthodox: Scripture and Tradition (Gavin Ortlund + Stephen De Young)
Check out Trinity Evangelical Divinity School: teds.edu/truthunites In this dialogue between Gavin Ortlund and Father Stephen De Young, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant perspectives about Scripture and tradition are explored.
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The Hyper-Masculinity Problem in the Church
In this video Gavin Ortlund responds to a recent criticism about a worship song not being masculine enough. Check out the Pro Ecclesia conference: https://www.pro-ecclesia.org/2024
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Sola Scriptura is Totally Medieval, This Will Blow Your Mind
In this video Gavin Ortlund discusses views on the authority of the church and Scripture among Wessel Gansfort and other medieval theologians, suggesting there is medieval precedent for the Protestant view of sola Scriptura. See J.I. Packer's Proclaiming Christ in a Pluralistic Age: https://www.crossway.org/books/proclaiming-christ-in-a-pluralistic-age-hcj/
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Mike Bickle and Church Dissillusionment
Gavin Ortlund gives 5 pieces of pastoral counsel to those who are disillusioned about sin and scandal in the church, like the recent revelations about Mike Bickle. For more about the situation, see this video from Remnant Radio: https://www.youtube.com/live/EpcaPgqCaGo?si=PRCFIcXBOfcn56lG
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Ken Ham is Tweeting About Me Again
In this video Gavin Ortlund responds to Ken Ham about the interpretation of Genesis 1. Is the Young-Earth Creationist reading of Genesis 1 the only faithful reading? Do all other views "start outside the text?" Ham's post: https://twitter.com/aigkenham/status/1763067659036573772
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Comparing Christianity vs. Open Spirituality
In this video Gavin Ortlund interviews Josh Chatraw and Jack Carson about Rhett McLaughlin's comments about their book, Surprised By Doubt, and why Christianity is a better option than open spirituality. Surprised By Doubt: https://www.amazon.com/Surprised-Doubt-Disillusionment-Invite-Deeper/dp/1587435594 About Josh: https://www.samford.edu/beeson-divinity/directory/Chatraw-Josh About Jack: https://www.liberty.edu/ace/articles/faculty/jack-carson/ Richard Bauckham's introduction to the gospels: https://www.amazon.com/Gospels-All-Christians-Rethinking-Audiences-ebook/dp/B002OSXN9G/ Peter Williams' Can We Trust the Gospels?: https://www.amazon.com/Can-Trust-Gospels-Peter-Williams-ebook/dp/B07DNF73F2/
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The Inconsistency in Rhett's Critique of Christianity
In this video Gavin Ortlund analyzes Rhett McLaughlin's Deconstruction of Christianity. See the original video here: https://youtu.be/q3fCWhRJpIY?si=AlrQ8zI0mmlTUioT
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The Ontological Argument is Sound!
In this video Gavin Ortlund gives an overview and defense of Anselm's ontological argument for the existence of God. My book on Anselm: https://www.amazon.com/Anselms-Pursuit-Joy-Commentary-Proslogion/dp/0813232759/ Josh Rasmussen, "New Thoughts on My New Gödelian Ontological Argument": https://worldviewdesign.substack.com/p/new-thoughts-about-my-new-godelian David Chalmbers, "Does Conceivability Entail Possibility?": https://consc.net/papers/conceivability.html
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Atheist-Turned-Agnostic Talks with Christian (Gavin Ortlund + Matthew Adelstein)
In this video I talk with Matthew Adelstein about his journey from atheism to agnosticism as well as various arguments for the existence of God and for Christianity. See Matthew's blog: https://benthams.substack.com/ Matthew's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@deliberationunderidealcond5105
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How to Overcome Discouragement (A Sermon on I Kings 19)
In this video Gavin Ortlund preaches a sermon on I Kings 19 about how God's perspective enables us to overcome discouragement.
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An Incarnational Model of the Eucharist? With Dr. James Arcadi
In this video I discuss whether the mode of Christ's presence in the Eucharist can be compared to the nature of the incarnation. See Dr. Arcadi's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Incarnational-Eucharist-Current-Issues-Theology-ebook/dp/B07B7LXBN8/ See George Hunsinger's The Eucharist and Ecumenism here: https://www.amazon.com/Eucharist-Ecumenism-Current-Issues-Theology/dp/0521719178/
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Does Eastern Orthodoxy Have the "Fullness of the Faith?"
In this video I respond to Jonathan Pageau's claims that Eastern Orthodoxy has the fullness of the faith. I show that this is not the historic Orthodox view, nor the historic Roman Catholic view, and then suggest reasons why the Protestant approach to discerning the one true church is superior. See the original video here: https://youtu.be/vzapf-qtF9A?si=Rg8-p_Vfx1Gb3Hoq
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What Critiques of Alistair Begg Are Missing
In this video Gavin Ortlund reflects on how disagreement in the church is happening right now, stemming from responses to Alistair Begg's recent comments about attending a gay wedding ceremony.
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How to Persevere in Wilderness Seasons
In this video Gavin Ortlund preaches a sermon on I Kings 17 about how God's provision enables us to persevere in wilderness seasons.
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Is My Local Flood View HERESY?
In this video I respond to 6 criticisms of my video advocating that the flood of Noah may have been local, not global. See the original video here: https://youtu.be/Rq5tUg4SWzs?si=tE4hy9dwrowXGKAl
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Is the Trinity in the New Testament? Yes!!
I give three reasons in five minutes why the doctrine of the Trinity is in the New Testament.
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Why Do Protestants Convert? With Brad Littlejohn and Chris Castaldo
In this video Gavin Ortlund interviews Brad Littlejohn and Chris Castaldo about their book, Why Do Protestants Convert? See their book here: https://davenantinstitute.org/why-do-protestants-convert
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Pope Francis on Blessing Same-Sex Couples: A Protestant Response
In this video Gavin Ortlund offers a Protestant response to "Fiducia Supplicans," Pope Francis' declaration allowing for priests to bless same-sex couples. NOTE: at 00:18 I meant to say "couples," not "unions." That was a misspeak. Read the declaration here: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2023/12/18/0901/01963.html
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Was Noah's Flood Local?
In this video Gavin Ortlund argues that the story of Noah's ark in Genesis 6-9 may have concerned a local flood rather than a global flood. O Sacred Head Now Wounded: https://www.crossway.org/books/o-sacred-head-now-wounded-cob/ Reasons to Believe: https://reasons.org/
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Did John Chrysostom Affirm Purgatory?
In this video Gavin Ortlund responds to a critique from the channel Agnus Domini about whether John Chrysostom believed in purgatory.
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What is Heaven Like? 6 Things Christians Forget (or Don't Know)
In this video Gavin Ortlund explains 6 characteristics of heaven that most Christians forget about.
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Why Believe in Divine Simplicity?
In this video Gavin Ortlund gives three reasons in five minutes to believe in divine simplicity.
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Cessationist: A Critical Evaluation of This Film
Gavin Ortlund offers a critical response to Cessationist, a documentary film arguing that miraculous spiritual gifts have ceased.
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Was God the Son Omnipresent in 10 A.D.?
In this video Gavin Ortlund discusses the meaning of the incarnation, particularly the so-called extra Calvinisticum. For more on the author-story analogy (Tolkien writing himself into The Lord of the Rings): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/moth.12308
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Is Jordan Peterson Now Preaching a Christian Message?
In this video Gavin Ortlund and Glen Scrivener discuss Jordan Peterson's influence: why it is so broad, whether it is consistent with Christianity, and what it reveals about our culture. See Glen's original video here: https://youtu.be/omNdy1hDq70?si=7F2N0XzQ7oSylISp See the 321 course here: https://speaklife.org.uk/321course/ The Reset Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzJKwoAeeX4&list=PL4zD5797LHdfhw3vJEz0UkksUnxrnNTin
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How to Study Church History (And Why Every Christian Should)
In this video Gavin Ortlund shares 5 reasons why Christians should care about church history and then 4 steps for how to engage it. Muller and Bradley book: https://www.amazon.com/Church-History-Introduction-Research-Resources/dp/0802874053 Article about curiosity: https://hbr.org/2014/08/curiosity-is-as-important-as-intelligence The ATLA religion database: https://www.atla.com/research-tool/atla-religion-database/ JTOR: https://www.jstor.org/ Library Databases: https://library.princeton.edu/ Open Access to Theses and Dissertations: www.oatd.org Proquest: https://www.proquest.com/index Tips on Writing: https://truthunites.org/2014/09/10/tips-on-writing/
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How "Is Genesis History?" Harms Christian Witness
In this video Gavin Ortlund shares three concerns about the film, "Is Genesis History?" and its case for young-earth creationism. My interview with Jack Collins: https://youtu.be/c5s7v0PlMho?si=kJ0vpIJ4cYKpYHkx Jack Collins' book: https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Genesis-Well-Navigating-History/dp/0310598575 Jack Collins/Al Moher debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGETfOQgNI4
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Is Private Judgment a Problem for Protestantism?
In this video I address the challenge of choosing which church to join via private judgment, showing that this is not a uniquely Protestant challenge. Videos referenced: The Catechumen's The Worst Part About Protestantism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfxQWVD2RYQ Did Augustine Affirm Sola Scriptura? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ZAa0gNMvE How to Overcome Intellectual Anxiety: https://youtu.be/sNTOiZlF_Kc?si=10x3DwNa0qOQqQYi
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Is Religion Bad For Society?
Gavin Ortlund responds to the debate between Ben Shapiro and Alex O'Connor on whether religion is good or bad for society. See the debate here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yspPYcJHI3k Tom Holland's Dominion: https://www.amazon.com/Dominion-Christian-Revolution-Remade-World/dp/0465093507 Glen Scrivener's The Air We Breathe: https://www.amazon.com/Air-We-Breathe-Kindness-Christian/dp/1784987492/ My video on Gregory of Nyssa on slavery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jytXSTLLYEk My article on creation in the image of God: https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/57/57-4/JETS_57-4_673-88_Ortlund.pdf
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Atheist and Christian Dialogue on Divine Hiddenness (Justin Schieber and Gavin Ortlund)
In this video Gavin Ortlund and Justin Schieber of Real Atheology discuss the problem of divine hiddenness. Gavin's first video: https://youtu.be/_d-6UhOS0FE?si=udp6g05pmWYJl_Nd Justin's response: https://youtu.be/jNkCCeij1As?si=8WkC0mSSuYvpzcgb Justin's book: https://www.amazon.com/Atheist-Christian-Walk-into-Bar/dp/1633882438
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How to Overcome Intellectual Anxiety
In this video I draw lessons from Soren Kierkegaard for how to overcome intellectual anxiety. Thoughts on Reading Kierkegaard: https://truthunites.org/2008/06/09/thoughts-on-reading-kierkegaard/ Was Kierkegaard an Irrationalist?: https://truthunites.org/2008/01/18/was-kierkegaard-an-irrationalist/
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Was the Early Church Infallible? No, That's Not How it Works
In this video I respond to Joshua Charles' claim that post-apostolic ecclesial infallibility was present the early church, as represented by Clement, Ignatius, and Irenaeus.
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Do Baptists Believe in Real Presence in the Eucharist?
In this video I define "real presence," and argue it is the predominating historic Baptist view of the Eucharist. I also distinguish it from transubstantiation and discuss where it is present. Nadya Williams' Cultural Christians In the Early Church: https://www.amazon.com/Cultural-Christians-Early-Church-Introduction/dp/0310147816/ Michael Haykin book: https://www.amazon.com/Amidst-Our-Beloved-Stands-Recovering/dp/1683595858/ Thomas Watson, The Lord's Supper: https://www.amazon.com/Lords-Supper-Puritan-Paperbacks/dp/0851518540/ Richard Barcellos, The Lord's Supper As a Means of Grace: https://www.amazon.com/Lords-Supper-Means-Grace-Memory/dp/1781912688/ Stanley Fowler, More Than a Symbol: https://www.amazon.com/More-than-Symbol-Baptismal-Sacramentalism/dp/1597527335/
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Where Do Catholics and Protestants Agree? With Erick Ybarra
This dialogue between Gavin Ortlund and Erick Ybarra explores where Catholics and Protestants agree about atonement, creation, classical theism, and responding to secularism. See more about Erick here: https://erickybarra.com/
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