172) The Virgin Birth: Essential? Emphasized? Necessary?

We consider what is the meaning of the the Greek word monogenēs which is interpreted and translated in different ways in the Gospel of John, including:Only-Begotten? Only? One-of-a-Kind?We focus on the meaning of the word monogenēs in John 1:14.

Craig Stansfield and Stephanie join Bill in giving some observations about care-giving for elderly parents in the home.

Bill and Stephanie have been married for nearly 33 years. They have five grown children. They worked with university age students for 30 years, and give some tips on "what to look for in a mate", and a few important aspects for both dating and marriage.

Two lessons from October 7 Hamas attack on Israel:1. Hamas knew the attack would provoke a response from Israel. Perhaps Hamas underestimated Israel's response, but it wanted the Israeli response.2. The Hamas attack on Israel has resulted in much devastation and destruction of the perpetrators. It may have gained some propaganda ground, but it resulted in the desires of the perpetrators to come back on their own heads and upon the heads of others they were associated with.Hamas charterhttps://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp Hamasis an acronym of the Arabic phrase حركة المقاومة الإسلاميةor Ḥarakah al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic ResistanceMovement".  Samples:PreambleIsraelwill exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just asit obliterated others before it" Article8Jihadis its path and death for the sake of Allah is the loftiest of its wishes. BasamNaim, Hamas Head of Political and International Relations, “We did not killcivilians…”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egipqa0ZhUk&t=2s HamasChief of National Relations Abroad, Ali Baraka: We Have Been Secretly Planningthe Invasion for Two Yearshttps://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1712030588872351872https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzZsms0LJWQ Hamaschief Ismail Haniyeh (from Qatar) 10/14/23https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TsgINcg-ss Why DidIsraeli Intelligence Fail So Disastrouslyhttps://youtu.be/Sqpur37h2jY?t=297 Failureof the Israeli-Gaza High Tech Border Fencehttps://www.timesofisrael.com/why-did-israel-think-a-border-fence-would-protect-it-from-an-army-of-terrorists/ #Hamas,#Israel-Hamas, #trinity, #deityofchrist, #unitarian, #biblicalunitarian,#billschlegel

The distinctives and uniqueness of the REV (Revised EnglishVersion) non-Trinitarian translation of the Bible.  Old Testament examples. Resources: REVBible Translationhttps://revbible.com/Gen/1/1 Lightof Messiah Israel Trip April 1-15, 2027 Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586730625381 RegistrationLight of Messiah Israel Trip (Pilgrim Tours)https://www.pilgrimtours.com/groups/lightofmessiah2027.htm?fbclid=IwY2xjawUs0n5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6_kZM9wY2zX7Qq4sQZX6GmvbkWe4tjMGI_ZcQ5evjYIa6pHTtuL4wsfsiYiw_aem_7SD9k6nHUtTwsobkUAIbVA Micah5:2 Eternal Deity of the Messiah? Micah 5:2 and Matthew 2:5-6https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWMdHdhkSuE BillSchlegel One God Report: https://www.youtube.com/@billschlegel1 TheTrinity is NOT Biblical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1VuvKEyB0g Deityof Christ Interpretations of Scripture Dishonor Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2VOKEvGqAw WhatAbout John 1? What John 1:1-4 Means: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Johyi-O-HxA BillSchlegel blog: Land and Bible: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/

All deity-of-Christ claims not only dishonor the Father, butthey also dishonor the Son, the Christ, the man Jesus of Nazareth, theJew who was born in Bethlehem some 2000 years ago.  In fact, all deity-of-Christ claims in theend deny that the human person Jesus of Nazareth ever existed. Other Resources:Son of God in the Bible https://youtu.be/WaDElO7wU_8Bill Schlegel One God Report: https://www.youtube.com/@billschlegel1The Trinity is NOT Biblical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1VuvKEyB0gDeity of Christ Interpretations of Scripture Dishonor Jesusof Nazareth, the Christ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2VOKEvGqAwWhat About John 1? What John 1:1-4 Means: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Johyi-O-HxABill Schlegel blog: Land and Bible: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/ Other sources quoted in this podcast:Craig, William Lane. “A Defense of Neo-Apollinarianism.”Interview with The Analytic Christian. YouTube, July 13, 2020.https://youtu.be/3o9b_r0ReCk?t=1192.Mathis, David. “Anhypostasis: What Kind of Flesh Did JesusTake?” Desiring God. December 24, 2010.https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/anhypostasis-what-kind-of-flesh-did-jesus-take.Schaff, Philip. Historyof the Christian Church. Volume 3: Nicene and Post-Nicene Christianity, A.D.311–600. https://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc3/hcc3.iii.xii.xxvi.html.

Is the Father alone the One God, or is the Trinity theOne God MainstreamChristianity insists that there is one God, but for mainstream Christianity theone God is made up of three persons.   MainstreamChristianity reasons that since Jesus is God, then God the Father alone is notthe one God. Either a multi-person God (the Father and the Son, and then Spirittogether) are the one God, or the Father, a singular self, is the one God. Theycan’t both be the one God. If theFather is the one true God, then the claim that “Jesus is God” is an attempt todenigrate the one true God -- the Father. If the Father alone is the one God, deity-of-Christand Trinitarian interpretations of Scripture are an attempt to put another Godin the place of the one God, the Father.

Is the Virgin Birth of Jesus something emphasized in the Bible and presented as essential for who Jesus is, and for salvation?The virgin conception and birth as a sign, evidence of God's involvement in the birth and life of the man Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, the Son of God.Full text: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-virgin-birth-essential-necessary.htmlOther Resources:Son of God in the Bible: https://youtu.be/WaDElO7wU_8Bill Schlegel One God Report: https://www.youtube.com/@billschlegel1 The Trinity is NOT Biblical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1VuvKEyB0g Deity of Christ Interpretations of Scripture Dishonor Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2VOKEvGqAw What About John 1? What John 1:1-4 Means: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Johyi-O-HxA Bill Schlegel blog: Land and Bible: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/

In this guest post, Professor Shlomi Michaels outlines six different, often opposing factions within the modern country of Iran.1. Shia Twelver Mahdi Eschatologists, including the Supreme Leader2. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)3. The Civilian Government4. The Iranian Armed Forces (Artesh)5. People of the Silenced Majority6. The Ethnic MinoritiesUnderstanding these different - often opposing - factions in Iran is essential for the USA and other Western countries as they seek a lasting end to war with Iran.Full text here:https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2026/07/who-are-you-iran-collage-of-conflicting.htmlhttps://jcfa.org/why-the-united-states-is-losing-to-iran-at-the-negotiating-table/

“Deity of Christ” believers have claimed that Isaiah saw Jesus, the “second person of the Godhead”, in Isaiah’s vision of God recorded in Isaiah 6. The deity-of-Christ claim is that when John wrote, “Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him” (John 12:41) that when Isaiah saw God sitting on his throne in a vision, Isaiah saw Jesus.Did the prophet Isaiah, who claimed the God of Israel was the Father, claim to have seen God the Son and his glory?Or, was John claiming that "his glory" which Isaiah prophetically saw was the glory of the Servant of YHVH God?Resources: Written text of this podcast: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2026/07/john-1237-45-john-does-not-claim-that.htmlBill Schlegel One God Report: https://www.youtube.com/@billschlegel1The Trinity is NOT Biblical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1VuvKEyB0gDeity of Christ Interpretations of Scripture Dishonor Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2VOKEvGqAwWhat About John 1? What John 1:1-4 Means: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Johyi-O-HxABill Schlegel blog: Land and Bible: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/