theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
Did Muhammad Know Yahweh? Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We resume with our rebuttal. The writer proceeds to make a further erroneous claim by asserting that the only place in Scripture that “Christendom” points to in order to prove that Jesus used the name YHWH is John 8:58. The reason we say that this is erroneous
Did Muhammad Know Yahweh? Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun In this series of replies, we are going to address the following article which has to do with Muhammad being ignorant of God’s covenant name Yahweh revealed in the Holy Bible. The writer seeks to explain why Muhammad never used the sacred name of God, which is
How Allah killed his prophet Paid Members Public
From Inspiration to Expiration Sam Shamoun Abstract Muhammad fails the prophetic criteria of the Holy Bible (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) showing that, from a biblical perspective, the Allah of the Quran is not God, the Quran is not God’s Word, and Muhammad is not God’s prophet. Moreover,
The Kabah - The Great Idol of Islam Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun In an attempt to defend the Islamic practice of bowing towards the direction of the Kabah, a pagan shrine, in the five daily prayers performed by Muslims some Islamic apologists appeal to the Holy Bible to show that even the Israelites had a prayer direction, namely Jerusalem. These
Worshiping Jesus as God: The Issue of David Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Continuing from where we left off we are going to provide further examples of Jesus being worshiped in the same way that the OT says Yahweh is to be worshiped. For instance, the first Christians prayed to the risen Christ and even entrusted their spirits to him at
Worshiping Jesus as God: The Issue of David Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Some anti-Trinitarian groups like the Jehovah’s Witnesses love to appeal to the following OT text to counter the claim that the Lord Jesus was worshiped as God: “And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord
Christ’s Role as Judge in Light of Islamic Theology Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun According to Muslim teaching, some of Allah’s names include titles such as “the Just,” “the Judge,” “the Just Decider,” and “The Requitter/Recompenser.” Al'Adl, Al-'dil: The Just The Just and Equitable. He whom desire does not cause to incline or decline so that
Jesus Christ – The Eternal Word Become Flesh Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun John’s Gospel contains a prologue (1:1-18) which portrays Jesus as the eternal Word (Gr. Logos) who became a flesh and blood human being. Since there are many anti-Trinitarian groups who seek to deny that John intended to reveal Christ as the preexistent Logos, arguing that the