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In-depth examinations of Scripture, textual reliability, theological themes, and defense of biblical doctrine.

EARLY CHURCH ON PUBLICLY CONFESSING SINS Members Public

The following has been adapted from the Catholic Answer’s article, which can be accessed here: What the Early Church Believed: Confession. Over time, the forms in which the sacrament of confession has been administered have changed. In the early Church, publicly known sins (such as apostasy) were often confessed

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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A QUICK DEFENSE OF CHRIST’S DEITY Members Public

In this relatively short post, I will present a rather simple and straight forward way of proving the Deity of Christ. The Holy Bible plainly states that salvation is a work that is impossible for a mere human being to accomplish, which is why God must be the One to

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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EHYEH AS GOD’S NAME Members Public

In this short post I will show how the phrase Ehyeh, which is what God named himself to Moses, functions as a name/title for YHWH. Here is the passage which I am referring to: “He replied, ‘I will surely be (Ehyeh) with you. Your sign that I have sent

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE NWT BIBLE: A DIABOLICAL PERVERSION OF SCRIPTURE PT. 2 Members Public

In this post I will again show why the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ New World Translation is a perversion of Scripture, which was produced to deliberately rob Jesus of his divine glory in order to mislead people from discovering the true Christ (Cf. Matthew 24:23-25; Acts 20:27-30; Galatians 1:

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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EPHESIANS 1 AND WATER BAPTISM Members Public

This will be a short post where I refute the abuse and misuse of Ephesians 1:13-14 by heretics who seek to deny that water baptism regenerates: “In Him, you also, after listening to the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 2 Members Public

I continue from where I left off: NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 1. CHRIST’S EARTHLY GLORY Powers misquotes Philippians 2:5-8 to erroneously suggest that Christ had set aside his glory, thereby showing that he doesn’t understand the text nor does he comprehend that there are

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JESUS’ BROTHERS ACCORDING TO THE FLESH Members Public

All emphasis will be mine. Certain opponents of the blessed Mother’s perpetual virginity reference Eusebius’ church history to show that Jesus is said to have had brothers according to the flesh, which they take to mean from Mary: Chapter 19. Domitian commands the Descendants of David to be slain.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MARY AND JOSEPH “COME TOGETHER” Members Public

COMPILED BY WILLIAM ALBRECHT I simply opened up the largest relevant Greek data base in the world or TLG (Thesaurus Linguae Graecae) to see if there was any meat on the bones of these claims. To make it simple, the best dictionary or lexicon to consult on matters like the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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