theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
UNDRESSING ALLAH’S GARMENTS Paid Members Public
There are specific hadiths that are deemed to be sound (sahih) according to Sunni standards, which teach that Allah literally wears a robe/cloak and has a garment (izhar) covering his waist/loins. For instance, specific narrations claim that Allah’s cloak happens to be his pride and that his
JWS ADMIT: JESUS IS THE ETERNAL CREATOR! Paid Members Public
Paul, in Colossians 1:15-17, describes Jesus as the eternal Creator and Sustainer of all creation: “who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him were ALL THINGS created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones
CATHOLIC FAITH ON THE SON’S KNOWLEDGE Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing specific Catholic authorities regarding the Son’s ignorance of the day and hour (Cf. Mark 13:32; Matthew 24:36). All emphasis will be mine. POPE GREGORY ST. GREGORY I, THE GREAT 590-604 The Knowledge of Christ (against the Agnoetae) * 474 Dz 248
Q. 2:75-79 & THE CORRUPT QURAN Paid Members Public
I resume the discussion: Q. 2:75-79 AND BIBLE CORRUPTION. In this post I am going to take the same objection leveled against the Holy Scriptures and apply it to the Quran as to show that it is the Muslim scripture that has been corrupted and altered. Recall from the
Q. 2:75-79 AND BIBLE CORRUPTION Paid Members Public
One of the texts that is most often cited by Muhammadan polemicists to support their claim that the Quran testifies to the textual corruption of the Holy Bible is Q. 2:75-79. In this post I will show that these verses do not at all imply that the Biblical scriptures
SCHOLARS AND THE 2 POWERS IN HEAVEN Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing particular scholars that acknowledge the fact that both the Hebrew Bible and early Jewish tradition affirm the existence of at least two distinct divine Powers. The second Power is variously identified as the Angel/Messenger of YHWH, the Son of Man, the Word/
AN/THE ARCHANGEL’S VOICE? Paid Members Public
WHY JESUS CANNOT BE MICHAEL! There are specific groups such as the seventh day Adventists that believe the following passage describes the risen Christ as an archangel: “But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do
MICHAEL: ONE AMONG SEVERAL RULERS Paid Members Public
The New Testament explicitly identifies Michael as an archangel: “Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones. But Michael the archangel, when he, disputing with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce