ABOUT MICHAEL

Michael R. Burgos and Marion, his wife of over twenty years, have nine children.  Michael serves the congregation of Northwest Hills Community Church as a teaching elder. Since 2022, Michael has served as the President of Forge Theological Seminary, where he also serves as a Professor of Theology and Counseling. 

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Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Theology (Forge Theological Seminary)

Master of Theology (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

Master of Arts in Theology (University of Chester)

Master of Arts in Biblical & Theological Studies (Belhaven University)

Certificate in Biblical Counseling (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)

Bachelor of Science in Bible & Theology (Lee University)

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Books

Kiss the Son: A Christological Apology in Response to David K. Bernard’s The Oneness of God (2012).

Credo: An Introduction to Confessional Theology (2017).

Our God is Triune: Essays in Biblical Theology (2018).

Jehovah’s Witnesses: A Concise Introduction to an American Cult (2018).

Counterfeit Religion: A Biblical Analysis of Cults, Sects, & False Religious Movements (2019).

Against Oneness Pentecostalism: An Exegetical-Theological Critique, 3rd Ed. (2020).

Light from the Spectrum: Essays on Biblical Counseling, co-authored with Chris Chumita (2020).

Journal Articles & Other Publications

“Anthropological Monism & Its Incompatibility with Biblical Christianity,” The Journal for Trinitarian Studies & Apologetics (2012), 196-231.

"Explicit Deity: John 18:6,” The Journal for Trinitarian Studies & Apologetics (2013), 35-48.

“The Angel of Yahweh: A Biblical Appellation for the Second Person of the Holy Trinity,” American Journal of Biblical Theology, 23.31 (08/2021), 1-24.

“The Royal Timeframe,” Biblical Perspectives Magazine, 23.37 (09/2021).

"An Exposition of the Second Psalm," Academia Letters, 3767 (10/2021).

"The Paradox of the Christian Life: Paul as the Wretched Man in Romans 7:14-25," GNOSI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Theory and Praxis, 5.1 (01/2022), 1-9.

"A Biblical Counselor’s Assessment of Creation Therapy," Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (06/2022).

"A Diversity of Failures: A Critical Evaluation of Subordinationist Interpretations of Hebrews 1:10-12," Global Journal of Arts Humanity and Social Sciences 3, no. 7 (2023): 829-34.

"Divorce and Remarriage in the Evangelical Context: A Concise Reevaluation," Biblical Studies Journal 5, no. 4 (2023): 22-30.

"The Ethics of Birth Control: An Evangelical Analysis," Ecclesia Militans 1, no. 1 (2023): 11-20. 

"The First Use of the Law in Biblical Counseling," The Journal of Biblical Soul Care 8, no. 2 (2024): 6-20. 

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Formal Debates

04/2011 vs. James N. Anderson; “The Son personally preexisted the incarnation with the father.”

05/2011 vs. Samuel Brown; “The Son of God did not possess divinity during his post-incarnate premortem state.”

09/2011 vs. Sir Anthony Buzzard; “Who is Jesus?”

08/2014 vs. Cornell Thomas; “At conception, Jesus was not God and man.”

11/2014 vs. Steven Ritchie; “The Father alone existed as God prior to the incarnation.”

04/2020 vs. Stephan Quicksey; “The Son of God did not personally preexist with the Father prior to the incarnation.”

04/2020 vs. Antonio Satchell; “The God of the Old Testament is unitarian."

08/2020 vs. Daniel Myers; “The God of the Old Testament is unitarian.”

11/2020 vs. Jerry L. Hayes; “Be it resolved, the Scriptures teach that by Christian water baptism, the believer is placed into Christ, and his/her sins are remitted.”

11/2020 vs. Jerry L. Hayes; "Be it resolved that by means of historical criticism, textual criticism, and literary criticism, the triune baptismal formula of Matthew 28:19 is proven non-canonical."

12/2020 vs. Jerry L. Hayes; "Be it resolved, the Scriptures teach that the deity of Jesus Christ is the Father incarnate." 

02/2021 vs Carlos Xavier; "Did the Son Preexist Eternally?"

05/2023 vs. John David Barton; "The God of the Old Testament is one person."

09/2023 vs. Caleb Purtscher; "Is Jesus the Father Incarnate?" 

11/2023 vs. Otis Lewis; "Did the Son Preexist with the Father?"

07/2024 vs. Mario Shepherd; "The Holy Spirit is not a distinct person from the Father and Son." 

09/2024 vs. Brandon Nero; "Jesus is the Father Incarnate."