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Biblical defense and explanation of salvation, grace, faith, and redemption.

Paul, Baptism & the Gospel Members Public

Many so-called Bible believing Christians oppose what has been the universal teaching of the Church from the time of the Apostles up until the Protestant Reformation, namely, water baptism is the means through which God sends forth the Holy Spirit to regenerate an individual and unite him/her to Christ

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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More Early Church Quotes On Baptism Members Public

I present additional quotes from some of the church’s greatest theologians and scholars on the necessity and centrality of water baptism for regeneration, salvation, and forgiveness of sins. All emphasis will be mine. St. Hilary of Poitiers 57. Keep, I pray You, this my pious faith undefiled, and even

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Early Church on Baptismal Regeneration Members Public

The list of quotes cited here is taken from David W. Bercot’s A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998, pp. 118-129. The author will mention the particular volume and page number of the ten-volume set of The Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. Alexander Roberts

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Son Becomes God’s Sin-Offering Members Public

In two passages, the Apostle Paul depicts Christ’s death in respect to the OT sacrificial system, employing a particular Greek term which the Greek rendering of the Hebrew Bible applies for the offerings made for sins. The texts in question are: “That which the Law, weakened by the flesh,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Bible on Justification Members Public

In this post I will be sharing some of the verses which describe the various ways believers are justified or made righteous. JUSTIFIED BY GOD “For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God! For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed

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Sam Shamoun
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Did Jesus Christ Literally Become Sin? Members Public

This is a post from Catholic Apologist Dave Armstrong, which I salvaged from archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20061028053056/socrates58.blogspot.com/2006/08/2-corinthians-521-was-jesus-christ.html. 2 Corinthians 5:21 : Was Jesus Christ Literally Made Sin on the Cross? Did He Suffer the Horrors of Damnation? Wednesday, August

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Chrysostom, Baptism & the Gospel Members Public

In this article I will be sharing St. John Chrysostom’s exposition on 1 Corinthians 1:13-17, a text which heretics abuse to disprove the necessity and centrality of water baptism for salvation. All emphasis will be mine. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Is Christ divided. What he says comes to

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Bible & the Age of Accountability Members Public

According to the inspired Scriptures, God has compassion on children who are too young to know the difference between right and wrong, since they are unable to realize that they have a moral obligation to obey his commandments: “Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the

Sam Shamoun
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