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Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.

JUSTIN MARTYR’S CHRISTOLOGY REVISITED Members Public

In this post I am to revisit what the second century apologist Justin Martyr wrote in respect to Christ’s Deity. I want to focus on Justin’s statements where he emphatically identifies the prehuman Jesus as that very YHWH God who appeared to the OT saints. This will help

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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WHO DID EVE THINK SHE CONCEIVED? Members Public

In Genesis, God had announced to the serpent (identified as Satan/the Devil elsewhere in Scripture [Cf. Wisdom 2:23-24; Hebrews 2:14-15; Revelation 12:9; 20:2]), that his head would be crushed/bruised by the Seed of the Woman: “And Yahweh God said to the serpent, ‘Because you

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE DIVINE KING OF KINGS Members Public

According to the Hebrew Bible and Jewish tradition, YHWH is the only Lord of lords and King of kings that dwells in heaven above: “For Yahweh your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome God who does not show

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MARK’S DIVINE SON OF MAN Members Public

A QUICK DEFENSE FOR CHRIST’S DEITY According to Jesus, the Holy Spirit inspired David to recognize and worship the Messiah as his very own Lord whom God exalts to sit enthroned at his right hand: “And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, ‘How is it

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MOSES IS GOD & GOD’S A MAN OF GOD? Members Public

In this post I will be highlighting some additional examples of rabbinic traditions which are quite baffling to say the least. The examples I present here will show how the rabbis either mishandled the Hebrew Bible or came up with some rather bizarre interpretations that are so far removed from

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JESUS AS GOD IN THE NT Members Public

In this post I will be excerpting sections from the late Dr. Robert A. Morey’s book, The Trinity: Evidence & Issues, published by Christian Scholar’s Press, Las Vegas, Nevada, Part IV: The New Testament Evidence, Chapter 17 God the Son, in relation to specific NT texts which address

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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UNITARIAN QUOTE-MINING EXPOSED Members Public

Unitarian heretic and pseudo-intellectual Dale Tuggy is fond of quoting sources either out of context or quite selectively in his war against the Trinity. For instance, Tuggy is guilty of citing the following commentary on John in order to give the misleading impression that not all commentators think that the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE NIRV AND CHRIST’S DEITY Members Public

In this post I will be citing the New International Reader’s Version (NIRV), citing some of the verses which affirm the Deity of Christ, testifying that he is the uncreated Son of God who became a human being.     ETERNAL CREATOR AND SUSTAINER OF ALL CREATION “In the beginning, the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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