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Defense and explanation of Christian doctrine, practice, and worldview through rigorous biblical argumentation.
An Objection to Jesus being God based on his claim to pre-existence Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Christians believe that John 8:58 proves that Jesus is God because he claimed to have existed before Abraham. However, the Bible says that both Solomon (Proverbs 8:22) and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:5) existed before their human births. Doesnt
If Jesus is God, was he praying to himself? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: If Jesus is God, then who was he praying to on the cross when he said, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me"? (cf. Mark 15:34; Matthew 27:46) Was he praying to himself? If
Is Jesus God because he did Miracles? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Some Christians believe that Jesus miracles prove that he is God. The problem with this claim is that almost every single miracle performed by Jesus finds a parallel within the OT. There are many OT prophets that performed the very
What does it mean that Jesus was made Lord? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Peter is recorded in Acts 2:36 as preaching that God "made" Jesus Lord at his ascension. Doesnt this disprove the Trinitarian view that Jesus has always been Lord? Answer: Here is what the text actually says in
Does being called "Kyrios" really imply Deity? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Christian apologists claim that the word Kurios ("Lord"), which appears all throughout the Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (known as the Septuagint [LXX]) and the NT, functions as the Greek synonym for Gods covenant name, Yahweh. The
Since Jesus has a God, how can he be God himself? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: According to Hebrews 1:8-9 Jesus as God has a God over him. Some Christians claim that Hebrews 1:8-9 is referring to Jesus humanity, that as a man he has a God over him. The only problem with this
Whoever is good is God? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: According to Jesus only God is good (cf. Matthew 19:16-17; Mark 10:17-18; Luke 18:18-19), whereas in John 10:11, 14 Jesus says that he is good. Now Christians claim that these verses prove that Jesus is Divine
Since God cannot change, but Jesus did, how he can he be God? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: The Bible says God cannot change (Cf. Numbers 23:19; 1 Samuel 15:29; Psalm 102:26-27; Malachi 3:6; Romans 11:29; Hebrews 6:17-18; James 1:17), and that he is all-knowing (Cf. Job 37:16; Psalm 147: