Scripture and evidence
Orthodox Corruption
Modern Christians owe a debt of gratitude to the early church. Her legacy of courage under persecution stands to this day as a bold testimony of faith.…
Core Articles
English translations are typically translated with a bias in support of trinitarian theology. To get a clearer idea of what the Greek actually says, the…
The prologue to 1 John provides some interesting clues to clarify the Prologue of John. We see from 1 John 1:2, eternal life was with the Father and has now…
Although there are some notable English translations that are better than others, they all are translated with a bias to imply incarnation. Below is the…
Refutations
Here we will outline the problems with oneness doctrine, including the key scriptural references. Although there are over 760 NT passages that make a clear…
A clear declaration identifying and distinguishing the one God, the Father from the one Lord, Jesus Christ is 1 Corinthians 8:4-6. Here Paul says, “there is…
In Hebrew thought, the first cause or ultimate cause is not always distinguished from secondary or proximate causes. That is to say, the principal is not…
The humanity of Christ is essential to the gospel. God is not a man, but the Messiah of prophecy is necessarily a human servant of God—his anointed as Jesus…
When Jesus asked his disciples, “who do you say that I am?”, the response was “Christ” (Mark 8:29), or “Christ of God” (Luke 9:20), or “Christ, the Son of…
Jesus is the model for those who follow him. Many descriptions of Jesus also apply to those who are in Christ. Numerous statements pertaining to Jesus also…
Logos (translated Word) means something said (including the thought). It always pertains to rational content. Just about every English translation from the…
The theme of Philippians 2 is “having the mind of Christ.” (Phil 2:5). In verses 6-11, the testimony of Jesus Christ is provided as the principal example of…
Preexistence Articles
Much Scripture attests that Christ preexisted in a prophetic sense. Those who conspired against God’s holy servant Jesus, whom he anointed, did whatever his…
Rather than to affirm those Scriptures that are explicit in showing a distinction between Jesus and God in personal identity and ontology (1Tim 2:5-6), many…
The Holy Spirit is the breath or wind of God. It is God’s controlling influence that interacts with man and the world. Through the Holy Spirit, the “hand of…
Some apologists want to read a second divine being into Jeremiah 1. However, when the word of the Lord comes to someone, that is simply God sending his…
Jesus was conceived by an act of the Holy Spirit, in the womb of a virgin. (Luke 1:31-35) The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the…
P1: If one is sent by another, then he/she is an agent of the one he/she is sent by .
Apostles doctrine of repentance, baptism in Jesus name for the remission of sins, and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit - Acts 2:38
When the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the day of Pentecost, Peter announced, “Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that…
A total of 15 letters were allegedly written by Ignatius. The fact that neither Eusebius (300 AD) nor Jerome (495 AD) makes reference to the first 8…
Constantine the Great died in 337, leaving Constantius II, who favored Arianism, as emperor in the East, and Constans, who favored Nicea, as emperor in the…
Presented in this article is a catalog of citations that demonstrate the “Orthodox” church fathers of the early centuries before Nicaea were predominantly…
Early on and through the centuries, Christianity functioned as a cult, with secrets only given to initiates (Catechumen). This is illustrated in Michael…
The understanding and practice of communion, or the Eucharist, stand as a significant point of corruption within Christianity. For centuries, dominant…
The traditional Bible canon is not a sacred given, but a product of later church politics and compromise. The collection of New Testament books we inherited…
The doctrine of the Trinity – the belief that one God exists as three co-equal, co-eternal Persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) – occupies a central place…
The sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (Rom 8:18) Creation was subject to futility in hope…
John 17:5 is used as a common proof text for Trinitarians and Arians who believe that Jesus had a literal preexistence as a conscious being.
A number of passages in John speak of Jesus being before John, coming down from heaven, being sent into the world, rising up where he was before, and coming…
The preeminence passage of Colossians 1:15-20 speaks of Christ in reference to creation. What is particularly cryptic and subject to misunderstanding by…
Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 5:1-2 refer to God in the singular. However, when God is speaking in Genesis 1:26, the plural is used. Those who believe that…
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God ,
Foremost, it is important to note that the context of Hebrews 1 is clarified by the statement of Hebrews 2:5 “ For it was not to angels that God subjected…
This article explains and refutes the literal preexistence interpretation of various other preexistence proof-texts not addressed in previous articles on…
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