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Mike Whitenton has received a copy of The Only True God<\/em><\/a> and promises a review will follow soon. Another blogger also offers some thoughts and impressions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On related notes, Chris Brady posted on the question of a Targumic background to John\u2019s Logos concept<\/a>, while Joseph Hoffmann has a post on the Godhead brought to you by the number 3<\/a>, and Michael Bird touched on the Nicene Creed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mike Whitenton has received a copy of The Only True God and promises a review will follow soon. Another blogger also offers some thoughts and impressions. On related notes, Chris Brady posted on the question of a Targumic background to John\u2019s Logos concept, while Joseph Hoffmann has a post on the Godhead brought to you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nFirst Impressions of The Only True God<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mike Whitenton has received a copy of The Only True God and promises a review will follow soon. 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