2018

In the debate between Iglesia ni Cristo minister Jose Ventilacion and Reformed Baptist apologist Dr. James R. White (Who is God? Trinity Debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N61p_-XwG4&t=1506s), White appealed to the Lord Jesus’ “I Am” (Gr. ego eimi) statements in John’s Gospel

As we stated at the conclusion of the first part of our discussion /2017/05/11/will-the-real-bart-ehrman-please-stand-up-pt-1/, Ehrman believes that certain verses in the NT identify the Lord Jesus as the human manifestation of the Angel of the LORD, a divine figure that appears quite often in the Hebrew Bible.

In this series of post I am going to be documenting some of Bart D. Ehrman’s contradictions, specifically those he has made in respect to Christ’s divinity. After reading and listening to him for so many years, it has become apparent to me that Ehrman is more than

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

OR Deriving Right Doctrines from Wrong Texts Pt. 2 I proceed with my reply /2017/05/01/one-mediator-and-one-god-addressing-the-misuse-of-1-timothy-25-by-protestant-apologists/ by focusing on how the inspired Greek NT employs the word heis (“one”), to see whether there is any merit to the Roman Catholic claim that this particular term doesn’t necessarily

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:

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

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

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

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