Unitarian Christian Alliance

Mark Cain, UCA member
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The Trinity doctrine is perplexing. Many Christians prefer explicit Scriptures on the one God over catholic creeds. Mark Cain explores living as a lower-case-u unitarian amid a trinitarian majority with insights and stories from unorthodox guests.

  1. Trinitarians Made Me Cry (And It's Not What You Think) - Kassie Woodard

    05/01/2024

    Trinitarians Made Me Cry (And It's Not What You Think) - Kassie Woodard

    After leaving The Way International, their first experience left them shocked. Reflections on life within a high-control bubble. RESOURCES 83. Trinitarian Cultic Authority The Way International - https://www.theway.org/ 313 Questioning Way International Doctrines (William Barlow) - Restitutio 18. Rex's Legacy / Music of Grace / The Loaf - Laura Varnadore 78. Success, Hubris, And The Titanic - Rex Cain Record up to a 90 second message (and be like Matt) EPISODE INDEX 00:01:03 - Two YouTube Commenters 00:03:29 - Religious Authority, Damage 00:04:51 - Interview 00:07:31 - Being A Child In The Way 00:09:51 - Interpreted Most Accuracy 00:11:10 - The Sermon On The Mount? 00:12:15 - Don't Confess Negatives Out Loud 00:16:38 - It Was Different At Home 00:19:42 - You Bear The Blame 00:22:31 - The Light Cracks In Through Friends 00:26:18 - The Realization That There Are Others 00:31:55 - Factors From Headquarters 00:36:15 - The Final Straw 00:38:51 - Seeing What Else Is Out There 00:41:21 - The Shocking Approach To Scripture 00:44:13 - The Tears 00:47:03 - Walking The Loop 00:49:13 - How Does The "Lock" Happen? 00:53:23 - Fruit Of The Doctrine 00:56:26 - To Live in Community 00:57:47 - Events 00:58:36 - Matt From Australia 01:00:14 - Email Me FEEDBACK Be like Matt from Australia. Send a short recording. Say your first name and your state or country. Email recording to podcast@unitarianchristianalliance.org Click here to RECORD A MESSAGE Or call: 615-581-1158 LISTENING TIPS Pauses and pacing are hand crafted, artisan efforts. If your podcast app lets you remove silences, please don't. You will enjoy this better with the silences left in. ENGAGE The UCA Podcast email list! Large and enjoyable episode art, additional thoughts from the host, and notifications when there are delays. The UCA events listing. Keep up on what's coming up. Podcast twitter @UCApodcast - Episode announcements Official UCA twitter account @UnitarianChrist  Podcast Webpage: https://podcast.unitarianchristianalliance.org

    1h 1m
  2. Trinitarian Cultic Authority

    04/17/2024

    Trinitarian Cultic Authority

    What do cults and Trinitarianism have in common? A hermeneutical analysis, plus audio comic, and bi-personarianism. RESOURCES Restorationist Manifesto, Restitutio James White and Dale Tuggy debate: "Is Jesus YHWH?"  13. An Absolute Distrust of Unitarians - Kevin George (Part 1) 14. An Astounding Disappointment in Experts - Kevin George (Part 2) Jehovah's Witnesses  The Way International  Inglesia Ni Christo 80. Deconstrucing to Agnostic - Josiah Wright (Part 1) 81. Reconstructing to Relationship - Josiah Wright (Part 2) do Theology podcast 67. Why Is the Trinity Mainstream? Monte Python - Dead Parrot  The Forgotten Trinity - James White Jude 1:3 - the faith once for all delivered to the saints Mark 9:24 - the father who asks for help with his unbelief Christ Before Creeds: Rediscovering the Jesus of History audio book  Workshops submissions 82. Experiencing the Tuggy/White Debate, Street Interviews, and Post-debate Roundtable Articulate Aplogetics - YouTube Channel THE CHALLENGE, SIX FACTS No NT author ever collected the Trinitarian propositions together as a basis for any teaching. No Bible author teaches us about a being that has three persons. The contradictions that are self-evident from the Trinity are unnoticed and not addressed by any NT author. No Biblical author teaches a dual nature theory or uses it to explain these contradictions No New Testament author ever resorted to "mystery" to defend their complex and difficult explanation of God and his Christ. No New Testament author ever made belief in the Trinity a requirement for being a follower of Christ. EPISODE INDEX 00:00:38 - Not What a Trinitarian Expects? 00:04:35 - Cults 00:07:09 - The Comic Of Christian Branches 00:09:48 - A Reflection On Human Traits 00:11:45 - Fist Pumping 00:14:16 - Truth Is Formidable 00:17:20 - Our Prepensity To Certainty 00:18:14 - He Had To Be God 00:23:09 - Animal Brain 00:25:52 - But Cults Have Bibles, Right? 00:26:59 - The Magic Of The Cult 00:28:45 - New Heresy: Bi-personalism 00:34:44 - This Is The Way 00:35:30 - Trinitarian Hermeneutical Legacy 00:39:19 - The Challenge 00:40:57 - The Six Facts 00:46:05 - Peace Vs. Doubts 00:47:17 - Events 00:48:40 - Workshops 00:49:14 - Articulate Apologetics 00:50:31 - Disclaimer / Fine Print FEEDBACK Send a short recording. Say your first name and your state or country. Email recording to podcast@unitarianchristianalliance.org Click here to RECORD A MESSAGE Or call: 615-581-1158 LISTENING TIPS Pauses and pacing are hand crafted, artisan efforts. If your podcast app lets you remove silences, please don't. You will enjoy this better with the silences left in. ENGAGE The UCA Podcast email list! Large and enjoyable episode art, additional thoughts from the host, the Audio Geek Corner, and notifications when there are delays. The UCA events listing. Keep up on what's coming up. Podcast twitter @UCApodcast - Episode announcements Official UCA twitter account @UnitarianChrist  Podcast Webpage: https://podcast.unitarianchristianalliance.org

    51 min
  3. 82. Experiencing the Tuggy/White Debate, Street Interviews, and Post-debate Roundtable

    03/20/2024

    82. Experiencing the Tuggy/White Debate, Street Interviews, and Post-debate Roundtable

    Experience the James White / Dale Tuggy debate ("Is Jesus YHWH?") first hand, with "man on the street" interviews and a next-day roundtable discussion. RESOURCES Dale Tuggy and James White debate: "Is Jesus YHWH?" (best quality, with slides) Curious Christianity (YouTube channel) Curious Christianity - Discussion with Dr. Tuggy on Intellectual Honesty and the Trinity Debate Analysis - White/Tuggy Debate - by William Barlow Brandon Duke - Why the UCA is an "alliance" (WW2 illustration) The Council of Trent: DIALOGUE: Is Jesus God? (and the "Protestant Trinity Problem") - Interview with Sam Tideman The God of Jesus in Light of Christian Dogma - Book by Kegan Chandler Hebrews 1 - Tuggy/White debate response - Dustin Smith John 12 - Tuggy/White debate response - William Barlow Philippians 2 - Tuggy/White debate response - Jerry Wierwille 1 Peter 3:15 - Tuggy/White debate response - Sean Finnegan Restitutio: 539 Dale Tuggy's Thoughts on the James White Debate: Is Jesus Yahweh? 55. Meant to Be Understood - Tom Huszti Unitarian Anabaptist - The Tugboat of Debate, Dale Tuggy Pulls The Weight James White's follow up thoughts on debate 2. Mother Disrupted - Hildy Chandler (Part 1) 3. Scripture vs. Scales - Hildy Chandler (Part 2) EPISODE INDEX 00:01:08 - To The Trinitarians I Met That Night 00:03:50 - A Challenge In Next Episode 00:05:02 - Pre-debate Street Interviews 00:15:31 - Debate Compressed 00:16:11 - Post-debate Street Interviews 00:25:46 - Roundtable Participants 00:27:12 - Roundtable 00:27:42 - What Is A Debate? 00:29:57 - Projection and Fallacies 00:31:36 - Undesirables 00:32:17 - The Theory of the Perfect Debate 00:33:55 - Corralling the Sheep 00:35:04 - Warnings of the Outskirts  00:37:03 - Debate Discipline 00:39:42 - Subordinating Logic 00:41:36 - Cross Examination Rules 00:43:20 - Dual Nature Contradictions 00:47:57 - The Value Of A Debate 00:49:19 - In-person, Real-life, Unitarian Christians 00:50:42 - The Energy In The Room 00:52:26 - What Is Victory? 00:53:52 - Going To An Away Game 00:55:58 - Thanks to All 00:59:01 - Events FEEDBACK Love the sound of your voice. Send a short recording. Say your first name and your state or country. Email recording to podcast@unitarianchristianalliance.org Click here to RECORD A MESSAGE Or call: 615-581-1158 LISTENING TIPS Pauses and pacing are hand crafted, artisan efforts. If your podcast app lets you remove silences, please don't. You will enjoy this better with the silences left in. ENGAGE The UCA Podcast email list! Large and enjoyable episode art, additional thoughts from the host, and notifications when there are delays. The UCA events listing. Keep up on what's coming up. Podcast twitter @UCApodcast - Episode announcements Official UCA twitter account @UnitarianChrist  Podcast Webpage: https://podcast.unitarianchristianalliance.org

    1h 2m
  4. 81. Reconstructing to Relationship - Josiah Wright (Part 2)

    02/21/2024

    81. Reconstructing to Relationship - Josiah Wright (Part 2)

    Josiah's reemergence from agnosticism blossomed into a relationship with God beyond his expectations. RESOURCES 1. The Perilous Trinity Deep Dive 20. The Good, the Bad, and the Boys Home - Josiah Wright 80. Deconstrucing to Agnostic - Josiah Wright (Part 1) Matthew 16 - The Pharisees demanding a sign UCA Conference UCA Events Page Crowdsourced short submissions: media@unitarianchristianalliance.org Greg Cheney - we must test inherited doctrine for truth  1 Corinthians 2:1-5 - Not with eloquence... EPISODE INDEX 00:03:30 - Financial Doubts 00:07:04 - The Turning Point 00:12:17 - Coming Together in Faith 00:15:27 - Experiences 00:16:55 - God's Voice as Words 00:20:42 - My ADHD Brain 00:21:49 - God's Personal Help 00:23:00 - Peace as God's Voice 00:25:22 - Internal vs. External Pressure 00:29:10 - Having Others To Help 00:30:16 - Helping Others, Advice 00:31:58 - Someone Already Flattend Out 00:32:52 - If You Know Someone Going Through It 00:34:18 - On Your Way Back Up 00:36:06 - Mark's Brief Reflection 00:37:19 - Events 00:38:56 - Let Someone Know 00:39:36 - Podcast Help From Mark Cain 00:41:13 - Crowdsourced Videos 00:42:42 - Greg's Video 00:43:46 - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5  FEEDBACK Verbalize something. Send a short recording. Say your first name and your state or country. Email recording to podcast@unitarianchristianalliance.org Click here to RECORD A MESSAGE Or call: 615-581-1158 LISTENING TIPS Pauses and pacing are hand crafted, artisan efforts. If your podcast app lets you remove silences, please don't. You will enjoy this better with the silences left in. ENGAGE The UCA Podcast email list! Large and enjoyable episode art, additional thoughts from the host, and notifications when there are delays. The UCA events listing. Keep up on what's coming up. Podcast twitter @UCApodcast - Episode announcements Official UCA twitter account @UnitarianChrist  Podcast Webpage: https://podcast.unitarianchristianalliance.org

    45 min
  5. Deconstructing to Agnostic - Josiah Wright (Part 1)

    02/07/2024

    Deconstructing to Agnostic - Josiah Wright (Part 1)

    A journey from Christianity into agnosticism, a first-hand perspective of a young man born in the era of limitless information. RESOURCES 20. The Good, the Bad, and the Boys Home - Josiah Wright Allegience to the King (A2K) 75. Ready to Go, Young Adults Roundtable #UCAcon2023 UCA Events Page 79. UCA UK International Conference Roundtable - Daisy Jones, David Fenton The Vines Center - Arkansas #UCAcon2024 location EPISODE INDEX 00:01:36 - A Unitarian Christian... 00:02:37 - Hard Questions 00:04:22 - Interview 00:05:42 - The Descent into Doubt 00:10:14 - A New Community 00:11:33 - Revealing It 00:12:52 - Moved Back To Family 00:14:52 - Telling A2K 00:16:07 - Understanding Doubt 00:20:35 - The Path To Perdition 00:21:37 - A Neutral Place 00:23:21 - Bouncing Back Up? 00:26:37 - The Collapse 00:29:36 - The Job Offer 00:31:35 - 2.5 Weeks 00:33:10 - Agnostic Prayers 00:34:29 - Prayed For "Something" 00:37:48 - Events 00:38:30 - 2024 UCA Conference Announcement 00:42:11 - Broader Ministry 00:42:56 - Share It! FEEDBACK Let us hear your voice. Send a short recording. Say your first name and your state or country. Email recording to podcast@unitarianchristianalliance.org Click here to RECORD A MESSAGE Or call: 615-581-1158 LISTENING TIPS Pauses and pacing are hand crafted, artisan efforts. If your podcast app lets you remove silences, please don't. You will enjoy this better with the silences left in. ENGAGE The UCA Podcast email list! Large and enjoyable episode art, additional thoughts from the host, and notifications when there are delays. The UCA events listing. Keep up on what's coming up. Podcast twitter @UCApodcast - Episode announcements Official UCA twitter account @UnitarianChrist  Podcast Webpage: https://podcast.unitarianchristianalliance.org

    44 min
  6. UCA UK International Conference Roundtable - Daisy Jones, David Fenton

    01/24/2024

    UCA UK International Conference Roundtable - Daisy Jones, David Fenton

    Excitement, laughter, and plans for the first ever international UCA conference from two of the brilliant team members helping make it happen.  RESOURCES Christadelphians Bill and Stephanie Schlegel testimony video URC Christ Church, Windsor, UK Jeremiah 29:12 - Come and pray to me Dynamic Monarchianism: The Earliest Christology? from Theophilus Press EPISODE INDEX 00:00:36 - Settled Theology 00:03:14 - Cults 00:05:08 - Interview 00:05:41 - Intro Daisy 00:07:39 - Intro David 00:11:01 - Starting The UK Conference 00:12:48 - Working With Christadelphians 00:15:17 - Why An International Conference? 00:19:00 - Not a Denominational Gathering 00:20:36 - The Value of Resources 00:24:20 - Conference Details 00:25:30 - Venue: URC Church 00:27:32 - Structure Of Event 00:30:08 - Thomas Gaston, "Dynamic Monarchianism" 00:32:17 - Other Participants 00:32:57 - Prepping For England 00:37:11 - Other Activities 00:41:45 - Events 00:42:12 - Write Me! 00:42:23 - UCA Directory 00:43:41 - Mailbag - Harris 00:44:45 - Share This! FEEDBACK Send a short recording and become world-famous! Say your first name and your state or country. Email recording to podcast@unitarianchristianalliance.org Click here to RECORD A MESSAGE Or call: 615-581-1158 LISTENING TIPS Pauses and pacing are hand crafted, artisan efforts. If your podcast app lets you remove silences, please don't. You will enjoy this better with the silences left in. ENGAGE The UCA Podcast email list! Large and enjoyable episode art, additional thoughts from the host, and notifications when there are delays. The UCA events listing. Keep up on what's coming up. Podcast twitter @UCApodcast - Episode announcements Official UCA twitter account @UnitarianChrist  Podcast Webpage: https://podcast.unitarianchristianalliance.org

    46 min
  7. 78. Success, Hubris, and the Titanic - Rex Cain

    01/10/2024

    78. Success, Hubris, and the Titanic - Rex Cain

    Responding to success and to difficulty demands a humble heart. Host Mark Cain shares a historical lesson on the Titanic from his dad (1938-2017). RESOURCES 521 The Deity of Christ from a Greco-Roman Perspective (Restitutio Podcast) 521 The Deity of Christ from a Greco-Roman Perspective (YouTube presentation) 67. Why Is the Trinity Mainstream? Atlanta Bible College Dale Tuggy Talks - Shorts, UCA YouTube channel  77. Four Views Panel Debrief, Evangelical Theological Society - Dale Tuggy, Brandon Duke Troy View Church of God The Sultana Steamboat Luke 12:13-21 - Bid my brother to divide the inheritance with me Futility, or The Wreck of the Titan Genesis 11:1-9 - The Tower of Babel Galations 6:7-8 - God will not be mocked Reverend Parkhurst John 10:17 - Jesus willingly laid down his life Acts 21:13 - Paul is ready to go to Jerusalem 1 John 3:17 - If you don't have compassion... Luke 12:15-20 - Parable of the rich farmer Donate to the UCA Dynamic Monarchianism: The Earliest Christology? from Theophilus Press 16. Bible Feed Podcast - Dan Weatherall, Paul Davenport 19. Credibility and God's Death EPISODE INDEX 00:00:24 - Anti-cancer 00:03:51 - Won't Be Pretty 00:05:12 - Rex's Titanic Interests 00:08:15 - Decisions 00:11:04 - Successes 00:15:17 - The Titanic Disaster And Its Lessons - Rex Cain 00:21:24 - Morgan Robertson: Futility 00:22:46 - Titanic Specs 00:24:45 - Tower Of Babel 00:26:30 - Flaunting Man 00:27:18 - The Maiden Voyage 00:28:09 - The Disaster 00:29:43 - Rev. Parkhurst Quote 00:30:58 - Lifeboats 00:35:05 - Distress Signals 00:36:52 - How They Met Death 00:39:14 - Conclusion 00:44:36 - Events 00:45:43 - UCA Catalyst 00:47:15 - Funds 00:49:02 - Upcoming Episodes 00:51:16 - 2024 Conference Planning FEEDBACK Send a short recording and contribute! Say your first name and your state or country. Email recording to podcast@unitarianchristianalliance.org Click here to RECORD A MESSAGE Or call: 615-581-1158 LISTENING TIPS Pauses and pacing are hand crafted, artisan efforts. If your podcast app lets you remove silences, please don't. You will enjoy this better with the silences left in. ENGAGE The UCA Podcast email list! Large and enjoyable episode art, additional thoughts from the host, and notifications when there are delays. The UCA events listing. Keep up on what's coming up. Podcast twitter @UCApodcast - Episode announcements Official UCA twitter account @UnitarianChrist  Podcast Webpage: https://podcast.unitarianchristianalliance.org

    53 min
  8. 77. Four Views Panel Debrief, Evangelical Theological Society - Dale Tuggy, Brandon Duke

    11/29/2023

    77. Four Views Panel Debrief, Evangelical Theological Society - Dale Tuggy, Brandon Duke

    Reflections from Dale and Brandon on their experience at ETS (unitarians in a sea of trinitarians), where Dale sat on a panel before 200+ Evangelicals. RESOURCES 4 views on the Trinity - William Lane Craig, Dale Tuggy, Beau Branson, William Hasker TruthBorn.org Divine Deception and Monotheism, paper by Dale Tuggy William Lane Craig  William Hasker  Trinities podcast 27 – Interview with Dr. William Hasker about his Metaphysics and the Tripersonal God – Part 1 Beau Branson  Trinities podcast 232 — Trinity Club Orientation podcast 230 – The Failure of Fashionable Antiunitarian Arguments (Dale's topic for 2018 ETS)  Evangelical Theological Society  Evangelical Philosophical Society  Reluctant Theologian Podcast  Theobro  James White and Dale Tuggy Debate, Is Jesus Yahweh?  1. The Perilous Trinity Deep Dive And what are the four things on the table of the cover art? Listen to Dale Tuggy's podcast about the panel to find out. EPISODE INDEX 00:01:23 - A Mere Sliver is Unitarian Theology 00:03:05 - Gentle Reminder 00:03:41 - Introductions 00:04:59 - Divine Deception and Monotheism 00:07:26 - The Four Views Book 00:08:24 - William Lane Craig (WLC) 00:08:53 - Wlliam Hasker 00:09:16 - Beau Branson 00:09:41 - Dale (The Heretic) 00:11:15 - Book Session At ETS 00:12:57 - How Long Has The Book Been In The Works? 00:14:17 - What Is The ETS Event Like? 00:16:03 - Reluctant Theologian Podcast 00:16:38 - Respectful Interactions 00:19:29 - How Well-known Was Dale? 00:20:24 - What Was The Panel Like? 00:21:08 - Brandon Sets The Scene 00:22:27 - Panel For Unreleased Book 00:23:49 - A Bunch of Analytic Philosphers 00:25:19 - Very Brief Summary Of The Others 00:26:23 - First Time For Many Of These People 00:28:11 - Dale, Persona Non Grata 00:28:50 - The Desire To Correct 00:31:45 - Prayer Helped 00:33:42 - Brandon's Favorite Moment 00:34:19 - Dale's Last 30 Seconds 00:35:31 - Being Charitable 00:37:50 - Numerically Identical 00:40:06 - Unlearn That Mental Technology 00:41:49 - Dale's body of work 00:42:35 - Other Interactions 00:43:55 - Courage 00:45:54 - Thanking Bill Craig 00:46:49 - Acting In Charity 00:47:33 - Why Engage In This? 00:51:26 - Benefits To Being Unconfused 00:52:20 - Next - Publishing It 00:52:37 - Upcoming Debate 00:53:58 - Damon From Texas 00:55:22 - UCA Conference 00:56:01 - Do It. Share It. 00:56:59 - Thank Yous FEEDBACK Speak and be heard. Send a short recording. Say your first name and your state or country. Email recording to podcast@unitarianchristianalliance.org Click here to RECORD A MESSAGE Or call: 615-581-1158 LISTENING TIPS Pauses and pacing are hand crafted, artisan efforts. If your podcast app lets you remove silences, please don't. You will enjoy this better with the silences left in. ENGAGE The UCA Podcast email list! Large and enjoyable episode art, additional thoughts from the host, and notifications when there are delays. The UCA events listing. Keep up on what's coming up. Podcast twitter @UCApodcast - Episode announcements Official UCA twitter account @UnitarianChrist  Podcast Webpage: https://podcast.unitarianchristianalliance.org

    58 min
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The Trinity doctrine is perplexing. Many Christians prefer explicit Scriptures on the one God over catholic creeds. Mark Cain explores living as a lower-case-u unitarian amid a trinitarian majority with insights and stories from unorthodox guests.

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