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2017

A collection of 94 issues

One Mediator and One God Pt. 2

Addressing the Misuse of 1 Timothy 2:5 by Protestant Apologists OR Deriving Right Doctrines from Wrong Texts I proceed with my reply, One Mediator and One God Pt. 1, by focusing on how the inspired Greek NT employs the word heis (“one”), to see whether there is any merit

Shabir Ally Proves Muhammad was a Terrorist! Pt. 2

I continue from where I left off /2017/03/06/shabir-ally-proves-muhammad-was-a-terrorist-pt-1b/. Recall Ally’s second criteria which he uses to determine whether a religious book’s teaching on war is just or not, namely, does the Book present its heroes and models as peaceful individuals? Ally employs this specific criterion

One Mediator and One God Pt. 1

Addressing the Misuse of 1 Timothy 2:5 by Protestant Apologists OR Deriving Right Doctrines from Wrong Texts Whenever Roman Catholics speak of Mary being a co-mediatrix or mention their belief that God allows Christians on earth to ask the saints in heaven to pray and intercede for them, Protestant

One Mediator and One God: Addressing the Misuse of 1 Timothy 2:5 by Protestant Apologists

OR Deriving Right Doctrines from Wrong Texts Pt. 1 Whenever Roman Catholics speak of Mary being a co-mediatrix or mention their belief that God allows Christians on earth to ask the saints in heaven to pray and intercede for them, Protestant apologists will often respond by citing the following passage:

The Prophet Isaiah – Islam’s Nightmare Pt. 2

We continue from where we previously left off /2017/04/30/the-prophet-isaiah-islams-nightmare-pt-1/. The Servant that Isaiah 53 said would suffer and offer his soul as a sacrifice for sins is the same One spoken of in the following passages: “Here is My servant, whom I uphold, My chosen one, in

The Prophet Isaiah – Islam’s Nightmare Pt. 1

In this post I am again going to be tackling some other aspects of the following article https://bloggingtheology.net/2017/04/15/does-christianity-really-necessitate-ransom-for-salvation/. The greenhorn who goes by the name question mark writes: There is even more in the Bible. Trinitarian Apologists like Sam Shamoun who use the book

For Whom Did the OT High Priest Make Atonement? Pt. 2

We continue with our discussion: For Whom Did the OT High Priest Make Atonement? Pt. 1. Israel Alone or the Whole World? The second point to note is that the OT high priest didn’t make atonement only for Israel, but actually offered sacrifices for the salvation of the whole

For Whom Did the OT High Priest Make Atonement? Pt. 1

Proponents of definite atonement will often appeal to Jesus’ high priestly role to support their position that Christ died only for the Church. They claim that in the OT the high priest would only make atonement and intercede for the people of God, namely, Israel. In a similar fashion, the

Is Jesus only a Man who mediates before the One God? Pt. 1

The following text is often quoted by Anti-Trinitarians, especially those of a Muslim persuasion, to prove that Jesus Christ is not God, but a man who is separate and distinct from God: “For there is one God (heis gar theos), and there is one mediator (heis kai mesites) between God

ERRATA: Iglesia Ni Cristo and the New Living Translation

In a previous post /2017/04/26/jesus-christ-the-god-who-is-the-all-in-all-a-response-to-iglesia-ni-cristo/, I responded to Iglesia Ni Cristo apologist Joe Ventilacion’s use of the New Living Translation’s (NLT) rendering of 1 Corinthians 15:28 in his debate with Dr. James R. White to disprove Jesus’ essential coequality with the Father. After having