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PAUL IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES REVISITED Members Public

Make sure to read the document citing some of Islam’s earliest and greatest scholars, all of whom acknowledge that Paul was a truly inspired apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ: The Apostle Paul In Early Islamic Exegesis (/2019/12/16/the-apostle-paul-in-early-islamic-exegesis/) In this post I am going to address

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THE APOSTLE PAUL IN EARLY ISLAMIC EXEGESIS Members Public

إِذْأَرْسَلْنَاإِلَيْهِمُاثْنَيْنِفَكَذَّبُوهُمَافَعَزَّزْنَابِثَالِثٍفَقَالُواإِنَّاإِلَيْكُممُّرْسَلُونَ [Surah Yasin: 36:13-14] And

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THE NT USE OF THEOS SOTER AND THE DEITY OF CHRIST Members Public

There are two passages in the God-breathed Scriptures where the words Theos (“God”) Soter (“Savior”) are applied to our risen Lord: “looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless

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Biblical Verses That Call Jesus God Members Public

In this post, I am going to cite some of the biblical texts that apply the term God to Jesus. The prophet Isaiah announced that a virgin would conceive and give birth to a Son who would be called Immanuel: “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold,

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Paul’s Divine Christology Pt. 3 Members Public

I proceed from where I previously left off (/2019/12/03/pauls-divine-christology-pt-2/). THE USE OF THEOS IN REFERENCE TO CHRIST I am going to examine all the places where God describes Jesus as God, starting with the following: “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the

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Paul’s Divine Christology Pt. 2 Members Public

I continue from where I left off (/2019/11/27/pauls-divine-christology-pt-1/). ISRAEL’S ONE LORD At the heart of the Hebrew Bible is the affirmation that Jehovah is one, meaning the only God whom the Israelites were to look to and worship: “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is

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Another Quranic Dilemma Pt. 1 Members Public

In this series we will be revisiting (https://answeringislam.net/Quran/Contra/jesus_unlike_adam.html) the Quran’s assertion that Jesus is similar to Adam in the sight of the Muslim deity: Verily, in the sight of God, the nature of Jesus is as the nature of Adam, whom

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Paul’s Divine Christology Pt. 1 Members Public

In this series, I am going to go through the inspired letters of Paul to show how this beloved Apostle proclaimed the absolute, essential Deity of Christ. I will point to texts where Paul clearly describes the risen Jesus as the God of Israel who became flesh. There are various

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