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One Mediator and One God: Addressing the Misuse of 1 Timothy 2:5 by Protestant Apologists

OR Deriving Right Doctrines from Wrong Texts Pt. 1 Whenever Roman Catholics speak of Mary being a co-mediatrix or mention their belief that God allows Christians on earth to ask the saints in heaven to pray and intercede for them, Protestant apologists will often respond by citing the following passage:

For Whom Did the OT High Priest Make Atonement? Pt. 2

We continue with our discussion: For Whom Did the OT High Priest Make Atonement? Pt. 1. Israel Alone or the Whole World? The second point to note is that the OT high priest didn’t make atonement only for Israel, but actually offered sacrifices for the salvation of the whole

ERRATA: Iglesia Ni Cristo and the New Living Translation

In a previous post /2017/04/26/jesus-christ-the-god-who-is-the-all-in-all-a-response-to-iglesia-ni-cristo/, I responded to Iglesia Ni Cristo apologist Joe Ventilacion’s use of the New Living Translation’s (NLT) rendering of 1 Corinthians 15:28 in his debate with Dr. James R. White to disprove Jesus’ essential coequality with the Father. After having

Jesus – The God Who Knows All Things: Refuting Another Iglesia Ni Cristo Objection

In the opening statements of his debate with Dr. James R. White, Iglesia Ni Cristo apologist Joe Ventilacion pitted 1 John 3:20, where John says that God knows all things against Matthew 24:36, a passage where Jesus says that he as the Son doesn’t know the day

Two Yale Scholars Prove that Islam is a False Religion

It never ceases to amaze me how Muslim polemicists will constantly cite liberal biblical scholarship to refute the Christian faith, while rejecting that the implications that same scholarship has on the truth claims of their own religion. Take, for instance, Paul Bilal Williams’ post titled “Yale: ‘The Synoptic Gospels do

“Objective” Biblical scholarship proves that Muhammad was a false prophet

Muslim polemicist Paul Bilal Williams shared an on his blog, and titled the post “Objective biblical scholarship can be quite surprising sometimes…” https://bloggingtheology.net/2017/04/13/objective-biblical-scholarship-can-be-quite-surprising-sometimes/. The image is a citation from an unnamed biblical source. Here is what it says concerning the 4 Suffering Servant Songs,

Animal Sacrifices and the Atoning Death of Christ in the Book of Acts Pt. 1

In a desperate attempt of trying to find ways to undermine the necessity and sufficiency of the death of Christ for the forgiveness of sins, some Muhammmadans have begun to appeal to the following verses from the book of Acts https://bloggingtheology.net/2017/04/05/did-earliest-christians-believe-alleged-crucifixion-to-be-indispensable/: “When we had

The Apostles’ inspired proclamation concerning the risen Christ in the book of Acts Pt. 1

In this post I am going to be tackling Muhammadan Paul Bilal Williams’ comments to Christian apologist Samuel Green’s statements regarding the inspired testimony of Acts to the Deity of Christ. You can read William’s response by clicking here https://bloggingtheology.net/2017/03/16/31512/#comment-44003. WILLIAMS

Are there any OT Prophets that are said to be God Like Jesus?

In this article I am going to be responding to the following post by Muslim polemicist Paul Williams: The men in the Jewish Bible who play the role of God (sharing dominion, worship, and the throne of Yahweh) and are even called ‘God’ (Yahweh and Elohim) BY PAUL WILLIAMS on

How Were the Believers that lived before the Crucifixion Saved? Pt. 2

We continue from where we previously left off /2017/03/30/how-were-the-believers-that-lived-before-the-crucifixion-saved-pt-1/. The witness of Luke-Acts Like Mark before him, the blessed Apostle Paul’s traveling companion goes out of his way to affirm that Jesus’ vicarious death and resurrection had been announced beforehand in the sacred writings of God’