worship
Studies on worship, devotion, liturgy, and honoring God according to Scripture.
Revealing Allah’s Partner in Praise and Honor Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue from where we previously left off. Another way in which Allah elevated Muhammad’s fame is by bestowing on him some of his own divine names and characteristics, as well as coupling Muhammad’s name with his own: Muhammad b. al-Muthanna – Ibn Abi ‘Adi – ‘Abd al-Rahman
Revealing Allah’s Partner in Praise and Honor Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun The Islamic position on Praise and Worship The Quran states that all praise is due to Allah, who is depicted as seated on a throne surrounded by angels that proclaim his praises: And He is Allah; La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but
More Hints from Luke’s Gospel to Christ’s Divine Identity Paid Members Public
Jesus as the Object of Divine Worship Sam Shamoun The Gospel of Luke records an incident where the Lord Jesus healed 10 men who had a serious skin disease, perhaps even leprosy. In that account Luke provides his readers with a glimpse of the divine worship which Jesus rightly deserves,
The Kabah - The Great Idol of Islam Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun In an attempt to defend the Islamic practice of bowing towards the direction of the Kabah, a pagan shrine, in the five daily prayers performed by Muslims some Islamic apologists appeal to the Holy Bible to show that even the Israelites had a prayer direction, namely Jerusalem. These
The Kabah - The Great Idol of Islam Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun According to the traditional Islamic view the following verses are exhorting Muslims to face the Kabah in Mecca and bow to it when they perform their five daily prayers: We have seen thee turning thy face about in the heaven; now We will surely turn thee to a
Worshiping Jesus as God: The Issue of David Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Continuing from where we left off we are going to provide further examples of Jesus being worshiped in the same way that the OT says Yahweh is to be worshiped. For instance, the first Christians prayed to the risen Christ and even entrusted their spirits to him at
Worshiping Jesus as God: The Issue of David Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Some anti-Trinitarian groups like the Jehovah’s Witnesses love to appeal to the following OT text to counter the claim that the Lord Jesus was worshiped as God: “And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord
The Lord Jesus Christ – The Divine Recipient of Worship Paid Members Public
Examining the Synoptic Gospels’ use of proskyneo in relation to Christ Sam Shamoun According to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, worship or proskyneo should be given to God: “And the devil took him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and