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Studies defending the deity, personhood, and work of the Holy Spirit using Scripture and exegesis.

James White’s Definition of the Trinity Members Public

The excerpt in this post is taken from Dr. James R. White’s, The Forgotten Trinity: Recovering the Heart of Christian Belief, published by Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, MN 1998, pp. 26-30. A BASIC DEFINITION It is time to lay down a basic, fundamental definition of the Trinity. At the

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William Craig on the Holy Spirit Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from Dr. William Lane Craig’s essay, “Tri-Personal Monotheism”, in One God, Three Persons, Four Views: A Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Dialogue on the Doctrine of the Trinity, edited by Chad A. McIntosh, and published by Cascade Books, Eugene, OR 2024, pp. 47-51. All emphasis

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Craig’s Model of the Trinity Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from Dr. William Lane Craig’s essay, “Tri-Personal Monotheism”, in One God, Three Persons, Four Views: A Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Dialogue on the Doctrine of the Trinity, edited by Chad A. McIntosh, and published by Cascade Books, Eugene, OR 2024, pp. 51-54. All emphasis

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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St. Augustine, the Trinity & the Filioque Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from St. Augustine’s Tractates on the Gospel of John wherein he discusses the procession of the Holy Spirit from both the Father and the Son. All emphasis will be mine. Tractate 99 John 16:13 1. What is this that the Lord said of

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Sam Shamoun
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TRINITY IN HEBREWS Members Public

In this post I will be quoting the places in Hebrews where OT texts about YHWH are applied to both the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. This will affirm that to the inspired writer YHWH God isn’t singular Person, but is in reality a Tri-Personal Being who

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Sam Shamoun
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TATIAN ON THE HOLY TRINITY Members Public

In this post I will be quoting from the works of Tatian who was a second century AD Assyrian Christian apologist and a disciple of St. Justin Martyr. Tatian taught that God is an immaterial Spirit, and that Christ is the Logos (Word) who always subsisted within God and then

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Sam Shamoun
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William Craig & the Deity of Christ Members Public

The following excerpts are taken from Dr. William Lane Craig’s essay, “Tri-Personal Monotheism”, in One God, Three Persons, Four Views: A Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Dialogue on the Doctrine of the Trinity, edited by Chad A. McIntosh, and published by Cascade Books, Eugene, OR 2024. All emphasis is mine.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Craig & the Deity of Christ Pt. 2 Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from Dr. William Lane Craig’s essay, “Tri-Personal Monotheism”, in One God, Three Persons, Four Views: A Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Dialogue on the Doctrine of the Trinity, edited by Chad A. McIntosh, and published by Cascade Books, Eugene, OR 2024, pp. 32-37. All emphasis

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Sam Shamoun
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