One God Report

Dr. Dustin Smith is currently Professor of Theological Studies at Reformed University near Atlanta, Georgia. Among other writings, he is co-author of …

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 …

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 …

There is a popular declaration among Christians the world over this time of year. Quoting the messenger at Jesus’s tomb the declaration is made, “His …

In Part 1 (the previous episode, #92) I began to respond to some 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Two reasons why the decimation of the Assyrian army in Judah in the days of Hezekiah is significant:  
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1. There is a unique correlation and agreement from three sources of this biblical event from over 2700 years ago: …

This episode is a review and recommendation for the recently printed book: Little Known Facts About the Trinity

On Amazon: …

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 …

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” …

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”

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Trinitarian theologians have insisted that God is one by claiming that the Trinity is three persons in one essence (White, The Forgotten Trinity, 24; …

We continue our discussion with Troy Salinger about the deity of Christ apologists claim that the “memra” of the Aramaic translations of the Old …

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 …

This episode exposes the progressive liberalism, indeed “woke-ism” of Trinitarian thought and language.

While Trinitarians insist that God is three …

Evangelical Christian scholars, experts on the Trinity, explain that God as a Trinity is not explicitly described in the Bible.

In this episode we …

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 …

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 …

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 …

We 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 …

This 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 …

This 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 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 …

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 …

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 …

This 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 …

In 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 …

Jesus 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 …

We 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 …

We 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” …

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 …

In 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 …

In 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 …

Interview with painter and theologian Troy Salinger.

Troy Salinger's blog is Let the Truth Come Out:

https://letthetruthcomeoutblog.wordpress.com/

In …

In 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 …

In 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.

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Pakistani 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 …

Jesus 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 …

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 …

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 …

I 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 …

The 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 …

Why 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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

This episode is a discussion with Kermit Zarley, retired professional golfer, and now author of a number of books, including The Restitution of Jesus …

"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 …

Jon 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, …

John 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 …

This 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 …

This 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 …

In 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 …

This 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 …

This 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 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 …

In 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, …

In 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. …

This 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). …

Trinitarian theologians claim that since God the Son “took on” humanity, Jesus was not a human person. Otherwise Jesus Christ would be two persons …

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. …

In 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 …

In 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 …

For 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 …

In 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 …

Fuller 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” …

Bill 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 …

In 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 …

In 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 …

There 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 …

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 …

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:

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This episode of the One God Report podcast is the second part of our two-part interview with Christian philosopher, Dr. Dale Tuggy, examining the …

In 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. …

Thomas 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 …

To see written notes for this episode, including additional biblical references, see here.
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This 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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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 …

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 …

One 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 …

Contrary to some overly zealous Trinitarian preaching, to be “Lord” does not mean you are God. Otherwise the upper house of the British parliament …

"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 …

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 …