theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
Jesus Christ – He who is over all, God blessed forever! [Part 1] Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun In one of the earliest NT writings the blessed Apostle Paul refers to Jesus Christ as the eternally blessed God who reigns over all: “They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To
Is Jesus Really Like Adam After All? Paid Members Public
Revisiting the problem of the Quran’s likening Jesus to Adam Sam Shamoun The Quran seeks to deny the Deity of Christ by arguing that Jesus is like Adam in God’s sight: To God, Jesus is like Adam, whom He created from dust, then He told him, "Be!
Examining the Deity of the Lord Jesus in light of the theology of Psalms Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun The Psalms have a lot to say concerning the character and works of Yahweh. For example, we are told that believers should praise Yahweh since he is a great God and a great King above the gods who has created and sovereignly rules over the cosmos. The Psalms
The Lord Jesus Christ – The Divine Recipient of Worship Paid Members Public
Examining the Synoptic Gospels’ use of proskyneo in relation to Christ Sam Shamoun According to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, worship or proskyneo should be given to God: “And the devil took him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and
Revisiting the Issue of Jesus Praying to and Worshiping God Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Despite the fact that in the following articles and rebuttals, * If Jesus is God … was he praying to himself? * Since Jesus has a God, how can he be God himself? * Jesus Christ – Our risen Lord and our great God! * Jesus Christ – Our Lord And Our God! I have
Jesus Christ – An Essential Pillar of Islamic Monotheism Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun According to specific Islamic sources Allah exalted Muhammad’s fame by conjoining the latter’s name to his own person thereby making him one of the pillars of Tawhid, or Islamic monotheism: Qatada said, “Allah exalted his fame in this world and the Next. There is no speaker,
The Hebrew Bible Testifies: The Messiah Is As Old As God is! Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun In this article we are going to revisit one of the OT passages which we briefly addressed in this earlier paper in order to show from the Hebrew Bible that the true prophets of God testified that the Messiah is actually an eternal Person, e.g. God, who
Jesus Christ – The Archangel Michael or Michael’s Creator? Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun There are certain pseudo-Christian cults such as the Jehovah Witnesses which believe that Jesus Christ is actually the archangel Michael. They further take this to mean that Jesus is not the eternal God but a highly exalted spirit creature, in fact the greatest of all created spirit