The Biblical Basis for the Apostles’ Creed Pt. 1 Members Public

Here I begin a multipart series where I seek to establish the fidelity of what is commonly referred to as the Apostles’ Creed to the God-breathed Scriptures. I will seek to prove that this creed accurately sums up the Bible’s teaching in respect to God, Christ, the Holy Spirit

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Allah’s Names and the Deity of Christ Pt. 2 Members Public

How Islamic Theology Confirms Jesus’ Divine Claims We continue from where we left off https://answeringislam.blog/allahs-names-and-the-deity-of-christ-pt-1/. ALLAH Al-Qadîm: The Timelessly Eternal The Timelessly or Beginninglessly Eternal, the opposite of muhdath or hâdith (that which came into existence after not having been). Al-Qadîm has no beginning or is before

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Sam Shamoun
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Allah’s Names and the Deity of Christ Members Public

How Islamic Theology Confirms Jesus’ Divine Claims Pt. 1 According to Islamic theology, Allah possesses specific names and qualities which cannot be ascribed to any created being, no matter how exalted that creature may be. As such, we are going to look at some of these names in order to

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A renowned NT textual scholar and critic of Christianity’s defense of the veracity of Luke 23:34 Members Public

Seeing how the text of Luke 23:34 has been called into question by Christian apologists who pass themselves off as scholars, especially in respect to the text and transmission of the NT, I have decided to quote noted NT scholar Dr. Bart D. Ehrman’s defense of the textual

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Sam Shamoun
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The Only Begotten Son: A Defense of the King James’ Rendering of John 1:18 Members Public

Here is how John 1:18 reads in the Authorized King James Version (AV) of the Holy Bible: “No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son (ho monogenes hyios), which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.” However, many of the modern

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Sam Shamoun
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NT Critic Bart Ehrman’s Favorite Bible Translation Proves That Jesus is God Almighty in the Flesh! Members Public

Muslim polemicist Paul Bilal Williams shared a post by NT scholar Bart D. Ehrman concerning Bible translations: https://bloggingtheology.net/2017/09/04/problems-with-some-bible-translations-including-the-king-james/. Ehrman states that he prefers the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) since he views it as the most accurate and faithful to what the original languages

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Sam Shamoun
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Yahweh Our Sin-Bearer Members Public

More Prophetic Hints of the Messiah’s Deity The Hebrew Bible describes God as bearing the sins of his people: “And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, BEARING iniquity

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Sam Shamoun
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Is Jesus Really Like Adam After All? Members Public

Revisiting the problem of the Quran’s likening Jesus to Adam The Quran seeks to deny the Deity of Christ by arguing that Jesus is like Adam in God’s sight: To God, Jesus is like Adam, whom He created from dust, then He told him, “Be!” and he was.

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Sam Shamoun
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