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Apologetic articles addressing common Muslim objections, challenges, and misunderstandings about the Bible, Christian doctrine, and the Christian response to Islamic claims.
The Quran Confirms the Trinity! Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue with our analysis of the Quran. It may surprise the readers to learn that, instead of opposing the historical Christian understanding of the Trinity, the Quran actually confirms it (at least a counterfeit form of it)! This is because it ascribes certain divine functions and qualities
The Quran Confirms the Trinity! Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Many that have carefully read the Quran know that it nowhere condemns the historic understanding of the doctrine of the Blessed and Holy Trinity. Rather, it attacks (an) aberrant view(s) of Christianity that has/have never been held by mainstream Christians, especially during Muhammad’s time. Here
If Yahweh alone is the Creator, and Jesus a servant sent by him, how can Jesus be God? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Isaiah 44:24 says that Yahweh was alone when he created the heavens and the earth. Matthew 12:18 quotes Isaiah 42:1 which says that Yahweh will send his servant, who is Jesus. Now if Yahweh was the one
Doesn't the Bible degrade women, placing them on the level of animals and possessions? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question/Claim: Wives are included on a list of property with farm animals and houses in the Bible's version of the Ten Commandments. Doesn't this prove that the Bible degrades women, placing them on the level of
Does Proverbs 8:22 show that Jesus is a created being after all? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: The New Testament applies to Jesus the language and descriptions which the OT Wisdom literature (i.e. Proverbs 8) and Apocrypha (i.e. Wisdom 7:22-8:1, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 24 etc.) apply to Wisdom. In fact, many of the early
If Jesus really is God how could Satan tempt him? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: If Jesus really is God how could Satan tempt him? And how could the Devil offer him authority to rule over the very kingdoms of the earth which should have already belonged to Christ in the first place if he
Does the Apostles' ability to forgive sins imply their deity, too? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: According to Jesus, no one knows the day or hour of his coming in judgment except the Father (cf. Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32). No one obviously includes the Holy Spirit. Yet, if the Holy Spirit doesn’t know
God spoke through his Son only "in these last days", thus he could not have been the Angel of the Lord in the Old Testament Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: In the opening statements of the book of Hebrews the author states that God spoke through his Son "in these last days" (cf. Hebrews 1:1-2). The author is obviously implying that God hadn’t spoken through Jesus
