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LIMITED ATONEMENT DEBATE PT. 2 Members Public

This is a continuation of the first part of my debate material: LIMITED ATONEMENT DEBATE PT. 1 OTHER VERSES RELATED TO THE EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT AND THE NECESSITY OF FAITH TO APPROPRIATE IT “But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by

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LIMITED ATONEMENT DEBATE PT. 1 Members Public

These are the notes for my debate with Matt Slick on the topic of limited atonement. Refuting Matt Slick’s misuse and misinterpretation of Colossians 2:14 Slick’s Interpretation Col. 2:14, “[Jesus] having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile

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IRENAEUS AND MARK’S GOSPEL Members Public

In this short post I will cite 2nd century church father and apologist Irenaeus in regards to Mark’s Gospel. Irenaeus was the bishop of Lyons, France, and a disciple of Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna and a disciple of the apostles including John. Like Polycarp, Irenaeus died as a

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IRENAEUS AND THE DEITY OF CHRIST Members Public

Irenaeus was the bishop of the church in Lyon, France, and was a disciple of the bishop and martyr Polycarp, who was a disciple of the Apostles, especially John. The bishop of France was himself martyred for his faith in the Lord Jesus. Here are a few snippets from his

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Irenaeus and John, the disciple of the Lord Members Public

The following is taken from Irenaeus and John, the disciple of the Lord. I post this here for the benefit of others and in order to insure that such an important refutation to Evangelical NT scholar Richard Bauckham’s claim that the John who wrote the Gospel was someone other

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Ante-Nicene Witness to Jesus’ Deity Members Public

The following citations are taken from A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, Hendrickson Publishers, Massachusetts, 1998, edited by David W. Bercot, unless noted otherwise. All bold and capital emphasis is mine, unless noted otherwise. JUSTIN MARTYR Before proceeding, we want to make mention of the fact that in our first

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The Son Who is Exactly Like the Father Members Public

The Hebrew Bible emphatically testifies that there is no heavenly being, no other god, that is comparable to Yahweh, and none among them that can do what the only true God does in the way that he does it: “Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is

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Quran’s Multiple Creators: More Proof of Islam’s Triadic Deity Members Public

The Muslim scripture describes Allah as the Creators of all things: Is it ye who create it, or are We the Creators (nahnu al-khaliqoona)?S. 56:59 Y. Ali I am going to show that this isn’t merely a case of plural of intensification or majestic plural. Rather, the

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