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

THE SHIRK OF ADAM AND EVE REVISITED Members Public

This post is meant to supplement the following article I wrote: Adam and Eve: The First of the Polytheists and Associators?. The Quran insinuates that Adam and Eve committed shirk, which is the sin of ascribing partners with the Muslim deity: It is He Who has created you from a

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JAMES DUNN ON NT CHRISTOLOGY Members Public

In this post I will be citing from the late liberal, critical [N]ew [T]estament scholar James D. G. Dunn’s book Jesus According to the New Testament, published by William. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2019. The reason for citing this work is because Dunn did not hold to

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ALLAH CREATED BLACK PEOPLE FOR HELL! Members Public

The Quran speaks of Allah extracting seed from the children of Adam in order to make them testify that they would worship none besides him:   And (remember) when your Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their seed (or from Adam’s loin his offspring) and

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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AN ORTHODOX’S MISREADING OF JUSTIN Members Public

In this post I will be correcting the gross misreading and misinterpretation of Justin Martyr’s Christological views by an orthodox author. THE CLAIM I cite from author John Behr’s Formation of Christian Theology-Volume One: The Way to Nicaea, published by St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2004. All emphasis

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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CHRIST: THE UNCREATED CREATOR OF ALL CREATION Members Public

The inspired Scriptures proclaim that the Father employed the Son to create and preserve the whole entire creation: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the very beginning. Through him all things (panta di’ autou

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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CHRIST’S DEITY: A BIBLICAL OUTLINE Members Public

This is a short outline to be used in discussions and debates. The texts listed are meant to be expounded and exegeted during these discussions/debates. 1. JESUS IS YHWH GOD Matthew 1:21-23 (Cf. 28:20; Psalm 130:7-8); Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-6, 15-17; Acts 19:4;

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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CATHOLIC SOURCES ON REV. 12 & THE ASSUMPTION Members Public

In this post I will cite various Catholic authorities to illustrate the Catholic interpretation of Revelation, especially as it relates to the Assumption of the Blessed Mother. All emphasis will be mine. Verse 1 A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet. By this woman, interpreters

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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REFORMERS ON THE ASSUMPTION Members Public

Jan Huss on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary “… and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.” (Quoting Sirach 24) “Although the words of this epistle primarily relate to the uncreated Wisdom, they also secondarily relate to the glorious Virgin

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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