Carmen Christi: A Reformed Perspective Paid Members Public
I excerpt reformed apologist Dr. James R. White’s discussion on Philippians 2:5-11, which is found in his book titled The Forgotten Trinity: Recovering the Heart of Christian Belief, Revised & Updated, published by Bethany House Publishers, Grand Rapids, MI 2019, Chapter 8. Carmen Christi: The Hymn to Christ
HEAR O CHRISTIANS: YHWH JESUS IS ONE! Paid Members Public
At the heart of the OT faith is the confession that YHWH God is one: “Hear (Shema), O Israel! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh is one (YHWH echad)!” Deuteronomy 6:4 “And Yahweh will be king over all the earth; in that day Yahweh will be the only one (YHWH
JWS, PSALM 82 & HUMAN JUDGES Paid Members Public
In John 10:34-36 the Lord Jesus quotes Psalm 82:6 where certain judges are called gods in order to expose the duplicity of his opponents for unjustly condemning him of blasphemy for claiming to be one with the Father: “Jesus answered them: ‘Is it not written in your Law,
Jewish Traditions about the Afterlife Paid Members Public
Kaddish Prayer (c. Second Temple Period, before 70 CE): The earliest form, known as the “Half Kaddish”, dates back to the Second Temple period. The Mourner’s Kaddish is a Jewish prayer traditionally recited for eleven months after a loved one’s death and on the death anniversary (yahrzeit). It
MORMON GOD VERSUS THE TRUE GOD Paid Members Public
According to the Mormon faith, God the Father is an exalted, immortal man with a glorified physical body of flesh and bones: 22 The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh
JOSEPH THE FATHER OF MARY? Paid Members Public
The English translations of the Greek version of Matthew 1:16 refer to Joseph as the son of Jacob and the husband of Mary: “And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband (andra) of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.” Matthew 1:16 Legacy Standard
QURAN MSS & CARBON DATING Paid Members Public
I will be quoting from renowned Islamic scholar and Mariologist Stephen J. Shoemaker’s Creating the Qur’an: A Historical-Critical Study, published by University of California Press, Oakland, California 2022, Chapter 3, Radiocarbon Dating and the Origins of the Qur’an. Shoemaker demonstrates why carbon dating is inexact and cannot
DIVINE NAME, SAMARITANS & ZEUS Paid Members Public
In this post I will share some of the issues surrounding the Divine Name that appears over 6,800 times in the Hebrew Bible, and which is represented by four Hebrew Consonants yod he waw he (YHWH). Scholars typically refer to these consonants as the Tetragrammaton (“four letters”). Some experts