theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
Revealing Allah’s Partner in Praise and Honor Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun The Islamic position on Praise and Worship The Quran states that all praise is due to Allah, who is depicted as seated on a throne surrounded by angels that proclaim his praises: And He is Allah; La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but
Revealing Allah’s Partner in Receiving Pleasure Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Continuing from where we left off, the Quran even links Muhammad’s pleasure with the pleasure of Allah: They swear to you by Allah in order to please you, while Allah AND his Apostle are most entitled that they should seek HIS pleasure (yurduhu). S. 9:62 The
Revealing Allah’s Partner in Dispensing Forgiveness and Salvation Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun In the article, Revealing Allah’s Partner in Dispensing Divine Grace, we saw how the Quran turns Muhammad into Allah’s partner by attributing to him the ability to bestow divine grace. Here we shall show how the Quran again elevates Muhammad to divine status by ascribing to
Islam’s Divine Savior Revealed Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue from the previous part. Who will Allah intercede with? The following text, among a host of others, Say, ‘To God belong all intercessions.’ To Him belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, then to Him you will be returned. S. 39:44 QRT indicates
Revealing Allah’s Partner in Dispensing Divine Grace Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Muslims are constantly boasting of just how rigorously monotheistic the Islamic faith happens to be. They are the first to tell others that they only worship the creator, never the creature, and that Muhammad is nothing more than a human being (albeit the greatest one in their estimation)
The Messiah on Yahweh’s Throne – Paid Members Public
Addendum Sam Shamoun In this section of our series we are going to be responding to some of the common objections which anti-Trinitarians raise against the Trinitarian exegesis of the passages that we cited in respect to the Lord Jesus’ exaltation into heaven to share in his Father’s sovereign
The Messiah on Yahweh’s Throne – Paid Members Public
The NT Witness to Jesus’ Divine Sovereignty over all Creation Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun In this section of our series I am going to present the evidence from the NT writings showing that the Lord Jesus is the Messiah whom the OT prophets prophesied would sit alongside God on God’
The Glorious Splendor and Majesty of King Messiah Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We now come to the final part of our discussion. As far as the inspired Christian Greek Scriptures are concerned, the Lord Jesus is the only One that perfectly fulfills all of what passages such as Psalm 21 say concerning the Messiah. For example, the NT affirms that