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Mr. Kermit Zarley is a retired professional golfer and Christian author, having written books on christology and eschatology.
In this episode, recorded at his home in Arizona, he describes being born again as a teen, his evangelical identity, and his discovery that in the New Testament, Jesus and God are two, namely the human Son of God (Jesus) and the one true God, Yahweh (aka the Father).
We also discuss the writing of his The Restitution of Jesus Christ, his use of the pseudonym “Servetus the Evangelical,” and a few of the passages in which Jesus is allegedly called or addressed as “God.” In passages where this really is the case, should we take the author to be implying that Jesus is God himself?
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Links for this episode:
- Kermit Zarley’s home page
- Kermit Zarley blog
- The Restitution of Jesus Christ
- “Does the Bible Identify Jesus as God?”
- Ephesians 2:8-9
- Revelation 3:20
- Matthew 24:36 (Mark 13:32)
- John 1:1
- John 20:28 – blog post
- Servetus the Evangelical
- Michael Servetus
- John 1:18
- John 10:30
- Romans 9:5
- Titus 2:13
- 1 John 5:20
- 2 Peter 1:1
- 2 Thessalonians 1:12
- Hebrews 1:8 (Psalm 45)
- Psalm 110:1
- Hebrews 1:9
- This week’s thinking music is “Pompeii” from the album Ashes by Josh Woodward.
It’s good to see that more and more people are breaking away from the dogmatic doctrines of the Catholic church (Christmas, Easter, sunday “sabbath,” etc.) which have permeated Christianity for 1400 years and returning to biblical truths. After 30 years as a So. Baptist, a few years calling myself only “Christian,” then about 10 years as a “Messianic Gentile,” I’ve finally settled on “Torah-observant believer in Yeshua.”
If I may, here are my views on Yeshua the man: http://webbpage.cwahi.net/IsJesusGod.html .
Great interview Dale. This is an interesting perspective, and I was most curious to know of Mr. Zarley’s treatment of the trinity. He did address it briefly at the end of the interview, but I wonder what he makes of the Holy Spirit?
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/kermitzarleyblog/2013/06/the-holy-spirit-is-not-a-person-gods-identity-that-only-worsens/
I also really enjoyed this interview. For some reason testimony is often more persuasive than argument. Speaking of which, how’s that evolution of your views series coming Dale?
Thanks for asking, Ben. I’m the King of unfinished blog series! I do intend to finish that one, and also this current one about God and Being Itself. No promises on when, though. :-/
I enjoyed listening to Kermit’s testimony. Thanks for doing this interview, Dale. 🙂
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