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

N.T. WRIGHT’S NT TRANSLATION Members Public

N.T. Wright is viewed as a renowned [N]ew [T]estament scholar and authority on the resurrection of Jesus. He has produced a translation of the NT, now in its third edition, titled The New Testament for Everyone, Third Edition, Hardcover: A Fresh Translation, published by Zondervan, Grand Rapids,

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JESUS: THE ONE AND ONLY ADONAY YHWH Members Public

According to the inspired Scriptures, the risen heavenly Jesus is the believers’ only Master and Lord: “For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into sensuality and who deny our ONLY Master

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JWS, SHARP’S RULE & CHRIST’S DEITY Members Public

In these posts I will be explaining and defending a particular rule of Greek grammar that relates to the Deity of Christ, commonly referred to as Granville Sharp’s first rule. THEOS USED FOR CHRIST There are several places in the inspired Christian writings where Jesus is called God in

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BINITARIAN CHART Members Public

In this article I will show how the inspired Scriptures identify the Father and the Son as YHWH by ascribing to both of them the very unique titles and characteristics, which the Hebrew Bible attributes to YHWH alone. In the following chart, the readers will see that YHWH’s qualities

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CHRIST: AN EXAMPLE OF SAVING FAITH Members Public

Philippians 2:5-11 sets forth Jesus as an example for us to emulate: “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself

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PHILIPPIANS 2: AN ADAM CHRISTOLOGY? Members Public

The Apostle Paul incorporates either a hymn or poem (commonly referred to as the Carmen Christi) that celebrates Christ’s divine prehuman existence, subsequent physical resurrection and heavenly exaltation to reign as YHWH Incarnate over all creation, and which claims that every creature must and will eventually worship Jesus Lord:

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GOD, CHRIST & THE DIVINE NAME Members Public

According to the God-breathed writings, Christ in his post-resurrected heavenly exaltation possesses the name above all names: “That is why God has now lifted him so high (hyperhypsosen), and has given him the name BEYOND ALL NAMES,” Philippians 2:9 J. B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) Jesus’ exaltation places him

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LUTHER & MARY’S VIRGINITY REVISITED Members Public

The following quotation is courtesy of William Albrecht. It is from a letter that Martin Luther wrote in the final years of his life, and provides further confirmation that this leading reformer held to the perpetual virginity of Mary. Luther even claims that this doctrine is based on inspired Scripture,

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