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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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158: The Consummated Kingdom Hymn in Revelation 11
At the return of Jesus to consummate the kingdom of God, a hymn breaks out within the narrative of the Book of Revelation. This episode examines the contents…
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157: The Hymn to God and the Lamb in Revelation 7
This episode explores the call-and-response hymn in Revelation chapter 7. In doing so, we notice that Revelation's ideal readers are offering worship to both…
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156: Why You Should Worship the Lamb (Revelation 5)
In Revelation chapter 5, the ideal readers initiate a worship hymn to Jesus. In doing so, they detail the reasons for Jesus' worthiness, giving attentive…
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155: Hymnic Worship in Revelation Chapter 4
The Book of Revelation offers seven hymns that tell us much about the worship practices of the early church. This episode looks at Revelation's first hymn…
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154: Jesus as the Word of God in Revelation
In Revelation 19:13, Jesus is called "the word of God." Is this a reference to the Prologue of John's Gospel, where the Word is with God in the beginning? Or…
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153: The Christology of the Covenantal Groom
The covenant is often portrayed as a marriage in both testaments of the Bible. While the Hebrew Bible regards Yahweh as the covenantal husband, the New…
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152: The Unholy and Holy Triads in the Book of Revelation
Biblical scholars and commentaries on the Book of Revelation often portray the three antagonists--the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet--loosely as the…
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151: The Leto Myth and Christology in Revelation 12
Revelation 12:1-6 depicts the cosmic struggle between the woman and the dragon. While modern readers are probably correct in interpreting these figures are the…
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150: The Lion and Lamb
The Christology within the Book of Revelation portrays Jesus as both a lion and a lamb. This episode explores these images, asks about their messianic…
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149: Jesus Speaks to the Churches of Asia Minor - Part 3 of 3
As Jesus speaks to the Christian communities in Philadelphia and Laodicea, much can be gathered about the Christology presented in the Book of Revelation…
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148: Jesus Speaks to the Churches of Asia Minor - Part 2
When Jesus reveals himself to the churches in Thyatira and Sardis, we learn a great deal about the Christology of the Book of Revelation. This episode explores…
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147: Jesus Speaks to the Churches of Asia Minor - Part 1
The risen Jesus appeared to John of Patmos and instructed him to write what he saw to seven churches in Asia Minor. In these letters, Jesus communicates in…
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146: The Appearance of Jesus to John in the Book of Revelation
In Revelation chapter 1, the exalted Jesus appears to John of Patmos. John offers readers many descriptions of Jesus that reveal much about his Christology…
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145: Does the Book of Revelation Portray Jesus as God? 2 Test Cases
In this episode, we explore the implications of Jesus being described in terms that associate him with the Lord God. Our first test case examines the combined…
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144: Introducing the Christology in the Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation has much to say about Jesus Christ's person and identity. This episode introduces the Christology of Revelation by examining how Jesus…
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143: Who is the True God Revealed in John’s Apocalypse?
The Book of Revelation is known for its images and metaphors. This episode explores how Revelation reveals the person and identity of the true God. The most…
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142: Individual Human Beings Expressed with Plural Forms
While the Hebrew concept called the "plural of majesty" described the one God with plural forms in order to heighten his excellence, what are we to make of…
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141: Looking Further into God’s Plural of Majesty
As we continue to examine the plural of majesty, which seeks to explain how Israel's one God came to be expressed in occasional plural forms, we see that God's…
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140: God’s Plural of Majesty in the Psalms
The God revealed in the Old Testament is awesome and majestic, but this God is still a single, undivided self--one person. He is expressed in plural forms…
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139: An Introduction to the Plural of Majesty within the Hebrew Bible
Does the plural form of the Hebrew noun elohim indicate that Yahweh is a plurality of persons? Hebrew grammarians call this concept the plural of…
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138: Malachi 3:1 and the Preexistence of Jesus
Apologists who attempt to defend the preexistence of Jesus sometimes suggest that Malachi 3:1 proves their claim. This episode examines Malachi 3:1 to see what…
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137: The Miller/Smith Debate on Jesus’ Preexistence - Audience Q&A
This episode of the Biblical Unitarian Podcast lets us tune into the never before released live Q&A that took place after my recent debate on whether Jesus…
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136: The Miller/Smith Debate on Jesus’ Preexistence - Cross-Examination and Closing Statements
In this episode, we get to hear the final portions of my recent debate regarding whether Jesus Christ preexisted his birth consciously. In particular, we will…
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135: The Miller/Smith Debate on Jesus’ Preexistence - First and Second Rebuttals
In this episode, we listen to the next segment of my recent debate/dialogue with Mr. Eric Miller on the nature of Jesus' preexistence. Eric Miller argued that…
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134: The Miller/Smith Debate on Jesus’ Preexistence - Opening Statements
In this week's episode, we will listen to the opening statements of my recent debate with Mr. Eric Miller on the nature of Jesus' preexistence. I also offer a…
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133: The Early Christian View of God in 1 Peter
The first letter of Peter offers much insight into Petrine Christianity, especially its monotheism and Christology. This episode examines how Peter regarded…
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132: The Early Christian View of God in Philippians
Philippians is the letter of Paul that many interpreters feel exhibits high Christology. What we actually find is that Paul holds a high human Christology…
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131: The Early Christian View of God in Romans
Paul's massive letter to the Romans has much to say about monotheism, Christology, and the relationship between God and Jesus. For Paul, God continues to be…
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130: The Early Christian View of God in 2 Corinthians
In this episode, we examine 2 Corinthians to see how Paul understands the true God and the risen Jesus. We discuss the benediction of 2 Corinthians, which is…
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129: The Early Christian View of God in 1 Corinthians
In 1 Corinthians, Paul clearly defines the Christian God to be one person, the Father alone. Jesus is the human Messiah whose death was sufficient to cover…
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128: The Early Christian View of God in Galatians
In this episode, we examine how God and Christ are portrayed in the early letter of Galatians. We note that Paul regards God as a single person--the Father…
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127: The Early Christian View of God in 2 Thessalonians
How did early Christians understand the exalted Jesus alongside the one true God of Israel in 2 Thessalonians? This episode examines the contents of this…
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126: The Early Christian View of God in 1 Thessalonians
In what ways did the early Christians depict God and Christ in terms of Jewish monotheism? Some scholars have argued that, in various ways, the distinction…
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125: The John 1:18 Show
John 1:18 concludes the Prologue of the Fourth Gospel (1:1-18). In doing so, John 1:18 defines the unseen God as the Father alone, thus distinguishing Jesus…
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124: The Meaning of “Protos” in The Prologue of John (John 1:15)
According to John 1:15, Jesus, born months after John the Baptist, was before John. What does the Greek adjective "protos" mean in John 1:15 (and in its…
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123: The Meaning and Origin of "Monogenes" (John 1:14)
While some translations of John 1:14 have traditionally regarded Jesus as the "only-begotten," modern lexicons and grammarians are arguing that "unique" or…
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122: The Embodied Logos That Pitched His Tent (John 1:14)
In John 1:14, the personified logos of God becomes flesh and "pitches his tent," evoking themes of the tabernacle and temple. In this episode, we explore the…
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121: The Origins of the Word Becoming Flesh (John 1:14)
John 1:14 indicates that the logos (God's personified speech) becomes flesh as the human being Jesus. This episode shows how the embodiment of God's…
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120: The Mission of the Logos in the Prologue (John 1:10-13)
The Prologue of John portrays the personified logos coming to the world and interacting with the Jewish people. Many refused to receive the logos, but some…
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119: John the Baptist and the Logos that Enlightens (John 1:4-8)
The Prologue of the Fourth Gospel depicts the personified logos in terms of life and light for human beings (John 1:4-5). These terms become symbolic of…
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118: John 1:3 & Creating Through Wisdom and Word
This episode focuses entirely on John 1:3 and its Jewish wisdom context. Prior to the writing of the Prologue of John, many Jews and Christians portrayed God…
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117: Exploring The Phrase “the Word Was God” (John 1:1)
This episode explores what some modern scholars are saying about the last phrase in John 1:1, "the Word was God." These specialists argue that "the Word" and…
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116: The Origins of The Johannine Logos That Was “With God” (John 1:1)
In this episode, we explore how portrayals of the personified word and personified wisdom of God influenced the opening line of John's Gospel, "The Word was…
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115: The Origins of the Johannine Logos in the Hebrew Bible
This episode explores the origins of the Logos from what is depicted in John chapter 1, namely, the "word" that was present in the beginning with God." We look…
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114: "Son of Man" Christology in the Gospel of John (Part 7 of 7)
As we conclude our study on the "Son of Man" sayings in the Gospel of John, we note an insistence that Jesus is a representative figure for human beings who…
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113: "Son of Man" Christology in the Gospel of John (Part 6 of 7)
In John chapter 9, the blind man is healed and confesses Jesus as the Son of Man. In doing so, we learn that the Son of Man is a fully-fledged human being…
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112: "Son of Man" Christology in the Gospel of John (Part 5)
In John 8:28, the Son of Man claims, "I am he." This has led to a variety of interpretations. This episode looks at three modern scholarly views of what this…
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111: "Son of Man" Christology in the Gospel of John (Part 4 of 7)
This episode focuses on John 6:62, where the Son of Man speaks of the scandal of ascending to where he was previously. How can we take seriously the identity…
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110: "Son of Man" Christology in the Gospel of John (Part 3)
In John chapter six, the narrative presents Jesus as the Son of Man who is the bread of life. In doing so, Jesus is portrayed as a human being in the strongest…
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109: "Son of Man" Christology in the Gospel of John (Part 2)
As we continue to explore the Fourth Gospel's depiction of Jesus as the Son of Man, we observe that this human being is to be the object of a believer's faith…
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108: Introducing "Son of Man" Christology in the Gospel of John
The Gospel of John has many "Son of Man" sayings that are not located in the previous three Gospels. In this episode, we explore the Son of Man who acts as the…
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107: Luke’s "Son of Man" Christology
In this episode, we explore the Gospel of Luke and its understanding of Jesus' favorite self-reference, the Son of Man. We discuss passages where Jesus is the…
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106: A Further Look at Matthew’s "Son of Man" Christology
As we continue our study through the Gospel of Matthew to better understand the Christological significance of Jesus' favorite self-reference, "the Son of…
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105: An Introduction to Matthew’s "Son of Man" Christology
The Gospel of Matthew has additional sayings about the Son of Man that are absent from the Gospel of Mark. In this episode, we begin to explore these sayings…
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104: The Trial of the "Son of Man" in Mark
In the final "Son of Man" story within the Gospel of Mark, Jesus stands before the High Priest in a trial regarding Jesus' temple actions and claims to be the…
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103: The Predicted Death of Mark’s "Son of Man"
In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus says that the demise of the Son of Man is predicted in Scripture. However, there are no passages within the Hebrew Bible that talk…
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102: Mark’s "Son of Man" Revealed in the Olivet Discourse
In Mark chapter 13, Jesus gives the Olivet Discourse, which tells of a coming tribulation that will face the people of God. What most readers miss is that Mark…
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101: Mark’s "Son of Man" Bearing the Father’s Glory
The Gospel of Mark portrays the Son of Man returning with God's glory to act as judge. What are we to make of the Son of Man who performs God's role of judge…
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100: Mark’s Suffering and Dying "Son of Man"
The vocation of "Christ" in Mark's Gospel is unpacked as the Son of Man who will be rejected and killed. This episode explores how this expansion of the role…
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099: Mark’s "Son of Man" Who Has Authority on the Sabbath
In the conflict story of Jesus' authority on the Sabbath, the title "Son of Man" is again referenced in Mark's Gospel. This episode explores what Jesus means…