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Is Jesus Really Like Adam After All? Paid Members Public
Revisiting the problem of the Quran’s likening Jesus to Adam Sam Shamoun The Quran seeks to deny the Deity of Christ by arguing that Jesus is like Adam in God’s sight: To God, Jesus is like Adam, whom He created from dust, then He told him, "Be!
Examining the Deity of the Lord Jesus in light of the theology of Psalms Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun The Psalms have a lot to say concerning the character and works of Yahweh. For example, we are told that believers should praise Yahweh since he is a great God and a great King above the gods who has created and sovereignly rules over the cosmos. The Psalms
Revisiting the Issue of Jesus Praying to and Worshiping God Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Despite the fact that in the following articles and rebuttals, * If Jesus is God … was he praying to himself? * Since Jesus has a God, how can he be God himself? * Jesus Christ – Our risen Lord and our great God! * Jesus Christ – Our Lord And Our God! I have
Jesus Christ – An Essential Pillar of Islamic Monotheism Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun According to specific Islamic sources Allah exalted Muhammad’s fame by conjoining the latter’s name to his own person thereby making him one of the pillars of Tawhid, or Islamic monotheism: Qatada said, “Allah exalted his fame in this world and the Next. There is no speaker,
Islam Agrees – Jesus Has No Beginning! Paid Members Public
How Muslim reasoning leads to belief in the uncreatedness of Christ Sam Shamoun This article will be quite short. According to orthodox Sunni beliefs, the Quran is the speech or word of Allah and is therefore uncreated. Muslim scholars have reasoned that Allah’s speech cannot be created since it
The Lord Jesus Christ – the Holy, Pure Son of God Paid Members Public
Examining the Deity of Christ in light of his absolute moral perfection Sam Shamoun The website www.muslimconverts.com has published a transcript of a lecture that was given more than twenty five years ago by a Muslim apologist/polemicist named Steve Johnson (a.k.a. Farukh Abdallah). In the
Jesus Christ – The Omniscient Son of God Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun In this article, I will be quoting verses from the New Testament writings to affirm that the Lord Jesus Christ knows all things such as knowing the hearts of all people, which is one of the essential attributes of God. The purpose in compiling this list of references
Jesus as “a god” alongside God: Jehovah’s Witnesses and John 1:1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun {Muslims occasionally use the writings of the JWs to support their arguments against the Deity of Jesus. Therefore it is relevant to examine and answer their claims also in the context of discussions with Muslims.} There has been much discussion regarding the translation of John 1:1 and