tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111802929460493692.post3763218037763746123..comments2020-07-15T20:17:58.292-07:00Comments on Nailing it to the door. . .: If Spirit = Breath, what of Theopneustos?Dan Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635080266346679464noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111802929460493692.post-23564294293938520162010-12-06T20:28:01.603-08:002010-12-06T20:28:01.603-08:00Thanks for the reference, Kurt. I'm going to ...Thanks for the reference, Kurt. I'm going to have to check it out.<br /><br />I'm not a "oneness Pentecostal," but I'm close to denying the Trinity as I think it's a concept that has been superimposed on a much more nuanced Christology and a flat-out misunderstanding of the Spirit...as my "Trinity" posts make clear. I'm convinced both that Jesus saw himself as clearly other than the Father, and that he yet made clear claims of divinity, and I think that classic Trinitarianism fails to hold these two truths in proper tension.Dan Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01635080266346679464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111802929460493692.post-67636453651924642402010-12-06T18:29:43.935-08:002010-12-06T18:29:43.935-08:00Dan, as I have admitted before, I am not properly ...Dan, as I have admitted before, I am not properly versed in the area of biblical inspiriation. One recent approach that I think may resonate with you is found in Mennonite Scholar, Norman Kraus. He takes an incarnational approach if memory serves me right. He also leans the direction that you do with how to understand the Holy Spirit. In Trinitarian language, this is called unitarianism (not to be confused with the sect)... meaning an emphasis on the "oneness" of God rather than the "threeness" in the sense that the Spirit is not a 'person' as much as being the wind or presence of God/Christ.(don't confuse 'oneness' with the pentecostal sect that denies the trinity). Anyway, worth checking out his book, even if you choose not to agree with all of it: http://www.amazon.com/God-Our-Savior-Theology-Christological/dp/155635150X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291688699&sr=8-1<br />-KWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com