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One God Report16) The Gospel of John in the Historical Context of New Creation, and in New Testament AgreementIn this podcast we take a closer look at the historical context in which 1st century readers of John’s Gospel would have understood this Gospel to be about a new beginning. We will also see how other New Testament authors saw in Jesus a new beginning, the beginning of God’s new creation. Finally, we will note one big problem with the typical “deity of Christ” interpretation of John 1:1.For full written text of this podcast click here.https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-gospel-of-john-historical-context.htmlPrevious podcasts referred to in this po...2025-04-0635 min
One God Report128) Atonement and Reconciliation - Someone else paid for my sin? Interview with author Kevin GeorgeChristians often say, “Jesus paid the penalty for my sin”.
But we will be hard pressed to find that declaration in the Bible. Is such a declaration
biblical, or does it stem from the traditions of men?
In this episode Kevin George, author of Atonement and Reconciliation: A Search for the Original Meaning, Contrasted with Penal Substitutionary Atonement, explains
what Penal Substitution Atonement is and then some of the problems with Penal Substitutionary Atonement.
https://www.amazon.com/Atonement-Reconciliation-contrasted-Substitutionary-Atonement/dp/B0CHDKFWCC
George explains...2024-12-0656 min
One God Report127) God Jesus Christ Inscription at Megiddo: What Kind of G/god?A description of the mosaic inscription "to God Jesus Christ" found at Megiddo/Legio and on display at the Bible Museum in Washington D.C.
Presentation on what Christians meant when they called Jesus G/god in the early A.D. 3rd century.
Video version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/Hg6Dm4mx_SU
Sources and Resources:
One God Report Podcast, Bill Schlegel YouTube Channel. Episodes 10-11 The Evolution of the Trinity, with Dr. Dale Tuggy.
Rollston, Christopher. “A Stunning Trio of Early Christian (3rd Century) Inscriptions from Biblical Armageddon: ‘God Jesus Christ,’ Five Promin...2024-11-3040 min
One God Report121) Tim Mackie (The Bible Project), Thoughts on the Trinity, a ResponseDr. Tim Mackie appeared on the Transfiguration Podcast,
describing some of his recent thoughts about the Trinity. In this video/podcast I review and point out some errors in Dr. Mackie’s claims.
0:00 Intro: Dr. Mackie’s search: How are Trinitarian expressions of God derived from the Bible?
02:20 Definition: What is the Trinity. Confusion between God as the Father alone, Trinitarianism, and Modalism. How many persons/selves is God?
08:03 Partial Knowledge. “Our knowledge of God will always be partial. The Trinity is a mystery.”
14:27 Prog...2024-08-2842 min
One God Report117) Mean Tweets: "You're a Heretic!"For those who come to understand and believe that the God of the Bible is the Father alone (John 17:3, 1 Cor. 8:6) and that Jesus is God's human Messiah, the Christ, the Son of God --- you will be condemned by many religious leaders and even family and friends.
This podcast gives some examples :).
Other resources:
Bill Schlegel Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@billschlegel1
Blog
https://landandbible.blogspot.com/
Lecture: Denying Christ: "Jesus is...2024-04-1318 min
One God Report115) Fifteen one-minute Challenges to the Trinity15 One-minute challenges to the Trinity and Deity of Jesus.
For video clips and links to longer lectures mentioned in this podcast see here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUqWXumvcp5pdxAhK9DK0oUrzAGYl291_
Bill Schlegel YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@billschlegel12024-03-2415 min
One God Report#113) "I and the Father are one" and "the glory I had with you" are not Deity of Christ texts: John 17:11, 20-24When Jesus said, “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30), was he claiming to be God?
No. We see Jesus use the same language of more than one person being “one” in John 17:11, indeed of believers being “one” with both Jesus and the Father. What he means is a one-ness of purpose and intention, a one-ness of unity toward the same goals.
Was it the God Jesus who prayed, “Now, Father, glorify me together with yourself, with the glory which I had with you before the world came to be.” No. Rather this was the...2024-01-1524 min
One God Report#111) Top Five NT Verses that Show Jesus is NOT GodIn this episode we continue our countdown of the top 10 New Testament verses that show that Jesus is NOT God. Verses in this episode include:
(5.5) 1Corinthians 15:21
For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
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Acts 17:31
“…because
He (God) has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him from the dead." (Act 17:31 RSV)
4. Acts...2023-11-1825 min
One God Report108) "Jesus is God" Denies that Jesus is the ChristWho is Denying Christ – Me or a Person who Believes that “Jesus
is God”?
When I first came to understand that the man, the human person Jesus of Nazareth, is God’s Christ (the Messiah המשיח), the human Son of God, quite a few of my former Trinitarian and deity-of-Christ-believing friends accused me of “denying Christ”.
Here I was confessing and proclaiming that Jesus is the Christ, yet many people were saying I was denying Christ!
For a complete text of this episode, click here:
https://landandbible.blogspo...2023-10-0114 min
One God Report107) #Walk Away, Why I Am Not a TrinitarianA faith journey. How I was introduced to Christianity, became a teacher in a Christian college in the Land of Israel, and came to understand that the God of the Bible is not three-persons-in-one-being.
I believe in God (the Father) and in Jesus the Son of God (the Messiah), and in the spirit of God - but I'm not a Trinitarian.
For the full text of this episode see here:
https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2023/09/walk-away-why-i-am-not-trinitarian.html
Other resources mentioned in this episode:2023-09-1827 min
One God Report96) From Israel: Six Views of God and the MessiahI interview six different people in Israel to answer these questions:
Who is God and how do you know?
Who is the Messiah and what is his relationship to God?
Is there are specific Scripture or two that explain your view of God or the Messiah?
The people interviewed include:
02:28 Yaakov (Yaaki), a more or less secular Israeli who became a public high school Bible teacher.
09:00 Elena, who immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union.
12...2023-05-2031 min
One God Report88) Little Known Facts About the TrinityThis episode is a review and recommendation for the recently printed book: Little Known Facts About the Trinity
On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Known-Facts-About-Trinity/dp/B0BN61Z8Z3/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1674745468&refinements=p_27%3AKohl&s=books&sr=1-1
Christians should ask themselves these questions: Why did God never declare from heaven, or through a prophet or apostle, that HE is three persons in one? Why did Jesus never describe that God is "three in one"? Is a Triune God really biblical?
Does the Bible say, “The Father is God, the Son is...2023-01-2613 min
One God Report87) Six Different Creations in the Bible: Which Creations was Jesus Involved In?This episode describes six different creations or creation events in the Bible. Not all descriptions of God creating refer to the Genesis creation.
We think about which of the creation events in the Bible Jesus played a role in. We suggest the creation of God’s son Israel is a main backdrop for the Gospel of John, including John’s Prologue. Like Israel, in John's Prologue Jesus is introduced as God's unique son to whom the Father has given glory (John 1:14).
Topics and time stamps:
0:00 Introduction to the word “create”. Only God is the Creat...2022-12-0932 min
One God Report86) John 1:1 is Not Genesis 1:1: Eight +1 Evidences that "the beginning" of John 1:1 is not "the beginning" of Genesis 1:1Nine evidences that John 1 is not referring to the Genesis creation (with time stamps):
#GospelofJohn, #John1, #nontrinitarian, #deityofchrist, #newcreation, #billschlegel
1. 03:19 In the Gospel of John “the beginning” refers to the beginning of the ministry of Jesus.
2. 05:07 “in the beginning” ἐν ἀρχῇ : Needs context. Vast majority of ἐν ἀρχῇ references in the Bible are not related to Genesis.
3. 08:45 Agreement with other Gospels “beginning” which relate to the ministry of Jesus.
4. 10:03 Agreement with other New Testament literature that in Jesus there is a new beginning, a new creation.
5. 12:17 The subject of what comes to be in John’s Gospel is not sea...2022-11-1826 min
One God Report85) Is Jesus a God Man in the Gospel of John? (Response to Answers in Genesis, Part 3)This episode is part 3 of my response to an article posted by Answers in Genesis, which reviewed several of my blogposts about the supposed “deity of Christ”.
Part 1 of my response is called “Jesus Can’t be a Mere Man”
Part 2 is called ““Jesus HAD TO BE a (Mere) Man, the Bible Tells Me So”
In this episode I review three claims in the Answers in Genesis, all which involve verses from the Gospel of John that Trinitarians believe are evidence that Jesus is literally God, or more specifically, one member of a three-person god...2022-11-0431 min
One God Report84) Jesus Had to Be a (Mere) Man: the Bible Tells Me SoIn this episode I show that in contrast to the deity of Christ claim that Jesus couldn’t be a mere man, the Bible declares explicitly that Jesus had to be a real (mere) human being.
It is necessary that Jesus was and is a real (mere) human being.
And, what God did through the real (mere) human being, one man, is sufficient to reconcile humanity to God.
In contrast and contradiction to the Trinitarian deity of Christ claim, the Bible declares that as sin and death came through one man, even so God’s...2022-10-2621 min
One God Report83) “Jesus Can’t be a Mere Man”, response to deity of Christ claims in an Answers in Genesis ArticleIn this episode I begin to review claims made in an article written by Answers in Genesis-UK Executive Director, Speaker and Author, Simon Turpin.
The article is called:
Refuting Unitarian Errors Regarding the Deity of Jesus:
How can we respond to claims that Jesus is a mere human?
The AiG article reacts to some of my blogposts at Land and Bible. In turn, in this podcast episode I wade through some of the biblical references that the AiG article presents as evidence for the “deity of Christ”. The verses don’t say wh...2022-10-1135 min
One God Report82) Tips on Talking to Trinitarians about John 1 (Part 3): the Word became FleshIn this episode we focus on John 1:9-18.
In Part 1 one we saw that “in the beginning” of John 1:1, while being a parallel to the Genesis creation, refers directly not to the Genesis creation but to the new beginning that God brings about through the man Jesus, who is metaphorically called “the Word”.
In Part 2 we focused on how God in the statement “and the Word was God” is the Father. In this Gospel Jesus declared consistently that it was the Father who dwelt in him who did His, the Father’s works. Never in this Gospel is...2022-09-2333 min
One God Report81) Tips for Talking to Trinitarians about John 1, Part 2. "the Word was God"Tips for Talking to Trinitarians about John 1 (Part 2)
The Word was God: what God?
In the previous podcast, Part 1, we asked what “beginning” is directly being referred to in John 1:1, “in the beginning”. If this beginning refers to the new beginning that God is bringing about through life and ministry of the man Jesus of Nazareth, then Trinitarian or “deity of Christ” speculation about a second god-figure is misplaced and wrong.
In this podcast we examine closer John 1:1 “and the Word was with God and the Word was God”. The focus of “and the Word was God”...2022-09-1034 min
One God Report80) Tips on Talking to Trinitarians About John 1 (Part 1)In this episode I give some tips on discussing John 1 with Trinitarians. The man Jesus the Christ is called the Word in John 1:1 because through him God is bringing about new human life, the renewed creation. "The beginning" of John 1:1, while being a parallel to Genesis creation, is not directly describing the Genesis creation. The topic of the Gospel is not the creation of the heavens and the earth, dry land and seas, etc., but the redemption and renewal of humans that comes through the man Jesus Christ. There is no need to speculate about another “second” divine figure present and...2022-08-2625 min
One God Report79) Is John 1 Evidence that God is a Trinity?Many Trinitarians turn to John chapter 1 for evidence that Jesus is God and that therefore somehow God is a Trinity. But does John 1 describe God as a Trinity? Are any of the Trinitarian claims about the Triune god presented in John 1?
To investigate the Trinitarian claims about John 1, we use the chapter called “A Master Piece: the Prologue of John” from Dr. James White’s book The Forgotten Trinity. Dr. White thinks that John 1 gives evidence that God is Triune. But we will see that none of the characteristics with which Dr. White defines the Trinity are found...2022-08-1337 min
One God Report78) Telling the Next Generation that Yahweh is Our God, Fuel Youth ConferenceIn this episode I interviewed students and staff at the youth conference of the Church of God General Conference. The conference, called Fuel is held once a year and occurred July 17-22 at the campus of North Manchester University in North Manchester, Indiana.
It is a fun, exciting time when One God believing students from various US States meet, are encouraged and challenged by each other and by the conference staff. Maybe you know someone who should attend next year?
I hope you will be blessed by listening in to the excitement in the voices...2022-08-0316 min
One God Report77) How and When was the Trinity Revealed?As a former teacher in a Trinitarian Christian University, I did not know how and when Trinitarian scholars think the Trinity was revealed. But I wasn’t alone. Most Christians, including pastors and Bible teachers, don’t know either.
In this podcast:
1. According to Trinitarian scholars, the Trinity is not revealed and not verbally described in either the Old Testament or the New Testament. See also One God Report podcast #72 “Is the Trinity Revealed in the Bible? If so, Where”.
2. How and When the Trinity was Revealed (according to Trinitarian scholars).
3. The Trin...2022-07-1428 min
One God Report76) The Trinity's Disappearing EssenceTrinitarian theologians have insisted that God is one by claiming that the Trinity is three persons in one essence (White, The Forgotten Trinity, 24; Sanders, The Triune God, 121). This is supposedly how three can be one. James White, a modern Trinitarian apologist, says that the Trinity is three whos (persons) in one what (essence).
But this description of the Trinity given by Trinitarians directly contradicts and testifies against their other core belief drawn that God became flesh.
If God, or any person of the one God, became flesh, then God has two natures. Trinitarianism has created...2022-07-0210 min
One God Report75) Is the "memra" the Pre-incarnate Son of God (PART 2), with Troy SalingerWe continue our discussion with Troy Salinger about the deity of Christ apologists claim that the “memra” of the Aramaic translations of the Old Testament (Targums) is evidence that there was more than one person in Israel’s God.
In this episode Salinger looks at Old Testament passages which are deity of Christ apologists like Dr. Michael Heiser say is evidence that the “word of God” coming to people in the Old Testament was as second divine being. Salinger shows why the claim to be faulty.
The word “memra” is not the Aramaic substitute for the Hebrew wor...2022-06-2035 min
One God Report74) Is the "memra" the pre-incarnate Son of God? (part 1 with Troy Salinger)We welcome Troy Salinger back to the podcast. Troy is a theological blogger (Let the Truth Come Out) and house painter. In a series of previous One God Report podcast episodes (#54-59) Troy discussed the supposed “Pre-incarnate Appearances of the Son of God in the Old Testament: Truth or Myth".
Troy systematically showed the claim that Jesus the Son of God literally appeared to people like Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Gideon, etc., is a myth - the claim is untrue.
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In the next couple of episodes Troy examines the claim that an Aramaic word, “memr...2022-06-0438 min
One God Report73) Trinity, Preferred Pronouns: He/Him (Woke-ism in Trinitarian Thought and Language)This episode exposes the progressive liberalism, indeed “woke-ism” of Trinitarian thought and language.
While Trinitarians insist that God is three persons, Trinitarians insist on referring to God with the singular pronouns “He/Him.” But if God is three persons, they should be referred to with the plural pronouns “They/Them.”
The “one-ness” of God, according to Trinitarians, is not a one-ness of a person, but a one-ness of an essence or a “what”. An “essence” or a “what” is not a person and should not be referred to as a person. The Trinitarian one-ness of God is an “it”.
James...2022-05-2125 min
One God Report72) Is the Trinity in the Bible? If so, Where?Evangelical Christian scholars, experts on the Trinity, explain that God as a Trinity is not explicitly described in the Bible.
In this episode we begin to take a look at two books written by evangelical apologists: "The Forgotten Trinity" by Dr. James White, and, "The Triune God" by Dr. Fred Sanders. We see that in neither case do these experts on the Trinity simply open the Bible and go to passages that describe that God is a Trinity.
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Instead, as Dr. Sanders says, "The doctrine of the Trinity emerges from fitting the pieces...2022-05-0729 min
One God Report71) John 1:1 is Parallel to the Man MosesSee full text of this episode here:
https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2022/04/john-11-is-parallel-to-man-moses.html
Also see Dr. Andrew Perry's book: John 1:1-18, A Socinian Approach
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/andrew-perry/john-11-18/hardcover/product-1n7j2zgj.html?page=1&pageSize=4
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1. The literary and thematic parallels to the phrases “was with God” and “was God” of John 1:1 are to be found in the Greek version of the Old Testament, not in extra-biblical literature, and these phrases particularly refer to the man Moses. Greek-speaking Israelites familiar with the Greek Ol...2022-04-2143 min
One God Report70) The GREEKS in John's Gospel were GREEK-SPEAKING JEWS (not Gentiles)In this episode I give reasons to understand that the “Greeks” mentioned in two places in the Gospel of John (7:35 and 12:21) were not Gentiles but were Greek-speaking Israelites who grew up in Greek culture outside of the land of Israel.
The Gospel of John is using the word “Greeks/Hellenes” in a cultural and linguistic sense, not in an ethnic sense.
Understanding that the Greeks/Hellenes mentioned in the Gospel of John are Greek-speaking Israelites helps us interpret the Gospel of John better, and illuminates another evidence that the author gives to show that Jesus is the M...2022-03-2729 min
One God Report69) In the Gospel of John, the “Jews” are “Judeans” (Not all “Jews”)This episode proposes that one of the main original audiences, perhaps even the main audience, of the Gospel of John were Greek speaking Hebrews.
A first step in understanding that a main target audience of John’s Gospel were Greek speaking Hebrews is to understand that in the Gospel of John the word often translated as “Jews” can and does mean “Judeans”.
Jesus is received by Hebrews (Jews or Israelites) in all regions outside of Judea. But the "Judeans", particularly the Jewish religious establishment in Jerusalem, did not receive him.
If “Jews” means “Judeans” then th...2022-02-2432 min
One God Report68) The Prologue of the Gospel of John (part 3), with Dr. Andrew PerryWe conclude a three-part interview with Dr. Andrew Perry on the Prologue of the Gospel of John. In this episode Dr. Perry:
1. Explains how he understands when and how “the word became flesh” (John 1:14). Dr. Perry understands the phrase “the word became flesh” to be about empowerment to speak and make things happen or come to be, and not about divine incarnation. Dr. Perry sees the baptism of Jesus as the event at which the word became flesh.
2. Explains what “the world came to be through him” means in John 1:10.
3. Encourages readers to be sensitive...2022-02-1236 min
One God Report67) Why the Man Jesus is called the Word in John 1:1This episode is part 2 of our discussion with Dr. Andrew Perry about themes in the Prologue of the Gospel of John.
In this episode Dr. Perry explains why the human Christ Jesus is called the Word in John 1:1, and gives reasons how we can know that the man Christ Jesus is referred to in the Gospel’s opening statement, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
1. In parallel to Genesis creation, things “happen” or “come to be” through the spoken word of the man Christ Jesus. Jesus c...2022-02-0341 min
One God Report66) New Creation in John 1, with Dr. Andrew PerryThis episode is “New Creation in the Gospel of John 1, with Dr. Andrew Perry. A subtitle for the episode is “The Beginning of John 1:1 is a New Beginning, not the Genesis Creation”.
This episode is the first of a series in which Dr. Perry will explain reasons why the prologue of the Gospel of John is best understood to be introducing the new creation in the man Jesus, who is referred to as “the Word” in John 1:1.
Dr. Perry’s occupational background is in information technology, but he is now an independent researcher and author. His PhD in N...2022-01-2920 min
One God Report65) Before Abraham was I AM. Was Jesus claiming to be God?In this episode we show why the Trinitarian and “deity of Christ” understanding of Jesus’s words in John 8:58 are wrong.
In neither Hebrew nor in Greek is the phase “I am” in the Bible a title for deity.
In Hebrew, God says in Exodus 3:14 “I will be who I will be”. In Greek, it is the “Living One” who speaks to Moses.
“I am”, in Greek, ego eimi, is not a divine title.
We show that the “deity of Christ” interpretation of Jesus’s statement, “before Abraham was I am” contradicts the Apostle Peter’s...2022-01-2229 min
One God Report64) Does Elohim Mean More than One Person? In the Beginning the Trinity Created?In this podcast I translate a few verses in the Book of Genesis (1:1, 26-27) in a way that many Trinitarians read or understand the text.
I address the question if the word for “God” in Hebrew Elohim, which is a grammatical plural, is a hint or means that God is more than one.
1. No, this grammatically plural form does not mean more than one numerically.
2. Hebrew grammarians call this the “plural of majesty”. It is used in an honorific way with titles like “God”, “master”, even “Baal” to refer to one individual.
3. No Hebrew schol...2022-01-1324 min
One God Report63) Christ Mass and Passover: Do THIS in Remembrance of Me?A Trinitarian Baptist pastor says the Father veiled himself in flesh, bled and died.
Really? Why such confusion?
Does the New Testament really tell believers in Jesus to take a little wafer and cup of juiced or wine to remember Jesus’s birth? What did Jesus mean when he said, “Do THIS in remembrance of me”?
Resources for this episode:
Video: The Promised Land is not a Desert and is a Paradigm of the Age to Come
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJxghQtxBEQ
Podcast Interview with Mark C...2022-01-0224 min
One God Report62) Finding the Deity of Christ in the Old Testament, Part 3: Isaiah 9:6, Genesis 18, Yahweh TextsThis episode is part 3 of the three part series, “Finding the Deity of Christ in the Old Testament is not a New Testament Exercise”.
In Part 1 we saw that on the day of his resurrection, as recorded in Luke 24, Jesus appealed to the Old Testament Scriptures not to proclaim his deity, but to proclaim that the Messiah would suffer and die before being resurrected and exalted.
In Part 2 we saw that when Peter and Paul in the Book of Acts appealed to the Old Testament to declare who Messiah/Christ is, they never claim anything abou...2021-12-1834 min
One God Report61) Finding the Deity of Christ in the Old Testament, Part 2, The ApostlesIn the previous episode, "Finding the Deity of Christ in the Old Testament, Part 1", we saw that Jesus believed that the Old Testament spoke of the death and resurrection of the Messiah, not deity.
In this episode we examine the sermons of Peter and Paul as recorded in the Book of Acts to see if they ever appealed to Old Testament Scriptures to find evidence for the deity of Christ. We discover that the apostles, like Jesus, never appealed to the Old Testament in an effort to find evidence for the deity of Jesus Christ. Rather, like Je...2021-12-0921 min
One God Report60) Finding the Deity of Christ in the Old Testament is not a New Testament Exercise, Part 1: JesusJesus believed that the prophets spoke of the death and resurrection of the Messiah, not deity.
Neither Jesus nor any author of the New Testament appealed to the Old Testament in an effort to find evidence for the deity of Jesus Christ.
Finding evidence for the deity of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament is an activity which began in the centuries after the New Testament was written. Such efforts are foreign to the New Testament.
Based on Jesus’s own post-resurrection appeals to the Old Testament as described in Luke 24:25-27, and 24:44-4...2021-11-2622 min
One God Report59) Abraham's Three Visitors: A Pre-incarnate Appearance of Christ? Genesis 18-19 with Troy Salinger, Part 5We continue our discussion with Troy Salinger concerning the "Pre-incarnate Appearances of the Son of God in the Old Testament". In this episode we examine Genesis 18-19, where Yahweh appeared to Abraham via three messengers.
No one in the Bible claims that these visitors were a literal pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus, but ever since the mid-second century AD, beginning with Justin Martyr, most of traditional Christianity has held that Abraham was literally visited by the pre-incarnate Christ.
Salinger leads the discussion examining the pre-incarnate claim and like other Old Testament passages, explains that likewise this ap...2021-11-1935 min
One God Report58) The Commander of the LORD's Army (Joshua 5): A Pre-Incarnate Appearance of Jesus? with Troy SalingerWe continue our discussion with Troy Salinger on the “Pre-incarnate Appearances of the Son of God in the OT: Truth or Myth”.
In this episode Salinger leads us in a discussion about the “Commander of the LORD’s Armies” who appeared with a drawn sword in Joshua 5:13-15, just before the Israelites attacked and conquered Jericho. The Trinitarian world strongly suggests, sometimes insists, that this Commander of the LORD’s Army was a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus.
But was it?
Salinger gives good reasons why the answer is no, and suggests who this person reall...2021-11-0526 min
One God Report57) The Burning Bush, Melchizedek, One Like a Son of God: Pre-Incarnate Appearances of Jesus? Part 3 With Troy Salinger
We continue our discussion with Troy Salinger on the supposed pre-incarnate appearances of the Son of God in the Old Testament. In this episode we look at three events which Trinitarians have claimed to be a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus in the Old Testament.
1. The burning bush incident in Exodus 3 (did Jesus claim in John 8:58 to be the God that appeared there?).
2. Melchizedek – was he a pre-incarnate Jesus?
3. Did Jesus appear “like one of the sons of God” in the fiery furnace with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego?
The podcas...2021-10-2926 min
One God Report56) Interview with the "God-man Jesus" - a Confusing Two-Faced LiarIn this episode we ask the dual-natured, “100% God 100% man” Jesus some questions and find him to be at best a double-minded person, at worst a schizophrenic liar.
Traditional Christianity has maintained for centuries that Jesus is one person but has two natures, that Jesus is a God-man.
The claim that “Jesus is God” or that Jesus is a “God-man” is thought to honor and exalt Jesus Christ, but actually denigrates him. The unbiblical “God-man” claim tries to turn the Jewish Jesus Christ into a two-faced liar.2021-10-2220 min
One God Report55) Pre-incarnate Appearances of the Son of God in the OT: Truth or Myth, PART 2, with Troy SalingerIn this second episode we continue to discuss the claim that Jesus the Son of God made pre-incarnate appearances in the Old Testament period. We focus in this episode on the angel of the LORD.
No New Testament author claimed that Jesus made pre-incarnate appearances as the angel of the Lord. The claim begins in the AD 2nd century, with Justin Martyr being the first one on record to make such a claim.
Why is it that the angel (or Messenger) of Yahweh in the Old Testament is sometimes clearly said to be an angel, b...2021-10-1235 min
One God Report54) Pre-incarnate Appearances of the Son of God in the Old Testament: Truth or Myth, Part 1, with Troy SalingerInterview with painter and theologian Troy Salinger.
Troy Salinger's blog is Let the Truth Come Out:
https://letthetruthcomeoutblog.wordpress.com/
In this first episode of a series, we discuss motivations for why some Christians feel the need to find pre-incarnate appearances of Jesus in the OT. Their motivation is based on the pre-supposition that Jesus was more than a human being. That he was a spirit emanation out of God, a created being like an angel, or God himself, or one member of a godhead.
No one in the NT goes...2021-10-0639 min
One God Report53) Part 2, Making himself Equal with God, John 5:17-18In this episode (Part 2 of a 2 part episode) we continue to examine and comment on John 5, where Jesus healed a lame man at the Pools of Bethesda in Jerusalem.
In Part 1 (One God Report Podcast episode #52) we discussed the meaning of what it means biblically to be sent by God, and how a sent agent of God is given by God a defined equality to God, and represents God.
We gave two reasons why the traditional "deity of Christ" interpretation of Jesus' calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God, is wrong. Jesus w...2021-09-1022 min
One God Report52) Making himself Equal with God, commentary on John 5:17-18In this episode (Part 1 of a 2 part episode) we examine and comment on John 5, where Jesus healed a lame man at the Pools of Bethesda in Jerusalem.
We focus on John 5:17-18: "And this was why the Judeans were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working." 18 This was why the Judeans were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, making himself equal...2021-09-0440 min
One God Report51) Finding and Sharing about the One God and His Messiah in PAKISTAN: Interview with Maryam HaroonPakistani Haroon Gulzar was studying in a Catholic seminary when he began to understand that God is not a Trinity, but is one, and that Jesus is God's human Messiah.
In this interview Haroon's wife Maryam explains about how they came to a Biblical Unitarian faith, and how she, her husband and a team of others are ministering in Pakistan.
Related web links:
Abraham Church: Pastor Haroon Gulzar
https://www.facebook.com/haroon.gulzar.1481
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Unitarian Christian Fellowship Pakistan
https://www.facebook.com/Unitarian-Christian-Fellowship-Pakistan-111037450371592
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One God Report50) Five (Easy) Questions for Trinitarians, Interview with Gabriel from AlaskaGabriel, a relatively knew Christian, asks Trinitarians five questions:1. Where does Jesus teach that God is a three person being, a Trinity?Compare John 18:202. Where do the apostles teach Jesus is God after he leaves earth?Compare Acts 2:223. Where do the apostles teach that God is a three person being, a Trinity?Compare Ephesians 4:64. Where does the Bible teach that we must believe that God is a three person being to be a Christian or to be saved?Compare Deuteronomy 6:1, Galatians 3:205...2021-07-2427 min
One God Report49) I am the Root of DavidJesus said “I am the Root of David” (Rev. 5:5, 22:16, cf. "Root of Jesse", Isaiah 11:1, 10, Romans 15:12).
Being the Root of Jesse and the Root of David does not mean that Jesus is God, but rather that Jesus is a descendant of Jesse and David.
Some Trinitarians claim that since Jesus is called the Root of Jesse and the Root of David, Jesus must have preceded both Jesse and David, and is the source of their lives and is therefore God.
This podcast will explain why this Trinitarian claim is wrong. We will see that bein...2021-07-1034 min
One God Report48) Is the God-man Jesus a Trans-natured or Non-Binary Jesus?In this episode I examine parallels between modern deviant gender and sexual claims and the claims of traditional Christianity for a dual-natured (God and man) Christ. The parallels are striking, and suggest the dual-natured Christ of traditional Christianity is a deviation, a perversion of the true.
1. A non-binary gender claim is that being one gender does not exclude a person from being another gender. Being a female does not exclude a person from being male. The male / female boundary can be crossed over by the same person. There is fluidity between genders. One can move back and...2021-06-1929 min
One God Report47) "Jesus is Worshipped, So He Must be God" Really?Many Christians seem to think that because Jesus is worshipped, he is God.
We examine that claim and find it lacking in a number of respects.
The claim "Jesus must be God, because he is worshipped" is:
1. biblically ignorant. There are many humans in the Bible that are properly worshipped.
2. anti-Christ, a denial that Jesus Christ is a man. The claim “Jesus must be God if he is worshipped” is in effect: "We will not have this one, this man, rule over us".
3. Contradictory: On the one hand: “Jesus is ful...2021-06-0429 min
One God Report46) I took the Trinity QuizI took the Trinity quiz on The Gospel Coalition's website (link below).
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I make some comments along the way about the quiz, and about a few biblical verses that are presented on the website as evidence that God is a Trinity, and about two lectures on the Trinity by R.C. Sproul.
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The Gospel Coalition is an evangelical Protestant organization. I was frustrated and surprised that during the quiz, only one Bible verse was given in support of declarations about the Trinity. Instead, the declarations were backed up by...2021-05-2240 min
One God Report45) The Bible Tells Me So, Jesus has a GodThe Bible is clear that there is only one God. (Deuteronomy 6:4, 32:39, Mark 12:29, Isaiah 44:24, John 17:3. 1 Cor. 8:6, Gal. 4:6).
The name of God in the Bible appears over 6800 times and is spelled with the four Hebrew consonants יהוה. Here is an example of what יהוה the God of the Bible says:
Deuteronomy 32:39 “See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me.”
The Bible is also clear that the Lord Jesus Christ has a God. So, is the one God of the Bible, יהוה, who states that He alone is the only God – is He the Lord Jesus C...2021-05-0833 min
One God Report44) Trinitarian, do you love God's child, the person who believes that Jesus is the Christ? 1 John 5:1Why don't Trinitarians or those who believe in the deity of Christ, love those who believe that Jesus is the Christ?
Why do Trinitarians shun and reject those who believe that Jesus is the Christ?
Comments of 1 John 5:1: "Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whomever has been born of him."
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For full text of this podcast, see here.
https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2019/09/do-you-love-person-who-believes-that.html
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3-minute video “Deity of...2021-04-2315 min
One God Report43) Where does the Bible Say We Go When We Die? (Hint: Not to heaven), Interview with Pastor Sean Finnegan“Where do we go when we die? Or, What has the Greek Philosopher Plato got to do with Christianity?”
Interview with Pastor Sean Finnegan
Sean Finnegan is pastor at Living Hope Community Church in Latham, New York. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Atlanta Bible College where he teaches courses in Church History, Apologetics, and Basic Bible Doctrine, and he is the host of the Restitutio Podcast. Website:
https://restitutio.org/
https://www.lathamchurch.org/
Additional Resources on the topic “Christians don’t go to heaven, but await th...2021-04-0250 min
One God Report42) Is God Flesh? A better way to understand John 1:14 (part 2)We continue our discussion of what John 1:14 "the Word became flesh" really means.
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As described in earlier podcasts (#39 and #41) "the Word became flesh" does not mean that God became man/flesh.
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So, what does the "Word became flesh mean?
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Why does John use the word "flesh"?
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How has the Greek philosophical concept popularized by Plato, that the soul lives separately from the body of flesh, influenced Christian interpretation of John 1:14? Does the Bible say that man's soul is alive s...2021-03-1836 min
One God Report41) Is God Flesh? A Better Way to Understand John 1:14 (part 1)In this episode we continue thinking about what John 1:14 "and the Word became flesh" means, and we ask deity of Christ believers who appeal to John 1:1 and John 1:14, “So you believe that God became flesh?” Do you think that “God is flesh?”
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We give reasons why a better way to understand John 1:14 is that “the Logos, the Word was flesh”. In other words, the Logos, the Word - God’s communication to us - was the human being, the man Christ Jesus from Nazareth.
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Our discussion continues in the next podcast episod...2021-03-1220 min
One God Report40) Interview with Sir Anthony Buzzard: Witnessing about the One God, and Did Jesus "Pre-exist"?This episode is an interview with Sir Anthony Buzzard, one of the most active One God believers of our time. Most listeners to this podcast will know about Sir Anthony. If by chance you don’t, you will want to become familiar with him and his work.
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Anthony taught for decades at the Church of God, Abrahamic Faith Bible college, now called Atlanta Bible College. He is the author of a number of books, including The Doctrine of the Trinity, Christianity’s Self-inflicted Wound, Jesus was Not a Trinitarian, The Coming Kingdom of the Messiah, Our...2021-02-1936 min
One God Report39) The Word became flesh? Why John 1:14 does NOT say that "God became man"For many people who believe in the “deity of Christ”, a few words from John 1:1 combined with a few words from John 1:14 forms the #1 evidence that Jesus is God, and that therefor somehow God is a Trinity.
In this podcast we focus on the problems with the “deity of Christ” and Trinitarian interpretation of John 1:14, the claim that “God became man.”
There is no Trinity in John 1:1 or John 1:14 or anywhere else in John’s Gospel.
The incarnation, or “God became man” interpretation plucks a few words from the Gospel of John and creates its most i...2021-01-2948 min
One God Report38) Miracles in the Bible (especially the miracles of Jesus)In this episode we make some comments on miracles in the Bible.
The Bible says that God occasionally breaks forth into human history with miracles as evidence and confirmation that indeed, the God of the Bible is involved in the affairs of humankind. Humankind is to know that “this is Yahweh God” by the miraculous event.
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Sometimes the miracles are confirmation and evidence that Yahweh, through a messenger or prophet has spoken. See Exo. 7:5, 17; 10:2, Deut. 4, etc.
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In Deuteronomy 13, however, Israel was warned that sometimes a person may come perf...2021-01-0534 min
One God Report37) "I came down from heaven": Discussion with Kermit Zarley on Metaphors in the Gospel of John, and if Jesus "Pre-existed"This episode is a discussion with Kermit Zarley, retired professional golfer, and now author of a number of books, including The Restitution of Jesus Christ (see links below).
Formerly a Trinitarian Christian, Zarley briefly describes how he came to understand that the God of the Bible is one, and that Jesus is God’s human Messiah.
Then, we discuss the following topics:
· Did Jesus pre-exist as a person before he was a human being?
· What did Jesus mean when Jesus said that he “came down from heaven” and was “sent from God”?
...2020-12-1838 min
One God Report36) The Eternal Deity of the Messiah? Micah 5:2 and Matthew 2:5-6"But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, being little among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days."
וְאַתָּה בֵּית-לֶחֶם אֶפְרָתָה צָעִיר לִהְיוֹת בְּאַלְפֵי יְהוּדָה מִמְּךָ לִי יֵצֵא לִהְיוֹת מוֹשֵׁל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וּמוֹצָאֹתָיו מִקֶּדֶם מִימֵי עוֹלָם׃
A passage often remembered around Christmas time, Micah 5:2 is quoted in Matthew 2:5-6 to describe that Israel’s ruler would be born in Bethlehem. Some Christian expositors and laypersons see the “eternal pre-existence” of the Messiah and therefore Messiah’s deity in the words of Micah 5:2 (in Hebrew, Micah 5:1): “whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.”
However, even just a comparison of English translations reveals that “eternality” in this passage is not so cut-and-dry. Some English translat...2020-12-0628 min
One God Report35) Homeschooling Family Finds the One God and His MessiahJon and Heather Kidwell come from a traditional, conservative Christian background. Heather grew up on the mission field. In this podcast the Kidwells tell their story about how they came to understand that God is one, and that Jesus is God’s human Messiah, who died and was raised from the dead by God.
While homeschooling her kids (Camden, Cate and Cara - we hear from them toward the end of the podcast), Heather was bothered by an emphasis even in Christian homeschooling curriculum on the study of Greek philosophy and culture. Why are we so fascinated wi...2020-11-2437 min
One God Report34) Jesus Did Not Create Planet Earth, A Commentary on John 1:9-13, PART 2John 1:10 does not say that Jesus created planet earth. This episode is part 2 of our commentary on John 1:9-13.
For a full written text of this episode, click here.
https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2020/11/jesus-did-not-create-planet-earth.html
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The word translated "world" in John 1:9-10, the Greek word kosmos, does not mean planet earth.
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We can understand better what the author meant by kosmos, world, in John 1:10 by seeing the parallels in the next verse. Kosmos of verse 10 is parallel to “his own” in John 1:11, meaning the Jewish people and perha...2020-11-1234 min
One God Report33) Jesus Did NOT Create Planet Earth, Commentary on John 1:9-13This episode is part 1 of a two part commentary on the Gospel of John 1:9-13.
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This episode focuses on John 1:9, where we take a close look at what 'the world" (the Greek word "kosmos") means in the Bible in general and in the Gospel of John specifically. We also investigate what the Gospel of John means by the phrase "coming into the world".
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We must understand the figures of speech, idioms and metaphors in the Gospel of John if we are to understand the Gospel correctly. It was those in...2020-11-0626 min
One God Report32) Jesus and John the Baptist: John Chapter 1 is Not about the Genesis CreationThis episode is a commentary on the Gospel of John 1:4-8.
John the Baptist was a prophet sent by God to testify about the man Jesus Christ, not about a pre-incarnate 2nd person of the Trinity, nor about an abstract pre-Genesis plan of God.
The life and light in the darkness introduced in John 1:4-5 refer to the man Jesus Christ and his ministry in the darkness which mankind finds himself in, not to the Genesis creation. The man and ministry of Jesus the Messiah is life in which is lightthat still shines.
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One God Report31) From Pre-existent Christ to the Man, the Lord Jesus Christ: William Gilmore interview part 2In this episode we continue our interview with Mr. William Gilmore. William and his wife Cathy and their seven children live in Colorado.
In part 1 of our interview William explained how for a number of years he believed that the Bible declared that the one true God was the Father, but that Jesus had pre-existed as a created being prior to taking on a human nature. This belief is called “Arianism” after the 4th century church leader Arius who had a similar view. By the way, the term “Arian” in a theological context has nothing to do with the...2020-10-0232 min
One God Report30) Testimony of William Gilmore, from "Christianity", to "Arianism" to faith in the One God of the Bible and His Messiah JesusThis is the first of two episodes where we hear the testimony of William Gilmore. Mr. Gilmore’s parents were medical missionaries, but already as a youth he became disillusioned with Christianity.
Gilmore describes the circumstances and biblical passages that eventually led him to faith in the one God of the Scriptures, the Father, and in the one God’s Messiah, the man Jesus Christ.
William lives with his wife Cathy and their seven children in Colorado.2020-09-2628 min
One God Report29) No, John 1:3 Does Not Say Jesus Created the UniverseThis episode is commentary on the Gospel of John 1:2-3.
Many traditional Christians claim that John 1:3, "all things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be" declares that Jesus created all things in the universe.
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We look at key words in the original Greek of this verse and discover that the author of the Gospel of John is not declaring that Jesus created all the material universe. Theologically biased translations have given the wrong understanding of this verse. We suggest a much better way of understanding John 1:3.
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One God Report28) In the Gospel of John, Jesus is the Messiah, not GodThe biblical autumn festivals are coming up, including the of Festival of Tabernacles. John 7 describes how Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Tabernacles festival, only six months before he was crucified, buried and raised from the dead.
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In reading over John chapter 7, I’m struck by how the question on the people’s minds in Jerusalem at the Festival was not“Is this man God?”. Rather, the question people were asking themselves was “Is this man the Messiah?” For centuries, deity of Christ and Trinitarian theology have claimed that the Gospel of John is the book tha...2020-09-0318 min
One God Report27) Did the Trinity "So Love the World?" In the Gospel of John, God is not a TrinityIn the Gospel of John, “God” is never the Trinity. For instance, in one of the most well known verses of the Bible, whose reference is written out on posters at football games:
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
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Try substituting “God” in this verse with “the Trinity”.
“For the Trinity so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son…”
It doesn’t make sense.
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Many Christians...2020-08-2916 min
One God Report26) Constantine and the Divine Mind, Interview with Kegan Chandler, Part 2In this episode we continue our discussion with Kegan Chandler, author of the recently published book Constantine and the Divine Mind, the Imperial Quest for Primitive Monotheism.
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We left off our last episode with Mr. Chandler describing how Constantine was associated with events that led to the important Church Council of Nicea in AD 325. Now we re-join the conversation with Mr. Chandler about to describe the significance of the Greek word homousias, which means something like “same substance” or “same essence”. Christians theologians to this very day describe Jesus as being the “same essence” with God the...2020-08-2040 min
One God Report25) Constantine and the Divine Mind, Interview with Kegan Chandler, part 1This episode is part 1 of a two part interview with Kegan Chandler, who discusses his recently published book, Constantine and the Divine Mind, the Imperial Quest for Primitive Monotheism (also available on Amazon). Published by Wipf and Stock. https://www.amazon.com/Constantine-Divine-Mind-Primitive-Monotheism/dp/1532689926-
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Chandler describes for us who Constantine was and why he was and is significant for Christianity.
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Chandler explains that Constantine’s background in pagan monotheism caused Constantine to view the polytheism of the Roman Empire of the AD 3rd century as a main cause of...2020-08-1438 min
One God Report24) "Jesus is not a human person" (Deity of Christ claim)Trinitarian theologians claim that since God the Son “took on” humanity, Jesus was not a human person. Otherwise Jesus Christ would be two persons (one divine person and one human person). Trinitarian theologians call the non-human personhood of Jesus Christ the anhypostasis (“without personhood”), and the divine personalizing of the human nature the enhypostasis. Schlegel examines the anhypostasis theory from a biblical perspective and finds the theory to be anti-Messiah.
This presentation was given at the Theological Conference of Restoration Fellowship on 7/31/2020.
To view a video of the presentation, click here.
https://www.youtube...2020-08-0830 min
One God Report23) In the Book of Revelation, God is not the Lamb, and the Lamb is not God.The Book of Revelation is “the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him” (1:1). From the very first verse we are told that Jesus is not God. God is differentiated from Jesus. The God of Jesus Christ gave Jesus Christ this revelation.
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In the New Testament, Jesus Christ is called the Lamb of God.
In this episode we examine how, in the Book of Revelation, God is distinguished from the Lamb, and the Lamb is distinguished from God. Jesus Christ the Lamb of God is not God.
For a full written text...2020-07-2909 min
One God Report22) Interview with Forrest Maready, Author of Red Pill Gospel: Christianity, before it was ruined by ChristiansIn this episode I interview Forrest Maready, author of the recently published book called Red Pill Gospel: Christianity, before it was ruined by Christians.
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Forrest has some notoriety in the vaccination and pharmaceutical world, having previously written seven books on vaccinations (see website below).
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Forrest and his wife have come to see that the Scriptures reveal that God is one, and that Jesus is God’s designated human Messiah.
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Red Pill is a movie reference that has taken hold in modern culture to mean a w...2020-07-1636 min
One God Report21) Obstacles and Reactions to Faith in the One God of the ScripturesIn this episode we consider reasons why many Christians react negatively when hearing about faith in the One God of the Scriptures and in His human Messiah Jesus.
We break down the reasons for these negative reactions into two main categories:
1. Fear
2. Pride
After hearing this podcast we recommend this article for more analysis of peoples' reactions to faith in the One God revealed in Scripture:
5 Cognitive Biases that Can Affect Our Theology
https://onegodworship.com/5-cognitive-biases-that-can-affect-our-theology/2020-07-1034 min
One God Report20) "And the Word was God": A Commentary on John 1:1cFor many Christians this phrase “and the Word was God” is the main biblical evidence for the deity of Jesus Christ. But is it?
There are many problems with the “deity of Christ” interpretation of John 1:1. I currently have a growing list of 12 major problems with the deity of Christ take on John 1:1. It will take a separate podcast to describe all those problems. In the current podcast we mention a couple.
For instance:
1. The deity of Christ claim breaks a main rule of biblical interpretation. That rule is: “we must interpret a less clear...2020-07-0337 min
One God Report19) …and the Word was with God: A Commentary on John 1:1bIn this episode we continue a discussion interpreting the first verse of the Gospel of John. Today’s episode is called “… and the word was with God”, a Commentary on the Gospel of John 1:1b.
We look at how the phrase “with God” is used in the Gospel of John and in other biblical literature to determine what the author meant by the phrase.
Even though John 1:1 is a favorite proof text for Trinitarians, there is no Trinity described in John 1:1. The word or title “God” in John 1:1, does not mean the Trinity. In fact, nowhere in John’...2020-06-2550 min
One God Report18) Who, or What, is the Word of John 1:1?, Exegesis of John 1:1, Part 2, with Rivers O FedenFuller written summary to this episode, click here.
1. In this podcast we consider how to best understand what or who John meant by the word “word” in the phrase: “In the beginning was the W/word”. The Greek word for “word” is logos. We will often refer to the word, “word” using this Greek term, logos.
2. As with the phrase “in the beginning” the meaning of logos, “word” in John’s prologue is best understood and defined first and foremost by other uses of the same word in John’s Gospel. We shouldn’t ignore or dismiss how the author hims...2020-06-1750 min
One God Report17) In the beginning was, or, John 1:1 is not describing the Genesis Creation, Exegesis of John 1:1 (Part 1), with Rivers O FedenBill Schlegel with Rivers O Feden
We begin an exegesis of the Prologue to the Gospel of John (John 1:1-18). In this podcast we give more evidence for why the Prologue should be understood as an introduction to the ministry of Jesus the Messiah, and not as a direct reference to the Genesis creation.
Since "In the beginning" of John 1:1 is not a direct reference or commentary on the creation account of Genesis, "deity of Christ" and Trinitarian interpretations of John's introduction are wrong.
Written notes for this podcast can be found here.2020-06-1144 min
One God Report15) More New Creation in the Gospel of John: Why John's Prologue Should be Interpreted in the Context of New CreationIn a previous podcast, episode #7, we saw that the phrase “In the beginning” of the Gospel of John 1:1 relates to the new beginning that God began with Jesus the Messiah. “In the beginning” of John 1:1, while being an intentional allusion to the Genesis creation, introduces a new beginning or new creation that begins with Jesus the Messiah.
In this podcast we will examine further the New Creation theme that runs through the Gospel of John, in John's language, recorded events, and especially in the sign miracles that John records. All are evidence that through Jesus the Messiah, God is b...2020-05-1237 min
One God Report14) Did Jesus Raise Himself from the Dead? John 2:18-22 and John 10:17-18There are two places in Scripture, both in the book of John, to which people go to claim that Jesus raised himself from the dead. The claim is that if Jesus could raise himself from the dead, he must be God. Or, because Jesus is God, he could raise himself from the dead.
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There are big problems with the interpretation that Jesus raised himself from the dead. In this podcast I break the problems into two categories:
1. Biblical interpretation methodology (hermeneutics). The biggest problem from the perspective of biblical interpretation methodology is t...2020-04-2727 min
One God Report13) Hebrews 1:8-14, Is the Son called God? Did Jesus create the heavens?This episode is a continuation of our two-part study on chapter 1 of the Book of Hebrews. In the first episode we examined Hebrews 1:1-7. In this episode we examine Hebrews 1:8-14. For full summary notes to this podcast, click here.
https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2020/04/hebrews-18-14-is-son-called-god-did.html
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We note that the word “saying”, or “he says” which appears in English translations in Hebrews 1:8 is not in the Greek original text. The speaker of the words quoted from Psalm 45 is not God, but the Psalmist. Adding “he says” or “saying” to Hebrews 1:8 makes it sound...2020-04-1323 min
One God Report12) Hebrews 1: Is Jesus God? Is Jesus the Creator?Part 1 of a two part series examining chapter 1 of the Book of Hebrews. In this episode we discuss Hebrews 1:1-7. Part to looks at Hebrews 1:8-14.
For a summary text of this podcast, see this link:
https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2020/04/hebrews-11-7-is-jesus-creator-or-god-in.html
We suggest that an overall point that the author is making in Hebrews chapter 1 is not that Jesus is God, but rather that God has appointed the human being Jesus, as the representative of humanity, to be God’s vice-regent ruler, to “sit at God’s right hand.” This privilege...2020-04-0733 min
One God Report11) Evolution of the Trinity, Part 2, Interview with Dr. Dale TuggyThis episode of the One God Report podcast is the second part of our two-part interview with Christian philosopher, Dr. Dale Tuggy, examining the historical development of the Trinity in the centuries following Jesus. If you haven’t heard part 1, you may want to listen to that episode first in which Dr. Tuggy surveyed major historical and theological developments of the 100s and 200s AD.
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We saw in the first episode that at least into the mid-AD 200s, none of the church fathers were Trinitarian in the sense that none of them believed in a...2020-03-2840 min
One God Report10) Evolution of the Trinity, Interview with Dr. Dale Tuggy, part 1In Part 1 of this two part series, Dr. Dale Tuggy leads us through the development of Christian theology of the AD 100s and into the AD 200s.
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Dr. Dale Tuggy served as Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Fredonia for 18 years. His PhD is from Brown University. He has authored about two dozen peer-reviewed articles and book chapters relating to the Trinity and other topics in analytic theology and philosophy of religion; for instance, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on the Trinity, and his book called What is t...2020-03-2435 min
One God Report9) My Lord, and my God: Trinitarians get it wrongThomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" (John 20:28).
To Trinitarians and those who believe in the “deity of Christ”, this verse is slam-dunk evidence that Jesus is God.
But is it?
This podcast examines how the "deity of Christ" interpretation ignores and contradicts the teaching of Jesus in the Gospel of John.
The Trinitarian "deity of Christ" interpretation fails to recognize the God that Thomas acknowledged in the resurrected Jesus, and fails to credit God the Father for raising Jesus from the dead.
Full written text for this podc...2020-03-0845 min
One God Report8) Is Jesus the Creator in Colossians 1:15-19? No, but Jesus is the beginning of God's new creation.To see written notes for this episode, including additional biblical references, see here.
https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2020/02/colossians-115-19-jesus-is-not-creator.html
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One God Report7) "What about John 1:1?" (Part 2) - Jesus is the Beginning of God's New CreationThis episode is part 2 "What about John 1:1?" - Jesus is the Beginning of God's New Creation.
We recommend before listening to this podcast, first listen to our previous podcast, #6) "What about John 1:1, Part 1".
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In this current episode we ask the question "What beginning does John 1:1 mean in the statement "In the beginning was the Word..."? We see that while John is echoing Genesis creation language, he is not directly describing the Genesis creation, but rather the renewal or new creation work of God in and through Jesus the Messiah.
Therefore, c...2020-02-1328 min
One God Report6) What about John 1:1? (part 1)Ever since I came to understand from the Bible that God (Yehovah, YHVH) is one, and that Jesus is God’s human Messiah (Christ) whom God raised from the dead, people say to me: “What about John 1:1?”. For my friends who believe in the “deity of Christ”, John 1:1 is biblical evidence that Jesus is God.
But is it?
In this podcast we begin to take a look at the Gospel of John and see that the Trinitarian or "deity of Christ" interpretation of John 1:1 is found wanting.
We show four "broader view" observations about the...2020-01-3128 min
One God Report5) Philippians 2: Did God become human?Does Philippians 2:5-11 describe the eternal God the Son humbling himself to become man?
We think not.
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In this podcast we explain some problems and contradictions with the "deity of Christ" interpretation of Philippians 2, and suggest a better way to understand this section of Scripture:
When Christ Jesus "emptied" and "humbled" himself, he was already a human being. The acts of emptying and humbling himself relate to his obedience to die on the cross, not "to become a human being".
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1. The context of the Letter...2020-01-2249 min
One God Report4) Preston Macy Testimony: F-18 PilotOne God Report correspondent Preston Macy, a former F-18 pilot in the US Navy, who still serves as a Navy Reserves flight instructor, shares his testimony. Preston breaks his testimony into three parts:
1. Being introduced to God, Jesus and the Bible.
2. Coming to a better understanding of the One God and His Messiah Jesus. In addition to be challenged by non-Trinitarian Christians, Preston shares how understanding from the Scriptures that the man Jesus has a God, helped him to see that Jesus is a human being distinct from God....2020-01-1429 min
One God Report3) LORD or Lord: Does calling Jesus "Lord" mean Jesus is God?Contrary to some overly zealous Trinitarian preaching, to be “Lord” does not mean you are God. Otherwise the upper house of the British parliament would be the House of Gods. Sometimes LORD/Lord in the Bible does mean God, but there are many lords/Lords in the Bible who are not God.
“Jesus is Lord” is not a claim to deity (Act 2:36, Rom. 10:9).
The confusion over LORD/Lord/lord stems from the translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek. The title “Lord” kurios (“master, sir, prince, ruler”), an honorific title acknowledging authority, was substituted for God’s person...2020-01-0528 minOne God Report2) Are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit a three-in-one-God? Matthew 28:18-19 and 2 Corinthians 13:14"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19).
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Trinitarians have said that this verse, like 2 Corinthians 13:14, is evidence that God is a Trinity. But are these verses evidence that God is a three-in-one-God? We think not.
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Rather, in these verses the Son of God, the Lord Jesus the Messiah, is distinguished from God.
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Other...2019-12-2421 minOne God Report1) Genesis 1:26 "Let us make man in our image"In Genesis 1:26, before the creation of man, God said, "Let us make man in our image". The plural verb and pronoun ("let us make", "our image") is claimed by some Trinitarians to be evidence that God spoke to other members of a three-person "godhead".
But is this claim correct? We think there is a much better way to understand Genesis 1:26. So does modern Trinitarian scholarship. One Trinitarian scholar, G. Wenham who wrote the evangelical Word Biblical Commentary Genesis writes: "It is now universally admitted that this was not what the plural meant to the or...2019-12-1228 min
Lullaby Utopia11-8-18 (feat. Christopher William Wolter's Shipwrecks))Two field recordings this episode: one from NYC-based dramatist Christopher William Wolter containing his short piece "Shipwrecks." Chris is a longtime collaborator (some of our older stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RC5zZAdB1c). The other is of the Weyerhaeuser Comm lot by the water in downtown Olympia. I got a lot of weird looks from the people who work there for standing against the fence apparently doing nothing.The second half of the show I used a simple pd patch I made which responds to sound input with white noise output. It sounds like...2018-11-101h 43Lullaby Utopia11-8-18 (feat. Christopher William Wolter's Shipwrecks))Two field recordings this episode: one from NYC-based dramatist Christopher William Wolter containing his short piece "Shipwrecks." Chris is a longtime collaborator (some of our older stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RC5zZAdB1c). The other is of the Weyerhaeuser Comm lot by the water in downtown Olympia. I got a lot of weird looks from the people who work there for standing against the fence apparently doing nothing.The second half of the show I used a simple pd patch I made which responds to sound input with white noise output. It sounds like...2018-11-101h 43