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Atonement in Luke-Acts Pt. 5 Members Public

I now come to the final segment of my analysis of Luke’s theology of atonement (/2019/10/30/atonement-in-luke-acts-pt-4/). Drinking from the Cup of God and Being Delivered unto the Gentiles Luke provides further clues that Jesus’ death is substitutionary in nature. Christ and his followers spoke of his

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Atonement in Luke-Acts Pt. 4 Members Public

I proceed with my examination of Luke’s theology of atonement (/2019/10/29/atonement-in-luke-acts-pt-3/). The necessity of the death of Christ According to the plain teachings of the Lord Jesus and his inspired emissaries, Christ’s death was necessary and had to take place: “He is not here, but

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Atonement in Luke-Acts Pt. 3 Members Public

I proceed from where I previously left off the discussion (/2019/09/17/atonement-in-luke-acts-pt-2/). The Blood of the New Covenant Luke records our Lord’s words concerning the eucharist on the night of his betrayal, which clearly affirm the redemptive and vicarious significance of Christ’s death: “When the hour

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The Revelation of the Gospel in Adam’s Genealogy Members Public

In this post, I am going to demonstrate how the names of the antediluvian humans, starting with Adam and terminating with Noah, all point to the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. When one looks at the meaning of these names one will discover how the Holy Spirit encoded within

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Is Jesus Worshiped as God in John’s Gospel? Refuting Another Anti-Trinitarian Canard Members Public

Muslims and heretics alike are keen to cite our Lord’s words that true believers are those who worship the Father by the Holy Spirit’s empowerment and on the basis of his revealed truth: “‘Our fathers worshipped (prosekynesan) on this mountain, but you all say that in Jerusalem is

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The Markan Jesus – The Physical Embodiment and Visible Appearance of Israel’s God Members Public

In this short post, I am going to present evidence from Mark which clearly proves that Jesus is described as none other than the very God of Israel in the flesh. In Mark, Jesus performs two specific functions, which the Hebrew Bible ascribes to Jehovah alone, namely, the subduing of

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Atonement in Luke-Acts Pt. 2 Members Public

I continue my rebuttal to a Muslim greenhorn who attempted to show that Luke-Acts do not have a theology of substitutionary atonement (/2019/09/13/atonement-in-luke-acts-pt-1/). The Scholarly views concerning the death of Christ in Luke-Acts Here is the list of scholarly opinions concerning Luke’s depiction of Jesus’ death:

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Atonement in Luke-Acts Pt. 1 Members Public

Introduction This series was initially going to be a reply to another Muslim neophyte named Bassam Zawadi in order to expose his blatant inconsistencies and selective use of sources. However, I have decided to turn this into discussion concerning Luke’s view of Christ’s death. I do plan to

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