christology

The God of Jesus in Light of Christian Dogma by Kegan Chandler I love this book. It is so well written and easy to follow. Keegan has made it easy to follow the path through history to see all the many and varied views of Christ Jesus. I give this book 5 stars and highly recommend it to...

The description of the Gospel of John "remains primarily functional and not too far removed from the Pauline formulation that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself" (2Cor 5.19)." p 408 "The Son was taught by the Father (John 8.28) and has received from Him powers such as that of...

IS JESUS THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL? PART 1 – A TEACHING OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES THE ORIGINAL BELIEF: JESUS WAS NEVER MICHAEL The Watchtower magazine of November 1879 on page 4 stated: His [Jesus’] position is contrasted with that of men and angels, as he is Lord of both, having ‘all power in...

Does the Bible Identify Jesus as God? by Kermit Zarley Early Jewish Christianity The post-apostolic, institutional church has always proclaimed that Jesus was both man and God, and this is still the situation to this day. This church asserts that Jesus preexisted as God, being one of three co-...

Saturday 5/29/21 2:00 PM SIMPLY Jesus: Biblifying and Depaganizing, YHWH’s Messiah Synopsis: With a hint from George Barna in Pagan Christianity, we will attempt to relook at the LORD’s Christ in several ways. First, there are about 90 times Jesus said “I am” in the New Testament. Who did HE...

Friday 5/28/21 8:00 PM EST From Son of God to God Synopsis: A biblical and historical timeline of how "Christianity" went from the Son of God to "God the Son." Carlos Xavier Biography: From agnostic to Christian unitarian www.thehumanjesus.org www.christenemylove.com...

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I liked this quick run down. Dustin Smith lists his top 5 differences between God and Jesus, thus demonstrating that the two are not collapsed into the same being within Scripture. The true God is the Father alone and Jesus Christ is God’s human son. Subscribe to the weekly podcast on iTunes...

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Source: https://focusonthekingdom.org/Some Issues Relating to Preexistence.pdf Some Issues Relating to the Preexistence of Christ in the New Testament and the Current Debate ANTHONY BUZZARD, M.A. (Oxon.), M.A.Th. “The dogma of Christ’s deity turned Jesus into a Hellenistic redeemer- god and...

The Faulty Idea of a Literally Pre-Existent Jesus Development of the Idea of Literal Pre-Existence We need firstly to look at how the idea of a pre-existent Jesus as a so-called ‘God the Son’ or other spirit being originated. The first thoughts about pre-existent persons originated in...

The Genuine 100% Humanity of Jesus The teaching that a literally pre-existing person called ‘the Word’ was implanted in Mary’s womb, rather than human male genetics created miraculously by God, would mean that Jesus could not be fully human. The Scriptures make it clear that holy spirit...

Why Philippians 2:5-9 Is Not About a Pre-Existent Being The Traditional Interpretation There are several phrases in the Philippians 2:5-8 passage that Trinitarians view as proof that Jesus had pre-existed as God in heaven. A typical translation of these verses is: “Have this attitude...

A letter from the Lord Jesus: About God and Me[1] Dear Christian, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about God and me. I know you mean well; you’re trying to rescue my honor from people who say I’m just one of many “great spiritual teachers.” In truth, I do not wish to be lumped together with...

The Resurrected Jesus Is Not an Intangible Spirit The teaching of the Watchtower Society and the various Bible Student groups that Jesus was resurrected as an intangible spirit creature is based mainly on an incorrect understanding of 1 Peter 3:18 which will be examined later in this study...

How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years by Philip Jenkins http://www.focusonthekingdom.org/JesusWars.pdf

The “Divinity” of Jesus | Section from eBook | Who Is Jesus? To say that Jesus is not God is not to deny that he is uniquely invested with the divine nature. Divinity is, so to speak, “built in” to him by virtue of his unique conception under the influence of the Holy Spirit, as well as by...

The Nature of Preexistence in the New Testament by Anthony Buzzard Copied here with permission. Original Source: http://focusonthekingdom.org/articles_/preexist.htm "When the Jew wished to designate something as predestined, he spoke of it as already ‘existing’ in heaven."3 [Thus...