theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
EARLY CHURCH ON JESUS’ ATONING DEATH Paid Members Public
The following quotes on the extent of Jesus’ death are all from Catholic apologist William Albrecht. All emphasis will be mine. John Cassian: For if He willeth not that one of His little ones should perish, HOW CANE WE IMAGINE WITHOUT GRIEVOUS BLASPHEMY THAT HE DOES NOT GENERALLY WILL ALL
OMNISCIENCE OF YHWH’S ANGEL Paid Members Public
Arian polemicist and the founder of Christian Witnesses of Jah Greg Stafford cites the following passage where the Angel asks YHWH how long would he show no compassion to Judah in order to prove that the Angel isn’t omniscient: “So they answered the angel of Yahweh who was standing
JUDE’S EPISTLE VERSUS ARIANISM Paid Members Public
In this post I will be addressing the claims made by the anti-Trinitarian polemicist and arian apologist Greg Stafford in respect to the epistle of Jude. Stafford seeks to employ Jude’s statement about Michael to refute the Trinitarian position that the Angel of YHWH who appears all throughout the
JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA ON THE MEMRA Paid Members Public
This post is taken from the following article: MEMRA (= “Ma’amar” or “Dibbur,” “Logos”). All emphasis is mine. MEMRA (= “Ma’amar” or “Dibbur,” “Logos”): By: Kaufmann Kohler “The Word,” in the sense of the creative or directive word or speech of God manifesting His power in the world of matter
JUDE TESTIFIES: JESUS IS NOT MICHAEL! Paid Members Public
This post expands on the following article that I wrote on this subject: Michael’s Contention With Satan. As I showed in my previous post, what Jude says about Jesus and Michael clearly shows that they cannot be one and the same Being. Whereas Michael is depicted as a mighty
WHO IS THE ELOHIM OF MORMONISM? Paid Members Public
According to Mormon teaching, the Father is Elohim whereas Jesus in his prehuman existence was/is Jehovah: “God the Eternal Father, whom we designate by the exalted name-title ‘Elohim,’ is the literal Parent of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and of the spirits of the human race” (“The Father
WHO IS THE ELOHIM OF MORMONISM? PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I previously left off: WHO IS THE ELOHIM OF MORMONISM?. THE REFUTATION In this section I will be refuting the Mormon view that the Father is Elohim whereas Jesus is Jehovah by appealing to the only Scriptures that the true God has ever inspired, namely, the
CHRIST: THE OFFSPRING OF CREATION? Paid Members Public
In writing to the Church at Colossae, St. Paul includes what scholars believe to be an early hymn that emphasizes the work of Christ in creation and redemption: “Who rescued us from the authority of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom