theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
GOD, CHRIST & THE DIVINE NAME Paid Members Public
According to the God-breathed writings, Christ in his post-resurrected heavenly exaltation possesses the name above all names: “That is why God has now lifted him so high (hyperhypsosen), and has given him the name BEYOND ALL NAMES,” Philippians 2:9 J. B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) Jesus’ exaltation places him
LUTHER & MARY’S VIRGINITY REVISITED Paid Members Public
The following quotation is courtesy of William Albrecht. It is from a letter that Martin Luther wrote in the final years of his life, and provides further confirmation that this leading reformer held to the perpetual virginity of Mary. Luther even claims that this doctrine is based on inspired Scripture,
ARIANS AND MARY’S VIRGINITY Paid Members Public
The following quotation is courtesy of William Albrecht. It is a reference from a semi-Arian writer from the 4th century who refutes an Arian heretic named Eunomius for denying Mary’s perpetual virginity. This shows that the attack on the perpetual virginity essentially stemmed Arian heretics, individuals who denied the
SOLA FIDE IN CLEMENT? Paid Members Public
Certain Protestant theologians and/or apologists have been desperate to find some justification (pun intended!) for Luther’s doctrine of Sola Fide by quote-mining the early church writers. They do this in order to show that Luther’s teaching on justification wasn’t something novel, or completely unheard of, which
IGNATIUS, POLYCARP & SOLA FIDE Paid Members Public
Ignatius and Polycarp were two holy martyrs of Christ who were personally trained by the Apostles and therefore learned the faith directly from the very eyewitnesses of our risen Lord. These men were given the privileged and meeting with and learning directly from Apostles such as Peter, Paul and John.
TRUE GOD OF TRUE GOD Paid Members Public
In this post I will provide further evidence from the inspired Scriptures that Christ is the true God, even though he is not the Father or the Holy Spirit. The Hebrew Bible describes YHWH as the God of truth, i.e., the God who is the truth, to whom believers
MARTIN LUTHER, JAMES & NT CANON Paid Members Public
The following is taken from this post, “Luther’s Treatment of the Disputed Books of the New Testament”. I include it here in its entirety since it exposes Martin Luther’s disdain of James and a few other NT writings simply because he felt they did not agree (and could
THE FATHER GLORIFIES THE SON Paid Members Public
In this post I will show the places in the Hebrew Bible which the NT writings testify are instances of the Father speaking to the Son. These cases will demonstrate that Jesus is preexistent, that he had a prehuman existence, and/or that he is fully divine in the same