2022

2022 articles

The Fate of Judas Iscariot Members Public

I am republishing Jimmy Akin’s post: The Fate of Judas Iscariot. How should we understand the differences in how Matthew and Luke (in Acts) record the fate of Judas? Taken from my book A Daily Defense: Day 170: How Judas Iscariot Died Challenge: Matthew and Luke contradict each other.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Enrollment of Jesus’ Birth Members Public

I am republishing Jimmy Akin’s post found here: The Enrollment of Jesus’ Birth. The Gospel of Luke describes the timing of Jesus’ birth as follows (Luke 2:1-6): 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2 This was

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Tertullian of Carthage on Infant Baptism Members Public

William Albrecht & Sam Shamoun Opponents/rejecters of the early widespread acceptance of infant Baptist in the early church often (mis)cite late second-third century Christian apologist Tertullian in their favor. In this short post, we will quote the relevant section of Tertullian’s writing on this issue to show

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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HAS JESUS ALWAYS BEEN JEHOVAH GOD? PT. 3 Members Public

I now come to the final segment of my discussion: HAS JESUS ALWAYS BEEN JEHOVAH GOD? PT. 2. Further evidence that Christ has always possessed the divine name seeing that has always been God as to his very nature comes from Thomas’ climactic confession after beholding the risen Lord in

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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James White’s A&Ω’s Wishful Thinking about Real Exegesis Pt. 2 Members Public

This is a continuation of James White’s and A & Ω’s Wishful Thinking about Real Exegesis. 1. The Scandal of the Mysterious “Albrëcht-Kappes” Translation             Presumably because of Dr. White’s and TF’s lack of comfortability with Greek, about 300/1400 potential original words of their 3, 623

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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DID TERTULLIAN DENY THE ETERNAL NATURE OF CHRIST? Members Public

MORE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES’ MISINFORMATION EXPOSED The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of the Jehovah’s Witnesses produced a booklet titled Should You Believe In the Trinity where they sought to prove that not only is the Trinity not a biblical doctrine, but that it wasn’t even taught by

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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WATCHTOWER PROVES THE FATHER IS NOT THE OMNISCIENT LORD! Members Public

In this post I am going to show how the method [J]ehovah’s [W]itnesses employ to deny Jesus’ being Jehovah God in the flesh can be used to refute their belief that God the Father is Jehovah as well. I will be referencing the 2013 revision of the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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WERE EARLY CHRISTIANS TRINITARIANS? Members Public

Historical Accuracy and the WTB&TS Booklet “Should You Believe in the Trinity” In 1989, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society published a small booklet entitled “Should You Believe in the Trinity?” (SYBT). This booklet is still published and distributed by the Watchtower as part of its on-going efforts

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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