trinity
Biblical and theological defenses of the Triune nature of God with rigorous exegesis.
God has many sons who are not divine. Why then would Jesus be? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: God has sons by the tons. For example, the Bible says that angels are Gods sons (Genesis 6:2, 4), the nation of Israel is Gods son (Exodus 4:22; Jeremiah 31:9), the kings of Israel like David are
Is the Savior necessarily God? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Christians argue that Jesus is God since he is said to be the Savior whereas the OT says Yahweh is the only Savior (cf. Isaiah 43:11; Isaiah 45:21; Hosea 13:4). This argument overlooks the fact that although
An Objection to Jesus being God based on his claim to pre-existence Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Christians believe that John 8:58 proves that Jesus is God because he claimed to have existed before Abraham. However, the Bible says that both Solomon (Proverbs 8:22) and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:5) existed before their human births. Doesnt
If Jesus is God, was he praying to himself? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: If Jesus is God, then who was he praying to on the cross when he said, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me"? (cf. Mark 15:34; Matthew 27:46) Was he praying to himself? If
Is Jesus God because he did Miracles? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Some Christians believe that Jesus miracles prove that he is God. The problem with this claim is that almost every single miracle performed by Jesus finds a parallel within the OT. There are many OT prophets that performed the very
What does it mean that Jesus was made Lord? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Peter is recorded in Acts 2:36 as preaching that God "made" Jesus Lord at his ascension. Doesnt this disprove the Trinitarian view that Jesus has always been Lord? Answer: Here is what the text actually says in
Does being called "Kyrios" really imply Deity? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Christian apologists claim that the word Kurios ("Lord"), which appears all throughout the Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (known as the Septuagint [LXX]) and the NT, functions as the Greek synonym for Gods covenant name, Yahweh. The
Since Jesus has a God, how can he be God himself? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: According to Hebrews 1:8-9 Jesus as God has a God over him. Some Christians claim that Hebrews 1:8-9 is referring to Jesus humanity, that as a man he has a God over him. The only problem with this