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

GOD’S SON IN TARGUM NEOFITI REVISITED Members Public

This is a follow up post to my article where I discuss the Trinity in Targum Neofiti (TN for short): THE TRINITY IN TARGUM NEOFITI. TN contains a remarkable paraphrase of Genesis 1:1, where it is explicitly stated that YHVH has a Son who made creation in wisdom: From

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Sam Shamoun
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GOD’S ETERNAL WORD AND UNCREATED WISDOM BECOME FLESH! Members Public

The book of Proverbs personifies God’s attribute of Wisdom as a woman(1) whom God begot before all creation: “Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand; beside the gates leading into

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Sam Shamoun
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A MUSLIM EXPLAINS WHY ALLAH REPENTS AND CHANGES HIS MIND Members Public

I am reposting this from David’s Wood’s blog: Sam Shamoun vs. 1MoreMuslim on Allah’s Repentance. Have you ever noticed that some Muslims are so desperate to attack Christianity, they don’t care if they contradict Islam in the process? Here is another response from Sam Shamoun to

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JUSTIN MARTYR ON THE NAMELESS GOD Members Public

The second century Church father and apologist Justin Martyr believed that the Father of the Lord Jesus had no name since he is beyond names. For Justin, to have a name meant that there would have to be someone greater or higher in authority that gave that specific individual his/

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JESUS CHRIST: SUPREME OVER ALL CREATION Members Public

In his letter to the Colossians, specifically in 1:15-20, the holy Apostle Paul cites what many believe to have been either a hymn or poem praising the risen Christ. The hymn/poem starts off by describing Jesus as God’s image and the One having supremacy over all creation:

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Sam Shamoun
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ALLAH’S PRE-CREATION CREATIONS? Members Public

MORE OF ISLAM’S INCOHERENCE EXPOSED The Quran states that Allah created the seven heavens and seven flat earths, and all the things which exist within them, in six days: Surely your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days — THEN sat Himself upon the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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WHO DID THE PROPHETS SEE? A JEHOVAH’S WITNESS DILEMMA Members Public

As in some of my previous posts: CHRIST: THE DIVINE MEDIATOR AND SAVIOR, I will employ the Bibles which Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs) have produced to show how their own translations can be used to prove the Deity of Christ and the blessed Trinity. I will mainly be citing from

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Sam Shamoun
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CHRIST: THE DIVINE MEDIATOR AND SAVIOR Members Public

MORE BIBLICAL PROOFS FOR THE DIVINITY OF JESUS In this post, I shall present some additional evidence in support of the Deity of Christ. I will be demonstrating how Jesus is said to do what the Hebrew Bible teaches no creature is capable of doing, and which God alone does.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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