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Professor Bill Schlegel used to work with John MacArthur in his ministry until about 2.5 years ago. MacArthur fired Bill because he no longer could in good conscience sign a doctrinal statement that included the proclamation that Jesus is God. Thus, Bill had changed his belief about Jesus and was now regarded by MacArthur and his associates as \u201ca heretic.\u201d This firing of Bill Schlegel was immediately reported throughout many evangelical publications, including the preeminent Christianity Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Bill Schlegel has been a friend of mine now for about two years; yet we still have not met in person. Bill was a professor of Bible who co-founded John MacArthur\u2019s Masters University extension program in Jerusalem, Israel, called Israel Bible Extension (IBEX). Bill had had an experience similar to mine in that he had been an evangelical, Trinitarian Christian for a long time, and involved in Christian ministry, and then he had what he believes was a eureka moment of divine enlightenment in which he discovered that the Bible does not say Jesus is God. Yet Bill, like me, has continued to believe strongly that Jesus is his Lord and Savior. The online website Restitutio interviewed Bill about this experience. You can hear it by clicking here<\/a>. Restitutio introduces this interview by writing:<\/p>\n

\u201cBill Schlegel, professor and cofounder of The Master\u2019s University extension program in Israel (IBEX), was studying the phrase \u2018Son of God\u2019 and came to understand the term did not correlate with the traditional \u2018God the Son\u2019 teaching, but instead meant God\u2019s heir, the king he has designated to rule the world.\u00a0 Although he had taught the bible faithfully in Israel for more than two decades, he knew that this discovery would cost him dearly.\u00a0 In the end he lost his job at the institution he founded as well as any opportunity to preach and lead the church he helped to start.\u00a0 He\u2019s been maligned by many who used to regard him as a brother and blackballed in the evangelical world.\u00a0 Why would Professor Schlegel go through all of this?\u00a0 Why wouldn\u2019t he just sign the statement of faith for another year and carry on in his work?\u00a0 He had discovered a truth so profound and so irrefutable, that he could not hide it under a basket\u2013he had to let it shine, even if it cost him everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill then left Israel and moved most of his family back to the U.S. Bill is an authority on the geography of Israel, which he was leaving behind. But he has written and published a beautiful book about it entitled Satellite Bible Atlas: Historical Geography of the Bible<\/em>, 2nd ed. (SkyLand Publishing).<\/p>\n

Bill eventually learned of my book, The Restitution of Jesus Christ<\/em><\/a>, got it, read it, and contacted me. He now has a podcast entitled One God Report. Bill interviewed me two days ago, and this 38-minute discussion is now on his podcast. It centers on the question of whether or not Jesus indicated incarnation and literal preexistence of himself when he said to a crowd, \u201cI am the bread of life that came down from heaven\u201d (John 6.41). You can hear this podcast by clicking on this title for it: \u201cI came down from heaven:\u201d Discussion with Kermit Zarley on the Metaphors in the Gospel of John<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"