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Clarification and defense of the gospel message—Christ’s life, death, resurrection, and saving work.
Synod of Laodicea on the Sabbath Day Paid 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]
AMPHILIOCHIUS’ HOMILY ON JOHN 14:28 Paid 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
Christ: Israel’s Divine Lord Incarnate Paid 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
The Favored One Whom the Lord Indwelt Paid 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
Raymond Brown on Mary as the New Eve Paid 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
“King’s to You, Fernand" Paid 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.
John’s Gospel & the Worship of Jesus Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
In this post (https://answeringislam.blog/johns-gospel-the-worship-of-jesus-pt-1/) I will demonstrate that John’s Gospel affirms that Jesus is to be worshiped as God in the flesh. I will prove that John depicts Jesus as the human incarnation of the uniquely begotten Son of
John’s Gospel & the Worship of Jesus Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
The Gospel of John reports an incident where a blind man whom Jesus healed worshiped Christ when asked whether he believed in him: “Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ The man