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A weekly podcast examining what the Bible says about the oneness and unity of God and about the humanity of Jesus Christ.
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Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
In Revelation chapter 5, the ideal readers initiate a worship hymn to Jesus. In doing so, the reasons for Jesus' worthiness are detailed, giving attentive readers a better understanding of why hymnic praise can (and should) be offered to a highly exalted human being. This episode explores the hymn offered to Jesus and encourages its listeners to become participants, rather than mere readers.
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Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
The Book of Revelation offers seven hymns that tell us much about the worship practices of the early church. This episode looks at Revelation's first hymn, located in chapter 4. The object is the one seated upon the throne, who is repeatedly expressed with singular pronouns and verbs. We also look at how the ideal readers of Revelation are invited to participate in this hymn through active worship practices, by singing about God's unique role as the Creator, and even acknowledging creation's preexistence within God's foreknowledge.
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Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
In Revelation 19:13 Jesus is called "the word of God." Is this a reference to the Prologue of John's Gospel, where the word is with God in the beginning? Or is the word of God a descriptive reference to Jesus' own preaching of the gospel of the kingdom? This episode explores how the phrase "word of God" functions in the Book of Revelation, looking closely at Jesus himself as a faithful witness of the good news.
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Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Within both testaments of the Bible, the covenant is often portrayed in terms of a marriage. While the Hebrew Bible regards Yahweh as the covenantal husband, the New Testament unambiguously insists that the husband is now Jesus. This episode explores how both testaments depict the marriage metaphor within the covenant relationship in order to discern the Christological implications of the husband/groom.
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Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Biblical scholars and commentaries on the Book of Revelation often portray the three antagonists--the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet--loosely as the "unholy Trinity." The implication is that the unholy Trinity must be the evil counterpart to the "Holy Trinity." This episode explores these concepts and examines whether "trinity" is an appropriate term for the three antagonists. We also look at the parallels between the unholy triad and the holy triad to see if the doctrine of the Trinity is actually presented in the Book of Revelation.
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Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Revelation 12:1-6 depicts the cosmic struggle between the woman and the dragon. While modern readers are probably correct in interpreting these figures are the people of God and the devil, they often fail to note that this story is a retelling of an ancient mythic fable involving the woman Leto and the dragon Python. This episode explores the Leto Myth and compares it with its Christian retelling in Revelation 12 in order to see the Christology presented for Revelation's readers to adopt.
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Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
The Christology within the Book of Revelation portrays Jesus as both a lion and a lamb. This episode explores these images, asks about their messianic significance, and places special emphasis on the literary motif where the lamb further defines the manner in which Jesus conquered as a lion. The result is that Jesus is thoroughly regarded as a human ruler who descended from a long line of notable Israelite persons.
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Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
As Jesus speaks to the Christian communities in Philadelphia and Laodecia, much can be gathered about the Christology presented in the Book of Revelation. Various titles insist that Jesus is a trustworthy and reliable speaker. Furthermore, Jesus differentiates himself from God, who is identified as Jesus' God and Jesus' Father. Moreover, we learn that God has shared his prerogatives of kingship and dominion with the risen and exalted Jesus.
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Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
When Jesus reveals himself to the churches in Thyatira and Sardis, we learn much about the Christology of the Book of Revelation. This episode explores how Jesus presents himself to these two Christian communities. We pay special attention to how Jesus frames himself in light of the history and social setting of these cities. Furthermore, we note how Jesus still has a God, who is the Father of Jesus.
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Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
The risen Jesus appeared to John the Seer and told him to write what he saw to seven churches in Asia Minor. Within these letters, Jesus speaks in ways that reveal a lot about who he is and the authority he possesses. This episode explores the first three letters to the seven churches in Revelation to see what we can learn about Jesus. What we find is a Jesus that makes the most sense within a high human christological paradigm.
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Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
In Revelation chapter 1, the exalted Jesus appears to John the Seer. John offers readers many descriptions of Jesus that reveal much about his personal Christology. This episode looks at seven of these characteristics and examines them from a Jewish theological perspective, from a Roman imperial perspective, and from a scriptural allusion perspective. What we find is that Jesus is a highly exalted and greatly authorized human being.
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Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
In this episode, we explore the implications of Jesus being described in terms that associate him with the Lord God. Our first test case examines the combined biblical citations of God being pierced and the Son of Man. The second test case seeks to understand the meaning of the title "Alpha and Omega" which is used by the Lord God and by Jesus. We conclude that Jesus Christ is regularly portrayed as an authorized human being who has received prerogatives, kingship, and glory from the true God.
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Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
The Book of Revelation has much to say about the person and identity of Jesus Christ. This episode introduces the Christology of Revelation by looking at how Jesus is portrayed in the opening verses of the first chapter. We note that Revelation depicts Jesus as subordinate to God, Jesus is distinguished from God, and that Jesus was faithful to God.
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Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
The Book of Revelation is known for its images and metaphors. This episode explores how Revelation reveals the person and identity of the true God. The most powerful image for God is that he is the one seated upon the throne. This image, which expresses the truths that God is in charge and he is ruling, is later employed within the narrative of Revelation to show that the exalted Jesus shares in God's rule. The Book of Revelation is also clear that the true God is the God of Jesus. Lastly, we note that the one seated upon the throne is to be the God of the intended readers.
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Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
While the Hebrew concept called the "plural of majesty" described the one God with plural forms in order to heighten his excellence, what are we to make of plural forms used of individual human beings? This episode looks at instances in the Hebrew Bible where human individuals are portrayed with plural nouns, not unlike the plural of majesty examples. If plural forms can be used to describe human beings when it is clear that only one individual is in view, then the same conclusions should be drawn when plural forms are used of the Lord God, who is one person.
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Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
As we continue to look at the plural of majesty, which seeks to explain how Israel's one God came to be expressed in occasional plural forms, we see that God's holiness is poetically depicted in the plural. We also explore references to God as the Creator and even as the covenant husband of Israel are sometimes in the plural. Lastly, we find that the plural of majesty has extended into biblical Aramaic sections of Scripture, particularly in regard to God as the Most High.
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Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
The God revealed in the Old Testament is awesome and majestic, but this God is still a single, undivided self--one person. He is expressed in plural forms, like elohim, for intensification purposes, and this is regarded by Hebrew gramarrians as the plural of majesty. This episode explores how the plural of majesty is expressed throughout the Hebrew poetry of Psalms, where plural forms indicative of intensification are observed in verbs and multiple references for God's temple dwelling.
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Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Does the plural form of the Hebrew noun elohim indicate that Yahweh is a plurality of persons? Hebrew grammarians call this concept the "plural of majesty"--namely when elohim is paired with singular verbs to indicate that God is only one person (not two or three persons). This episode introduces the "plural of majesty" in order to better understand the significance of plural references to God within the Hebrew Bible.
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Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Apologists for the preexistence of Jesus Christ sometimes suggest that Malachi 3:1 is proof of their claim. This episode looks closely at Malachi 3:1 to see what it says, if anything, about the preexistence of Jesus. We listen to the wisdom of biblical scholars on Malachi to see what they have to say. We also consider how the New Testament authors interpret Malachi 3:1.
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Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
This episode of the Biblical Unitarian Podcast lets us tune into the never before released live Q&A that took place after my recent debate on whether Jesus Christ consciously preexisted his birth. You can listen to the debate in its entirety here: https://youtu.be/Nmg_y4q4RsQ.
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Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
In this episode, we get to hear the final portions of my recent debate regarding whether Jesus Christ preexisted his birth consciously. In particular, we will listen to the cross-examination and the closing statements. I also offer some insider perspective on why I chose the cross-examination question that I used as well as some thoughts on the conclusion of the debate.
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Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
In this episode, we listen to the next segment of my recent debate/dialogue with Mr. Eric Miller on the nature of Jesus' preexistence. Eric Miller argued that Jesus did consciously preexist his birth while I argued that Jesus came into existence at his birth. We both have a chance to offer two rebuttals, with Mr. Miller beginning and with me following afterward. I offer some insights and commentary on why I framed my two rebuttals in the manner that I did. Feel free to listen to the debate in its entirety here: https://youtu.be/Nmg_y4q4RsQ
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Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
In this week's episode, we will listen to the opening statements of my recent debate with Mr. Eric Miller on the nature of Jesus' preexistence. I also offer a few reflections on the debate. To listen to the entire debate, click on this link: https://youtu.be/Nmg_y4q4RsQ
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Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
The first letter of Peter offers much insight into Petrine Christianity, especially its monotheism and Christology. This episode examines how Peter regarded the God of Jesus and wrestles with difficult passages surrounding Jesus' person and preexistence.
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Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Philippians is the letter of Paul that many interpreters feel exhibits high Christology. What we actually find is that Paul holds of a high human Christology, where the obedient king took upon the attitude of the Suffering Servant and was highly exalted afterward. Paul continues to portray his monotheism, human Christology, and his understanding of the relationship between God and Christ in terms that are consistent with second temple Judaism.
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Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Paul's massive letter to the Romans has much to say about monotheism, Christology, and the relationship between God and Jesus. For Paul, God continues to be one person, as expressed in the Jewish Shema. Jesus is the descendant of David and the second Adam--a human being. This episode also explores some of the trickier passages in Romans surrounding the person of Jesus and his exalted role as Lord.
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Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
In this episode, we examine 2 Corinthians to see how Paul understands the true God and the risen Jesus. We discuss the benediction of 2 Corinthians which is often thought of being a reference to the Trinity. Furthermore, we examine the theology of the "rich" Jesus who became poor, asking if this is even a reference to incarnation at all. We also pay special attention to the theology of the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
In 1 Corinthians, Paul clearly defines the Christian God to be one person, the Father. Jesus is the human Messiah whose death was sufficient to cover sins. The risen and exalted Jesus remains subordinate to the Father in both rank and function. Paul also details his Wisdom Christology in 1 Corinthians, and in doing so he regards God's personified Wisdom as the type of the man Jesus Christ.
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Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
In this episode, we look at how God and Christ are portrayed in the early letter of Galatians. We note that Paul regards God as a single person, as the Father alone. Furthermore, we observe that Jesus is the Son of God who was born of a woman and who died. God, of course, woke Jesus up from the dead. The resurrected Jesus represents believers as those who are "in Christ"--that is, those who are represented by the anointed king Jesus.
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Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
How did early Christians understand the exalted Jesus alongside the one true God of Israel in 2 Thessalonians? This episode examines the contents of this epistle in order to see if the Jewish God is anything other than a single self--the Father. Furthermore, we look at how the exalted Jesus is described with titles, roles, and acts of judgment. Lastly, we consider whether the Lord Jesus Christ is "our God" in a disputed passage.
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Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
In what ways did early Christianity depict God and Christ in terms of Jewish monotheism? Some scholars have argued that, in various ways, the distinction between God and Jesus were blurred by early Christians, especially Paul. This episode looks at 1 Thessalonians, the early document in the New Testament, to determine how Paul depicted the risen Jesus in relation to the monotheistic God of Judaism. 1 Thessalonians repeatedly insists that the Father is the true God and that Jesus is our Lord, through whom God actively works.
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Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
John 1:18 concludes the Prologue of the Fourth Gospel. In doing so, it has much to say about God and Jesus. John 1:18 defines the unseen God as the Father alone, thus distinguishing Jesus from God. There is also a tricky textual variant in John 1:18 that continues to divide commentators and translations. Arguments are made in favor of the "unique son" reading as the original. Lastly, the unique son who explains the unseen God defines the relationship between the two that will appear frequently in the Fourth Gospel's narrative.
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Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
What does "protos" mean in John 1:15? Is John the Baptist saying that Jesus outranked him or that Jesus was before John in some sense? This episode dives deep into John 1:15 and weighs the strengths and weaknesses of the two different meanings of the ambiguous Greek word "protos". The study concludes by situating John 1:15 in light of the Prologue's theology of Jesus as the embodiment of God's personified word and wisdom.
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Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
While John 1:14 has traditionally regarded Jesus as the "only-begotten" one, modern lexical experts are arguing that "unique" or "one of a kind" is a more accurate translation. This episode explores how the Prologue and the rest of the Gospel of John use this Greek adjective "monogenes" in regard to the human Jesus. In doing so, we focus on the meaning of the adjective and its origins within Jewish depictions of Lady Wisdom.
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Thursday May 28, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
In John 1:14, God's personified Logos becomes flesh and "pitched his tent" in a manner that suggests a tabernacle and temple theme. This episode explores the imagery of the Logos "pitching his tent" within Jewish wisdom traditions. We discuss how the man Jesus functions as the new temple presence within the Fourth Gospel, drawing people unto himself while teaching within the physical temple. Lastly, we explore the relevance of the temple's glory in its close link with God's wisdom.
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Thursday May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
John 1:14 indicates that the Word--God's personified speech--becomes flesh as the human being Jesus. This episode shows how the embodiment of God's personified attributes was depicted in previous portrayals of Lady Wisdom, specifically in Proverbs, Sirach, and Philo. The Prologue, which has been deeply influenced by Jewish wisdom speculation, must be read in light of this important evidence.
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Thursday May 14, 2020
Thursday May 14, 2020
The Prologue of John portrays the Logos coming to the world and interacting with its people. Many refused to receive the Logos, but some believed and became children of God. This episode explores how the Logos is to be understood as coming to the world in the ministry of Jesus, who summons the world to believe.
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Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
The Prologue of the Fourth Gospel depicts the Logos in terms of life and light for human beings. These terms become symbolic of noteworthy narrative points that are picked up later in the Fourth Gospel. The Prologue also introduces John the Baptist and depicts him as one who testifies about the light of the world (Jesus) who summons humanity unto belief.
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Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
This episode focusses entirely on John 1:3 and its Jewish wisdom context. Prior to the writing of the Prologue of John, many Jews and Christians regarded acts in creation in terms of God making all things through his personified word/wisdom. We also explore the influences on John 1:3 from Genesis chapter one.
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Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
This episode seeks to inform our listeners of what some modern scholars are saying about the last phrase in John 1:1, "the Word was God." These specialists argue that "the Word" and "God" are clearly distinguished and that "God" is an adjectival predication for the personified Word.
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Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
In this episode, we explore how portrayals of the personified word and personified wisdom of God influenced the opening line of John's Gospel, i.e. "the Word was with God." We note several Jewish texts--all predating the Gospel of John--where poets depicted God with his word/wisdom, without suggesting that these personified attributes were conscious divine persons.
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Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
This episode explores the origins of the Logos from what is depicted in John chapter 1, the "word" that was present "in the beginning" as well as existing "with God." We look into the Hebrew counterpart of Logos within the Old Testament, surveying its range of lexical meaning. This episode gives special attention to the passages in the Old Testament where the "word" is personified as an agent of God's creation and redemption.
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Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
As we conclude our study on the "Son of Man" sayings in the Gospel of John, we note an insistence that Jesus is a representative figure for human beings who are drawn to him. We also observe particular stress upon the fact that Jesus died fully and completely, indicating his mortality. Moreover, we discuss the hour of the Son of Man's glorification and note how this helps frame the important relationship between the true God and his human agent, Jesus.
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Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
In John chapter 9, the blind man is healed and confesses Jesus as the Son of Man. In doing so, we learn that the Son of Man is a fully-fledged human being, functioning as God's agent. Those who do not regard Jesus as the true agent of God in the passage are judged as blind and still in their sins.
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Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
In John 8:28, the Son of Man claims, "I am he." This has led to a variety of interpretations. This episode looks at three modern scholarly views of what this phrase means for our current passage and the Gospel of John as a whole.
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Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
This episode focuses on John 6:62, where the Son of Man speaks of the scandal of ascending to where he was previously. How can we take seriously the identity of the Son of Man as the human agent of God while also giving fair weight to the insistence that he is to ascend to where he was before? This episode provides a balanced interpretation worth considering. My latest book, Wisdom Christology in the Gospel of John, further develops this reading with additional context of Jewish speculation concerning personified wisdom being given from heaven as "bread."
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Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
In John chapter six, the narrative presents Jesus as the Son of Man who is the bread of life. In doing so, Jesus is portrayed as a human being in the strongest possible terms. However, the Son of Man's flesh is also depicted as coming down out of heaven, arguably as a reference to Logos Christology and Wisdom Christology.
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Thursday Feb 27, 2020
Thursday Feb 27, 2020
As we continue to explore the Fourth Gospel's depiction of Jesus as the Son of Man, we observe that this human being is to be the object of a believer's faith. We also note that the Son of Man is authorized to exercise divine prerogatives, specifically, to give eternal life and to execute judgment.
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Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
The Gospel of John has many "Son of Man" sayings that are not located in the previous three Gospels. In this episode, we explore the Son of Man who acts as the ladder between the open heavens and those on earth. We also explore how this authorized human being functions as an exclusive revealer of the things of heaven while remaining an actual human being.
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Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
In this episode, we explore the Gospel of Luke and its understanding of Jesus' favorite self-reference, the Son of Man. We discuss passages where Jesus is the human representative of the suffering people of God, both past and present, and depictions of the Son of Man as personified wisdom's embodiment and as the mortal one who died and rose.
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