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Theological Issues3,603 words18 min
Unveiling the Identity of the Only True God Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun The Gospel of John is quite explicit in affirming that there is only one God: “How can…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues2,424 words12 min
Unveiling the Identity of the Only True God Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We come to the final part of our examination. The final line of evidence which…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues1,975 words10 min
Unveiling the Identity of the Only True God Addendum Jesus as the true God in 1 John 5:20 Sam Shamoun Here are the links to the previous parts of the…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues6,942 words35 min
The Early Christian Writings on Genesis 19:24 Sam Shamoun The following is a list of quotations from early Christian writers who used Genesis 19:24…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues6,036 words30 min
The Early Post-NT Witness to the Trinity and Deity of Christ Sam Shamoun The following quotations are all taken from sources that were written either…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues8,553 words43 min
Early Jewish Monotheism and Divine Plurality Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Introduction With this article we begin a new series where we will cull through and…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues2,670 words13 min
Early Jewish Monotheism and Divine Plurality Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue our analysis of the extant non-canonical Jewish writings to see what the…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues4,184 words21 min
Is the Father God? How Anti-Trinitarian Arguments Prove too Much! Sam Shamoun Muslims are challenging Christians over and over again to show them…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues3,147 words16 min
Revisiting the Quran’s gross errors concerning Christian theology Sam Shamoun In some of our previous articles and rebuttals (1, 2, 3, 4), we…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues6,512 words33 min
Islam and the prayers of Allah An examination of the worship and praise which Allah performs Sam Shamoun We are told in the Quran that the Islamic…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues2,838 words14 min
More proof that Allah worships like his creatures do Sam Shamoun In the following articles and rebuttals, Examining Islam's Teaching that Allah Prays…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues1,523 words8 min
Satan: A Co-Occupier of Allah’s Throne or Allah in Disguise? Sam Shamoun The Quran mentions Allah’s throne quite often, especially in relation to his…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues6,614 words33 min
Allah – the creator of all things? Revisiting the irrationality of Islamic theology Sam Shamoun The Quran makes the repeated assertion that Allah…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues1,884 words9 min
Is Allah truly eternal and absolutely self-sufficient? The problem of Islamic monotheism and the issue of inheritance Sam Shamoun Anyone that has…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues4,761 words24 min
Examining the Islamic Testimony of Faith in light of Quranic Exegesis Exposing the BlatantIdolatry and Gross Problems with the Creed of Islam Sam…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues9,479 words47 min
The Quran As A Divine Conscious Agent More Evidence That Islam Does Not Affirm Unitarianism Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz Introduction In this article we…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues5,752 words29 min
The Kabah - The Great Idol of Islam Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun According to the traditional Islamic view the following verses are exhorting Muslims to face…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues4,282 words21 min
The Kabah - The Great Idol of Islam Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun In an attempt to defend the Islamic practice of bowing towards the direction of the Kabah, a…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues5,703 words29 min
Allah – The All Guessing and Hopeful One Sam Shamoun It is time to again to take a look at what the Quran really says about the nature of Allah,…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues6,550 words33 min
Allah – the not so sufficient one How Muhammad’s elevation to the status of a partner Undermines Allah’s self-sufficiency Sam Shamoun The evidence…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues4,771 words24 min
Muhammad’s Inspiration and Eloquence versus Allah’s Aseity More problems for Islamic Theology Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Introduction One of the chief…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues4,269 words21 min
Muhammad’s Inspiration and Eloquence versus Allah’s Aseity More problems for Islamic Theology Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We resume our discussion from part…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues7,410 words37 min
Allah – The Great Misleader Sam Shamoun Many people do not realize that the Quran not only describes Allah as the best of all deceivers, but it also…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues5,455 words27 min
Khayru Al-Mushrikin Allah as the best _mushrik_ of them all Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Introduction According to the Muslim scripture, there is a specific…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues4,824 words24 min
Khayru Al-Mushrikin Allah as the best _mushrik_ of them all Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue with our analysis. Allah makes the Holy Spirit and the…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues5,907 words30 min
Revisiting the Issue of Islamic Monotheism More Examples of Muhammad’s Blatant Violation of Tauhid Sam Shamoun We continue with our challenge to the…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues5,971 words30 min
Muslims at the service of Allah and Muhammad his associate Sam Shamoun According to the Islamic sources the pagans of Mecca would observe rites in…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues7,931 words40 min
The Angel Gabriel – Allah’s Other Divine Partner Sam Shamoun We have spent a considerable amount of time and cyber ink showing that according to the…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues2,282 words11 min
Is Gabriel really the Holy Spirit? Sam Shamoun This is a brief reply to Muslim apologist Joseph Islam who wrote an article seeking to prove that the…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues1,487 words7 min
More Merciful than the Most Merciful? Sam Shamoun The Quran states that Allah is the most merciful from all those who show mercy: Moses prayed: "O my…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues1,555 words8 min
Allah's Need For Atonement Islam Recognizes the Centrality and Necessity of the Blood Sam Shamoun In this short article we will be posting a couple…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues405 words2 min
Does He Forget Or Doesn’t He? Sam Shamoun In the spirit of keeping Muslim polemicists consistent and honest "Opens external link in new window") we…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues977 words5 min
By Dr. Maxwell Shimba _Shimba Theological Institute_ Abstract Music has long served as a vehicle of divine revelation, spiritual joy, and prophetic…
Category: theological-issuesChristological Issues653 words3 min
FOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS (TEXTUAL SILENCE) 1. Where in the Quran is Jesus (ʿĪsā) shown performing _salat_ in the Islamic form—with rukūʿ (bowing),…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues829 words4 min
By Dr. Maxwell Shimba, Shimba Theological Institute Abstract The confession of Jesus Christ as God remains the central tenet of Christian faith and…
Category: christological-issuesAnalysis of Muhammad2,461 words12 min
A Muslim Scholar Happily Admits That There Is No Salvation Apart From Muhammad! Sam Shamoun In the following articles and rebuttals, Islam’s Divine…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad9,769 words49 min
Was Muhammad certain of his Salvation? Examining the capriciousness of Allah as the cause of Muhammad’s uncertainty Sam Shamoun Introduction –…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad9,408 words47 min
Praying for Muhammad’s Peace and Security More Islamic evidence that Muhammad is not Saved Sam Shamoun In several articles and rebuttals (1, 2 "Opens…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadBiblical Issues1,766 words9 min
Does the Holy Bible Call Itself the Holy Bible? Sam Shamoun Muslims argue that, unlike the word Quran which appears as the name given to their…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues4,043 words20 min
Does the Holy Bible claim to be the inspired Word of God? Sam Shamoun Oftentimes, when a Christian quotes 2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All scripture is…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues4,701 words24 min
The Epistle of 2 Peter A Thorough Look at the Scholarly Defenses of Petrine Authorship Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun In their zeal to attack the veracity and…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues7,506 words38 min
The Epistle of 2 Peter A Thorough Look at the Scholarly Defenses of Petrine Authorship Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off by now…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues1,065 words5 min
The Epistle of 2 Peter A Thorough Look at the Scholarly Defenses of Petrine Authorship Pt. 3 Sam Shamoun We will now conclude with the comments of NT…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues3,626 words18 min
Are The Jewish Apocrypha Inspired Scripture? Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Muslims like to bring up the subject of the canon in order to cast doubt on the…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues1,987 words10 min
Are The Jewish Apocrypha Inspired Scripture? Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We resume our discussion of the Apocrypha. Why The Apocrypha Are Not Scripture The…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues3,086 words15 min
Are The Jewish Apocrypha Inspired Scripture? Pt. 3 Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off. The Testimony of the Apocrypha The Apocrypha…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues5,331 words27 min
Are The Jewish Apocrypha Inspired Scripture? Pt. 4 Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off by taking a look at the witness of the early church…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues2,736 words14 min
Are the Jewish Apocrypha Inspired Scripture? Appendix Addressing Some Arguments in Support of the Apocrypha Sam Shamoun In this particular section we…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues3,687 words18 min
A Conservative Christian Expositor’s Evaluation of John’s Gospel Sam Shamoun Seeing just how fond Muslims are in citing critical scholars who…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues4,850 words24 min
Revisiting the Issue of the Age for Marriage Sam Shamoun This article is intended to provide further confirmation for the arguments that I raised in…
Category: biblical-issues