Dr. 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…

1. The claim is non-biblical, philosophical speculation. This claim is not something argued or presented in the Bible. 2. The Bible says exactly the opposite. The Bible says that Jesus had to be a man, a human being, not just ahuman nature, to bring about God’s plan of redemption for humanity. God was at work in and through the man Jesus of Nazaret…

Most scholars say the Gospels were not written until the mid AD 60s. Is that right? This podcast describes why they think that, and gives suggestions as to why the Gospels may have been writtenmuch earlier. For full text, see here: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2024/05/when-were-gospels-written-historical.html Resources: Link to Fuel Youth Camp…

Some Biblical Unitarians (believers in the One God, theFather), don’t see the man Jesus in the first verses of John’s Gospel. Instead, they understand the Word/Logos” as an abstract plan, design, promise or wisdom that is only personified (described as if it were a person). Trinitarian “diety-of-Christ” and “Arian” believers likewise don’t see the …

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 http…

Pastor Finnegan has written a book called, “Kingdom Journey:A Call to Recover the Central Theme of Scripture.”Pastor Finnegan describes how God’s central promise for humans is not adisembodied escape to heaven, but of resurrection to a full immortal life on arenewed earth. In other words, restoration not relocation. See theshow notes for links to P…

15 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/@billschlegel1 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/o…

“They believe in God. They believe in Jesus. They believe inthe Holy Spirit. But they don’t believe in what is considered the most important doctrine of them all…they don’t believe in the Trinity. “If you are a Christian, what you were taught about the Trinity is probably wrong. “If you’ve ever wondered exactly how Christians have come to what migh…

When 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…

In this episode our guest, theological author and blogger, TroySalinger, shows that the biblical metaphors “to come from heaven”, “to come from above” and “to come from God” are to be understood figuratively and apply to John the Baptist (and other Old Testament prophets) as well as to Jesus. When referring to human beings, these figures of speech …

In 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. 5. Acts 17:31 “…becauseHe (God) has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a…

In this two part episode we look at 10 verses from the New Testament which give direct evidence that Jesus is NOT God. Many Christians have heard of a few verses that supposedly declare that Jesus IS God, but few Christians have heard about verses that show that Jesus is NOT God. In this episode we examine five (OK, plus) verses: 10. 2 Cor. 1:3, Ep…

This episode has two parts: Part 1, I ask a question about the objectives of the Hamas attack. October 7, 2023—a date which will live in infamy— Israel wassuddenly and deliberately attacked by the militant, terrorist forces of Hamas, the Islamic organization in authority in the Gaza strip. Part 2 of the Podcast, Reading the New Testament without Tr…

Who is Denying Christ – Me or a Person who Believes that “Jesusis 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 proc…

A 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 …

In Romans 10:9 the Apostle Paul states that part of salvation depends on a person confessing with their mouth that “Jesus is Lord”, or the “Lord Jesus”. This episode aims to show that, contrary to traditional Christianity’s belief, to claim that “Jesus is Lord” (or the “Lord Jesus”) is NOT a claim that “Jesus is God”. Rather, when the Apostle Paul,…

An examination of the Trinitarian claim that God is a compound unity, "three-in-one". For full written text of this podcast see here: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2023/08/hear-o-gentiles-lord-your-god-lord-is.html That the God of the Bible, YHVH is one, is a difficulty for Trinitarianism.In about AD 530 the Christian Byzantine Emperor Justinia…

For text notes to this podcast, click here: ⁠https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2023/08/does-apostle-peter-call-jesus-christ.html⁠ In 2 Peter 1:1 did Peter claim that Jesus Christ was “our God? Two points: 1. Even for deity of Christ believing Trinitarians, to claim that Peter is calling Jesus Christ “our God” is a big problem. Isn’t your Godthe Tri…

It’s a good question. I don’t know if there is a black and white answer because there are different degrees and facets to the question. Many trinitarians that I know seem to not really know what they believe, and functionally or “practically” believe in in One God, the Father. There are different levels and degrees of judgment. Like James said, tea…

Offering three separate $200 prizes (total $600)! $200.00 to anyone who can find a verse in the New Testament where “God” (Theos, ha Theos) means the Trinity. $200.00 to anyone who can find a verse in the New Testament that mentions “God the Son”. $200.00 to anyone who can find a verse in the New Testament that describes Jesus as “fully God and ful…

Episode 100 – offering a $100 prize to anyone who can find a verse in the New Testament where “God” (Theos, Ha Theos) means the Trinity! Difference between a Triad vs. the Trinity James White, The Forgotten Trinity, p. 23: “Within one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the…

This is part 3 of a three-part series with Dr. Dustin Smith, Pre-Millennial or A-Millennial In this episode Dr. Smith describes the “Tale of Two Cities”. Like the original readers of the Book of Revelation, readers even now are challenged to associate with, indeed be part of, the godly New Jerusalem and not ungodly Babylon. In a similar metaphor, r…

Dr. Dustin Smith is currently Professor of Theological Studies at Reformed University near Atlanta, Georgia. Among other writings, he is co-author of the book "The Son of God: Three Views on the Identity of Jesus" and he is the host of the Biblical Unitarian Podcast. The pre-millennial view of the return of Christ holds that the unrighteous are jud…

Dr. Dustin Smith is currently Professor of Theological Studies at Reformed University near Atlanta, Georgia. Among other writings, he is co-author of the book The Son of God: Three Views on the Identity of Jesus" and he is the host of the Biblical Unitarian Podcast. In this first of a series of three One God Report podcast episodes, Dr. Smith descr…

I 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 hi…

This episode is a review of the recently published paperback edition of the book called, The Restitution: Biblical Proof that Jesus is not God, by Kermit Zarley*. What?Biblical proofs that Jesus is NOT God? The average Christian has heard only the biblical proofs that supposedly declare that Jesus IS God. But anyone who thinks that the Bible claims…

There is a popular declaration among Christians the world over this time of year. Quotingthe messenger at Jesus’s tomb the declaration is made, “His is risen!” And thenpeople respond: “He is risen indeed!”. But that English declaration is actually incorrect, or is an incorrect translation. The angelicdeclaration about Jesus is not about what Jesus …

In Part 1 (the previous episode, #92) I began to respond tosome of the claims made in the One for Israel video called “The Trinity and the Torah,a Jewish Defense of the Trinity”. I noted that the so-called “mysterious unityof (one-God-in-three-persons) is not a biblical mystery, but is a man-mademystery that comes from centuries after the Bible was…

0:00 Introduction. One For Israel, my own interest in Israel and the Jewish People 1:00 Why is “The Trinity in the Torah” a “hot topic”?Because the Torah does not proclaim that God is triune. There is no declarationin the Bible where the God of Israel says, “I am three persons in one”. If therewas such a declaration, there would be nothing to argue…

The mystery of the Trinity is not a biblical mystery. The "Trinity is a mystery" claim comes from after the Bible was written. No one in the Bible ever declared that God is a three-in-one mystery. Only hundreds of years after the Bible was written did people begin to claim the Trinity was a mystery not only because they couldn't understand it, but …

Trinitarian Christianity claims that the three-person-in-one God is a mystery that cannot be understood. The Trinitarian claim goes something like this: “The Bible says there is only one God. But the Bible also says the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Spirit is God - so God must be three-in-one. We are only finite human beings, so we can’t r…

Two reasons why the decimation of the Assyrian army in Judah in the days of Hezekiah is significant: - 1. There is a unique correlation and agreement from three sources of this biblical event from over 2700 years ago: a. Bible (Isaiah 36-37, 2 Kings 18-19, 2 Chronicles 32) b. Archaeological finds in Israel and Assyria c. Assyrian written records - …

This 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 …

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 Is…

Nine 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 ref…

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 Gen…

In 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 …

In 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. I…

In 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…

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…

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 Go…

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 Joh…

In 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, a…

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 eit…

Trinitarian 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 descr…

We 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 sa…

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 So…

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,…

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…

See 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 - 1. The literary and thematic parallels to the phrases “was …