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The Manuscript Evidence of the New Testament Gospels Members Public

Affirmation of the Authorship of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John The following is taken from Manuscript Evidence of the New Testament Gospels. I have posted here in order to insure that remains on the web and doesn’t disappear from the internet for whatever reason. By Ron Jones, D.D.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JESUS CHRIST: THE ONE LORD OF THE SHEMA Members Public

At the heart of the Hebrew Bible is the affirmation that only Jehovah is Israel’s God and that he alone is the Creator and Sustainer of all creation. What makes this interesting is that the Greek version of the OT Scriptures (commonly referred to as the Septuagint [LXX]) render

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Sam Shamoun
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THE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND JESUS CHRIST Members Public

A Biblical and Theological Appraisal By Bruce M. Metzger Theology Today 10/1 (April 1953), pp. 65-85. I. Who Are the Jehovah’s Witnesses? The sect known today as the Jehovah’s Witnesses originated about 1872 when Charles Taze Russell (born February 16, 1852) of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and a group

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Sam Shamoun
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BIBLE VERSIONS AND THE DEITY OF CHRIST Members Public

In this post I will be citing some of the most common verses used to affirm the eternal nature and essential Deity of Christ from several version which I feel best capture and/or explain these texts. JOHN 1 CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH TRANSLATION (CEV) “In the beginning was the one who

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Sam Shamoun
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New World Translation On Jehovah Becoming Flesh Members Public

In this post I will employ the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (2013 Revision) to prove that Jesus Christ is identified as Jehovah God Almighty in the flesh. A. Jesus is the Jehovah who comes to repay every person according to what s/he has

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Sam Shamoun
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CHALLENGES FOR ONE MESSAGE FOUNDATION PT. 5 Members Public

I continue from where I previously left off: CHALLENGES FOR ONE MESSAGE FOUNDATION PT. 4. ALLAH MURDERS WOMEN, CHILDREN AND ANIMALS Contrary to the assertions of the Muhammadan polemicists, the Quran NOWHERE forbids the killing of women or children. The opposite is true since it speaks of Allah destroying whole

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Sam Shamoun
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The Meaning of Monogenes: Is Jesus God’s “Only Begotten” Son? Members Public

The following lengthy excerpt is taken from Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theoolgy (Second Edition): An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, published by Zondervan Academic, Grand Rapids, MI 2020, Part 2: The Doctrine of God, Chapter 14. God in Three Persons: The Trinity, pp. 293-298. “In John 3:16, Jesus is said

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Sam Shamoun
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MORE ON DANIEL’S MESSIANIC TIMELINE Members Public

In the following articles, The Time of Messiah’s Advent Pt. 1 The Time of Messiah’s Advent Pt. 2 I cited scholarly references in respect to the precise timeline that the prophet Daniel gave for the coming of the Messiah, and how this perfectly ties in with the appearance

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