theology

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

NICAEA ON THE SPIRIT’S DEITY Members Public

In this post I will cite some of the historical details and a letter from the synod of Nicaea to show that the Holy Spirit was worshiped as God in union the Father and the Son. This will help refute the claim that the Spirit’s Deity wasn’t recognized

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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N.T. WRIGHT’S NT TRANSLATION Members Public

N.T. Wright is viewed as a renowned [N]ew [T]estament scholar and authority on the resurrection of Jesus. He has produced a translation of the NT, now in its third edition, titled The New Testament for Everyone, Third Edition, Hardcover: A Fresh Translation, published by Zondervan, Grand Rapids,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ISLAMIC FEMALE CIRCUMCISION Members Public

AND OTHER PERVERTED ISLAMIC TEACHINGS The references cited in this post are all taken from the following booklets: Honouring women in Islam إكرام المرأة في الاسلام. Islamic modesty and sexual etiquette لحياء الاسلامي وآداب الجماع FEMALE CIRCUMCISION Shadad ibn Aws said: The Messenger of Allah said: Circumcision is sunnah for

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JESUS: THE ONE AND ONLY ADONAY YHWH Members Public

According to the inspired Scriptures, the risen heavenly Jesus is the believers’ only Master and Lord: “For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into sensuality and who deny our ONLY Master

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JWS, SHARP’S RULE & CHRIST’S DEITY Members Public

In these posts I will be explaining and defending a particular rule of Greek grammar that relates to the Deity of Christ, commonly referred to as Granville Sharp’s first rule. THEOS USED FOR CHRIST There are several places in the inspired Christian writings where Jesus is called God in

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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BINITARIAN CHART Members Public

In this article I will show how the inspired Scriptures identify the Father and the Son as YHWH by ascribing to both of them the very unique titles and characteristics, which the Hebrew Bible attributes to YHWH alone. In the following chart, the readers will see that YHWH’s qualities

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CARMEN CHRISTI Members Public

In this post I will cite another reputable authority on Philippians 2:5-11, commonly known as the Carmen Christi (“hymn to Christ,” or “Christ hymn”), who explains why this is a hymn/poem celebrating the divine prehuman existence, incarnation, and post-resurrection exaltation of Christ. The first half of

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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EARLY CHURCH ON THE REAL PRESENCE Members Public

The following is taken from Catholic Answers website: What the Early Church Believed: The Real Presence. The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearances of bread and wine. Many Protestants attack

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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