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Everlasting Conscious Torment: A Defense Members Public

I will be examining particular texts that seem to point to the punishment of unbelievers being an ongoing, never-ending experience of torment. This is known as the doctrine of eternal/everlasting conscious torment (ECT).    Synoptic Gospels The Lord Jesus often described the punishment of the wicked as a “place” of

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Jesus Christ: The Sovereign Lord of the Angels Members Public

The Gospels and Acts speak of God sending an angel of the Lord to make his purpose known to specific individuals: “Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord (angelos Kyriou) appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Synod of Laodicea on the Sabbath Day Members Public

The Synod of Laodicea has been dated by scholars anywhere between the years 343 and 381 AD, between the Sardican and the Second Ecumenical Council. I quote what this Synod wrote in respect to Sabbath keeping. Canon 16 The Gospels are to be read on the Sabbath [i.e. Saturday]

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Sam Shamoun
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AMPHILIOCHIUS’ HOMILY ON JOHN 14:28 Members Public

The following is taken from C. Moss, S. Amphilochius of Iconium on John 14, 28, in Le Muséon 43 (1930), pp. 317-364, 330-343 (textus): p. 344-358 (translatio). All emphasis will be mine. ܐܡܦܠܝܟܘܣ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܐܝܩܢܘܢ: ܒܐܓܪܬ ܕܥܠ ܗܝܡܢܘܬ  Homily of S. Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium, concerning that which is said

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Christ: Israel’s Divine Lord Incarnate Members Public

In this post I will be focusing on the witness of the Synoptic Gospels, particularly that of Luke, in order to show that Jesus is described as Lord in the sense of being YHWH God Almighty who humbled himself to become a human being. I will prove that when the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Favored One Whom the Lord Indwelt Members Public

In Luke’s Gospel, the angel Gabriel comes to the blessed Virgin to announce that she will conceive by the Holy Spirit and give birth to the Lord who will sit enthroned on David’s throne in order to rule as King forever:  “Now in the sixth month, the angel

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Raymond Brown on Mary as the New Eve Members Public

The late Catholic priest Father Raymond E. Brown was one of the foremost liberal NT scholars of the 20th century. His two-volume commentary on John’s Gospel is considered some of the best ever written. I cite from his commentary on John 2 and the wedding of Cana to see

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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“King’s to You, Fernand" Members Public

”Accepting James White’s Challenge to Provide an Exegesis of 1 John 5:1" The following is Dr. David W. Allen's refutation to internet reformed apologist James R. White's butchering of 1 John 5:1 for the purpose of forcing his calvinistic misreading into it.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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