{"id":41057,"date":"2019-02-26T23:48:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T04:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=41057"},"modified":"2019-10-27T09:58:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T14:58:07","slug":"three-recent-whistleblowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/three-recent-whistleblowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Three recent whistleblowers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By a “whistleblower<\/strong>” I mean someone raised in and long faithful to mainstream evangelicalism who to their surprise found that the Bible neither teaches that God is triune nor that Jesus is divine in the way the one God is divine. Instead of conforming to traditional creedal demands they now disagree with, they speak up, suffering significant social and sometimes also financial costs. They value fidelity to scripture more than their own status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whistleblower #1: Bill Schlegel<\/strong> is the author of this fine book<\/a>. After candidly yet quietly confessing his biblical unitarian convictions he was basically forced out as a professor at the Master’s University extension in Israel, where he taught Hebrew and biblical geography. He tells the story here<\/a>. And here is a brief post<\/a> to friends, students, and former students and colleagues about the big change. In part he writes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can assure friends and former students that I have not “rejected our Lord”. My faith in God the Father and in His Son Jesus the Messiah is as strong, yea verily, stronger than it has ever been.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Now he’s lending his best efforts to support this issue of ongoing reformation. You can hear him in several episodes of the Restitutio podcast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Interview 46 Misunderstood Texts about Jesus 4 (Bill Schlegel)<\/a> December 6, 2018 <\/li>
  • Interview 45 Misunderstood Texts about Jesus 3 (Bill Schlegel)<\/a> November 29, 2018 <\/li>
  • Interview 44 Misunderstood Texts about Jesus 2 (Bill Schlegel)<\/a> November 23, 2018 <\/li>
  • Interview 43 Misunderstood Texts about Jesus 1 (Bill Schlegel)<\/a> November 15, 2018 <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    He reviews on Larry Hurtado’s book <\/a>How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God?<\/a><\/em> here<\/a>. Check out all of his blog posts and Land and Bible here<\/a>. I’m happy to say that Bill and his lovely family have recently moved here to middle Tennessee and attend my church<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Whistleblower #2 is Aaron Shelenberger. <\/strong>Originally from the Philippines, he served for 20 years in the US Navy, and now lives with his family in Florida. An evangelical who has long been interested in apologetics, he earned a Masters degree in Christian Apologetics from Southern Evangelical Seminary.<\/strong> I’m happy to say that he has been a long-time listener of the trinities podcast, and he’s also been active in the Facebook group. You’ll hear more about and from him in some upcoming episodes of the trinities podcast. Here’s his first YouTube video: <\/p>\n\n\n\n