by Chuck LaMattina of Grace Ministry International.

1. In this study I am listing twenty biblical reasons why the doctrine of the Trinity is unbiblical. Here is number one: the old covenant understanding that God is one person. The great creed of Israel was “Here, O Israel, the LORD [Yahweh] our God is one.” (Deuteronomy 6:4).

Indeed the Bible also states, “To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD [Yahweh] Himself is God; there is none other beside Him.” (Deuteronomy 4:35) and “I am the LORD [Yahweh], and there is no other; There is no God besides Me.” (Isaiah 45:5). Yahweh, is the personal name of God and Yahweh is only one person.

This is from the 21st Century Reformation website:

Anthony Buzzard gives an extraordinary presentation to a conference of Bible students in Tennessee. Professor Buzzard gives a succinct evaluation of five prevailing views regarding Jesus Christ. He leads us through a consideration of the: (1) Trinitarian view; (2) the Arian view; (3) Binitarianism; (4) Oneness and (5) the “One God” view. In the end, Anthony makes a persuasive case for “View No. 5″:  that Jesus is the Christ of God, God’s literally begotten human Son. Anthony Buzzard’s “Five Options in Christology” has been one of the most popular features presented on 21stcr.org. It is too good to miss.

View this slide presentation here:

http://www.21stcr.org/multimedia/five_options_in_christology/five_options_in_christology.html

Recently, I had a woman tell me the following: “To be a Christian is to be a Trinitarian. To deny the Trinity is to deny Christianity.” I question the validity of this statement when no where in my Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, does it state this.

This is an age old debate – whether God is one God (the Heavenly Father) which is called “Unitarianism” or He is a triple God in one (triune) - a three-person “who” in one “what” Godhead (called the Trinity).

Joel Hemphill was a presenter/speaker at this year’s 19th Annual Theological Conference held in Atlanta, GA 4/25-4/28.  Joel did a terrific presentation on the need for “Removing Greek Philosophy From Christianity“.  If you’d like to view a video of it recorded there at the conference, you can watch it for free at Dan Gill’s wonderful 21st Century Reformation website: http://21stcr.org/multimedia/removing_greek_philosophy/removing_greek_philosophy.html.  On that same page you’ll find a down-loadable PDF version of another one of Joel’s tracts - this one about some “Shocking Admissions” from various Trinitarian scholars. I like it so much, I thought I’d publish it here in the KR blog.  I hope you enjoy as well.

Shocking Admissions

“Facing The Truth Regarding
The Doctrine of The Trinity”

  by Joel Hemphill

Dear Friend:

The following post is by Patrick Navas:

Hello Everyone,

Have any of you been following the debate between Robert Bowman and Dave Burke on the Trinity? I posted some comments in response to one Trinitarian apologist on the associated blog (pasted in this email) that I thought you might appreciate:

Nick,

You wrote:

“I also find it interesting how you freely use the adjective “Scriptural” to describe your belief that God is “self-loving” (although as a Trinitarian I actually affirm this since Father, Son, and Spirit are the same God) in spite of the fact that Scripture doesn’t actually articulate this. It seems that you take issue with Trinitarians doing things along these lines; why is that?”

One of the speakers at this year’s 19th Annual Theological Conference in Atlanta GA (4/25-4/28/10) was Kermit Zarley who was formerly known on the web (and covered here quite a bit on Kingdom Ready) as “Servetus the Evangelical”.  Kermit Zarley has been a professional golfer for over 28 years (18 regular tour, 10 Senior tour) and has also been a life-long student of the Bible. He has participated in, established, and led bible study groups on the PGA tour for several decades.  He has written quite a few books over the years which include works such as The Gospel, The Gospels Interwoven, Palestine is Coming, and The Third Day Bible Code.

I was recently in a store, conversing with a sales manager, when the topic turned to our church that my husband and I are planting in our area. I had mentioned that we rent a school for our location, and he asked me, “Is it non-denominational?” He asked that, because that is what most new church plants are, that arise out of theatres and schools. It’s the current national trend that follows a basic formula: have a core group of people, who are being sponsored and financed by a much larger, mega church, and plant the people within a new community, to offer rocking worship bands and great seeker messages, that will attract large crowds. People filter in, almost like attending a concert. My husband and I have attended these before, saying it makes a great date, because you get free childcare, a concert and a speaker!

I’ve been wanting to do this post for a couple of weeks now, but somehow could never find the time to get it totally finished until today.  I hope my fellow posters here on KR won’t mind if I go out of turn.  Just think of this as my long lost “Saturday” post.

I was listening to Christian Radio the other day, to a broadcast by “Revive Our Hearts” by Nancy Leigh DeMoss, entitled, “What Submission Does and Does Not Mean.” I am posting an excerpt out of her transcript below, and do so, because I found it absolutely incredible what she had to say about Jesus’ submission to His Heavenly Father and God.

The following post is by our brother, Patrick Navas, the author of the book Divine Truth or Human Tradition? You can listen to an audio interview with him on the Truth Matters website.
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Hello Everyone,

I just had an interesting but sad encounter with a Trinitarian man at a restaurant called Panera Bread here in Valencia.

He overheard me talking about the Scriptures and our home fellowships with my cousin and introduced himself when we were done with breakfast. He asked about our home fellowships, our group name, and about our “distinctives.”