church-history
Historical studies on the development of Christian doctrine, early church writings, councils, and controversies.
The Early Church Fathers on John 8:58 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun In this particular article we will be quoting from the writings of the early church fathers, the disciples of the Apostles and those that came after them, to see how they understood the words that the Lord Jesus uttered in response to the Jews’ shock that he had
The Early Post-NT Witness to the Trinity and Deity of Christ Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun The following quotations are all taken from sources that were written either by those who knew the Apostles of Christ personally or their followers after them. These citations give us an unbroken chain of transmission to the Apostles of our risen Lord and demonstrate that the true followers
To Burn or not to Burn? Paid Members Public
That is the Question! Sam Shamoun It is time again to highlight some of the gross contradictions and inconsistencies that are found all throughout the Quran and sunna of Muhammad. Here we are going to revisit an issue which we have already examined in some depth in several articles and
The Early Christian Proclamation: Paid Members Public
Christ as the Lord of All and Believers as the Slaves of Jesus Sam Shamoun The Quran claims that the disciples of Christ were all Muslims: When Jesus found Unbelief on their part He said: "Who will be My helpers to (the work of) God?" Said the disciples:
Articles on Bible Issues Paid Members Public
* Does the Holy Bible Call Itself the Holy Bible? * Does the Holy Bible claim to be the inspired Word of God? * The Epistle of 2 Peter Pt. 1 * The Epistle of 2 Peter Pt. 2 * The Epistle of 2 Peter Pt. 3 * Are The Jewish Apocrypha Inspired Scripture? [Part 1]
The Epistle of 2 Peter Paid Members Public
A Thorough Look at the Scholarly Defenses of Petrine Authorship Pt. 3 Sam Shamoun We will now conclude with the comments of NT scholar Douglas Moo. But we think this is an unfortunate move. The acceptance of 2 Peter as both pseudonymous and inerrant requires us to believe that the
The Epistle of 2 Peter Paid Members Public
A Thorough Look at the Scholarly Defenses of Petrine Authorship Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off by now quoting from Evangelical NT Scholar Donald Guthrie's New Testament Introduction, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove IL., third edition (revised) in one volume December 1970, pp. 820-
The Epistle of 2 Peter Paid Members Public
A Thorough Look at the Scholarly Defenses of Petrine Authorship Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun In their zeal to attack the veracity and authority of the Holy Bible Muslims will often quote the views of liberal, critical scholarship, not caring whether these same criticisms and underlying presuppositions can be used to