Interview 43 Misunderstood Texts about Jesus 1 (Bill Schlegel)

Today we are beginning a new series called “Misunderstood Texts about Jesus” with Bill Schlegel.  Professor Schlegel lived and taught the bible and geography in Israel for more than three decades.  Recently, he came to change his mind on the deity of Jesus, seeing him now as God’s man rather than a God-man.  Since he made this change, several friends and acquaintances have brought up a number of scriptures that they believe prove Jesus is God.  This podcast series is Schlegel’s opportunity to answer these commonly misunderstood verses and explain what they mean.  In this episode we discuss the following texts:

1. John 1.1
2. John 1.14
3. John 1.18
4. John 5.18
5. John 8.58

Next time we’ll discuss five more scriptures from John.

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• To learn about Schlegel’s backstory, listen to Interview 31: Master’s University Prof. Finds Son of God, Loses Job
• Check out his excellent book, the Satellite Bible Atlas here
• Follow Bill Schlegel on his blog or on YouTube
• For an extensive list of verses and explanations from a biblical unitarian perspective, visit christianmonotheism.com (use the scripture index on the right)
• Watch “Five Major Problems with the Trinity” on YouTube
• Intro music: Jazzy Frenchy by bensound.com. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.