Listing of Articles on Christadelphian Issues

As far as I can ascertain, I am the only Latter-day Saint apologist who has studied the Christadelphians in any depth. The following are articles relating to Christadelphians, particularly their (Socinian) Christology and their understanding of Satan and Demons that I have written:

Christadelphian Bibliography

Response to a Christadelphian Critique of Mormon Theology

Jesus was not a Unitarian

Two Important articles in the Journal of Biblical Unitarianism 1/1

Thomas Farrar on New Testament Satanology and Demonology

John 17:5 and the Personal Pre-Existence of Jesus

Critique of Dave Burke on John 17:5

The Greek of John 8:58 and the Personal Pre-Existence of Jesus

Matthew 4 and Satan being an External Person

Did Jesus offer a sacrifice for Himself? (cf. Arland J. Hultgren on Hebrews 7:27)

Jude 9 and the reality of an external, supernatural Satan

Does Ecclesiastes 9:5-7 support Soul Sleep/Death?

Joseph Smith, John Thomas, and the charge of Plagiarism

Supernatural Evil in the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs

Satan as a personal, external being in the Gospel of Matthew

Paul, Satan, and 2 Corinthians 11:14

Jesus offering a sin sacrifice for Himself in Christadelphian Theology

Further Problems with the Christadelphian Interpretation of Jude 9

The Corporeal God in Christadelphian Theology

Harry Whittaker on the problem of Demonology and the Accommodation Theory (cf. Harry Tennant on Problems with the "Accommodation" View of Demons and Demon Possession; Thomas Farrar, 'When an Unclean Spirit Goes out of a Person': An Assessment of the Accommodation Theory of Demon Possession and Exorcism in the Synoptic Gospels)

Ephesians 4:26-27 and the Affirmation of the Devil as an External, Supernatural Person

Leviticus 16:8, Azazel (the "scapegoat") and Book of Mormon Demonology and Satanology (cf.  Satan in the Book of Mormon; Deuteronomy 32:17 and Book of Mormon Demonology)

The "Elements of the Cosmos" in Colossians 2:8 and Paul's Demonology

Harry Whittaker (Christadelphian) on the "Tempter" in the Wilderness Being a Person External to Jesus

J.J. Andrew on Jesus being "Sinful" and "Unjustified" during his Redemptive Ministry

Luke 4:33-35, 40:41 and the Personality of Demons

Joseph Fitzmyer on Luke 4:1-13 and the Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness

Ruth McHaffie on Divine Inspiration being Imputed to John Thomas by Himself and Other Early Christadelphians

Mitchell Dahood on "Satan" in Psalm 109:6 being an External, Supernatural Figure and a Son of God

Shandon L. Guthrie on Patristic Views of Demonic Realism

Christadelphian Satanology and Jesus Seeing All the Kingdoms of the World in the Temptation Narratives

George McHaffie on the Problems of the Christadelphian Understanding of the Devil and Demons

The Problems of Rejecting the Personal Pre-Existence of Jesus by an Advocate of "Socinian" Christology

The Validity of John Thomas' Baptism When He Then-Professed Belief in Immortal Emergence

Finn Damgaard on Jesus Calling Peter "Satan" (σατανα) being the External Supernatural Devil and not merely an Adversary

Supernatural Elements in Exorcism Accounts and the Ontological ("Real") Existence of Demons

"The evil one" (ο πονηρος) in Pre-Christian Texts Being Used for Satan

Hebrews 2:14 and Satan being "Destroyed"

Targum Jonathan of Zechariah 3 and Habakkuk 3 Affirming "Satan" Being A Supernatural Person, not a Personification

Guy Williams on Paul Assuming and Teaching that Satan is an External, Supernatural Evil Being

Ryan E. Stokes on "Satan" in 1 Chronicles 21 being a Celestial, not a Terrestrial, Being

Satan as "The Tempter" (ο πειραζων) in 1 Thessalonians

The Foundational Clause of the Birmingham Amended Statement of Faith and Missing Books Authored by the New Testament Apostles

Ron Kidd (Christadelphian) on Jesus Benefitting (Salvifically) from His Own Sacrifice

Bullard and Hatton (UBS Handbook) on Sirach 21:27 and the Ontological Existence of a Supernatural, Personal "Satan"

More Evidence that Some Christadelphians Believed Jesus Offered Atonement for Himself

Luke Timothy Johnson on Hebrews 2:14 (cf. Thomas J. Farrar, The Devil in the General Epistles, Part 1: Hebrews)

John Thomas (1835) Rejecting Water Baptism Being Efficacious Ex Opere Operato

Karen Pillon and Ken Langston (Christadelphians) on the Importance of John Thomas

Robert Roberts on the Christadelphian Understanding of the Inspiration of Scripture

Robert Roberts (1896): Jesus Offered a Sacrifice for Himself

"As far as it is translated correctly" in interpretations of the Foundational Clause of the BASF

Peter Hemingray and Peter Bilello on Christ Offering, in Some Sense, a Sacrifice for Himself in Christadelphian Theology

Peter Hemingray and Peter Bilello on the Role (or lack thereof) of the Holy Spirit in Christadelphian Theology

Sigurd Grindheim on Hebrews 2:14 and the "destruction" of the Devil

Not by Scripture Alone: A Latter-day Saint Refutation of Sola Scriptura (while aimed more at Protestant approaches to, and defences of, Sola Scriptura, Christadelphians also hold to the formal sufficiency of the Bible)

On April 16, 2022, I had the pleasure to host Dave Burke, a leading Christadelphian apologist on my podcast, where Dave gave an introduction to the Christadelphian faith:

Episode 10: An Introduction to Christadelphian Theology (with David Burke)

On July 24, 2023, I hosted Thomas Farrar, a former Christadelphian (now a Roman Catholic) interacting with the Christadelphian understanding of Satan and Demons:

Episode 40: Examining Christadelphian Satanology and Demonology (with Thomas Farrar)

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