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Defenses of the identity, deity, teachings, and works of Jesus using Scripture and historical evidence.
CHRIST: AN EXAMPLE OF SAVING FAITH Paid Members Public
Philippians 2:5-11 sets forth Jesus as an example for us to emulate: “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself
JESUS’ GOD PT. 3 Paid Members Public
REFUTING ANOTHER UNITARIAN CANARD I arrive at the final installment in the series: JESUS’ GOD PT. 2. PAUL In this part I will discuss Paul’s Christology in order to show that this holy servant of the risen Christ affirmed that Jesus is YHWH Incarnate, much like John did so.
JESUS’ GOD PT. 2 Paid Members Public
REFUTING ANOTHER UNITARIAN CANARD I continue from where I previously left off: JESUS’ GOD PT. 1. In this post I will show that the very inspired writings which these anti-Trinitarians appeal to emphatically affirm that Jesus is God in an absolute sense, being one with the Father and Spirit in
JESUS’ GOD PT. 1 Paid Members Public
REFUTING ANOTHER UNITARIAN CANARD Unitarians and other non-Trinitarians will often appeal to statements where Christ and his followers refer to the Father as Jesus’ God. Case in point: “Jesus said to her, ‘Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers
JESUS THE NAZARENE AND MATTHEW’S GENEALOGY Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing Dr. David H. Stern’s Jewish New Testament Commentary, published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. 1992, pp. 42-43, where Stern explains how Joseph made Jesus his legal heir by accepting him as his son, thereby conferring upon the Lord his legal descent
JESUS AS THEOS IN HEBREWS Paid Members Public
One of the places in which Jesus is called God is in the inspired epistles to Hebrews: “but of the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God (ho theos), is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.
A MESSIANIC SCHOLAR ON JESUS’ VIRGIN BIRTH Paid Members Public
The following excerpts are taken from Messianic Jewish scholar and translator Dr. David H. Stern’s Jewish New Testament Commentary, published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. 1992. All emphasis mine. 20 Adonai, literally, “my lords”; but grammarians consider it the “plural of majesty”; so a slightly less literal translation
HISTORICITY OF JESUS’ BURIAL Paid Members Public
The material here is taken from the following article: 9 Reasons Why Joseph of Arimathea Was a Real Historical Figure. Joseph of Arimathea plays a big role in defending Jesus’ resurrection. He stood near the center of Bart Ehrman’s reconsideration of the facts surrounding the resurrection. After all, if