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Defense and explanation of Christian doctrine, practice, and worldview through rigorous biblical argumentation.
CHRIST’S ETERNAL GENERATION: IS BEGETTING THE SAME AS BEING CREATED? Paid Members Public
In this post I am going to prove that, contrary to claims of anti-Trintarians, begetting and creating are not necessarily synonymous as far as the Holy Bible is concerned. I will cite instances where the Holy Bible refers to individuals who were already in existence even before they were begotten.
GOD’S SON IN TARGUM NEOFITI REVISITED Paid Members Public
This is a follow up post to my article where I discuss the Trinity in Targum Neofiti (TN for short): THE TRINITY IN TARGUM NEOFITI. TN contains a remarkable paraphrase of Genesis 1:1, where it is explicitly stated that YHVH has a Son who made creation in wisdom: From
GOD’S ETERNAL WORD AND UNCREATED WISDOM BECOME FLESH! Paid Members Public
The book of Proverbs personifies God’s attribute of Wisdom as a woman(1) whom God begot before all creation: “Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand; beside the gates leading into
JUSTIN MARTYR ON THE NAMELESS GOD Paid Members Public
The second century Church father and apologist Justin Martyr believed that the Father of the Lord Jesus had no name since he is beyond names. For Justin, to have a name meant that there would have to be someone greater or higher in authority that gave that specific individual his/
JESUS CHRIST: SUPREME OVER ALL CREATION Paid Members Public
In his letter to the Colossians, specifically in 1:15-20, the holy Apostle Paul cites what many believe to have been either a hymn or poem praising the risen Christ. The hymn/poem starts off by describing Jesus as God’s image and the One having supremacy over all creation:
WHO DID THE PROPHETS SEE? A JEHOVAH’S WITNESS DILEMMA Paid Members Public
As in some of my previous posts: CHRIST: THE DIVINE MEDIATOR AND SAVIOR, I will employ the Bibles which Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs) have produced to show how their own translations can be used to prove the Deity of Christ and the blessed Trinity. I will mainly be citing from
THE NWT TESTIFIES THAT JESUS IS JEHOVAH WHO REIGNS Paid Members Public
In this post I will employ the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ very own Bible version to prove that Jesus is Jehovah God Almighty in the flesh (even though he is not the Father or the Holy Spirit). For the most I will be using the New World Translation of the Holy
BIBLE COMPARISON LISTS PT. 1 Paid Members Public
In this series, I will be comparing how various Bible versions translate particular texts related to the Deity of Christ and/or the Trinity. I will be comparing three of the most conservative translations on the market done by leading and/or reputable Evangelical scholars/theologians/pastors. They are: Legacy