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The Biblical Unitarian Podcast
A weekly podcast examining what the Bible says about the oneness and unity of God and about the humanity of Jesus Christ. By Dustin R. Smith, PhD.
Episodes
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458: Was Theophilus of Antioch a Trinitarian?
Theophilus of Antioch was a second-century bishop who was the very first Christian to use the word 'Trinity" in his writings. Does that mean that Bishop…
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457: Is the Trinity Worshipped in Scripture?
In this week’s episode, we look at the various ways biblical authors expressed worship, particularly the objects of their worship. We will see how the Father…
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456: Unpacking Zechariah 12:10
Zechariah 12:10 says Yahweh himself was pierced. How did the prophet intend his readers to understand this imagery, and what do we make of the passage being…
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455: Born According to the Flesh in Romans 1:3
Does Jesus Christ have two natures: a divine nature he has always possessed and a human nature he assumed at his birth? In other words, is Jesus 100% God and…
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454: Was Origen a Trinitarian?
Origen of Alexandria was a famous Middle Platonist who introduced the idea of the Son's eternal generation, but did he believe in the doctrine of the Trinity?…
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453: Unpacking John 17:5
What does Jesus mean when he speaks of the preexistent glory that he possessed with the only true God before the world existed? How does wisdom christology…
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452: Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
What is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, and why did Jesus say that it was unforgivable? This week’s episode examines the context of the controversy…
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451: God Shares His Glory With Human Beings
Within the Bible, the God of Israel shares his unique privileges, prerogatives, titles, name, and even his glory with his human agents. Some readers of Isaiah…
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450: Was Theodotus of Byzantium a Trinitarian?
Theodotus of Byzantium was a second-century teacher who came to Rome around 190 AD. Bishop Victor I of Rome excommunicated him for teaching that Christ was a…
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449: "Is the Doctrine of the Trinity Taught in the Bible?" - Debate with Dr. George Antonios vs. Dr. Dustin Smith
On August 29, 2026, Dr. George Antonios (affirmative) debated Dr. Dustin R. Smith (denying) on the topic "Is the Doctrine of the Trinity Taught in the Bible?"…
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448: God Shares The Divine Name with His Agents
This week’s episode demonstrates how God shares his divine name (YHWH) with his authorized agents. These agents include heavenly angelic beings, the human…
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447: How the Human Jesus Became Coequal with the Father
This episode explores the development of Christology, beginning with the subordinate human Messiah taught by the New Testament authors and culminating in the…
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446: The Lamb as the Exalted Agent of God in the Book of Revelation
This presentation explores how the Book of Revelation portrays the Lamb as God's highly empowered and highly authorized agent. This high Lamb Christology…
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445: God is Uncreated, But Jesus is Not
Does Jesus Christ possess the divine attribute of eternality? This week's episode contrasts Yahweh's eternality with Jesus Christ, who was created by God. The…
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444: God is Immortal, But Jesus Died
Does Jesus Christ innately possess the divine attribute of immortality? This week's episode contrasts Yahweh's innate immortality (the inability to die) with…
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443: God is Impassible, But Jesus is Not
Does Jesus Christ possess the divine attribute of impassibility? This week's episode contrasts Yahweh's impassibility (the inability to suffer) with Jesus…
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442: God is Immutable, But Jesus is Not
Does Jesus Christ possess the divine attributes of immutability and aseity? This week's episode contrasts Yahweh's immutability with Jesus Christ's repeated…
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441: God is Omniscient, But Jesus is Not
Does Jesus Christ possess the divine attribute of omniscience? This week's episode contrasts Yahweh's all-knowingness with Jesus Christ's repeated portrayal as…
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440: God is All-Powerful, But Jesus is Not
Does Jesus Christ possess the divine attribute of omnipotence? This episode examines how the biblical authors portray God as the all-powerful Almighty One…
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439: Jesus' Death According to the Flesh (1 Peter 3:18)
First Peter 3:18 states that Christ was "put to death in the flesh." Does this language hint at the possibility that Jesus only partially died (i.e., in his…
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438: Christ, the Bread from Heaven, in Context
John chapter 6 presents Jesus as the bread from heaven, the Son of Man who offers life to those who partake of his bread and wine. The episode grounds the…
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437: Most Biblical Scholars Reject Jesus as God
In this episode, we examine a striking shift in biblical scholarship: fewer and fewer experts now affirm that Jesus is the only true God. I compare two major…
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436: Isaiah 9:6 In Context
While many interpreters see Isaiah 9:6 as a prediction of the birth of Jesus Christ, in its original context, the passage actually described King Hezekiah…
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435: Colossians 1:19 In Context
This episode explores the language and meaning behind the fullness of God dwelling in Christ (Col 1:19). Beginning by setting the verse in its context of…
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434: The Word Became Flesh at Christ's Baptism (John 1:14)
In this episode, I explain why I changed my mind on the timing of John 1:14, where the word became flesh. Although it is popular to assume that this occurred…
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433: Does Romans 10:13 Identify Jesus as Yahweh?
In Romans 10:13, Paul cites a passage about calling on the name of Yahweh, and he applies it to believers calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Does…
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432: 1 John is Unitarian
First John is one of the best examples of unitarian theology in the New Testament. This episode examines how the Elder who composed 1 John and his recipients…
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431: God's Personifications Are Not Persons
The biblical authors frequently personify God's attributes. This episode discusses the concept of personification, focusing on a dozen examples of the Father's…
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430: God and the Lamb in Revelation 22:3
To whom does Revelation 22:3 illustrate as receiving the highest form of worship, God or the Lamb? This episode explores this grammatically ambiguous passage…
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429: The Memra in the Targums
This episode explores how the concept of the Memra (Aramaic: "word") personified the actions of the transcendent God of Israel in the Jewish Targums. The Memra…
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428: Is the Acts of Paul and Thecla Trinitarian?
The Acts of Paul & Thecla, written between 160 and 190 AD, was one of the most popular apocryphal acts among Christian readers. This episode examines what the…
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427: Who is the Most High God?
Within the Old and New Testaments, the figure known as the Most High God is portrayed to be only one person. This episode explores his identity, focusing…
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426: Imitating The King Who Served (Philippians 2:5-11)
This sermon discusses the christological portrayal of Christ Jesus taking the form of the Isaianic Suffering Servant, as it is depicted in Phil 2:5–11. Instead…
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425: What "One" Means in John 10:30
What did Jesus mean when he said, "I and the Father are one"? This episode explores the often-overlooked nuances of the cardinal number one in Greek — an…
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424: Does 2 Peter 1:1 Call Jesus God?
2 Peter 1:1 is one of the ambiguous passages that, due to grammar, may collapse God and the Savior Jesus Christ into a single person. This episode discusses…
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423: Was Irenaeus A Trinitarian?
Irenaeus of Lyons was a famous heresy hunter of the late second century AD. This episode examines the theology, christology, and pneumatology of Irenaeus to…
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422: The Verb "Pelah" Does Not Prove that Jesus is God
This episode discusses how the Son of Man receives worship/service ("pelah"), yet dismantles the assumption that this Aramaic verb applies only to God. We…
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421: Dustin Smith / James White Debate: "Does the Bible Teach the Trinity?"
On February 6, 2026, I debated James White in a public, moderated debate titled "Does the Bible Teach the Trinity?" James White demonstrably failed to prove…
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420: 6 Reasons Why I Won the Debate Against James White on the Trinity
On Friday, February 6, 2026, I defeated James White in a public, moderated debate concerning whether the Bible teaches the Trinity. In this week's episode, I…
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419: The Development of the Noun "Ousia"
In traditional Trinitarian language, there are three persons in the one "being/essence" of God (as expressed in the Greek noun "ousia"). However, "ousia" does…
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418: The Development of the Noun "Hypostasis"
In traditional Trinitarian language, the one being of God consists of three persons, as expressed in the Greek noun "hypostasis." However, "hypostasis" does…
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417: Jesus is a Human Person Today
This week's episode explores the state of Jesus' post-resurrection body. Jesus and the NT authors taught that the resurrection body remains human, indicating…
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416: Was Jesus in the Fiery Furnace?
Several conservative Christians have argued or suggested that Jesus was the fourth figure who rescued the three Jewish boys from the furnace of fire in Daniel…
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415: How Scribes Corrupted 1 Timothy 3:16
1 Timothy 3:16 is a well-known example of a scribal change that transformed a reference to Jesus into a reference to God. We explore this text and discuss how…
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414: Unpacking Acts 2:22-23
Acts 2:22-23 offers an undiluted christology that best represents the beliefs of the New Testament authors. Peter proclaims that Christ was a real human being…
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413: Unpacking John 20:17
John 20:17 is a straightforward passage in which the resurrected Jesus explicitly identifies that he has a God. Jesus was a unitarian, so he believed and…
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412: Is the Oxyrhynchus Hymn Trinitarian?
A 3rd-century Christian hymn was discovered among the Oxyrhynchus papyri, and the hymn contains worship offered to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This…
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411: Unpacking Luke 1:31-35
Gabriel's announcement to Mary contains several simple christological truths. This week's episode unpacks the exchange between the angel and Jesus' mother…
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410: Was Athenagoras of Athens a Trinitarian?
Athenagoras of Athens was a second-century Christian convert who wrote a famous apology in which he defends his understanding of God against claims of atheism…
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409: Unpacking Matthew 1:16-20
This episode unpacks Jesus' place in Matthew's genealogy and birth narrative and, in the process, draws attention to how Jesus was brought into existence in…
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408: Is 3rd Corinthians Trinitarian?
3rd Corinthians is a second-century Christian document that was written in Paul's name. The work offers a glimpse into the unknown author's thoughts on the…
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407: Changes to Christology in the New Greek New Testament
This episode examines and discusses all of the christologically relevant textual changes in the new edition of the Greek New Testament (UBS6). To view the…
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406: Theology, Christology, & Pneumatology in My New Book
This episode previews all of the chapters concerning Theology, Christology, and Pneumatology in my latest book, A Systematic Theology of the Early Church. The…
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405: Chapter Preview: "The Only True God"
This episode will serve as an audiobook of sorts as I read Chapter 2 from my new book, A Systematic Theology of the Early Church. This chapter is titled, "The…
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404: Unpacking Mark 12:28-34
In Mark 12:28-34, Jesus describes what he regards as the greatest commandment, and in doing so, he reinforces the famous Jewish monotheistic creed. This…
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403: Was Melito of Sardis a Trinitarian?
This episode examines the writings, theology, christology, and pneumatology of the late second-century bishop, Melito of Sardis. Melito is often cited as proof…
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402: Unpacking Isaiah 44:24
This week's episode closely examines Isaiah 44:24, a passage renowned for defining the Creator as a single person who made all things without the aid of any…
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401: The Latest Evidence Proves that the Trinity is in Decline in America
The results are in from the 2025 State of Theology survey, and things are not looking good for Trinitarians. This week's episode unpacks what the survey found…
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400: Is The Shepherd of Hermas Trinitarian?
On our 400th episode, we continue our ongoing exploration of the earliest Trinitarian. This week, we study the massive work written by a Roman Christian named…
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399: Unpacking Psalm 110:1
Psalm 110:1 was the go-to passage in early Christianity to describe God, Christ, the exaltation, and the promised return to defeat evil. This episode explores…