Jesus & the Mustard Seed Members Public

In Mark 4:30-32, our Lord used the example of the mustard seed to describe how God's Kingdom begins as something rather insignificant and small that eventually blossoms into something great and massive: "And He was saying, 'How shall we compare the kingdom of God, or

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More on Augustine & the Filioque Members Public

In this post I will quoting from St. Augustine’s On the Holy Trinity, Book 15. All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 25.— The Question Why the Holy Spirit is Not Begotten, and How He Proceeds from the Father AND the Son, Will Only Be Understood When We are in

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Sam Shamoun

Jesus & the Mustard Seed: A Mistake in the Gospels? Members Public

The following is taken from this article, The smallest of all the seeds. The post isn’t written by someone who believes in the inerrancy and inspiration of the Holy Bible. In fact, quite the opposite since the views of the writer show that he decries the notion of the

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Sam Shamoun

The Quran Confirms: Ishmael Cannot Be the Ancestor of Muhammad! Members Public

In the following articles, Ishmael is not the Father of Muhammad, Part 2, we provided conclusive evidence that Ishmael cannot be the physical progenitor of Muhammad. In this post we are going to provide additional proof from the Quran itself that Muhammad could not have been a descendant of Ishmael.

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Sam Shamoun

Another Quranic Blunder: Moses’ Leprous Hand Members Public

The Quran repeats the story of Moses' encounter with God, often with major verbal contradictions and variations, which includes the sign of Moses' hand turning white: Then we raised after them Musa with Our communications to Firon and his chiefs, but they disbelieved in them; consider then what

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Muhammad Cannot Be the Son of Man Members Public

Why Muslims are Guilty of Committing Shirk Muslim apologists/polemicists will go to any extreme in order to prove Muhammad, even to the point of committing the unforgivable sin in Islam, which is called shirk. Shirk is when a person associates a partner with Allah either in his exclusive attributes,

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Sam Shamoun

By the Beginning God Created Members Public

In this post I will be citing from both rabbinic Jewish sources and biblical scholars in respect to the opening word of Genesis 1:1, namely, bereshith. I cite the verse along with the transliteration of the Hebrew so the readers can follow along with the argument: “In the beginning

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Sam Shamoun

Ibn Ezra, Psalm 2 & the Divine Messiah Members Public

I quote from Ibn Ezra’s exposition of Psalm 2, which can be accessed here:Ibn Ezra on Psalms 2:1. All emphasis will be mine. 2:1 למה רגשו - הנכון בעיני: כי זה המזמור חברו אחד מהמשוררים על דוד ביום המשחו, על כן כתוב: אני היום ילדתיך, או

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