Answering Islam - Sam Shamoun Theology (Page 55)

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N.T. WRIGHT’S NT TRANSLATION

N.T. Wright is viewed as a renowned [N]ew [T]estament scholar and authority on the resurrection of Jesus. He has produced a translation of the NT, now in its third edition, titled The New Testament for Everyone, Third Edition, Hardcover: A Fresh Translation, published by Zondervan, Grand Rapids,

ISLAMIC FEMALE CIRCUMCISION

AND OTHER PERVERTED ISLAMIC TEACHINGS The references cited in this post are all taken from the following booklets: Honouring women in Islam إكرام المرأة في الاسلام. Islamic modesty and sexual etiquette لحياء الاسلامي وآداب الجماع FEMALE CIRCUMCISION Shadad ibn Aws said: The Messenger of Allah said: Circumcision is sunnah for

YAHYA & ‘ISA: A COMPARISON

In the following chart the readers will see how the Quran juxtaposes the stories of John the Baptist and Jesus (erroneously and mistakenly called Yahya and ‘Isa!) for the express purpose of showing the similarities between them. In so doing, the Quran provides tacit evidence that Jesus must have died

JESUS: THE ONE AND ONLY ADONAY YHWH

According to the inspired Scriptures, the risen heavenly Jesus is the believers’ only Master and Lord: “For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into sensuality and who deny our ONLY Master

JWS, SHARP’S RULE & CHRIST’S DEITY

In these posts I will be explaining and defending a particular rule of Greek grammar that relates to the Deity of Christ, commonly referred to as Granville Sharp’s first rule. THEOS USED FOR CHRIST There are several places in the inspired Christian writings where Jesus is called God in

BINITARIAN CHART

In this article I will show how the inspired Scriptures identify the Father and the Son as YHWH by ascribing to both of them the very unique titles and characteristics, which the Hebrew Bible attributes to YHWH alone. In the following chart, the readers will see that YHWH’s qualities

ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CARMEN CHRISTI

In this post I will cite another reputable authority on Philippians 2:5-11, commonly known as the Carmen Christi (“hymn to Christ,” or “Christ hymn”), who explains why this is a hymn/poem celebrating the divine prehuman existence, incarnation, and post-resurrection exaltation of Christ. The first half of the Christ

CHRIST: AN EXAMPLE OF SAVING FAITH

Philippians 2:5-11 sets forth Jesus as an example for us to emulate: “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself

EARLY CHURCH ON THE REAL PRESENCE

The following is taken from Catholic Answers website: What the Early Church Believed: The Real Presence. The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearances of bread and wine. Many Protestants attack

PHILIPPIANS 2: AN ADAM CHRISTOLOGY?

The Apostle Paul incorporates either a hymn or poem (commonly referred to as the Carmen Christi) that celebrates Christ’s divine prehuman existence, subsequent physical resurrection and heavenly exaltation to reign as YHWH Incarnate over all creation, and which claims that every creature must and will eventually worship Jesus Lord: