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Luke 23:34a – Answering the Apologists (Part 2) Members Public

The following is taken from James E. Snapp’s blog: Luke 23:34a – Answering the Apologists (Part 2). In the previous post, we looked at the external evidence regarding Jesus’ saying from the cross, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do,” found in Luke 22:34. We

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Luke 23:34a – Answering the Apologists (Part 1) Members Public

The following is taken from James R. Snapp’s blog: Luke 23:34a – Answering the Apologists (Part 1). This week, as Christians contemplate the words spoken by Christ during His crucifixion, we shall take a close look at the textual variant in Luke 23:34a, where, in almost all Greek

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IRENAEUS AND MARK’S GOSPEL Members Public

In this short post I will cite 2nd century church father and apologist Irenaeus in regards to Mark’s Gospel. Irenaeus was the bishop of Lyons, France, and a disciple of Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna and a disciple of the apostles including John. Like Polycarp, Irenaeus died as a

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Sam Shamoun
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Irenaeus and John, the disciple of the Lord Members Public

The following is taken from Irenaeus and John, the disciple of the Lord. I post this here for the benefit of others and in order to insure that such an important refutation to Evangelical NT scholar Richard Bauckham’s claim that the John who wrote the Gospel was someone other

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Sam Shamoun
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The Son Who is Exactly Like the Father Members Public

The Hebrew Bible emphatically testifies that there is no heavenly being, no other god, that is comparable to Yahweh, and none among them that can do what the only true God does in the way that he does it: “Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is

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Christ’s Deity and the ISV Bible Members Public

In this short post I will be quoting some of the many biblical verses from the International Standard Version (ISV), which affirm that Jesus is the eternal Son of God who became flesh, being the unchangeable Creator and Sustainer of all creation, whom the whole entire creation must worship in

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Sam Shamoun
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Muhammad Confirms that Jesus is the unique Divine Son of God! Members Public

Muhammad, according to the Quran, came to confirm the textual veracity and inspiration of the biblical books in the possession of the Jews and Christians of his day, and testify to his belief in these sacred writings:   And believe in that which I reveal, confirming that which ye possess already

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Sam Shamoun
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Monogenes Theos: A Gnostic Corruption? Members Public

I am reposting New Testament textual scholar James E. Snpp Jr’s post where he shows that the reading moongenes theos (“only-begotten God”), being the read that many English versions adopt, may have been a heretical gnostic corruption that crept its way into the New Testament textual transmission. JOHN 1:

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