theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
JESUS IS NOT A CREATED ANGEL Paid Members Public
There are specific cults that believe that Christ is an angelic creature who became man. These religious movements claim that Jesus, in his prehuman existence and in his post-resurrection exaltation, is actually Michael the archangel!(1) In this post I will show the readers an effective manner of how to
JESUS AS THEOS IN HEBREWS Paid Members Public
One of the places in which Jesus is called God is in the inspired epistles to Hebrews: “but of the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God (ho theos), is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.
JESUS: THE TRUE ISRAEL OF GOD Paid Members Public
The Scriptures distinguish the true God from the other so-called gods by identifying him as the God of the Patriarchs, i.e., the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The sacred writings further do so by referring to him as the God of Israel: “Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and
ST. BERNARD ON THE BEAUTY OF CHRIST Paid Members Public
St. Bernard of Clairvaux wrote the following in respect to the risen Christ: “How beautiful you appear to the angels, Lord Jesus, in the form of God, eternal, begotten before the daystar amid the splendors of heaven, ‘the radiant light of God’s glory and the perfect copy of his
JESUS: THE ETERNAL ALPHA AND OMEGA Paid Members Public
In John’s Apocalypse, we find both God and the risen Christ declaring themselves to be the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End: “Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, every one who pierced him; and
WATCHTOWER, EARLY CHURCH & THE TRINITY Paid Members Public
The following is a post I share from an article that is no longer available online. It refutes the lies, distortions and misinformation of the Jehovah’s Witness booklet/magazine Should You Believe in the Trinity?. Should You Believe in the Trinity? A few years ago the Watchtower Society published
MORE ON JUSTIN MARTYR’S CHRISTOLOGY Paid Members Public
In this post I quote noted Evangelical scholar and professor Michael F. Bird’s comments on the 2nd century Christian apologist Justin Martyr’s Christological views. All bold and capital emphasis will be mine: There is an intensification of Logos Christology among the early apologists, including Justin martyr, Theophilus of
PSALM 110 IN EARLY CHRISTIAN SOURCES Paid Members Public
In this post I will cite some of the early post-biblical Christian writings’ application and interpretation of Psalm 110. But before I do so I will first cite the 110th Psalm and bring out its theological and Christological implications. MESSIAH’S HEAVENLY ENTHRONEMENT Here’s the Psalm in question: “A