ISLAMIC FAIRYTALES ABOUT MUHAMMAD’S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD Paid Members Public
In this post I am going to share some of the most outlandish and bizarre fairytales about Muhammad’s conception, birth and early childhood. These Muslim fables will show just how irrational and unbelievable Islam truly, and highlight the extent that Muhammad’s followers went to fabricate lies and myths
THOMAS AQUINAS’ EXEGESIS OF JOHN 10:29 VINDICATED Paid Members Public
In this post I will examine Thomas Aquinas’ exegesis of John 10:28-30, specifically v. 29, where he interprets the text in respect to the eternal begetting of the Son, to the Father communicating/conferring his Deity to the Son in all of its fullness, albeit timelessly and eternally. I
HILARY’S TRINITARIAN BELIEFS Paid 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
THE RABBIS’ DILEMMA: WORSHIPING GOD’S ANGEL Paid 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
THE CHURCH FATHERS ON THE GOD SEEN BY THE OT PROPHETS Paid 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
CHALLENGE TO THE RABBIS: SEEING THE GOD OF ISRAEL Paid 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
Akedah: What Could It Mean? Paid 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
TWO CREATION ACCOUNTS IN GENESIS 1 & 2? Paid 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