theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
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
JUSTIN MARTYR’S CHRISTOLOGY REVISITED Paid 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
WHO DID EVE THINK SHE CONCEIVED? Paid 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
THE DIVINE KING OF KINGS Paid 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
MARK’S DIVINE SON OF MAN Paid 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
MOSES IS GOD & GOD’S A MAN OF GOD? Paid 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
JESUS AS GOD IN THE NT Paid 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
UNITARIAN QUOTE-MINING EXPOSED Paid 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