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What is the Messiah? Responding to Iglesia ni Cristo’s Misuse of Scripture Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In the debate between Iglesia ni Cristo minister Jose Ventilacion and Reformed Baptist apologist Dr. James R. White (Who is God? Trinity Debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N61p_-XwG4&t=1506s), White appealed to the Lord Jesus’ “I Am” (Gr. ego eimi) statements in John’s Gospel
Will the Real Bart Ehrman Please Stand Up? Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
As we stated at the conclusion of the first part of our discussion /2017/05/11/will-the-real-bart-ehrman-please-stand-up-pt-1/, Ehrman believes that certain verses in the NT identify the Lord Jesus as the human manifestation of the Angel of the LORD, a divine figure that appears quite often in the Hebrew Bible.
Will the Real Bart Ehrman Please Stand Up? Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this series of post I am going to be documenting some of Bart D. Ehrman’s contradictions, specifically those he has made in respect to Christ’s divinity. After reading and listening to him for so many years, it has become apparent to me that Ehrman is more than
The Prophet Isaiah – Islam’s Nightmare Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this post I am again going to be tackling some other aspects of the following article https://bloggingtheology.net/2017/04/15/does-christianity-really-necessitate-ransom-for-salvation/. The greenhorn who goes by the name question mark writes: There is even more in the Bible. Trinitarian Apologists like Sam Shamoun who use the book
Is Jesus only a Man who mediates before the One God? Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
The following text is often quoted by Anti-Trinitarians, especially those of a Muslim persuasion, to prove that Jesus Christ is not God, but a man who is separate and distinct from God: “For there is one God (heis gar theos), and there is one mediator (heis kai mesites) between God
ERRATA: Iglesia Ni Cristo and the New Living Translation Paid Members Public
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 Christ: The God Who is the All in All – A Response to Iglesia ni Cristo Paid Members Public
On April 21, 2017, Dr. James White debated cult group Iglesia ni Cristo’s (InC) leading apologist named “Brother” Joe Ventilacion on the topic, “Who Is God? – Trinity Debate” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnElgAnN414. Dr. White was masterful in his defense of the biblical basis for the doctrine
Jesus – The God Who Knows All Things: Refuting Another Iglesia Ni Cristo Objection Paid Members Public
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