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

Ante-Nicene Witness to Jesus’ Deity Members Public

The following citations are taken from A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, Hendrickson Publishers, Massachusetts, 1998, edited by David W. Bercot, unless noted otherwise. All bold and capital emphasis is mine, unless noted otherwise. JUSTIN MARTYR Before proceeding, we want to make mention of the fact that in our first

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The Son Who is Exactly Like the Father Members Public

The Hebrew Bible emphatically testifies that there is no heavenly being, no other god, that is comparable to Yahweh, and none among them that can do what the only true God does in the way that he does it: “Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Quran’s Multiple Creators: More Proof of Islam’s Triadic Deity Members Public

The Muslim scripture describes Allah as the Creators of all things: Is it ye who create it, or are We the Creators (nahnu al-khaliqoona)? S. 56:59 Y. Ali I am going to show that this isn’t merely a case of plural of intensification or majestic plural. Rather, the

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The Trinity in Seventh-day Adventist History Members Public

The following is taken from Ministry Magazine: https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/2009/02/the-trinity.html. The last decade has seen increased antitrinitarian activity within the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Four reasons for this activity should be mentioned. (1) The availability of information through the Internet. (2) Several other Adventist groups

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The Doctrine of the Trinity Among Adventists: A Review Members Public

I am reposting this from “The Compass Magazine” (https://thecompassmagazine.com/adventism/the-trinity-and-adventists-review). Most Christians believe that God is a Trinity, as do most Seventh-day Adventists. Beyond the fact that it is a mystery how God can be Three in One (as are many other things concerning God), the doctrine

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Amazing Facts: The Trinity Members Public

The following is taken from Amazing Facts: https://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/77/t/the-trinity. Capital emphasis will be mine. An Amazing Fact Science tells us that light is constituted of three primary rays, or groups of wavelengths. Clearly distinct from each other, none of them without the

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Christ’s Deity and the ISV Bible Members Public

In this short post I will be quoting some of the many biblical verses from the International Standard Version (ISV), which affirm that Jesus is the eternal Son of God who became flesh, being the unchangeable Creator and Sustainer of all creation, whom the whole entire creation must worship in

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Sam Shamoun
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Islam: The Religion of Perfect Submission to Muhammad Members Public

In a previous post, Sunni Islam’s Shahadah: The Confession of Lying Hypocrites, I showed that the Islamic scripture proclaims that a Muslim is one that bears witness to Allah being the only god and makes an effort to completely submit to his will. As the following verse puts it:

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