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By Sir Anthony F. Buzzard from Focus on the Kingdom Magazine, Apr. 2017. The post-Bible creeds of Protestants commit them to believing that God is three […]

The following quotes are taken from a book published in 1992 entitled, Born Before All Time: The Dispute over Christ’s Origin. The author of this exegetical […]

The Evolution of Religious Beliefs from Pythagoras to Tertullian by Marian Hillar, p 224: [Tertullian] claims that before the formation of the universe God was not […]

By Carlos Xavier Most translations inappropriately introduce the male pronoun ‘he’ into John 1.1-2 where ‘he’ replaces ‘this one'[1]. This prompts the reader into the mistake […]

R. Martin, Approaches to NT Exegesis, p. 237: “[The divine passive became] customary, with an extended usage, on Jesus’ lips. He uses it over 100x [Mat […]

Platonic Pre-existence vs. Classical Jewish Pre-existence It is of foremost importance to determine exactly what one means by “pre-existence.”  The concept varies immensely between the people-groups and […]

According to the prophetic word of both Testaments, the Messiah had to come from: “The seed of the woman”: Gen. 3.15; Mat 1.20; Luke 1.34-35; Gal […]

“We can summarize Jesus’ beliefs in terms of the three most fundamental Jewish beliefs: monotheism, election and eschatology. “Jesus believed that there was one God who […]

Since the 1800s The Watchtower Organization (Jehovah’s Witnesses), along with “originalists” The Bible Students, have changed their teaching regarding the identity of Michael the Archangel. 1. […]

“That Jesus never regarded himself as God is most obvious from his reply when hailed as ‘Good master’ (Mark 10:18; Luke 18:19). When the disciples would […]

Calvin’s Commentaries (Delaware: Associated Publishers and Authors, n.d.), p. 780. “The ancients made a wrong use of this passage to prove that Christ is (homoousios) of […]

Foundations of Christian Faith, New York: Seabury Press, l978. A book review by Sir Anthony F. Buzzard:       Rahner describes his purpose in writing as a […]