2022
2022 articles
Akedah: What Could It Mean? Paid Members Public
By Rich Robinson |January 01 1986 Every Rosh Hashanah, synagogue readings include the story of the Akedah from Genesis 22. Akedah is Hebrew for “binding” and refers to the central action in the story when Abraham binds his son Isaac on the altar in order to sacrifice him. The Story
TWO CREATION ACCOUNTS IN GENESIS 1 & 2? Paid Members Public
The following is taken from the late biblical scholar and linguist Dr. Gleason L. Archer, Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, published by Zondervan Publications, Grand Rapids, MI 1982, pp. 57-59. Do the names for God in Genesis 1 and 2 show a difference in the authorship of the two chapters? It
THE GOD OF JUDAISM PRAYS? Paid Members Public
It is no surprise now to those who have spent enough time witnessing and/or debating Muslims that the Islamic god prays and worships in a similar fashion to the way Muhammadans do. This is affirmed by the following Quranic passages: Upon them rest the prayers and mercy from their
Satan’s Handiwork in Allah’s Garden? Paid Members Public
The Quranic Teaching on Wine and Strong Drink Most Westerners are at least passingly familiar with the Islamic belief concerning alcoholic beverages. In conservative Muslim countries which have instituted some form of shari’a law, the production and consumption of alcholic drinks is absolutely forbidden, upon pain of death or
MARY AS QUEEN MOTHER Paid Members Public
A BIBLICAL CASE FOR MARIAN VENERATION According to the Hebrew Bible, the mother of the Israelite king was given the status of queen mother. In other words, the [O]ld [T]estament shows that it wasn’t the wife of the king that was the queen but rather his mother:
PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 2 Paid Members Public
We continue from where we left off: PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 1. St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (d. 397) St. Ambrose of Milan is an excellent witness of the Western Church in matters Mariological. What is his opinion about the First-gospel? Some nine passages have been discovered
PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 1 Paid Members Public
Rev. Dominic J. Unger, OFM Cap The investigation to be undertaken in this paper is purposely restricted to those ancient Christian writers who, at least implicitly, interpreted the First-gospel (Gen. 3, 15) of Our Blessed Lady. Was there a tradition among these early writers to the effect that, in the
PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 1 Paid Members Public
Rev. Dominic J. Unger, OFM Cap The investigation to be undertaken in this paper is purposely restricted to those ancient Christian writers who, at least implicitly, interpreted the First-gospel (Gen. 3, 15) of Our Blessed Lady. Was there a tradition among these early writers to the effect that, in the