theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
Revelation 3:14: Jesus the Arche of Creation Paid Members Public
“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:” By James Stewart Delling in Kittel’s Theological Dictionary Of The New Testament on page 479 made an important statement that needs to be kept
JESUS: THE GOD OF ISRAEL HAS COME Paid Members Public
The Hebrew Bible testifies that Jehovah alone is the incomparable God in heaven and on earth: “You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other… Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in
PROVERBS 8:22-36: THE ETERNALLY BEGOTTEN SON Paid Members Public
The following is taken from The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecies: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, eds. Michael Rydelnik & Edwin Blum, published by Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 2019, pp. 739-746. All emphasis will be mine. Proverbs 8 The Messiah: Personification of Divine Wisdom SETH
20 Errors Common to Antitrinitarian Heresies Paid Members Public
Robert M. Bowman Jr. 1. They accuse the doctrine of the Trinity of teaching three Gods. 2. They assume that one being must be one and only person, even in God. 3. They understand the Trinity to mean that the three persons are three “parts” of God. 4. They object
Explaining the Trinity to the Jehovah’s Witnesses Paid Members Public
Jay Hess1 The Jehovah’s Witnesses2 (hereafter abbreviated as J-Ws) hold to an Arian-like theology insisting that the Father alone is the One True God with the Son being Michael the archangel who is above all other angels. Angels, including Michael, are said to be gods, inferior to the One
THE GOD WHO INHERITS? ANTI-TRINITARIANS REFUTED Paid Members Public
The God-breathed Scriptures testify that Jesus is the Heir whom the Father has appointed to create sustain and possess all creation: “Now the landowner had one son whom he loved dearly. He sent him last, thinking, They will respect my son. But those tenant farmers said to each other, ‘This
MUHAMMAD PLAGIARIZES JESUS’ WORDS Paid Members Public
In this short post I will share three cases where Muhammad took and twisted the words of the Lord Jesus to make it fit with his theology. FIRST EXAMPLE “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On
THE TRINITY IN TARGUM NEOFITI Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting the interpretation of Genesis found in the Targum Neofiti, which is a Jewish paraphrase of the Hebrew Bible into Aramaic. This ancient version furnishes evidence that there were specific non-Christian Jews that clearly saw from their reading of Genesis a plurality of divine