Born to Italian immigrants, Daniel Calcagno grew up in Canada, near Niagara Falls and attended a Pentecostal church. After he began taking his faith seriously, he started researching the Jewish people–especially those who believe in Jesus. Over time he founded Messianic Niagara, a local home group with a website that promoted audio teachings. However, it was in listening to Michael Brown’s show that Calcagno came across the biblical unitarian theology of Anthony Buzzard. For some time he had felt uneasy about the Trinity, and now he had an alternative that fit much better with the bible’s Hebrew context. Now he serves as the pastor of Glad Tidings Church of God in Fonthill, ON.
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- Follow Daniel Calcagno on Twitter, YouTube, or at MessianicNiagara.com
- Visit him at Glad Tidings Church of God in Fonthill, Ontario, Canada
- Listen to Michael Brown’s discussion with Anthony Buzzard on his show Line of Fire
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I really enjoyed this interview. Having grown up in the COG faith (WWCG), I have much in common with his travels. I am interested in how he has worked out specifics of belief. Really appreciated his perspective that gentiles are “invited but not obligated” to take part in certain customs—and his appreciation for how some of these customs enrich the Christian life. Excited to hear your next interview.
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Abrahamic Monotheism is not adverse inherently with Pentecostalism.
My correspondence with Anthony Buzzard seemed to indicate his personal adversion to Pentecostalism.
But Pentecostalism really only gets informed by the upper room experience, which we believe is the supernatural
Baptism in Spirit, the Touch of God.
Pentecostals can be found in the majority Trinitarian denoms as well as Oneness denoms.
Most recently in Abrahamic Monotheism as an adjustment in regards to the deity of Jesus but not denying
our own Pentecostal experiences.
Greg Deuble’s “They Never Told us This in Church” has a lament concerning Unitarianism’s reversion to rationalism and even philosophy, saying that this was the reason why the Unitarian revival was not more comprehensive in America’s early history…why this theology did not become full scale.
My personal belief is that Pentecostalism rounds out the nut, and that THIS nut can go all the way! Did I say
that right?
Wonderful interview! Daniel has such an interesting story and is very humble and well spoken. He and I have almost similar journeys, spare a few details. Really looking forward to the forthcoming interview where Y’all will get down to the nitty-gritty. Shalom Achim!
Guys, pursuing half Christian unitarianism newly found in the 20th century, wehereas,Islam swiped the world with its pure unitarianian creed that respects Jesus as the real Christ since the 7th century, make me wonder why unitarians are so eager to reinvent the wheel of pure monotheism.
Dear Muslim ;
Dear Muslim;
Dear Muslim,
May the God of the Messiah Jesus bless you with love,peace and joy
If Jesus is the real Messiah – did He truly die, and did He truly have a resurrection ? That’s what YOU need to seriously consider.
Atyab al-amniat.
First of all I like “monotheist” more than “unitarian” even though both can create confusion. I would be very interested to know how many monotheist(unitarian) messianic jews are there both in Israel and outside Israel. They are what I call the missing link. Unfortunatly most messianics are trinitarian, in fact they are a some sort of protestant clone of the authentic messianic judaism. Shalom !