“But What About John 1:1?”

-originally posted at biblicalunitarian.com-     Does John 1:1 prove that Jesus is God? " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. " - john 1:1 niv 1. It is imperative that the serious student of the Bible come to…


Is Jesus of the Fourth Gospel the I AM of the Old Testament?

One of the most popular textual interpretations used to prove the divinity of Jesus Christ, in particular by Evangelical systematic theologians and apologists, is the idea that Jesus called himself the “I AM” in John 8:58. [1] According to this argument, Yahweh of the Old Testament appears to Moses in…


Adonai and Adoni (Psalm 110:1)

-originally posted at focusonthekingdom.org- Psalm 110:1 - The Bible’s supreme proof text for telling the difference between the One God and the Messiah who is not God This verse was referred to the Messiah by the Pharisees and by Jesus. It tells us that the relationship between God and Jesus is…


How many is God? – According to Jesus

Originally posted at focusonthekingdom.org   According to Jesus, God is strictly one Person, not three. Christians who value Jesus as the supreme revealer of truth should consider his classic words, uttered in a final prayer. “You, Father, are the only one who is truly God” (John 17:3).  He defined salvation…


34 Reasons Why the “Holy Spirit” Is Not A “Person” – Separate From the Only True God, the Father

-originally posted at biblicalunitarian.com- The doctrine of the Trinity depends upon the reality of a “third person” called “the Holy Spirit” to complete a supposed multi-personal Godhead. Without such a separate person who is “co-eternal” and “co-equal” with the Father and the Son, the “Triune” God disintegrates.  It is therefore…


Mystery vs. Contradiction

by Don Snedeker From “Our Heavenly Father Has No Equals,” 1998   In order to escape the contradictoriness of the doctrine of the Trinity, most of its advocates argue that it is a mystery and must simply be “taken on faith.” We are sometimes told that our minds are too…


The Athanasian Creed vs Jesus

What the ancient creeds of the Catholic Church appear to demonstrate is less of an Apostolic standard for faith and more a representation of how effectively philosophy had progressively encroached upon the Christian mind in the early centuries, to the shocking effect that later statements such as the Athanasian Creed…


Differences Between God and Jesus

If we want to know what God is like, all we have to do is look at Jesus. Christ is, in fact, God's chosen ambassador, his perfect representation (Hebrews 1:3).  Jesus said, "when you see me, you have seen the Father" (John 14:9).  God's word, character, and works are revealed in the man…


Thomas Jefferson and the Doctrine of the Trinity

The following are excerpts from Thomas Jefferson's refutations of the doctrine of the Trinity.  Retrieved from http://www.sullivan-county.com/deism/jeff_letters.htm. Letters from Thomas Jefferson: To John Adams, 1813  It is too late in the day for men of sincerity to pretend they believe in the Platonic mysticisms that three are one, and one is…