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BEYOND THE VEIL OF ETERNITY

Dr. James R. White The Importance of Philippians 2:5-11 in Theology and Apologetics This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, Volume 22 / Number 3. The two Jehovah’s Witnesses had obviously spent a lot of time preparing to address Christians about their belief in the Trinity and

NWT & JESUS’ EQUALITY TO FATHER

The inspired Scriptures exhort believers to emulate the mindset of Christ who did not take advantage of the fact of his being equal to God in essence, glory, majesty and honor, but voluntarily set aside his status and privileges to become a human being in order to take on the

Carmen Christi: A Reformed Perspective

I excerpt reformed apologist Dr. James R. White’s discussion on Philippians 2:5-11, which is found in his book titled The Forgotten Trinity: Recovering the Heart of Christian Belief, Revised & Updated, published by Bethany House Publishers, Grand Rapids, MI 2019, Chapter 8. Carmen Christi: The Hymn to Christ

HEAR O CHRISTIANS: YHWH JESUS IS ONE!

At the heart of the OT faith is the confession that YHWH God is one: “Hear (Shema), O Israel! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh is one (YHWH echad)!” Deuteronomy 6:4 “And Yahweh will be king over all the earth; in that day Yahweh will be the only one (YHWH

JWS, PSALM 82 & HUMAN JUDGES

In John 10:34-36 the Lord Jesus quotes Psalm 82:6 where certain judges are called gods in order to expose the duplicity of his opponents for unjustly condemning him of blasphemy for claiming to be one with the Father: “Jesus answered them: ‘Is it not written in your Law,

Jewish Traditions about the Afterlife

Kaddish Prayer (c. Second Temple Period, before 70 CE): The earliest form, known as the “Half Kaddish”, dates back to the Second Temple period. The Mourner’s Kaddish is a Jewish prayer traditionally recited for eleven months after a loved one’s death and on the death anniversary (yahrzeit). It

MORMON GOD VERSUS THE TRUE GOD

According to the Mormon faith, God the Father is an exalted, immortal man with a glorified physical body of flesh and bones: 22 The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh

DIVINE NAME, SAMARITANS & ZEUS

In this post I will share some of the issues surrounding the Divine Name that appears over 6,800 times in the Hebrew Bible, and which is represented by four Hebrew Consonants yod he waw he (YHWH). Scholars typically refer to these consonants as the Tetragrammaton (“four letters”). Some experts

JWS, JESUS & THE MIGHTY GOD

The Book of Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah is the Mighty God who will be born as a Child: “However, the gloom will not be as when the land had distress, as in former times when the land of Zebʹu·lun and the land of Naphʹta·li were treated with

JWS AGREE: ISAIAH SAW CHRIST!

According to the inspired Scriptures, the prophet Isaiah was allowed to see Jehovah God Almighty in a visible form, where he appeared to be visibly seated on a visible throne wearing a robe: “In the year that King Uz·ziʹah died, I saw Jehovah sitting on a lofty and elevated