theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
Jewish Christology Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We have come to the final section of our examination. Jesus as the Sovereign Lord of the Shema The following text is a further indication that these authors believed that Jesus is God Incarnate: “For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this
Jewish Christology Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue with our examination of the Epistles of James and Jude in order to provide additional evidence that these two writings emphatically testify to the essential Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus – The Coming of Yahweh God Incarnate Both James and Jude speak of the coming
Jewish Christology Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
An examination of early Jewish Christian beliefs in the Deity of Christ Sam Shamoun Introduction Muslims have started to appeal to liberal, critical scholarship to try to pit the apostle Paul against Jesus’ original Jewish followers. Their purpose is to convince others that the Christology that was believed and affirmed
Islamic theology confirms Paid Members Public
That both Jesus and his followers claimed that he is God! Sam Shamoun In this article I have decided to once again compile a list of some of the names and characteristics which Islam claims belong only to Allah in order to demonstrate that the New Testament affirms the absolute
Revisiting the Deity of Christ and Islam Paid Members Public
A further examination of NT Christology in relation to Islamic monotheism Sam Shamoun Muslims believe that the very essence and foundation of Islam is the doctrine of Tauhid, or the absolute unity of Allah. Over the centuries Islamic theologians have affirmed that Allah is not only absolutely one in being
Appendix A Paid Members Public
The Lord Jesus Christ – The God whose glory the OT saints beheld Sam Shamoun This is an appendix to my two-part discussion on Jesus being greater and better than all the members of God’s heavenly host (1; 2). That neither the Lord Jesus nor John viewed Christ as one
The Lord Jesus Christ – The God of the heavenly assembly! Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue with our discussion of the Biblical witness to Christ being vastly superior to all of the heavenly host (and to creation itself). The Lord Jesus expressly demanded that all must worship him in the same exact way that they worship the Father! “Moreover, the Father judges
The Lord Jesus Christ – The God of the heavenly assembly! Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Introduction Anti-Trinitarians often appeal to the following passage to disprove the Deity of the Lord Jesus: “‘I and the Father are one.’ Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, ‘I have shown you many good works from the Father. For