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

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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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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,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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SOLA FIDE IN CLEMENT? Members Public

Certain Protestant theologians and/or apologists have been desperate to find some justification (pun intended!) for Luther’s doctrine of Sola Fide by quote-mining the early church writers. They do this in order to show that Luther’s teaching on justification wasn’t something novel, or completely unheard of,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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TRUE GOD OF TRUE GOD Members Public

In this post I will provide further evidence from the inspired Scriptures that Christ is the true God, even though he is not the Father or the Holy Spirit. The Hebrew Bible describes YHWH as the God of truth, i.e., the God who is the truth, to whom believers

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MARTIN LUTHER, JAMES & NT CANON Members Public

The following is taken from this post, “Luther’s Treatment of the Disputed Books of the New Testament”. I include it here in its entirety since it exposes Martin Luther’s disdain of James and a few other NT writings simply because he felt they did not agree (and could

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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HOW MANY DIVINE SAVIORS ARE THERE? Members Public

In this post I will seek to establish from the God-breathed Scriptures that there is only one God who is able to save from sin, and that Jesus Christ is expressly described as the God who saves those who trust in him from their transgressions. I will further show

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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HOW MANY DIVINE SAVIORS ARE THERE? PT.2 Members Public

I continue from where I previously left off: HOW MANY DIVINE SAVIORS ARE THERE?. WHAT KIND OF BEING MUST JESUS BE? Now the only way that the Man Christ Jesus could ever be portrayed as saving individuals from their transgressions is if he is himself is YHWH God who became

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JESUS’ GOD PT. 3 Members Public

REFUTING ANOTHER UNITARIAN CANARD I arrive at the final installment in the series: JESUS’ GOD PT. 2. PAUL In this part I will discuss Paul’s Christology in order to show that this holy servant of the risen Christ affirmed that Jesus is YHWH Incarnate, much like John did so.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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