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Common Questions and Claims1,497 words7 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > If Jesus is God, how can God die? Who was running the universe those three days that…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims5,277 words26 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > If Jesus is God, then who was he praying to on the cross when he said, "My God, my…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,812 words14 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > According to Hebrews 1:8-9 Jesus as God has a God over him. Some Christians claim…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims6,328 words32 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Some Christians believe that Jesus’ miracles prove that he is God. The problem with…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,100 words11 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Jesus says that the Father is greater than he is, proving that he is not God. There…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims3,613 words18 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > It is reported in Matthew's Gospel that Jesus said that all authority was given to…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,215 words11 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Jesus himself admitted that the Father is the only true God. Since Trinitarians…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims1,867 words9 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Isaiah 44:24 says that Yahweh was alone when he created the heavens and the earth.…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims3,239 words16 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:28 that Christ will be subject to God forever: > >> _…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,573 words13 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Jesus says he can do nothing by himself, but can only do and judge according to what…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims1,825 words9 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > According to the Holy Bible Jesus manifested human traits not befitting God. For…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,876 words14 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Christians believe that Jesus has always been the Son of God, even in his prehuman…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims1,853 words9 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > The Bible says that God cannot be tempted (cf. James 1:13) and yet Jesus is said to…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims8,299 words41 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > If Jesus really is God how could Satan tempt him? And how could the Devil offer him…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,588 words13 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > How can Jesus be God when he denies being absolutely good, and says that only God is…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims5,193 words26 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > According to Jesus only God is good (cf. Matthew 19:16-17; Mark 10:17-18; Luke…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims3,203 words16 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > How can Jesus be God when the Hebrew Bible says God is not a man? Cf. Numbers 23:19;…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims7,051 words35 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > God has sons by the tons. For example, the Bible says that angels are God’s sons…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,005 words10 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > The Bible says God cannot change (Cf. Numbers 23:19; 1 Samuel 15:29; Psalm 102:26-27;…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims3,641 words18 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Since John 3:16 says that God so loved the world why didn’t he come to die for…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,188 words11 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Christians believe that John 8:58 proves that Jesus is God because he claimed to have…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims3,604 words18 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > In the opening statements of the book of Hebrews the author states that God spoke…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims3,687 words18 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > The Bible says that Jesus emptied himself (cf. Philippians 2:7), implying that Christ…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,608 words13 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Peter is recorded in Acts 2:36 as preaching that God "made" Jesus Lord at his…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,342 words12 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Paul says in Philippians 2:9 that Jesus was given the name Lord at his exaltation,…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,064 words10 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > > > Christian apologists claim that the word _Kurios_ ("Lord"), which appears all…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,017 words10 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Christians argue that Jesus is God since he is said to be the Savior whereas the OT…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims7,902 words40 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > According to Deuteronomy 6:4 there is only one Yahweh God. Jesus himself quoted this…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims6,087 words30 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > According to the book of Hebrews, in chapter 7 and verse 3, the writer refers to…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims4,945 words25 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > The Bible, specifically Paul, says there is only one God and that is the Father (cf.…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims1,867 words9 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > According to John 5:37, Jesus said that no one had ever seen God at anytime or ever…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,045 words10 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > The Bible says that God has never been seen (cf. John 1:18), and yet Jesus was seen…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,541 words13 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > According to Jesus, no one knows the day or hour of his coming in judgment except the…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims3,305 words17 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > The terms Islam and Muslims are found all throughout the Quran (cf. 2:130-133;…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,083 words10 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Jesus, in the Synoptic Gospels, went to a fig tree looking for food to eat (Matthew…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,864 words14 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Jesus in John 3:13 claims that no one has ascended into heaven except him, the Son of…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims6,682 words33 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > It is a pity that Christians consider the Jewish misunderstanding of Jesus as a…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims5,921 words30 min
Jesus' Authority To Forgive Sins Sam Shamoun Resuming our discussion from the first part, there are certain Muslims who are of the opinion that Jesus…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,603 words13 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > An argument that Christians often use to demonstrate that Jesus is God according to…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims6,346 words32 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > According to the Bible, John’s baptism was for the forgiveness of sins (cf. Matthew…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims4,508 words23 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Christians condemn the Quran and Islam for all the violence taught therein, but say…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims4,933 words25 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Why didn’t Matthew, who was a disciple of Jesus and an ear and eyewitness to his…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims3,939 words20 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Unlike the OT where Yahweh says over and over again "I am God, and there is none…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims1,844 words9 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > The New Testament applies to Jesus the language and descriptions which the OT Wisdom…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims5,376 words27 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Many Christians quote Matthew 28:19 to show that Jesus taught that God is a Trinity.…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims1,130 words6 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > The author of Hebrews cites an OT text and applies it to Christ. The text in question…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims10,591 words53 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Paul spoke rudely of God’s Law when he wrote in Hebrews 7:18-19, 8:13 that it was…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims4,055 words20 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Didn’t Jesus plainly teach in his instructions to the young ruler that a person is…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims4,752 words24 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Christians often claim that God demands perfect obedience to his Law otherwise a…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,456 words12 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > In Galatians 3:16, Paul shows that he misunderstood the Hebrew OT. He erroneously…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims6,446 words32 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question/Claim: > Wives are included on a list of property with farm animals and houses in the…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,390 words12 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > God warns people in Psalm 146:3 from trusting in a son of man for help. According to…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,625 words13 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Christians believe that God inspired the entire Bible, and yet Paul admitted that not…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,885 words14 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > The New Testament anticipates a Prophet to come, the one like Moses, along with the…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims7,932 words40 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > According to the Holy Bible John the Baptist announced the coming of One greater than…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims3,629 words18 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > Christians make a big deal over Jesus being called God in several NT passages (cf.…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims6,764 words34 min
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: > > > Why are Christians dishonest in the way they translate the Bible? For instance,…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims3,120 words16 min
Is The Holy Spirit Jesus’ God As Well? Sam Shamoun Question: In one of yourarticles you stated that the Father became Jesus’ God due to his…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,170 words11 min
Did Christ’s Sacrifice Appease the Father or the entire Godhead? Part A Sam Shamoun Question: According to historic Christian doctrine, Jesus offered…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims6,097 words30 min
Did Christ’s Sacrifice Appease the Father or the entire Godhead? Part B Sam Shamoun It is now time to examine the inspired Scriptures to see what…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims3,737 words19 min
Did Christ’s Sacrifice Appease the Father or the entire Godhead? Part C Sam Shamoun In this final section of our series (A, B) we are going to see…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims5,039 words25 min
Does the fact that the Bible distinguishes Jesus from God disprove his Deity? Sam Shamoun Question: Throughout the NT Jesus is distinguished from…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims2,808 words14 min
If Jesus has it all then where does this leave the Father? Sam Shamoun Question: > Since Christians believe that Matthew 28:18 teaches that Jesus…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims6,197 words31 min
Jesus Forgiving Sins In Light of the Lord's Prayer Sam Shamoun Question: > Nowhere in the Bible does it say that Jesus had the sole ability to…
Category: common-questions-and-claimsCommon Questions and Claims4,166 words21 min
Was Jesus’ Mission Universal in Scope? Sam Shamoun Muslims are fond of citing the following Biblical texts to prove that Jesus wasn’t sent for the…
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