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“There is also the unexpected alternative reading of John 1.13, which changes the plural into singular: ‘…who believe on the name of him who was born, […]

According to the ordinary rules of language whenever monos (“alone”, “only”) is used with theos (“God”) or kurios (“LORD”, YHWH), it cannot mean more than 1 […]

Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges that stretcheth … alone] Cf. ch. Isaiah 40:22; Isaiah 42:5; Job 9:8. by myself] The A.V. here follows the reading […]

By Miranda Sharp At some point God had a plan to provide a Redeemer for sinful mankind. The first we are aware of this is at […]

“Let us follow after the great Prophet Moses, who leads us well, for he was sent to us by our Lord. Where is there a prophet […]

By Shaun Rufener Perhaps the strongest argument to which some appeal is that Jesus here is called “the true God,” and that the previous phrase – […]

Jesus’ favorite self-designation is the Messianic title the son of man (“82 times in the Gospels; see also Acts 7.56; Rev 1.13; 14.14”, Zondervan Illustrated Bible […]

Part 1 of a series. The title takes after those popular crime shows on television which are involved in Crime Scene Investigations. The Bible is riddled […]

By Anthony Buzzard Please consider these language facts about things which are held in reserve by God, stored up “with Him.” “The Hebrew Bible speaks of […]

Caution! You are about to enter the theology no-spin zone for basic Bible study. These words, paraphrased, introduce the famous Bill O’Reilly on Fox News. They […]

by Brian Wright I was flipping through television channels one evening and came across an old program that I hadn’t seen in years. I don’t watch […]

After he had thought about it, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” he said, “don’t be afraid […]

By Anthony Buzzard Church members tend to accept without careful examination the “Jesus” presented to them in church. The question of the origin of a person […]

By Anthony Buzzard A very significant theological school has long protested the notion that one can preexist oneself. That school has asked its opponents to explain […]

By Brian Wright We routinely speak of Jesus as the Messiah. What exactly are we saying when we use this title to describe him? The term […]

By Pierre-Keefa You will notice in these quotations how much Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Christology changed over the years and the absurdity of some of their claims. They […]

In his book, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, Bart Ehrman identifies 3 main categories of theological emphasis that predominated and to some extent controlled the motivations […]

The often quoted prologue to the Gospel of John (a passage that has baffled many for centuries) was used very early on by Church Fathers to […]

The writer of the Gospel of John was Jewish and therefore relied on an already established Hebraic way of thinking. This is reflected in the opening […]