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JOHN’S PROLOGUE VS. LIMITED ATONEMENT Members Public

In this post I will demonstrate from what is typically called by scholars the prologue of John, i.e., 1:1-18, the falsity of limited atonement, which is an unbiblical tradition held on to by some (not) all Calvinists. The reason for doing so is that both reformed and non-reformed

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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TURRETIN ATONEMENT DEBATE Members Public

These are some of the notes for my debate with Turretinfan on the whether the Holy Bible teaches limited atonement. I will be citing Calvinist scholars, including John Calvin, all of whom acknowledge that the texts which I quote conclusively prove that Christ died for the sins of the entire

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JUDE & MOSES’ ASSUMPTION Members Public

The short Epistle of Jude references a non-canonical work in respect to the dispute which took place between Michael and the devil over the body of Moses: Many in the early church and scholars of today believe that Jude was citing from the work Assumption of Moses. In order to

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JUDE’S EPISTLE VERSUS ARIANISM Members Public

In this post I will be addressing the claims made by the anti-Trinitarian polemicist and arian apologist Greg Stafford in respect to the epistle of Jude. Stafford seeks to employ Jude’s statement about Michael to refute the Trinitarian position that the Angel of YHWH who appears all throughout the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JUDE’S EPISTLE REFUTES ARIANISM Members Public

ADDENDUM Make sure to read this first: JUDE’S EPISTLE VERSUS ARIANISM. It seems that not all the verses where YHWH speaks in the third person are cases of YHWH referring to himself. It may be an indication of the fact that YHWH is referring to another divine Person as

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA ON THE MEMRA Members Public

This post is taken from the following article: MEMRA (= “Ma’amar” or “Dibbur,” “Logos”). All emphasis is mine. MEMRA (= “Ma’amar” or “Dibbur,” “Logos”): By: Kaufmann Kohler “The Word,” in the sense of the creative or directive word or speech of God manifesting His power in the world of matter

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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CHRIST: THE OFFSPRING OF CREATION? Members Public

In writing to the Church at Colossae, St. Paul includes what scholars believe to be an early hymn that emphasizes the work of Christ in creation and redemption: “Who rescued us from the authority of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE DIVINE KING OF KINGS Members Public

According to the Hebrew Bible and Jewish tradition, YHWH is the only Lord of lords and King of kings that dwells in heaven above: “For Yahweh your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome God who does not show

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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