worship
Studies on worship, devotion, liturgy, and honoring God according to Scripture.
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
Revisiting the Issue of Jesus Praying to and Worshiping God Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Despite the fact that in the following articles and rebuttals, * If Jesus is God … was he praying to himself? * Since Jesus has a God, how can he be God himself? * Jesus Christ – Our risen Lord and our great God! * Jesus Christ – Our Lord And Our God! I have
Addendum Paid Members Public
A Critique of James D. G. Dunn’s Assessment of Paul’s Worship of Christ Sam Shamoun [This article is a supplement to Jesus and the Criteria for Deity.] In this section we will be addressing liberal NT scholar James Dunn’s claim that the blessed and holy Apostle Paul
Supplicating Allah and …? Paid Members Public
Adoration gone Astray Pt. 3 Sam Shamoun We now come to the final part of our discussion (cf. Part 1, Part 2). Unveiling Islam’s true savior To make matters worse than what they already are Muhammad went so far as to replace his god as the savior of Muslims,
Supplicating Allah and …? Paid Members Public
Adoration gone Astray Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We resume our discussion of Muhammad and worship. Muhammad becomes an object of worship Recall that in the first part we saw how both the Quran and Sunna expressly forbid invoking or making du’a to anyone other than Allah, and that Muhammad
Supplicating Allah and …? Paid Members Public
Adoration gone Astray Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Now that we are done addressing and meeting the Quran's challenge to produce the evidence which establishes the Deity of the Lord Jesus we want to turn our attention to the Muslim practice of venerating Muhammad in order to show that
How the Hebrew Bible Falsifies Islam Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
The Nations shall Worship Yahweh and his Messianic King Sam Shamoun Introduction Muslim apologists are fond of claiming that the Hebrew Bible is closer in its teachings concerning God, Messiah, salvation etc., to the Quran, and Islamic theology in general, than it is to the Christian faith, particularly the NT