theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
Gamaliel Cites Jesus? Paid Members Public
There is an interesting anecdote found in the Babylonian Talmud where the renowned rabbi Gamaliel, who was the son of another prominent rabbi named Hillel, quoted the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here’s the Talmudic extract: לְמָחָר הֲדַר עַיֵּיל לֵיהּ
1 Cor. 3:11-15: Believers as the Works of God Paid Members Public
In this post I will examine the blessed and holy Apostle Paul’s warning to the Corinthians regarding sectarianism and the judgement that believers must undergo before entering into final salvation/glorification. My focus will be to show that the works that Paul had in mind are actually individuals who
MORE QURANIC PROOF FOR THE TORAH’S PRESERVATION Paid Members Public
In this post I will be looking at two Quranic verses, which provide further corroboration that the Quran emphatically confirms the incorruptibility of the previous Scriptures, particularly the Torah. Q. 2:85 After this, it is you who kill one another and drive out a party of you from their
John 6 & the Holy Eucharist Paid Members Public
Protestantism’s War Against the Holy Bible Our Lord scandalized his Jewish audience by insisting that they had to eat his flesh and blood, otherwise they will never obtain everlasting life. His statements were so shocking that it even offended some of his own followers: “Then the Jews began to
The Non-Rule of Mr. Svendsen Paid Members Public
by David Palm The Burden of Proof I want to say a few more words about the burden proof in this discussion of the meaning of heõs hou in Matthew 1:25. As I fully expected, Eric Svendsen has tried repeatedly to shift the burden of proof to his opponents
Heõs Hou and the Protestant Polemic Paid Members Public
©2003 John Pacheco, The Catholic Legate. All Rights Reserved. by John Pacheco Foreword I am honoured that John Pacheco has asked me to contribute a foreword to his significant new study on the meaning of the Greek phrase heõs hou in Matt 1:25 as it relates to perpetual virginity
Philo’s Logos Theology Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from Michael F. Bird’s Jesus Among the Gods: Early Christology in the Greco-Roman World, published by Baylor University Press, Waco, TX in 2022], pp. 133-137. This is from section II. Jesus and Intermediary Figures, 4. Jesus and the “In-Betweeners”: Comparing Early Christologies and Intermediary
John’s Logos Christology Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from Michael F. Bird’s Jesus Among the Gods: Early Christology in the Greco-Roman World, published by Baylor University Press, Waco, TX in 2022], pp. 137-144. This is from section II. Jesus and Intermediary Figures, 4. Jesus and the “In-Betweeners”: Comparing Early Christologies and Intermediary