theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
THE TRINITY IN THE ARAMAIC TARGUMS Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing from the Aramaic paraphrases of the Hebrew Bible composed by Jews, called the Targums (Targumim). Targum is an Aramaic term meaning explanation/interpretation. These Jewish writings are vitally important since they give us an idea of how a certain segment of Judaism before,
THE SOVEREIGN LORD YHWH BECOMES FLESH Paid Members Public
This short post will be a brief summation of some of the overwhelming evidence identifying Jesus as YHWH God Almighty that became Man. YHWH GOD The Hebrew Bible is emphatic that YHWH is the sole Creator and Sustainer who alone sits enthroned in heaven as the sovereign Ruler over creation
THE TWO POWERS OF THE SAMARITAN RELIGION Paid Members Public
In this post I will be sharing some of the beliefs of the Samaritans to show this was another group that sprung forth from Israel which held/holds to a belief in two divine Powers. The specific Samaritan work I will be citing from shall be John MacDonald’s English
JESUS CHRIST: YHWH THE JUDGE HAS COME! Paid Members Public
In this post I am going to sum up the biblical proofs showing that Christ is depicted as the one true God YHWH Almighty who comes to judge the earth. To begin with, Jesus and the [N]ew [T]estament in general teach that the Father has assigned all judgment
MORE IMPLICIT PROOF THAT CHRIST IS GOD Paid Members Public
In this short post I will provide some implicit evidence for the Deity of Christ, verses which equate Jesus with the one true God (even though he is not the Father or the Spirit.) One example of an implicit testimony to Christ’s divinity comes from the warning of the
JESUS CHRIST: ISRAEL’S DIVINE SHEPHERD Paid Members Public
In this post I will sum up the information I provided in some of my lengthier articles/rebuttals showing how the [N]ew [T]estament portrayal of Jesus as the Shepherd points to his Deity. I will be sharing the links to this material at the end of this article.
SHEPHERD OF HERMAS: REFUTING THE HERETICS Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing from the “Shepherd of Hermas”, an early Christian writing that was highly esteemed and quite popular among Christians of the first few centuries. It was such an influential document that there were many Church writers/fathers that even considered it to be canonical.
EBIONITES TO THE RESCUE? Paid Members Public
Muhammadans are notorious in appealing to heretical Christian groups, which began to flourish from the second century AD onwards, for the purpose of confirming the Quran’s assertion that Jesus’ original followers were all Muslims. Conveniently, these polemicists fail to note that these groups actually prove that Muhammad is a