Randall Johnson

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 22, Jesus is My Lord and My God

If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God” (could he possibly, as Jehovah’s Witnesses assert, mean Jesus was “a god”?), we need to

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 21, Jesus is the Glory of Yahweh

If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God” (could he possibly, as Jehovah’s Witnesses assert, mean Jesus was “a god”?), we need to

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 20, Jesus and the Father Are One Thing

If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God” (could he possibly, as Jehovah’s Witnesses assert, mean Jesus was “a god”?), we need to

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 19, Jesus Is the I AM

If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God” (could he possibly, as Jehovah’s Witnesses assert, mean Jesus was “a god”?), we need to

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesess – Episode 18, Jesus Is the Only One Who Has Seen God

If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God” (could he possibly, as Jehovah’s Witnesses assert, mean Jesus was “a god”?), we need to

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 17, Jesus Is Equal with God

If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God” (could he possibly, as Jehovah’s Witnesses assert, mean Jesus was “a god”?), we need to

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 16, Jesus Is the Messiah

If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God” (could he possibly, as Jehovah’s Witnesses assert, mean Jesus was “a god”?), we need to

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 15, Jesus Is the Only Begotten

If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God,” we need to see John’s representation of Jesus in places outside of John 1:1, that is, in the remainder

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 14, Old Testament View of gods

From John’s perspective, could he, would he, describe Jesus as ‘a’ god? Jehovah’s Witnesses claim so in their online commentary: the Word was a god: Or “the Word was divine .” This statement

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 13, The Word Was The God?

“…and the Word was God.” (John 1:1c) kai God,” or he meant it to be indefinite, “and the Word was a god,” or he meant it to be qualitative, “and the Word was Godness/divine/deity.”

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 12, The Word Was a…god?

“…and the Word was God…” (John 1:1c) Kai theos ēn ho logos The Word, Jesus, the Son of God who adopted human nature, was in the beginning, was, we should say, the beginner at the beginning,

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 11, God Is One

“…and the Word was with God…” (John 1:1b) John is telling us there is a plurality in God, even as the Old Testament hints. But how does this square with the Biblical, and thus

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 10, God with God

“…and the Word was with God…” (John 1:1b) When we come to John 1:1b and read that the Word was in fellowship with God (ton theon, in the Greek), we certainly have precedent for

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 9, Two Yahwehs

“…and the Word was with God…” (John 1:1b) Can God be with God? John’s assertion is strongly hinted at in the Old Testament, especially in the appearances of the Angel or

John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses – Episode 8, The Angel of Yahweh

“…and the Word was with God…” (John 1:1) God can be with God? Is John introducing a new concept about God? No, there are clear hints in the Old Testament about plurality in

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