2022

2022 articles

John 3:13 “… even the Son of man which is in heaven.” Members Public

WILL KINNEY John 3:13 KJB (Revised Version 1881, ASV 1901) – “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.” (ὁ ὢν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ) ESV (NIV, NASB, NET, Holman, Jehovah Witness NWT, Catholic New

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ALLAH AND MUHAMMAD FAIL EMBRYOLOGY Members Public

The Quran erroneously claims that semen issues forth from around the kidney area of man: So let man consider from what he is created. He is created from a gushing fluid That issued from between the loins and ribs. S. 86:5-7 Pickthall The late Dr. William F. Campbell explained

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Where Bart and I Agree Members Public

I am republishing Jimmy Akin’s post found here: Where Bart and I Agree . Despite his reputation as a Gospel skeptic, Bart Ehrman holds that the Gospels do contain accurate information about Jesus, his life, and his teachings. Speaking as a secular historian, Ehrman does not hold that any historical

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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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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