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In-depth examinations of Scripture, textual reliability, theological themes, and defense of biblical doctrine.
MUHAMMADAN JALAL PROVES JESUS IS GOD! Paid Members Public
Muslim dawagandist Jalal Abualrub in a book written to castigate the Shia raises certain arguments, which actually prove that, according to the inspired New Testament writings, Jesus claimed to be God Almighty in the flesh (even though he is not the Father or the Holy Spirit). Note, for instance what
MARY: ISRAEL PERSONIFIED Paid Members Public
The Holy Bible depicts our Lord’s blessed mother as typifying or personifying the nation of Israel by taking language, which is reminiscent to the way the Hebrew Scriptures portray God’s people, and ascribing it to her. For instance, the nation is collectively addressed as the virgin daughter of
Is there Archeological Support for the Reliability of the Gospels? Paid Members Public
Gregory Boyd January 8, 2008 One of the many tests historians typically submit documents to in accessing their historical reliability concerns the extent to which archeology supports or undermines the historic claims the document makes. So we need to investigate the extent to which archeology confirms, or refutes, aspects of
How Reliable were the Early Church’s Oral Traditions? Paid Members Public
Gregory Boyd November 3, 2021 How reliable were the early church’s oral traditions? In terms of assessing the reliability of the Gospels, this is an extremely important question. First century Jewish culture was what scholars today would call an “orally dominated culture.” While a certain percentage of people could
JUSTIN MARTYR ON THE JEWISH CORRUPTION OF THE SCRIPTURES Paid Members Public
2nd century Church apologist and holy martyr Justin Martyr states that the Jews of his day not only rejected the Greek versions of the Hebrew Bible (known as the Septuagint [LXX]), but that they also removed clear prophecies of Jesus’ Deity, crucifixion and resurrection from their own copies of the
AUGUSTINE ON JESUS BEING THE ANGEL OF YHVH Paid Members Public
Here is a quote from Augustine’s Tractates on John where he clearly affirmed that Jesus is the Angel of God who appeared throughout the Hebrew Bible as both God and God’s Angel/Messenger: 7. Lastly, what did those men who saw this miracle think? The men, says he,
THOMAS AQUINAS’ EXEGESIS OF JOHN 10:29 VINDICATED Paid Members Public
In this post I will examine Thomas Aquinas’ exegesis of John 10:28-30, specifically v. 29, where he interprets the text in respect to the eternal begetting of the Son, to the Father communicating/conferring his Deity to the Son in all of its fullness, albeit timelessly and eternally.
THE CHURCH FATHERS ON THE GOD SEEN BY THE OT PROPHETS Paid Members Public
In this short post I will be citing a portion from Ernest Evans’ English rendering of Tertullian’s refutation Marcion since the translator has an interesting footnote informing whom the early church fathers and writers believed was the God that the Old Testament saints saw. Here is the relevant section