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JEREMIAH OR ZECHARIAH: AN ERROR IN MATTHEW? Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from the late Dr. Gleason L. Archer’s book, Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, published by Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI 1982, p. 350. Why does Matthew 27:9 attribute to Jeremiah a prophecy from Zechariah? Matthew 27:9-10 describes the purchase of Potter’s

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JESUS: THE GOD FOR WHOSE SAKE WE ARE FORGIVEN Members Public

The prophet Isaiah proclaims that YHWH forgives sinners for his own sake: “I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.” Isaiah 43:25 Isaiah further teaches that YHWH could not find any one righteous and worthy

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Sam Shamoun
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GOSPEL AUTHORSHIP Members Public

In this post I share some of the earliest surviving evidence for the authorship of the Gospel. In one of the references, I quote Irenaeus who was a disciple of Polycarp, who himself was a disciple of the Apostles such as the Apostle John. This is significant since it provides

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MATTHEW 27:9-10: A MISTAKEN ATTRIBUTION? Members Public

Some critics of the Holy Bible claim that Matthew false and mistakenly attributed a prophecy from Zechariah 11:13 to the prophet Jeremiah (cf. Matt. 27:9-10). Here I will cite the lengthy refutation to this argument from Dr. Michael L. Brown’s book, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Volume

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Sam Shamoun
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CATHOLIC FAITH ON THE SON’S KNOWLEDGE Members Public

In this post I will be citing specific Catholic authorities regarding the Son’s ignorance of the day and hour (Cf. Mark 13:32; Matthew 24:36). All emphasis will be mine. POPE GREGORY ST. GREGORY I, THE GREAT 590-604 474 Dz 248 “(But) concerning that which has been written:

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Sam Shamoun
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MACARTHUR ON JOHN 3:16 Members Public

The following post is taken from this site: Does God So Love the World? – Grace to You with John. All emphasis will be mine. John MacArthur Love is the best known but least understood of all God’s attributes. Almost everyone who believes in God these days sees Him as

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Sam Shamoun
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JOHN’S PROLOGUE VS. LIMITED ATONEMENT Members Public

In this post I will demonstrate from what is typically called by scholars the prologue of John, i.e., 1:1-18, the falsity of limited atonement, which is an unbiblical tradition held on to by some (not) all Calvinists. The reason for doing so is that both reformed and non-reformed

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TURRETIN ATONEMENT DEBATE Members Public

These are some of the notes for my debate with Turretinfan on the whether the Holy Bible teaches limited atonement. I will be citing Calvinist scholars, including John Calvin, all of whom acknowledge that the texts which I quote conclusively prove that Christ died for the sins of the entire

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