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John’s Gospel & the Worship of Jesus Pt. 2 Members Public

In this post (https://answeringislam.blog/johns-gospel-the-worship-of-jesus-pt-1/) I will demonstrate that John’s Gospel affirms that Jesus is to be worshiped as God in the flesh. I will prove that John depicts Jesus as the human incarnation of the uniquely begotten Son of God who is worthy of the same

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Deity of Christ: Compelling Evidence from Scripture Members Public

Guest Post In the landscape of Christian theology, few doctrines stand as central as the deity of Jesus Christ. This belief—that Jesus is not merely a prophet or moral teacher but the eternal God incarnate—forms the bedrock of the Christian faith. It underpins the efficacy of the atonement,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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John’s Gospel & the Worship of Jesus Pt. 1 Members Public

The Gospel of John reports an incident where a blind man whom Jesus healed worshiped Christ when asked whether he believed in him:  “Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ The man

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Excerpts from Origen’s Romans Commentary Members Public

The quotations are taken from Origen’s Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, Books 1-5 (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series), translated by Thomas P. Scheck, published by The Catholic University of America Press Publication, 2009. All emphasis will be mine.  5. Concerning his Son . 83 He who was

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Sam Shamoun
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Jesus as the One YHWH Revisited Members Public

In the NT the term for God (θεός [theos]) is so frequently used for the Father to such an extent that it almost functions as a proper noun. In other words, the NT employs “God” so often for the Father that the two words have almost become synonymous or interchangeable.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Murray Harris’ Defense of Christ’s Deity Members Public

Murray J. Harris is one of the foremost Evangelical biblical scholars and is also a profound exponent of the historical existence, essential Deity and bodily resurrection of Christ. He has written some of the finest works and commentaries in relation to core Christian doctrines. In this post I share excerpts

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Sam Shamoun
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Origen on God’s Uncreated Firstborn Son Members Public

In his refutation to the cynical pagan opponent of the Christian faith named Celsus, Origen affirms that Jesus Christ is the uncreated firstborn Son of God: Chapter 17 Since Celsus, moreover, from a desire to depreciate the accounts which our Scriptures give of the  kingdom of God, has quoted none

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Sam Shamoun
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2nd–4th Century AD Apologists on the Trinity Members Public

The following quotation is taken from the book authored by J. P. Moreland & William Lane Craig, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, published by IVP Academic Press, Downers Grove, Illinois, second edition, 2017, Part VI—Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology, pp. 577-582. All emphasis will be mine. 2.

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