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

For Whom Did the OT High Priest Make Atonement? Pt. 1 Members Public

Proponents of definite atonement will often appeal to Jesus’ high priestly role to support their position that Christ died only for the Church. They claim that in the OT the high priest would only make atonement and intercede for the people of God, namely, Israel. In a similar fashion, the

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Is Jesus only a Man who mediates before the One God? Pt. 1 Members Public

The following text is often quoted by Anti-Trinitarians, especially those of a Muslim persuasion, to prove that Jesus Christ is not God, but a man who is separate and distinct from God: “For there is one God (heis gar theos), and there is one mediator (heis kai mesites) between God

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Sam Shamoun
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ERRATA: Iglesia Ni Cristo and the New Living Translation Members Public

In a previous post /2017/04/26/jesus-christ-the-god-who-is-the-all-in-all-a-response-to-iglesia-ni-cristo/, I responded to Iglesia Ni Cristo apologist Joe Ventilacion’s use of the New Living Translation’s (NLT) rendering of 1 Corinthians 15:28 in his debate with Dr. James R. White to disprove Jesus’ essential coequality with the Father. After having

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Jesus Christ: The God Who is the All in All – A Response to Iglesia ni Cristo Members Public

On April 21, 2017, Dr. James White debated cult group Iglesia ni Cristo’s (InC) leading apologist named “Brother” Joe Ventilacion on the topic, “Who Is God? – Trinity Debate” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnElgAnN414. Dr. White was masterful in his defense of the biblical basis for the doctrine

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Sam Shamoun
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Jesus – The God Who Knows All Things: Refuting Another Iglesia Ni Cristo Objection Members Public

In the opening statements of his debate with Dr. James R. White, Iglesia Ni Cristo apologist Joe Ventilacion pitted 1 John 3:20, where John says that God knows all things against Matthew 24:36, a passage where Jesus says that he as the Son doesn’t know the day

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Sam Shamoun
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Two Yale Scholars Prove that Islam is a False Religion Members Public

It never ceases to amaze me how Muslim polemicists will constantly cite liberal biblical scholarship to refute the Christian faith, while rejecting that the implications that same scholarship has on the truth claims of their own religion. Take, for instance, Paul Bilal Williams’ post titled “Yale: ‘The Synoptic Gospels do

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Yes! Christianity Does Necessitate Christ’s Vicarious Death as the Ransom for Salvation! Members Public

This is going to be a reply to the following post by Muhammadan greenhorn question mark https://bloggingtheology.net/2017/04/15/does-christianity-really-necessitate-ransom-for-salvation/. I have already thoroughly addressed and rebutted the great bulk of this neophyte’s assertions in the following articles and rebuttals: Jesus and the Law http://answeringislam.

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Turning the Tables: Can Any Muhammadan Explain How Can Allah Die and the Quran be Destroyed? Members Public

Since Muslims always bring up the issue of God dying as a way of showing Christians the absurdity of their believing that Christ is God who died https://bloggingtheology.net/2017/04/12/can-evangelical-apologists-answer-the-question-how-can-god-die/, I have decided to turn the tables on them in order to give them a taste

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