BI-LA KAYFA: ISLAM’S COP OUT TERM Paid Members Public
This post will be short and to the point. Bi-la kayfa (“without [asking] how”). A theological principle of not questioning revelation when it may perplex or defy human understanding. This concept is most closely associated with al-Ash’ari, but has been also used by others, such as Ibn
DOES THE BIBLE TEACH THAT IT ALONE IS GOD-BREATHED? Paid Members Public
Protestant apologists such as James R. White will often appeal to the following biblical passage to prove that the Holy Scriptures are the sole infallible rule of faith since they alone are theopneustos (“God-breathed”): “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing
AL-QURTUBI ON QURANIC ABROGATION Paid Members Public
In this short post, I will cite what one of Sunni Islam’s greatest commentators, namely, al-Qurtubi, claims in respect to the Quranic doctrine of abrogation. But first, I quote what he wrote in relation to the Quran being the uncreated word of Allah: The word ‘Qur’an’ designates
Colossians 2:9: The Fullness of Deity Paid Members Public
COLOSSIANS 2:9 9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form C o m m e n t a r y The Apostle Paul has just cautioned the Colossian believers not to be taken captive by the philosophies and traditions of men which are not
ALLAH TORTURES JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN PLACE OF MUSLIMS Paid Members Public
The aim of this post is to gather together in one place the different versions of a report attributed to Muhammad where he claims that his deity will torture Jews and Christians in hell for the sins committed by Muslims. The purpose for me doing so is to show just
THE ANGEL METATRON: JUDAISMS’ SECOND YHWH Paid Members Public
This is a continuation from the following post: TWO POWERS IN HEAVEN: REVEALING ISRAEL’S SECOND GOD. In this specific installment I will be focusing on the angelic figure which the Talmud names Metatron. This is the One that the rabbis identify as the Angel who bears God’s very
TWO POWERS IN HEAVEN: REVEALING ISRAEL’S SECOND GOD Paid Members Public
RABBINIC JUDAISM’S STRUGGLE WITH DIVINE PLURALITY In this post I will be citing from specific rabbinic sources highlighting the difficulties that rabbis had with the very same [O]ld [T]estament texts cited by Christians and others to prove the existence of multiple divine Persons within the Godhead. The
JOHN MACARTHUR ON JESUS’ KNOWLEDGE OF THE DAY AND HOUR Paid Members Public
In this short post I am going to quote reformed Calvinist and pastor John MacArthur’s explanation of the incarnate Son’s ignorance of the day and hour of God’s judgment which was to befall Jerusalem and her inhabitants. Here are the relevant texts: “But of that day and