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Clarification and defense of the gospel message—Christ’s life, death, resurrection, and saving work.
The Markan Jesus – The Physical Embodiment and Visible Appearance of Israel’s God Paid 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
Atonement in Luke-Acts Pt. 2 Paid 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:
Atonement in Luke-Acts Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Introduction This series initially was intended to be a reply to another Muslim neophyte (http://www.call-to-monotheism.com/shamounion_straw_men_and_obfuscations__a_critical_commentary_on_sam_shamoun_s__the_purpose_and_cause_of_jesus__death) in order to expose his blatant inconsistencies and selective use of sources. However,
Jesus as God in the Gospel of Mark: Addressing a Common Muslim Objection Paid Members Public
In this post, I am going to show how Jesus in Mark’s Gospel claims to be God (though not the Father) by ascribing to himself the very functions, titles, and attributes, which the Quran itself confirms belong only to God. I do so because Muslims are fond of arguing
Jesus is the Most High God! Paid Members Public
In this post, I am going to present the evidence that identifies Jesus as the most High God. 1. Jehovah is the Most High God. The God-breathed Scriptures are quite clear that Jehovah is the Most High God: “And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up
The Lord of Glory: An Exposition of John 17:3 Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
I come to the final part of my exposition (/2019/05/23/the-lord-of-glory-an-exposition-of-john-173-pt-2/). Jesus shares God’s incommunicable attributes In John 17 where Jesus says that he and the Father shared the same Divine glory Christ also spoke of being omnipresent: “I in them, and You in Me; that they
The Lord of Glory: An Exposition of John 17:3 Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue with my exegesis of John 17:3 (/2019/05/23/the-lord-of-glory-an-exposition-of-john-173-pt-1/). Jesus – The Visible Appearance of Yahweh God John provides further confirmation that Jesus had the glory which belongs uniquely to Yahweh: “Jesus replied, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified (doxasthe). I
The Lord of Glory: An Exposition of John 17:3 Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this series of posts I will provide a thorough exegesis of John 17:3 in light of the immediate and overall contexts of the God-breathed Scriptures to show that, far from refuting Christ’s Deity, this text actually presupposes it. Here is the verse in question along with some