Biblical Apologetics
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When Paul says a man's work will be tested by fire, is he speaking of deeds, or of the believers themselves as God's building?
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What does the oldest surviving commentary on the book of Revelation, by Oecumenius, say about the Trinity, the Incarnation and the millennium?
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When Paul said Abraham's faith was reckoned as righteousness, was he quoting Genesis alone? A striking parallel in 1 Maccabees suggests there is more to the story.
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What did Paul mean when he wrote that God made the sinless Christ 'to be sin' for us? Leading commentators argue the key lies in the Old Testament sin offering.
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How did the greatest Latin Church Father understand Paul's startling claim that God made Christ 'to be sin'? Augustine's own words supply a clear answer.
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Did ancient Jewish tradition read Isaiah 53 messianically? The Aramaic Targum answers in its very first line, calling the Servant 'my servant the Messiah'.
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What did ancient Aramaic-speaking Jews hear when Isaiah was read? Their Targum puts the Word of the Lord where the Hebrew has YHWH, and calls the Servant the Messiah.
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How different can two Bibles be? Placing the New World Translation beside the NKJV in sixteen key passages exposes a consistent pattern of downgrading Christ's deity.
Read more: The NWT Bible: A Diabolical Perversion of Scripture Pt. 2
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Is Psalm 45 just a royal wedding song? Hebrews says the Father himself is addressing the King as God, opening a window onto the Son's eternal generation.
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When Hebrews quotes a psalm about YHWH laying the earth's foundations, who is being addressed? The author's answer places Jesus squarely on the Creator's side of reality.
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Modern critics bracket these verses as doubtful, but what did the Reformers themselves think? Their commentaries and confessions treated the disputed passages as authentic Scripture.
Read more: Reformers on Mk. 16:9-20, Jn. 7:53-8:11, Acts 8:37, 1 Jn. 5:7
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How often does the New Testament actually call Jesus the Son of God? This comprehensive collection walks through every passage from Mark's opening line to the Apocalypse.
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From the Psalms to Peter: what does the whole of Scripture say about God's special care for the humble, the brokenhearted and the contrite?
Read more: God Saves & Exalts the Humble & Contrite at Heart
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