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Defense and explanation of Christian doctrine, practice, and worldview through rigorous biblical argumentation.

OMNISCIENCE OF YHWH’S ANGEL Members Public

Arian polemicist and the founder of Christian Witnesses of Jah Greg Stafford cites the following passage where the Angel asks YHWH how long would he show no compassion to Judah in order to prove that the Angel isn’t omniscient: “So they answered the angel of Yahweh who was standing

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JUDE’S EPISTLE VERSUS ARIANISM Members Public

In this post I will be addressing the claims made by the anti-Trinitarian polemicist and arian apologist Greg Stafford in respect to the epistle of Jude. Stafford seeks to employ Jude’s statement about Michael to refute the Trinitarian position that the Angel of YHWH who appears all throughout the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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WHO IS THE ELOHIM OF MORMONISM? Members Public

According to Mormon teaching, the Father is Elohim whereas Jesus in his prehuman existence was/is Jehovah: “God the Eternal Father, whom we designate by the exalted name-title ‘Elohim,’ is the literal Parent of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and of the spirits of the human race” (“The Father

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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WHO IS THE ELOHIM OF MORMONISM? PT. 2 Members Public

I continue from where I previously left off: WHO IS THE ELOHIM OF MORMONISM?. THE REFUTATION In this section I will be refuting the Mormon view that the Father is Elohim whereas Jesus is Jehovah by appealing to the only Scriptures that the true God has ever inspired, namely, the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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CHRIST: THE OFFSPRING OF CREATION? Members Public

In writing to the Church at Colossae, St. Paul includes what scholars believe to be an early hymn that emphasizes the work of Christ in creation and redemption: “Who rescued us from the authority of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JUSTIN MARTYR’S CHRISTOLOGY REVISITED Members Public

In this post I am to revisit what the second century apologist Justin Martyr wrote in respect to Christ’s Deity. I want to focus on Justin’s statements where he emphatically identifies the prehuman Jesus as that very YHWH God who appeared to the OT saints. This will help

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MARK’S DIVINE SON OF MAN Members Public

A QUICK DEFENSE FOR CHRIST’S DEITY According to Jesus, the Holy Spirit inspired David to recognize and worship the Messiah as his very own Lord whom God exalts to sit enthroned at his right hand: “And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, ‘How is it

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JESUS AS GOD IN THE NT Members Public

In this post I will be excerpting sections from the late Dr. Robert A. Morey’s book, The Trinity: Evidence & Issues, published by Christian Scholar’s Press, Las Vegas, Nevada, Part IV: The New Testament Evidence, Chapter 17 God the Son, in relation to specific NT texts which address

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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