One God Report

Ever since I’ve come to believe that God is the Father, and that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that the spirit is the Spirit of God, people have said – actually Christian people have said - that I’m part of a cult. They mean it, of course, in a derogatory, pejorative sense. If the belief in the Trinity, three divine persons in one essence, and the belief in a fully-god-fully-man-Christ,...

Isaiah 42:8 I am YHVH (Yahweh, Yehovah), that ismy name; my glory ( cavod , כָבוֹד) I give to no other,nor my praise to graven images.   Deityof Christ theologians claim that since Jesus has (God’s) glory, or was given glory by God, he must be God, because God doesn’t give His glory to anyone else.   That claim is a philosophical, rationalistic kind of claim that no one in the Bible makes. It’s ki...

This episode continues the contrast between the biblicaldoctrine of the hope of resurrection of the dead compared to the common mainstreamChristian expressions about death being only the separation of the soul fromthe body and so-called promise of going to heaven.   Whilethe New Testament emphasizes the bodily resurrection of Jesus and the futureresurrection of believers, many Christians today spe...

Fuel, Church of God General Conference Youth Camp, July 13-18, 2025. North Manchester, IN https://register-online.org/FUELRedirect.php   What is Fuel Youth Conference Like? https://youtu.be/l7VPCLbVDD0 UCA International Conference, July 24-27, 2025, Denham Grove Hotel, Uxbridge, (London), UK https://sites.google.com/unitarianchristianalliance.org/ucaukintconference2025   Converge, August 1-3, 2025...

Many mainstream Christians claim that at death, only thebody dies while the soul lives on, consciously entering the presence of God. In this view, believers never really die—they skip over death entirely by transitioning instantly into eternal life. There is no place in the Bible that defines death as the separation of the soul from the body. So where did this concept come from? Plato’s Influence:...

Doctrinal Statements of Trinitarian Seminaries, Universities and Churches have problems, such as: 1. The first two statements often contradict each other. Protestant institutions declare the Scriptures are the sole authority for belief and practice, and then in the next breath describe and eternal multi-person god who is never described in such terms in the Bible. 2. Doctrinal statements off refer...

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 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...

Many Trinitarians claim the Trinity is "biblical". This episode presents two reasons why that claim is faulty: 1. The Trinitarian methodology - how they arrive at believing that the one God is multi-persons - is not biblical. 2. The language used, in fact needed, to describe the Trinity and the "deity of Christ is is not biblical. #trinity, biblicalunitarian, #deityofchrist

In this current podcast we discuss another HIGH cost to payfor any deity of Christ interpretation of Scripture.  All deity of Christ claims not only dishonor the Father, but they also dishonor the Christ, the man Jesus of Nazareth, the Jew who was born in Bethlehem some 2000 years ago.  In fact, all deity of Christ claims in the end deny that the human person Jesus Christ ever existed.

Deity of Christ Interpretations of the Bible Dishonor the Father, the Only True God If Jesus is God, then God the Father is not the one true God. The claim that “Jesus is God” becomes the main building block used by humans to construct a multi-person god. If Jesus is one member of a multi-person (or a Triune god) then the multi-person god is the one God, and the Father is not.   Mainstream Christi...

In previous episodes, we saw that no one in the Bible - notJesus, not Moses, not Isaiah or any other prophet, not Peter, not Paul or any other apostle – no one proclaimed or described that God is three in one.  Rather, we saw specifically that God is the Father alone, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ.   We looked at Paul’s description of God and the Lord Jesus Christ in Ephesians 1.To Paul, God is...

00:00  God is Never a Trinity in the Bible.   03:14  God is always referred to with singular pronouns. HE did great things through Jesus Christ.  The Lord Jesus Christ is someone else, a different “person and being” thanGod.     04:18  Typical Responses from the Previous podcast,and why they fall short. No one showed a place in the Bible where God is described or revealed to be a Trinity. Trinitar...

In the Bible, God is never a trinity. Neither in Hebrew Scriptures, nor the New Testament is God ever a Trinity.   God is never declared to be triune by anyone in the Bible: not by Moses, the prophets, Jesus or the apostles. No one in the Bible ever mentions the “mystery” about the Triune nature (persons) of God.  The Bible never records any opposition to the Triune nature of God being proclaimed...

In this episode we explain how the deity-of-Christ interpretation of John’s Gospel is wrong. Three, Yea verily Four Keys to Understanding John’s Gospel 1.       The Purpose statement of the author, John 20:30-31 “Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of...

A brief description of four main beliefs of Biblical Unitarians. 1. God Is One, the Father. ·         Deuteronomy 6:4 “YHVH our God, YHVH is one”. Mark 12:32 “He (not they) is one.” ·         John 17:3 “Father…this is eternal life, to know you, the only true God…” ·         1 Corinthians 8:6 “As for us, there is one God, the Father…”. 2. Jesus Is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God 3. The Holy...

For full written text see here: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2025/01/agency-in-bible.html In the Bible, God is often represented by the messengers he sends. Even beyond just representing God, God’s very presence was in and with the messenger. When God gave words to his messengers to speak, it was God speaking. When God gave authority and power to his messengers to perform miraculous deeds, it...

The key error of the "pre-incarnate" Christ understanding of John 8:58 is in translating Jesus’ statement about Abraham in the past when it refers to Abraham coming to be in the future. In all other occurrences in John of the word under consideration (γενέσθαι genesthai) does not communicate something in the past tense but rather denotes someone or something that potentially could be or will be in...

Christians 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 Atonem...

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 Evolut...

Glen Kay tells his faith journey, describing how he came to understand and believe that the God of the Bible is not a triune being, but is one, the Father, and that Jesus is a human Son of God, the Messiah/Christ. Resources for people and websites mentioned in this episode. Gary Steven Simons (Brother-in-law to Joel Osteen) How A Sunday Mega-Church Pastor Came To Torah https://www.youtube.com/watc...

PART 2 What if John 1:3 is translated as "all happened through him, and without him nothing happened. That which happened (came to be) in him was life, and the life was the light of men"? Compare the Literal Standard Version and Young's Literal Translation. Would you think John 1 was describing the Genesis creation? Probably not. Almost all deity-of-Christ and Arian readers of the Bible understand...

What if John 1:3 is translated as "all happened through him, and without him nothing happened" (compare the literal translations: the Literal Standard Version and Young's Literal Translation)? Would you think John 1 was describing the Genesis creation? Probably not. Almost all deity-of-Christ and Arian readers of the Bible understand John 1:3-4 to be a statement about the involvement of the Logos...

Stories of how former Trinitarians, Atheists and Jehovah’s Witnesses are coming to know and believe that God is the Father, and that Jesus is God’s human Son, the Messiah.   Book available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cost-Truth-Biblical-Unitarian-Christians/dp/1736918052   #biblicalunitarian, #bible, #Jesus, #countthecost, #billschlegel, #walkaway

Who is the Servant described in Isaiah 53? Israel? Jesus Christ? Someone else? Whoever the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53 is, it is clear that the Servant is NOT God. The servant of Isaiah 53 is the Servant of God. #isaiah53, #michaelbrown, #toviahSinger, #benshapiro, #bible, #sufferingservant, #Jesus

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 as the Father alone, Trinitarianism, and Mod...