Articles

The word “Lord” must be carefully distinguished when used of God and of His Son, because the Bible presents us with two Lords: the LORD God, […]

Exerts from Harvey, Jesus and the Constraints of History. But there is [an] aspect of the relationship of son to father which is of significance for […]

The apostle John gives a clear test of true Christology in 1 John 4:2-3. The question is not whether a self-professed Christian says the name “Jesus,” […]

To understand 1 Peter 3:18–20, we must first understand biblical typology. In Scripture, a “type” is an earlier person, event, or institution that foreshadows a later […]

According to the biblical prophetic witness of both Testaments, the Messiah had to come from a specific human lineage. He would be “the seed of the […]

by Anthony Buzzard “Son of God” in the Bible means a creature, either Israel the nation, or angels, or Adam, or supremely Jesus, the Son of […]

Luke 24:6 is sometimes rendered, “He is risen,” but the Greek is more precisely, “He has been raised.” The verb ἠγέρθη is passive, pointing to God […]

Few claims in Christianity are repeated more confidently, and for longer, than the assertion that the New Testament clearly teaches that Jesus is God. Yet the […]

To many readers, John 10:33 seems to show that the Jews understood Jesus to be claiming he was God. But a closer reading, especially in context […]

Some argue that because Israel is sometimes described with “he/him” or “you” (singular), this supports the idea of a multi-personal God. But this completely misunderstands biblical […]

John 17:5 is often treated as a proof text for the literal preexistence of Jesus and even for the Trinity (the one God = three Persons). […]

Shared titles, shared functions, and shared imagery in the Bible do not prove shared identity. That is a basic rule of sound biblical interpretation, and ignoring […]

by Owen Benjamin There is not adequate evidence that Jesus is God, and that the Trinity doctrine contradicts the words of Jesus in the New Testament […]

There is no adequate biblical evidence that Jesus is God. On the contrary, the doctrine of the Trinity contradicts the explicit words of Jesus and violates […]

Most Christians are taught that the one God of the Bible is “one Being in three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—who share the same divine substance.” […]

Psalm 110:1 is the most frequently quoted psalm in the New Testament. As a result, it has long stood at the center of debates about the […]

The biblical concept of “religious service” or “sacred worship” revolves around specific terminology used in the Hebrew Bible, the Greek Septuagint (LXX), the New Testament, and […]

Genesis 48 records one of the most heartfelt moments in Scripture: the aging Jacob blessing Joseph’s sons and invoking divine protection over them. In his prayer […]

Few people realize that the doctrine of the Trinity was first enforced not by an ecclesiastical body, but by the Ancient Roman state. Many assume that […]

The doctrine that Jesus is God Himself is often presented as the clear, overwhelming teaching of the New Testament. Yet when the most frequently cited “proof-text” […]

The idea that Jesus had two natures—one fully God and one fully human, turning him into the “God-man”—is not taught in the New Testament. This doctrine […]

The preservation of Philo’s writings was significantly influenced by early Christian figures like Eusebius of Caesarea, who interpreted Philo’s descriptions in a way that aligned with […]

In John 8 Jesus (“the seed,” the descendant of Abraham, cp. Acts 3:25-26; Heb 2:16) says Abraham rejoiced to see my day! The saying is similar […]

by Sigmund Mowinckle, He That Cometh. 14. The Varying Forms of the Conception of the Messiah Finally, it may again be emphasized that the difference between […]