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

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List of All My Posts About Jesus Not Being God in the Bible 2025-04-28T13:55:47-07:00 Kermit Zarley

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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 Right” Matthew 24.36/Mark 13.32

2. 5/1/13: “If Jesus Emptied Some of His Deity, He Could No Longer Be in the Trinity” Phillipians 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 Worsens” cf. #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 Lennox” John 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 Back” Matthew 24.36/Mark 13.32

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