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Meet Jehovah’s Equal Members Public

The God-breathed Scriptures teach that there is absolutely no one, whether in heaven or on the earth, that is like Jehovah, none who are Jehovah’s equal: “There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.” 1 Samuel

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Abraham as Echad: Addressing a Muslim Objection Members Public

A particular Muslim polemicist raised the following objection in response to the Christian understanding that the Hebrew word echad, which Deuteronomy 6:4 uses to describe the oneness of God, actually points to God being a complex or compound unity, as opposed to existing as a singular or absolute one:

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Philippians 2:6 In Various English Translations Members Public

In this post, I am going to be citing the various English renderings of Philippians 2:6, which is part of what many scholars believe to be a hymn, poem and/or creedal statement (commonly referred to as the Carmen Christi [“Hymn to Christ”]), which affirms the Lord Jesus’ divine

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Quranic Affirmation of the Holy Bible Revisited Pt. 2 Members Public

Addressing the objections of a Muslim greenhorn We continue from where we previously left off /2018/09/01/the-quranic-affirmation-of-the-holy-bible-revisited-pt-1/. Unfortunately for this greenhorn, his very own Islamic traditions and scholars confirm that the Quran has been badly corrupted and is missing much of its contents. For instance, in the Muqaddamah

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Quranic Affirmation of the Holy Bible Revisited Pt. 1 Members Public

Addressing the objections of a Muslim greenhorn I am going to be responding to some of the objections that a particular Muhammadan polemicist raised in the following “rebuttal”: https://mustafasahin33.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/does-the-quran-approve-the-bible-vs-does-christians-approve-the-bible/ The neophyte writes: Point 2: If Christians want to assert that the Quran does

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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How Rabbinic Judaism’s Belief in Two Messiahs proves that Jesus is the Christ Members Public

It may come as a surprise to some of the readers to discover that rabbinic Judaism came up with a belief in two distinct Messiahs, namely, the Messiah son of Joseph (also called the son of Ephraim), and the Messiah son of David. The rabbis further taught that the Messiah

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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A Leading Jewish Rabbi Exposes the Duplicity of Jewish anti-Christian Missionaries! Members Public

One of the leading rabbinic Jewish philosophers and scholars, the late rabbi Joseph Immanuel Schochet, candidly admitted in his review of a work by a fellow Jewish scholar that rabbis often employ weak (meaning not so honest) arguments to refute Christians which they know do not necessarily reflect the actual

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Sam Shamoun
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More on the Islamic Witness to the Incorruptibility of the Holy Bible Members Public

The Quran is emphatically clear that there isn’t anyone or anything that can change the words of Allah: [Say (O Muhammad)] “Shall I seek a judge other than Allah while it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book (The Qur’an), explained in detail.” Those unto

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Sam Shamoun
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