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PETER & THE DEITY OF CHRIST Members Public

In this post I will furnish another case to illustrate why translations matter. I will be focusing on the inspired witness of the letters that the Spirit moved Peter to compose, commonly known as the Petrine Epistles. These letters explicitly state that they were composed by Peter, and that the

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Sam Shamoun
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Justin Martyr’s “Subordinationism” Members Public

The Definitive Case against Rev. Dr. Christiaan Kappes Seventy-five years ago, Angelomorphic Christology or Angel-Christ theology was pretty much unknown. Its scholarly reemphasis and popular rediscovery has solved numerous alleged problems with interpretation of the Old and New Testaments from both a scholarly and popular point of view. This, like

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Sam Shamoun
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15 Eerie Similarities Between Islam & Mormonism Members Public

By Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity. Here’s the video for this post: 15 Reasons Why Islam and Mormonism are Fake. Two men. Two alleged prophets. One from the deserts of Arabia, the other from the hills of New York. Both claimed to bring the final, ultimate truth. But what

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Sam Shamoun
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PLINY & CHRIST’S DEITY Members Public

In this post I will quote an ancient non-Christian witness, specifically from a pagan governor, which testifies to the fact of Christians gathering on a specific day of the week to worship Christ as God by singing hymns to him. The source that I am about cite also mentions some

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Sam Shamoun
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SYRIAC CHRISTIANITY & THE QURAN Members Public

In this post I am going to provide evidence that the Quran has been heavily influenced by, and even fashioned after the Christological debates which took place among Syriac speaking Christians. I will prove that the very language of the Quran has been shape by the theological vocabulary and expressions

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Sam Shamoun
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TEXTUAL CRITICISM & CHRIST’S DEITY Members Public

Modern New Testament textual critics prefer what is typically known as reasoned eclecticism. This position holds to the belief that the earliest papyri, specifically those manuscripts (MSS) classified as the Alexandrian text type, and the major codices (e.g., Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Alexandrinus etc.) are to be prioritized since this is

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THE BIBLE’S CODED MESSAGES Members Public

In this post I will share a way in which God provides clues that the Scriptures are inspired by the Holy Spirit by taking the case of John the Baptist and his parents and the implication of their names. Here’s what Luke writes in regards to the lineage and

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EARLY CHURCH ON PURGATORY Members Public

William Albrecht 2 nd Century AD St. Clement of Alexandria (150-215 AD) “The believer through discipline divests himself of his passions and passes to the mansion better than the former one, passing through torments with repentance for post-baptismal sins. Although these punishments cease after purification, God’s righteousness allows for

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