Sam Shamoun

HILARY’S TRINITARIAN BELIEFS Members Public

In this post I will be quoting from the works of another early church father, namely Hilary of Poitiers, in respect to his Trinitarian beliefs. The citations will show that Hilary affirmed that the Son was timelessly begotten, and therefore not a creature, since the Son has been eternally God

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE RABBIS’ DILEMMA: WORSHIPING GOD’S ANGEL Members Public

The Tanakh prohibits the worship of any created being, including angels that dwell in the heavens above: “God spoke all these words, to respond: ‘I am the Lord, your God, Who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall not have the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE CHURCH FATHERS ON THE GOD SEEN BY THE OT PROPHETS Members Public

In this short post I will be citing a portion from Ernest Evans’ English rendering of Tertullian’s refutation Marcion since the translator has an interesting footnote informing whom the early church fathers and writers believed was the God that the Old Testament saints saw. Here is the relevant section

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Sam Shamoun
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CHALLENGE TO THE RABBIS: SEEING THE GOD OF ISRAEL Members Public

In this post I will cite examples from the Hebrew Bible or [O]ld [T]estament where YHVH the one true God of Israel appeared visibly to various individuals. Some of these visible encounters include God eating actual food and physically wrestling someone till daybreak! My purpose is to challenge

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Sam Shamoun
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Akedah: What Could It Mean? Members Public

By Rich Robinson |January 01 1986 Every Rosh Hashanah, synagogue readings include the story of the Akedah from Genesis 22. Akedah is Hebrew for “binding” and refers to the central action in the story when Abraham binds his son Isaac on the altar in order to sacrifice him. The Story

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Sam Shamoun
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TWO CREATION ACCOUNTS IN GENESIS 1 & 2? Members Public

The following is taken from the late biblical scholar and linguist Dr. Gleason L. Archer, Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, published by Zondervan Publications, Grand Rapids, MI 1982, pp. 57-59. Do the names for God in Genesis 1 and 2 show a difference in the authorship of the two chapters? It

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE GOD OF JUDAISM PRAYS? Members Public

It is no surprise now to those who have spent enough time witnessing and/or debating Muslims that the Islamic god prays and worships in a similar fashion to the way Muhammadans do. This is affirmed by the following Quranic passages: Upon them rest the prayers and mercy from their

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Sam Shamoun
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Satan’s Handiwork in Allah’s Garden? Members Public

The Quranic Teaching on Wine and Strong Drink Most Westerners are at least passingly familiar with the Islamic belief concerning alcoholic beverages. In conservative Muslim countries which have instituted some form of shari’a law, the production and consumption of alcholic drinks is absolutely forbidden, upon pain of death or

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Sam Shamoun
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