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

Revisiting the Issue of Worshiping Christ Members Public

A Reply to a Jehovah’s Witness A Jehovah’s Witness (JW) by the name Bernard Maina sent the following comment to my article, “Worshiping the Lord Jesus Christ” https://answeringislam.blog/worshiping-the-lord-jesus-christ/. The word “proskuneo” has different levels of meaning. A professor of Bible languages at Union Theological Seminary

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Did Muhammad Permit Women to be Beaten and Mistreated? Members Public

As a result of Muhammad classifying females as basically stupid and inferior to the males https://answeringislam.blog/did-muhammad-teach-that-women-are-stupid-and-inferior-to-men/, and who were essentially the property and fields that men possessed, Muhammad even went as far as to allow for them to be beaten. Evidence from the Quran “… As for those

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Did Muhammad Teach that Women are Stupid and Inferior to Men? Members Public

A resounding YES! The Evidence from the Quran Q. 2:228 The women who are divorced shall wait concerning themselves until they have their courses thrice, and it shall not be lawful for them to conceal that which God hath created in their wombs, if they believe in God and

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Sam Shamoun
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Muhammad – Beneath the Glorious Feet of the Lord Jesus! Pt. 3 Members Public

We come https://answeringislam.blog/muhammad-underneath-the-glorious-feet-of-the-lord-jesus-pt-1/ to the final part of our rebuttal http://bloggingtheology.net/2016/09/16/paying-the-piper/ where we will now explain what Paul mean that the Son will subject himself to the Father once death, his last enemy, is destroyed. To properly understand the Apostle’s

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Allah- The Ever Forgetful and Deceitful One! Members Public

I had posted some replies to a Muhammadan named Ibn Issam in the comments section to a guest post on Paul Williams’ blog concerning the misuse of Numbers 23:19 by Muhammadan polemicists to undermine the Incarnation https://bloggingtheology.net/2016/09/22/god-is-not-a-human-being-or-a-mortal/, which Williams conveniently deleted. I have

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Sam Shamoun
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Muhammad – Underneath the Glorious Feet of the Lord Jesus! Pt. 2 Members Public

We continue with our rebuttal https://answeringislam.blog/muhammad-underneath-the-glorious-feet-of-the-lord-jesus-pt-1/ to Williams’ distortion http://bloggingtheology.net/2016/09/16/paying-the-piper/ of the statements of the risen Lord’s inspired emissary. Paul on Christ’s Everlasting Kingdom Not only did the blessed Apostle speak of God’s kingdom being the kingdom of

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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More on the Importance of Bible Translations Members Public

In this installment https://answeringislam.blog/worshiping-the-lord-jesus-christ/, we will provide further examples of some of the differences among the various English translations of the Holy Bible that may affect the beliefs and theology of those reading them. Our purpose here is not to endorse one particular version over against another,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Worshiping the Lord Jesus Christ Members Public

How Bible Translations Matter In this article we are going to see how various Bible versions translate the Greek word typically rendered as worship, namely proskyneo, in reference to the Lord Jesus. This will show why choosing the right Bible translation, and learning how to correctly interpret words in their

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