February 19, 2021
How can one avoid drawing from this designation the conclusion that [Jesus] is the one and only “God”? Several scribes of the early church adroitly handled […]
January 18, 2021
“The Jews, the people of God, have always considered him as one person only, that is, one in a numerical sense.” John Milton’s Last Thoughts on […]
January 18, 2021
Just because Logos is a Greek masculine noun, doesn’t make it a person. Because grammatical gender should not be confused with biological gender, e.g., just because […]
January 18, 2021
A good example to understand what John 1:1 says can be found in our modern-English language when we ask someone: What’s with You, meaning what’s wrong […]
December 8, 2020
One widely recognized rule of biblical interpretation is that the obscure or implicit texts of Scripture should be interpreted in light of clear and explicit texts. […]
December 8, 2020
Most people who believe Jesus is God would say that he was born, he grew up, etc., like most of us. After all this is what […]
December 8, 2020
Presented at the 1st Human Jesus Conference by Tracy Z. Christendom spends a month or more thinking about, preparing for and celebrating Jesus’ first advent, or […]
November 17, 2020
Many point to the earliest Christian writers and church council decisions (up to 451AD) to show that Jesus was called God. But is this proof enough […]
November 17, 2020
The number 3 and the term triad are prominent in ancient pagan philosophy and religions. Aristotle, in De Caelo says: “For, as the Pythagoreans say, the […]
November 17, 2020
The NT teaches that the Christian is not under any obligation to observe/keep any day for religious purposes! Rom 14.5a “Some think that Christians should consider […]
October 15, 2020
By a Member of the Church of England to which are added, Benjamin Ben Mordecai’s Queries, respecting that Doctrine. Newry, 1786. To this it may be […]
October 15, 2020
From A Catholic Dictionary by William Edward Addis, Thomas Arnold, 1884. The personification of God’s word and wisdom in the OT brings us far closer to […]
October 15, 2020
Robinson, “Religious Ideas of the Old Testament,” Studies in Theology, pp 60-61. The personal name, Yahweh, denotes a personality and character which are, in many respects, […]
September 25, 2020
There has been a concerted millennia old effort by what I call the Jesus-is-God Movement to misuse the writings of John. This has led to the […]
September 25, 2020
Ignatius shows how Christology is well underway toward the creedal statements of the councils. “There is one physician, who is both Aesh and spirit, born and […]
September 25, 2020
by Anthony Buzzard Commentators on the book of John frequently note a certain ambiguity in the sayings of Jesus, especially in connection with the failure of […]
August 24, 2020
Jesus Before Abraham by Anthony Buzzard In John 8:58 Jesus claimed superiority over Abraham. His supreme position, however, depends on the Father who glorifies His Son […]
August 24, 2020
Clarkes Commentary on Luke 3:23: “Being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph.” Matthew, in descending from Abraham to Joseph, the spouse of the blessed virgin, […]
August 24, 2020
From the book Angels of Light, Powers of Darkness by Stephen Noll Christianity, as far back as we can trace it, can be characterized in the […]
July 24, 2020
From trinitarian Dr. Michael Heiser, Unseen Realm. Many Bible readers note the plural pronouns (us; our, Gen 1.26-28) with curiosity. They might suggest that the plurals […]
July 24, 2020
Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 16:7 And the angel of the Lord. Maleach Jehovah, elsewhere styled Maleach Elohim (Genesis 21:17; Genesis 31:11); supposed but wrongly to be […]
July 24, 2020
Theological Quarterly, Volume 3. 1899. The ordinary Greek usage of prophet is one who speaks for God. The prophets of the Bible are revealers of God’s […]
July 1, 2020
In the words In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God, there are two terms which trinitarianism […]
July 1, 2020
2. The NT conception not different from the Old In the New Testament the angel of the Lord occurs only when an angel has been previously […]