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Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.

Letters to Rabbi Cohen Concerning Messiah Members Public

The following is taken from Letters from Steve Schwartz, a Jew, to Rabbi Cohen. I post here in order to ensure that it doesn’t disappear from the web. I did not change any of the words. Letters from Steve Schwartz, a Jew, to Rabbi Cohen Introduction “Come now, and

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JESUS CHRIST: THE ONE LORD OF THE SHEMA Members Public

At the heart of the Hebrew Bible is the affirmation that only Jehovah is Israel’s God and that he alone is the Creator and Sustainer of all creation. What makes this interesting is that the Greek version of the OT Scriptures (commonly referred to as the Septuagint [LXX]) render

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Sam Shamoun
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THE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND JESUS CHRIST Members Public

A Biblical and Theological Appraisal By Bruce M. Metzger Theology Today 10/1 (April 1953), pp. 65-85. I. Who Are the Jehovah’s Witnesses? The sect known today as the Jehovah’s Witnesses originated about 1872 when Charles Taze Russell (born February 16, 1852) of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and a group

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Sam Shamoun
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The Quran Confirms: Jesus Is God’s Divine Partner Members Public

The hadith record an invocation which the Arabs of Muhammad’s time would pray, confessing that Allah has a partner who was subject to Allah: “… As-Suddi and Malik said, narrating from Zayd bin Aslam and Ibn Zayd… (only that they may bring us near to Allah.) means, ‘So that they

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Sam Shamoun
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BIBLE VERSIONS AND THE DEITY OF CHRIST Members Public

In this post I will be citing some of the most common verses used to affirm the eternal nature and essential Deity of Christ from several version which I feel best capture and/or explain these texts. JOHN 1 CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH TRANSLATION (CEV) “In the beginning was the one who

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Sam Shamoun
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New World Translation On Jehovah Becoming Flesh Members Public

In this post I will employ the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (2013 Revision) to prove that Jesus Christ is identified as Jehovah God Almighty in the flesh. A. Jesus is the Jehovah who comes to repay every person according to what s/he has

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Sam Shamoun
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CHALLENGES FOR ONE MESSAGE FOUNDATION PT. 5 Members Public

I continue from where I previously left off: CHALLENGES FOR ONE MESSAGE FOUNDATION PT. 4. ALLAH MURDERS WOMEN, CHILDREN AND ANIMALS Contrary to the assertions of the Muhammadan polemicists, the Quran NOWHERE forbids the killing of women or children. The opposite is true since it speaks of Allah destroying whole

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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CHALLENGES FOR ONE MESSAGE FOUNDATION PT. 4 Members Public

We have arrived at the final part of my rebuttal: CHALLENGES FOR ONE MESSAGE FOUNDATION PT. 3. CHALLENGE REGARDING THE TORAH The Muhammadans at One Message Foundation believe that the Quran only confirms the original Torah given to Moses, and not the Pentateuch followed by Jews and Christians today. Therefore,

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