List of All My Posts About Jesus Not Being God in the Bible

List of All My Posts About Jesus Not Being God in the Bible October 4, 2015

This page features a list of titles of 150 posts through 2023 here on my Kermit Zarley Blog that are mostly about the Bible not saying Jesus is God. A few are about God not being three persons as the church doctrine of the Trinity says. If a post is about a certain biblical text, its reference is appended in bold. Bible quotations in earlier posts are from the NASB unless otherwise noted. I soon began using the NRSV later in my blog.

I was a Trinitarian for 22 years before reading myself out of it in the Bible. Since then, I have continued to believe all that the church says about Jesus, especially that he is Lord and risen Savior, but not that he is God. To learn of this change, see a 12-part series of posts “My Christological Journey.”

As of 2023, I had ten books published that are all available at amazon.com. To see all listed together, enter search term “Kermit Zarley books.” Learn more about me, my pro golf career, and my books at kermitzarley.com. I have been a serious Bible student since my late teens. In my biblical studies, I have specialized in eschatology and Christology.

I have a conservative view of the Bible. I accept it as accurate and truthful. I subscribe to the apostle Paul saying, “All scripture is inspired by God” (2 Timothy 3.16). Dr. Scot McKnight’s says of my book, The Restitution, “Zarley combines a high view of scripture with a thoroughly human Jesus.”

These posts often are two or three pages in length. They usually are condensations of my book, The Restitution: Biblical Proof Jesus Is NOT God (570 pp.), without including its many scholarly references. This book cites the writings of more than 400 scholars. It was first published in the year 2008 with the pseudonym Servetus the Evangelical and the title The Restitution of Jesus Christ. It was republished in early 2023. The title was changed and the pseudonym was discontinued without having to make it a second edition since the text itself remained unchanged. In late 2023, I published an easy reading primer for this book entitled The Gospel Corrupted: When Jesus Was Made God (118 pp.).

The Restitution has some notable, scholarly endorsements on its back cover. Dr. James Tabor alleges this book is “a mortal wound to the doctrine of the Trinity. … a towering work that will stand for a long time.” Others say it is “a tour de force … thorough and systematic, … very readable. … It’s the best Unitarian apologetic on the market.” Dr. Scot McKnight asserts, “No one can read this book without being challenged.”

The following table shows numbered posts that feature certain Bible texts.

Bible Text Post # Bible Text Post #
Genesis 1.26; 3.22; 11.7 4 John 10.33 44, 55
Isaiah 7.14 98 John 14.9 154
Isaiah 9.6 34 John 17.3 35
Daniel 7.13-14 56, 78, 99 John 20.28 29
Matthew 1.18-25; Luke 1.26 ff 82 Acts 20.28 100
Matthew 16.16; Mark 8.27 26 Romans 9.5 91
Matthew 24.36; Mark 13.32 1, 11 Philippians 2.6-11 52
Matthew 26.63-64 37 Philippians 2.7 2
Matthew 28.19 107 Philippians 2.9-11 32
Mark 2.1-12; Matthew 9.1-8 74 Colossians 1.15-19 76
Mark 10.17-18 42 1 Timothy 1.17; 6.16 30
John 1.1-3 9 1 Timothy 2.5 18, 92
John 1.1c 12 Titus 2.13 93
John 1.18 13, 16 Hebrews 1.8 94
John 5.18 25, 55 Hebrews 2.17 19, 46
John 6.32-64 81 2 Peter 1.1 95
John 8.24, 28, 58 77, 116 1 John 5.20 96
John 10.30 24 Revelation 1.8 132
John 10.30-38 14

1. 4/17/13: “At Forty Years Old I Best Saw the Light–Trinity Doctrine No Longer Seemed RightMatthew 24.36/Mark 13.32

2. 5/1/13: “If Jesus Emptied Some of His Deity, He Could No Longer Be in the TrinityPhillipians 2.7

3. 5/8/13: “Incarnation and Trinity Give Us a Clue—They Aren’t in the Bible So It Isn’t True (Part 1 of 3)

4. 5/15/13: “Incarnation and Trinity Give Us a Clue–They Aren’t in the Bible so It Isn’t True (Part 2 of 3)Genesis 1.26; 3.22; 11.7

5. 5/22/13: “Incarnation and Trinity Give Us a Clue–They Aren’t in the Bible so It Isn’t True (Part 3 of 3)

6. 5/29/13: “Is Trinitarianism Monotheistic?

7. 6/5/13: “The Holy Spirit Is Not a Person; God’s Identity that Only Worsenscf. #97

8. 6/19/13: “Was Christ a Liar, Lunatic, or God? None of the Above Says Kermit the Frog

9. 6/26/13: “Some Christological Errors Committed by Dr. John LennoxJohn 1.1-3

10. 7/3/13: “If the Holy Spirit Is a Person of His Own, Why Isn’t He Sitting on Heaven’s Big Throne?cf. #97, 135

11. 7/10/13: “Saying Christ Is God is Way Outta Whack, ‘Cause He Didn’t Know When He’s Coming BackMatthew 24.36/Mark 13.32

12. 7/17/13: “Your Gospel of John Says ‘the Word Was God.’ But that Translation Is Really Quite OddJohn 1.1c

13. 7/23/13: “The Word Wasn’t God, Oh Heaven Forbid; What God Was His Word Just Always DidJohn 1.18

14. 8/1/13: “Christ’s Enemies Claimed He Said He Was God. But He Only Said, ‘I’m the Son of God’John 10.30-38

15. 8/8/13: “If Jesus Is God That’s Really Quite Odd Since God the Father He Woud Call ‘My God‘”

16. 8/14/13: “John One Eighteen Calls Christ ‘God Begotten;’ But that Translation Smells Kinda RottenJohn 1.18

17. 8/22/13: “Jesus Doesn’t Have Two Natures and Wills. That’s Anthropology on Steroid Pills!

18. 8/28/13: “As Mediator Between God and Man, How Can Trinis Say He Is God-Man?1 Timothy 2.5; cf. #92

19. 9/4/13: “Jesus Had to Be Made Like His Brothers to Die for the Sins of All Us OthersHebrew 2.17; cf. #46

20. 9/11/13: “Is Jesus Divine Because He Was Worshipped? cf. #112

21. 9/18/13: “More Reasons that Only the Father Is God (not in my RJC book)

22. 9/25/13: “If Raised from the Dead Proves Jesus Was God, Then Who Are We When We Get Our New Bod?cf. #41

23. 10/3/13: “If Christ’s Miracles Attest He Was God, Who Are Some Others We Highly Applaud?

24. 10/9/13: “Jesus Said He and His Father Are One. He Meant God’s in Him to Get All Things DoneJohn 10.30

25. 10/16/13: “Jews Thought Jesus Said He Was God’s Equal; But Jesus Explained That Would Be EvilJohn 5.18

26. 10/23/13: “Jesus asked, ‘Who do People Say I AM?’ No One Said He Was GodMark 8.27

27. 10/30/13: “Can Genuine Christians Be Trinitarian or Non-Trinitarian?

28. 11/3/13: “More Reasons that Only the Father Is God (not in my RJC book)

29. 11/7/13: “Thomas Said to Christ, ‘My Lord and My God.’ He Meant ‘God in Christ,’ to which We Should NodJohn 20.28

30. 11/14/13: “Since God Almighty Is Invisible, Jesus Being God Is Impossible1 Timothy 1.17; 6.16

31. 11/21/13: “What Are the Claims of Christ?

32. 12/5/13: “Is Jesus God Because He Is Lord?Phillipians 2.9-11 and others

33. 12/12/13: “As a Sinless Man Christ Made Him a Name, But God Become Man Detracts from his Fame

34. 12/18/13: “Is Jesus ‘Mighty God’ or ‘Mighty Warrior’ in Isaiah 9.6?Isaiah 9.6

35. 1/9/14: “Christ Called his Father ‘the Only True God’John 17.3

36. 1/16/14: “What Must Christians Believe?

37. 1/30/14: “Did Jesus Tell the Sanhedrin He Was God?Matt. 26.63-64

38. 3/5/14: “Saying Christ Is God in the Gospel of John Misunderstands that Spiritual Gospel

39. 3/19/14: “The Spirit of God Is Not a Real Person” etc.

40. 4/16/14: “Is Jesus God? A Brief Look at the Main Bible Verses

41. 4/20/14: “Jesus’ Resurrection Doesn’t Prove He Was Godcf. #22

42. 4/23/14: “Did Jesus Say He Was God to the Rich Young Ruler?Mark 10.17-18

43. 5/17/14: “The Doctrine of the Trinity Was Not Established at Nicaea, in 325

44. 5/28/14: “Did Jews Accuse Jesus of Claiming to Be ‘God’ or ‘a God’?John 10.33

45. 9/24/14: “A Brief Look at the Primary Bible Verses on Whether or Not Jesus Is Godcf. #83

46. 3/24/15: “Did Jesus Have to Be God to Save Us?Hebrews 2.17; cf. #19

47. 4/3/15: “The Theocentric Book of Revelation Is About Conquering

48. 5/11/15: “Part 1 Interview of Me on ‘Distinguishing Jesus and God’

49. 5/18/15: “Part 2 Interview of Me on ‘Deity and Preexistence of Jesus’

50. 8/1/15: “Trinity or Unity: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place” (personal testimony)

51. 8/19/15: “No ‘Jesus Is God’ in the Acts of the Apostles

52. 8/29/15: “What Name Did God Give the Messiah?Phillipians 2.6-11

53. 9/6/15: “The One Who Sends Is Greater than the One Who Is Sent

54. 9/13/15: “Is Jesus God Because He Is the Son of God?

55. 9/18/15: “Was Jesus Making Himself God?John 5.18 and 10.33

56. 9/23/15: “Who or What Is Daniel’s Son of Man?Daniel 7.13-14; cf. #78 & #99

57. 10/6/15: “The Christological Confusion of Chalcedon

58. 10/9/15: “Is Trinitarianism Properly Defined as God Existing In or As Three Persons?

59. 11/13/15: “Tom Wright Says Jesus Didn’t Know He Was God

60. 11/30/15: “Why Don’t Christians Say ‘Most High God’?

61. 12/2/15: “Is the Judeo-Christian Faith Monotheistic or Henotheistic?

62. 1/13/16: “Am I an Evangelical or Not?

63. 2/4/16: “Does Tom Wright Believe Jesus Is God?

64. 2/11/16: “Do Trinitarian and Non-Trinitarian Christians Believe in Two Different Jesuses?

65. 3/8/16: “Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Campbell on the Trinity

66. 6/10/16: “Is the Beginning of Christianity the Trinity?

67. 6/19/16: “What Is the Subordination of the Son?

68. 8/3/16: “On Who Jesus Is, Do You Listen to Jesus or Church Fathers?

69. 8/11/16: “I Am Not a Heretic

70. 9/14/16: “Peter Never Said Jesus Was God

71. 9/18/16: “Who Is the God of Heaven?

72. 9/23/16: “How Was Jesus More than a Carpenter?

73. 3/21/17: “Saint Luke Did Not Believe Jesus Was God

74. 3/24/17: “Did Jesus’ Authority to Forgive Sins Mean He Was God?Mark 2.1-12

75. 4/1/17: “Saint Peter Did Not Believe Jesus Was God

76. 4/16/17: “Does Colossians 1.15-19 Mean Jesus Preexisted & Created the Universe?Colossians 1.15-19

77. 4/21/17: “Do Jesus’ ‘I AM’ Sayings in John 8 Mean He’s God?John 8.24, 28, 58

78. 4/24/17: “Is the Son of Man in Daniel 7.13-14 a Divine Being?Daniel 7.13-14; cf. #56 & #99

79. 4/26/17: “Did Jesus Preexist?

80. 4/26/17: “Did Jesus Preexist as ‘the Angel of the LORD’?

81. 5/2/17: “Does Jesus Mean He Literally Came Down from Heaven?John 6.32-64

82. 5/2/17: “Is Jesus God Because of His Virgin Birth?Matthew 1.18-25; Luke 1.26–2.20

83. 5/9/17: “Jesus Is God Bible Verses?cf. #45

84. 5/10/17: “Jesus Is Not God Bible Verses

85. 5/12/17: “Is Jesus God in the Gospel of John?

86. 5/17/17: “Is Jesus Yahweh?

87. 5/18/17: “Is Jesus God or Subordinate to God?

88. 5/18/17: “Is Jesus God If He Has a God?

89. 5/26/17: “What Do Americans Believe about the Trinity?

90. 5/29/17: “What Was Paul’s Christology?

91. 6/13/17: “Is Jesus ‘God’ in Romans 9.5?Romans 9.5

92. 6/20/17: “Is Jesus a God-Man in 1 Timothy 2.5?1 Timothy 2.5; cf. #18

93. 6/20/17: “Is Jesus God in Titus 2.13?Titus 2.13

94. 6/21/17: “Is Jesus God in Hebrews 1.8?Hebrews 1.8

95. 6/21/17: “Is Jesus God in 2 Peter 1.1?2 Peter 1.1

96. 6/22/17: “Who Is ‘the True God’ in 1 John 5.20?1 John 5.20

97. 6/23/17: “Is the Holy Spirit a Person?cf. #10, 135

98. 6/23/17: “Does Calling Jesus ‘Immanuel’ Mean He Is God?Isaiah 7.14

99. 6/24/17: “Who Is the Son of Man?Daniel 7.13-14; cf. #56 & 78

100. 6/25/17: “Is Jesus God in Acts 20.28?Acts 20.28

101. 6/26/17: “When Paul Quotes the Shema, Does He Mean Jesus Is God?

102. 6/27/17: “Is Jesus God in Other Pauline Texts?

103. 6/28/17: “Is the Church Doctrine of the Trinity in the New Testament?

104. 6/29/17: “Our Sun and Moon Disprove the Trinity

105. 8/3/17: “The Biblical Jesus Versus the Christianized Christ

106. 8/14/17: “Trinitarians Believe What Jesus’ Enemies Claimed More than They Believe Jesus about His Identity

107. 9/6/17: “Is the Trinitarian Formula in Matthew 28.19 an Interpolation?Mt 28.19

108. 10/5/17: “Sir Isaac Newton Was Strongly Anti-Trinitarian

109. 10/6/17: “How to Fact-Check Flaky Theology with the Bible

110. 11/26/17: “All Christians Should Scrutinize the Doctrine of the Trinity

111. 11/28/17: “The Trinity Doctrine Did Not Exist Until the Late Fourth Century

112. 11/29/17: “Did Early Worship of Jesus Indicate He Was God?cf. #20

113. 6/29/18: “The Utility of the Mini-Prologue in the Fourth Gospel

114. 8/24/18: “What Leading Evangelical Scholars Now Say About Jesus’ Identity

115. 9/10/18: “The Three Main Reasons Jesus Is Not God in the Bible

116. 9/11/18: “More About Jesus’ ‘I am He’ Sayings in John 8

117. 9/22/18: “What Makes Christianity Christian?

118. 9/24/18: “Do Trinitarians Make the Bible Their Only Rule of Faith?

119. 10/7/18: “The Historical Reliability of the Gospel of Johncf. #137-138, 144

120. 10/22/18: “My Christological Journey (Part 1 of 12)

121. 10/23/18: “My Christological Journey (Part 2 of 12)

122. 10/24/18: “My Christological Journey (Part 3 of 12)

123. 10/25/18: “My Christological Journey (Part 4 of 12)

124. 10/26/18: “My Christological Journey (Part 5 of 12)

125. 10/27/18: “My Christological Journey (Part 6 of 12)

126. 10/28/18: “My Christological Journey (Part 7 of 12)

127. 10/29/18: “My Christological Journey (Part 8 of 12)

128. 10/30/18: “My Christological Journey (Part 9 of 12)

129. 11/01/18: “My Christological Journey (Part 10 of 12)

130. 11/02/18: “My Christological Journey (Part 11 of 12)

131. 11/03/18: “My Christological Journey (Part 12 of 12)

132. 10/29/18: “Is Jesus ‘the Lord God . . . the Almighty’ in Revelation 1.8?

133. 6/27/19: “Talking About the Doctrine of the Trinity

134. 4/7/20: “What Does It Mean to ‘Believe in the Name of Jesus’?

135. 4/11/20: “Historicity in the Gospel of Johncf, #119, 138, 144

136. 4/22/20: “Was Tertullian the First to Claim the Holy Spirit Is a Person?

137. 8/3/21: “The Bible Is Primarily God-Centered, Not Christ-Centered

138. 8/13/21: “More on Jesus and His Unbelieving Relatives

139. 8/27/21: “The Historical Reliability of the Gospel of Johncf. #119, 137, 144

140. 9/29/21: “Jesus Was a Jew

141. 10/10/21: “The Galilean Said, ‘I Am the Light of the World‘”

142. 11/15/21: “Must Evangelicals Believe Jesus Is God?

143. 8/30/22: “The Veracity of the New Testament Gospelscf. #119, 137-138

144. 12/11/22: “Copyists’ Harmonizations of the Synoptic Gospels

145. 8/10/23: “Seven Reasons Jesus Is Not God

146. 8/26/23: “What Is the Christian Gospel?

147. 9/3/23: “Jesus Was Not ‘One Like a Human Being’

148. 10/11/23: “My New Book that Faults Church Fathers

149. 11/12/23: “Church Fathers Changed the Gospel

150. 2/3/24: “As a Trinitarian, ‘You Have to Say Dumb Things’

151. 3/15/24: “Dr. James Tabor Puts Two of My Books in Elite Company

152. 4/6/24: “The Lord’s Prayer Shows God the Father Is Greater than Jesus

153. 4/10/24: “Did Jesus Say He Was God the Father in John 14.9?cf. #12

154. 4/22/24: “John’s Gospel Denies Jesus Is God More than the Synoptics Do

 

 


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