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Biblical and theological defenses of the Triune nature of God with rigorous exegesis.

The Uncaused Origin of Creation Members Public

Non-Trinitarians that reject the Deity of Christ will often quote the following Johannine passage to prove their case against the Trinity: “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3 They assert that since the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Craig & the Deity of Christ Pt. 2 Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from Dr. William Lane Craig’s essay, “Tri-Personal Monotheism”, in One God, Three Persons, Four Views: A Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Dialogue on the Doctrine of the Trinity, edited by Chad A. McIntosh, and published by Cascade Books, Eugene, OR 2024, pp. 32-37. All emphasis

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THE FATHER’S GOD? A UNITARIAN DILEMMA Members Public

The book of Revelation presents God, specifically the Father, as the One seated on the throne: “John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his

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Qanah: Create or Acquire? Members Public

One of the OT texts, which was widely appealed to in the early Christian centuries as the very words of Christ in his prehuman existence, is Proverbs 8:22-36. There, God’s Wisdom describes herself as already being there with YHWH from before the creation of the world. The reason

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Sam Shamoun
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An EO’s New Testament Translation Members Public

In this post I will be quoting select references from Eastern Orthodox scholar David Bentley Hart’s The New Testament: A Translation, published by Yale University Press in 2017. As the readers will see, Hart rendering of specific Christological texts is far from Orthodox, and even smacks of outright Arianism.

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Sam Shamoun
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CHRIST: THE FATHER’S CO-CREATOR Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from the monumental work titled The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense, authored by Robert M. Bowman Jr. & J. Ed Komoszewski, published by Kregel Academic, Grand Rapids, MI, 2024, Part 4: Doing What Only God Does: Jesus’ Divine Deeds, Chapter 32: The

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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1 Cor. 8:6: The Christian Shema Members Public

In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians written around 55 AD, he states the following: “to us there is only one God, the Father (heis Theos ho pater), from whom everything comes, and for who we live. And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ (heis Kyrios ‘Iesous Christos), by

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Sam Shamoun
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Hilary: God is the Trinity Members Public

Here I cite from St. Hilary of Poitier’s work On the Trinity, Book VII, where this holy saint affirms that the term God refers the divine Persons who share the same name and nature. All emphasis will be mine. 31. We see how the living Son of the living

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