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Defenses of the identity, deity, teachings, and works of Jesus using Scripture and historical evidence.
Abraham’s Seed that Blesses the World: Jesus Christ! Paid Members Public
Unless noted otherwise I will be citing the Authorized King James Version (AV) of the Holy Bible. The AV has the advantage of notifying the readers when the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages, which the inspired Scriptures were written in, employ second person singular verbs, participles, adjectives and/or pronouns
Jehovah’s Witnesses & Jesus’ Sonship Paid Members Public
According to the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society’s literature, Jesus only became God’s spiritual Son at his baptism. It was at that moment that Jesus became aware of his heavenly preexistence as a created spirit being, namely, the archangel Michael: Some six months after John the Baptist begins
Jesus’ Relatives, NT Canon, Clement, Bishops & Miracles Paid Members Public
In this post I will quote from St. Irenaeus and Eusebius as they discuss Apostolic succession, Jesus’ relatives and their Davidic lineage, the Bishop of Rome, one of whom was Clement, Clement’s letter, the canon of Scripture, and the miracles that were still be observed. Irenaeus mentions how even
Athanasius Confirms Ignatius’ Christology Paid Members Public
St. Athanasius, the great Trinitarian defender and saint of the Church, in refuting the Arian heretics mentions another great saint who became a holy martyr of Christ, St. Ignatius. Athanasius confirms that Ignatius did indeed write at least one letter, that of the Ephesians, where this eyewitness of the holy
Some Unusual Proofs for the Trinity Paid Members Public
In this post I will be sharing some uncommon prooftexts for the Trinity by focusing on verses, which have a threefold pattern or structure. The Triune God that Blesses The Levitical priests were commanded to bless God’s people by pronouncing a threefold benediction: “Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Wallace, Jesus & the True God Paid Members Public
The excerpt cited here is taken from Dr. Daniel B. Wallace’s Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament, published by Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI 1996], pp. 326-327. All emphasis will be mine. 1 John 5:20 houtos estin ho alethinos theos kai zoe
Water Baptism Now Saves You! Paid Members Public
On the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit had filled and empowered the disciples of Christ to proclaim the Gospel, Peter preached to the crowds of Jews that they had to turn to Christ and undergo water baptism in order to be saved: “Now when they heard this, they
Belief: The Work that God Requires! Paid Members Public
Contrary to the teaching of Protestantism, the God-breathed Scriptures teach that belief in Christ is a work, in fact the one necessary work required by God for salvation. Note carefully the words of our Lord: “‘But earthly food spoils and ruins. So don’t work (ergazesthe) to get that