theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
LUTHER ON MARY BIRTHING JESUS Paid Members Public
The following is excerpted from this post: Luther on Luke 2 – Saint John’s Lutheran Church. Then there are some who express opinions concerning how this birth took place, claiming Mary was delivered of her child while she was praying, in great joy, before she became aware of it, without
CHRIST: THE GOD OF THE EXODUS Paid Members Public
The following is taken from the monumental work titled The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense, authored by Robert M. Bowman Jr. & J. Ed Komoszewski, published by Kregel Academic, Grand Rapids, MI, 2024, Part 2: Like Father, Like Son: Jesus’ Divine Attributes, Chapter 10: The Preexistence of
LUTHER ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Paid Members Public
It may surprise Christians to discover that Martin Luther candidly admitted that the Catholic Church traces itself back to the Apostles, that it genuinely has Apostolic Succession, despite having (in Luther’s erroneous view) corrupted itself throughout time. Here is Luther in his own words. All emphasis is mine: Today
AUGUSTINE ON THE CHURCH’S AUTHORITY Paid Members Public
In the following extract Augustine shows how the Gospels’ reliability rests on the authority of the Catholic Church and to, therefore, attack the Church is to undermine the veracity of the Gospels themselves. Here is what he wrote in refuting of the claims of Manichaeus, the founder of Manicheism. All
A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 5 Paid Members Public
I come to the finale in this series: A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 4. CONTRADICTIONS GALORE As I stated previously, Ibn Raja’s knowledge and mastery of the Islamic sources are simply amazing. This will be further confirmed here by his awareness of all the irreconcilable contradictions within the
A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Bulus Ibn Raja (nicknamed al-Wadih [“the Clarifier”]) was a Muslim convert to Christianity and became a Coptic monk. Ibn Raja, who born 950s and died after 1009 AD, wrote a scathing book exposing Muhammad and refuting Islam, titled Kitāb al-wāḍiḥ bi-l-ḥaqq (Arabic: كتاب الواضح بالحق), known in Latin as the
CHRIST: THE GOD OF THE SEAS & WINDS Paid Members Public
The Synoptic Gospels ascribe to Jesus some of the unique functions and characteristics, which the Hebrew Bible attributes to YHWH alone. For instance, the Synoptics describe Christ as subduing/trampling on the winds and seas in language that is reminiscent of the way the Greek version of the OT writings
Daniel’s Son of Man: YHWH’s Angel? Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I previously left off: Daniel’s Son of Man: YHWH’s Angel? Pt. 2. Before I proceed into disclosing the identity of the particular Angel of God that is not a created being and who, at the same time, is personally distinguished from God, I want