trinity
Biblical and theological defenses of the Triune nature of God with rigorous exegesis.
Does the word Elohim in Genesis 1 point to God’s Triunity? Paid Members Public
This post is meant to go with my series titled Elohim and the Trinity https://answeringislam.net/authors/shamoun/elohim_trinity.html. The readers may already be aware of the fact that Elohim is a plural noun since the “im” at the end is a masculine plural suffix. This is
Turning the Tables Pt. 5 Paid Members Public
Here I continue https://badmanna.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/turning-the-tables-pt-4c-a-post-by-sam-shamoun/ with the series I started where I take the very objections raised by the enemies of the Gospel and turn them against them. In this particular article I will be revisiting the Muslim use of the risen Lord’s
The Eternal, Great and Mighty Jehovah Becomes Flesh Paid Members Public
In this post, I will attempt to show from both the Hebrew Bible and Christian Scriptures that the Messiah Jesus possesses the same titles and attributes that Jehovah alone possesses, and performs functions that Jehovah performs. I will further demonstrate that the Messiah even receives the very worship that only
Jesus Christ: The Lord God Who Saved and Punished Israel During the Exodus Paid Members Public
Variant Readings that Essentially Say the Same Thing In this post, I am going to focus on one of the most explicit witnesses to the essential Deity and eternal prehuman existence of Christ, namely, Jude 1:4-5. The reason why I chose this particular text is because of the variant
Meet Jehovah’s Equal Paid Members Public
The God-breathed Scriptures teach that there is absolutely no one, whether in heaven or on the earth, that is like Jehovah, none who are Jehovah’s equal: “There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.” 1 Samuel
Abraham as Echad: Addressing a Muslim Objection Paid Members Public
A particular Muslim polemicist raised the following objection in response to the Christian understanding that the Hebrew word echad, which Deuteronomy 6:4 uses to describe the oneness of God, actually points to God being a complex or compound unity, as opposed to existing as a singular or absolute one:
Philippians 2:6 In Various English Translations Paid Members Public
In this post, I am going to be citing the various English renderings of Philippians 2:6, which is part of what many scholars believe to be a hymn, poem and/or creedal statement (commonly referred to as the Carmen Christi [“Hymn to Christ”]), which affirms the Lord Jesus’ divine
Jesus Christ and the Divine Identity: Paid Members Public
How the Language of the NT Identifies Jesus as God In the sacred literature produced before, during and after the time of Christ, one of the ways Jews would distinguish God from all creation is by describing him as the sole Creator and Sustainer of all things who sits enthroned