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

NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THEOS PT. 3 Members Public

I come to the third part in my series: NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THEOS PT. 2. THE APOSTLES PAUL AND PETER The proceeding texts are also viewed by the consensus of NT exegetes, commentators, theologians etc., as identifying Jesus as God in an absolute sense: “of whom are the fathers

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THEOS PT. 2 Members Public

I proceed from where I left off: NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THEOS. CHRIST AS THEOS In this segment I will cite the texts, which the majority of NT scholars, theologians, exegetes and/or apologists affirm identify Christ as God in the fullest sense of the term, not in an attenuated,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THEOS Members Public

In this post I will rebut the oft-repeated claim of unitarians and various anti-Trinitarians that the term “G/god” was used in a more fluid sense, and not necessarily to the one supreme true God of all. Their main purpose in raising this objection is to undermine the essential Deity

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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New Testament Outline to the Deity of Christ Members Public

The following is taken from noted New Testament scholar Murray J. Harris’s Jesus as God –The New Testament Use of Theos in Reference to Jesus published by Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI, first paperback edition, 1992, Appendix II: The New Testament Testimony to the Deity of Christ, pp. 315-317:

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MEDIATING AND INTERCEDING BEFORE THE ONE MEDIATOR AND INTERCESSOR Members Public

The God-breathed Scriptures exhort believers to pray and intercede for the salvation of all mankind since they have one mediator who has offered himself as a ransom to procure the redemption of the entire human race: “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Is there a set age for marriage in Islam? Members Public

The following was recovered from the wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20210908003657/https://islamqa.info/en/answers/146882/is-there-a-set-age-for-marriage-in-islam. Source: Islam Q&A 146882 Question I would like to know whether there is a set age for marriage in Islam for men and women? I hope you

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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NT SCHOLARSHIP ON JOHN 1:1 AND TITUS 2:13 PT. 2 Members Public

I proceed from where I previously left off: NT SCHOLARSHIP ON JOHN 1:1 AND TITUS 2:13 PT. 1. In this segment I will focus on what NT authorities have written in respect to Titus 2:13. I will also quote 2 Peter 1:1 and 11 since these

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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NT SCHOLARSHIP ON JOHN 1:1 AND TITUS 2:13 PT. 1 Members Public

In this post I will be quoting the immediate contexts of John 1:1 and Titus 2:13 and then cite the exegesis of a few scholars of the [N]ew [T]estament, be they commentators, grammarians and/or theologians to see what they say concerning these texts as they

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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