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In-depth examinations of Scripture, textual reliability, theological themes, and defense of biblical doctrine.
BEFORE ABRAHAM: PROVING CHRIST’S ETERNAL EXISTENCE Paid Members Public
In this post I will refute the unitarian perversion of John’s Gospel in their crusade to deny the eternal existence of Jesus. I will show how the Evangelist affirms the uncreated nature of Christ in clear and unambiguous language that only those blinded by their presuppositions and/or human
THE FARCE THAT IS SHABIR ALLY: THE CASE OF ABROGATION Paid Members Public
In a debate with Samuel Green on the Quranic view of the Holy Bible, Ally claimed that Q. 2:106 refers to the Quran abrogating the previous Scriptures, despite candidly admitting that this is not how the classical Muslim scholars understood this verse: A Qur’anic View of the Bible
VENERATION OF THE SAINTS: A BIBLICAL OUTLINE PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I previously left off: VENERATION OF THE SAINTS: A BIBLICAL OUTLINE PT. 1. Here I will list examples where God permits, and in some cases even demands, that certain individuals be served, employing the very same key Hebrew (avad) and Greek (douleuo) terms used in relation
A Reply to Bart Ehrman’s Defense of Jesus, Interrupted on the MythVision Podcast Paid Members Public
JONATHAN MCLATCHIE May 24, 2021 Nearly a year ago, I published a series of three articles in which I reviewed sections of Bart Ehrman’s book Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them). If you have not read those articles
VENERATION OF THE SAINTS: A BIBLICAL OUTLINE PT. 1 Paid Members Public
In this post I will quote the verses where individuals receive reverence, obeisance, relative worship etc., with God’s express approval. Here I will focus on all the places where the Hebrew (shachah) and Greek words (proskyneo) are employed, which are the very terms used in relation to the worship
The Manuscript Evidence of the New Testament Gospels Paid 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.
JESUS CHRIST: THE ONE LORD OF THE SHEMA Paid 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
THE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND JESUS CHRIST Paid 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