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Pastor J. Dan Gill was a third-generation Oneness (aka “Jesus only”) Pentecostal. He was content in that community and well versed in its theology. But he started to notice a disconnect between their ways of talking about Jesus and what we read in the Bible, and he began to investigate the matter.
Decades later, he holds to what he calls a Christian Monotarian understanding of the Bible, and he’s collected his thoughts into this new, accessible overview of what others call “biblical unitarian” theology, on which the one God is the Father, and Jesus is his unique human Son, the Messiah. [spp-tweet tweet=”What is a ‘Christian Monotarian’? Find out in this new interview.”]
Update: Pastor Gill’s recent presentation “Helping Our Jewish Roots Friends,” referred to in this episode, is now available on YouTube.
Links for this this episode:
- The One: In Defense of God (kindle)
- 21st Century Reformation Online
- Higher Ground Church (webcast)
- an incomplete, preliminary video of Pastor Gill’s recent presentation “The God Who Makes Covenants”
- UPCI
- Dr. Robert M. Bowman Jr., “Oneness Pentecostalism and the Trinity” [an evangelical perspective]
- Unitarian Universalist Association [a non-Christian religious movement sometimes referred to as “Unitarians”]
- This week’s thinking music is “pieces of life“ by cdk.
Dale & J. Dan,
I really enjoyed this discussion. I’ve always appreciated listening to J. Dan’s interviews from the ABC Conferences and it was good to hear him articulate some additional information about his background and views.
I especially liked his perspective on coining the term “Monotarian.”
Hi Dale.
Enjoyed this podcast, as have all the others. Just wanted to say that since leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses 3 years ago over doctrine, I have struggled with mainstream Christian thinking. I have really gotten a lot of benefit from every one of your podacsts. The range of topics, scholarships and opinions have been fantastic. Thank you. In regards to this particular podcast, I tended to agree with most of what your guest, Pastor Gill had to say, but I would like to explore his concept of the Holy Spirit further. I’m sure you are aware of Jehovah’s Witness view that the Holy spirit is an impersonal force emanating from God. I Have trouble thinking about the Holy Spirit as an independent person within a Godhead, so when Pastor Gill explained it as the personal way Yahweh interacts with his creation, I felt this made a lot of sense. ( I hope I understood him correctly). However, a question immediately popped into mind. How does Romans 8:26-27 fit in with his understanding of the Holy Spirit? I would like to hear how Pastor Gill would understand this scripture. Would you consider doing more podcasts related to the Holy Spirit and how Christians have interpreted it in the past?
Again thank you for your tireless work. May God Bless you.
Regards
Gabbie
p.s. I am hearing you from NSW Aus
Moses made it clear that God was going to raise up another servant and Moses got what he got from God for a few people. This last covenant that God has now is not going to be done away with.
Father has never been a she. This is the best podcast you will have this month.
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