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Clarification and defense of the gospel message—Christ’s life, death, resurrection, and saving work.
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM: AN ANGELIC ENVOY? Paid Members Public
Matthew’s Gospel records that a star appeared to signify to the magi that Christ has come and guide them to him: “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is
LUKE ON JESUS’ ESSENTIAL GOODNESS Paid Members Public
Anti-Trinitarians often cite the following words of our Lord to the rich young ruler: “And a ruler asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.’” Luke 18:18-19
JESUS CELEBRATES HANUKKAH Paid Members Public
This will be a very short post. According to John’s Gospel, the Lord Jesus celebrated Hanukkah (Hebrew for dedication): “The feast of the Dedication[a] was then taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter.(B) [b]And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon.
JESUS CHRIST: ISRAEL’S DIVINE SHEPHERD Paid Members Public
In this post I will sum up the information I provided in some of my lengthier articles/rebuttals showing how the [N]ew [T]estament portrayal of Jesus as the Shepherd points to his Deity. I will be sharing the links to this material at the end of this article.
BART EHRMAN AGREES: JOHN DESCRIBES JESUS AS GOD ALMIGHTY! Paid Members Public
In this post I will cite what agnostic/atheist New Testament scholar Dr. Bart D. Ehrman has to say in respect to John’s Christology. The reason for doing so is because Ehrman does not believe in God’s existence and does not think that Jesus rose from the dead.
NT SCHOLARSHIP ON JOHN 1:1 AND TITUS 2:13 PT. 1 Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting the immediate contexts of John 1:1 and Titus 2:13 and then cite the exegesis of a few scholars of the [N]ew [T]estament, be they commentators, grammarians and/or theologians to see what they say concerning these texts as they
CHRIST’S FAITHFULNESS AS AN EXAMPLE OF SAVING FAITH Paid Members Public
In this post I will provide further evidence that saving faith according to the Holy Bible is defined as faithfulness to the Lord Jesus. I will use Christ’s own faithfulness as an example. For instance, note how the following versions rendering a key text that is often employed in
Jesus Forbids Sabbath Keeping Paid Members Public
Rev. Dr. Christiaan Kappes Jesus thought that destruction of the Sabbath observance by his Apostles was among the top items on his list to eliminate during his ministry to usher in the Kingdom of God. Jesus first exercises his loosing power over injustice or sin upon the allegedly non-workable Sabbath,