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Illustrating how the Anti-Trinitarian logic Ends up proving that the Father can’t be God! Sam Shamoun Some anti-Trinitarian heretics of the unitarian…
Does Elohim Provide Evidence For God’s Uni-Plurality? Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Elohim is the most commonly used word for God in the Hebrew Bible, more so…
Biblical Monotheism Examined [Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11] [Appendix A, Appendix B]…
Scholarly Confirmation that the OT Testifies To the Spirit’s Divine Personhood Sam Shamoun The following is taken from the _Holman Old Testament…
Revisiting the Issue of Jesus Praying to and Worshiping God Sam Shamoun Despite the fact that in the following articles and rebuttals, If Jesus is…
How the Hebrew Bible Falsifies Islam Pt. 1 The Nations shall Worship Yahweh and his Messianic King Sam Shamoun Introduction Muslim apologists are…
How the Hebrew Bible Falsifies Islam Pt. 2 The Messiah’s Exalted Status Sam Shamoun In this part (for Part 1 please click here) we are going to…
Does the Bible Really Teach That Men Must Avoid Women In Order To Avoid Hell? Sam Shamoun A Muslim greenhorn has decided to rehash an old Muslim…
Did Muhammad Know Yahweh? Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun In this series of replies, we are going to address the following article which has to do with Muhammad…
Did Muhammad Know Yahweh? Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We resume with our rebuttal. The writer proceeds to make a further erroneous claim by asserting that the…
Did Muhammad Know Yahweh? Pt. 3 Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off by providing further evidence that, contrary to the writer’s…
The Arabic Bible – Islam’s Friend or Foe? Sam Shamoun The pagan origins of the Islamic god It is no secret to those who have studied the history and…
Who really is Muhammad’s Allah? Sam Shamoun This is going to be a rather short post. According to the Quran, Allah is the best of all deceivers, But…
Revisiting the Identity of the pre-Islamic Allah at Mecca Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun* Muslim polemicists seemingly never tire of misrepresenting the arguments…
Revisiting the Identity of the pre-Islamic Allah at Mecca Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We resume our discussion concerning the identity of the pre-Islamic Allah…
Revisiting the Identity of the pre-Islamic Allah at Mecca Pt. 3 Sam Shamoun We now come to the final part of our analysis. Is Muhammad’s Allah the…
Revisiting the Identity of the pre-Islamic Allah at Mecca Addendum – Refuting Some Muslim Objections Sam Shamoun In this particular section, we will…
The Triune God – The Greatest Conceivable Being that Exists Sam Shamoun Evangelical Christian apologist and philosopher Dr. William Lane Craig…
I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice? What The OT Really Teaches Concerning Vicarious Sacrifices Sam Shamoun Muslims oftentimes appeal to certain biblical…
Salvation According to Christianity and Islam Sam Shamoun The Quran exhorts Jews and Christians to judge by all the revelation which God had given…
How Were the Ninevites Really Saved? Sam Shamoun In a desperate attempt to undermine the centrality and necessity of substitutionary atonement for…
Atonement in Luke-Acts – One Scholar’s Perspective Sam Shamoun We are currently writing a multi-part response to the assertion of certain Muslin…
The Message of Salvation according to Luke-Acts Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun There are some Muslims who love to appeal to the parable of the prodigal son in…
The Message of Salvation according to Luke-Acts Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun In this section we will take a look at how Luke identifies Christ as the Suffering…
The Creation and Purpose of Hell Pt. 1 A Muslim Perspective Sam Shamoun The Quran expressly teaches that Allah purposely created men (as well as…
The Creation and Purpose of Hell Pt. 2 A Christian Perspective Sam Shamoun In this part of our discussion we are going to contrast what the Quran…
Exegesis of Matthew 25:41 Sam Shamoun In this short article we will be quoting from various sources, both ancient and modern, concerning the meaning…
The Testimony of the Hebrew Bible concerning God becoming a man Exposing the blatant distortion of Biblical Truth Sam Shamoun In this paper we will…
The Gods of Israel have come down to save! More OT Evidence for a multi-personal God Sam Shamoun According to the Hebrew Scriptures, Israel’s Gods…
Yahweh as the Sent One from Yahweh Examining the Trinitarian Implications of Isaiah 48:16 Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Throughout the Holy Scriptures God…
Yahweh as the Sent One from Yahweh Examining the Trinitarian Implications of Isaiah 48:16 Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We resume our discussion of Isaiah 48:16.…
The OT Prophets Testify that the Messiah Is Equal to God the Father! Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun In this article, we are going to provide more evidence from…
The OT Prophets Testify that the Messiah Is Equal to God the Father! Pt. 2 What the Commentators, Scholars, and Apologists Are Saying Sam Shamoun As…
Divine Perichoresis in the Book of Isaiah More OT Confirmation of NT Theology Sam Shamoun The word _perichoresis_ is a theological term used to refer…
The Binitarian Nature of the Holy Bible’s supreme proof text for the unity of God Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun The OT Scriptures clearly and emphatically teach…
The Binitarian Nature of the Holy Bible’s supreme proof text for the unity of God Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue where we left off. The Messiah as…
The Binitarian Nature of the Holy Bible’s supreme proof text for the unity of God Pt. 3 Sam Shamoun We continue with our analysis of the _Shema_ in…
The Binitarian Nature of the Holy Bible’s supreme proof text for the unity of God Pt. 4 Sam Shamoun We resume our discussion regarding the Biblical…
The Binitarian Nature of the Holy Bible’s supreme proof text for the unity of God Pt. 5 Sam Shamoun We continue with our discussion of the binitarian…
The Binitarian Nature of the Holy Bible’s supreme proof text for the unity of God Pt. 6 Sam Shamoun We resume our discussion by analyzing what the…
The Binitarian Nature of the Holy Bible’s supreme proof text for the unity of God Pt. 7 Sam Shamoun And now we come to the final part of our series.…
The Binitarian Nature of the Holy Bible’s supreme proof text for the unity of God Appendix A – What about the Holy Spirit? Sam Shamoun Some readers…
The Christianization of the Shema An analysis of how the NT expands upon an OT monotheistic text In order to include Jesus within God’s unique…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Is the Father God? How Anti-Trinitarian Arguments Prove too Much! Sam Shamoun Muslims are challenging Christians over and over again to show them…
Revisiting the Quran’s gross errors concerning Christian theology Sam Shamoun In some of our previous articles and rebuttals (1, 2, 3, 4), we…
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…
More proof that Allah worships like his creatures do Sam Shamoun In the following articles and rebuttals, Examining Islam's Teaching that Allah Prays…
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…
Allah – the creator of all things? Revisiting the irrationality of Islamic theology Sam Shamoun The Quran makes the repeated assertion that Allah…
Is Allah truly eternal and absolutely self-sufficient? The problem of Islamic monotheism and the issue of inheritance Sam Shamoun Anyone that has…
Examining the Islamic Testimony of Faith in light of Quranic Exegesis Exposing the BlatantIdolatry and Gross Problems with the Creed of Islam* Sam…
The Quran As A Divine Conscious Agent More Evidence That Islam Does Not Affirm Unitarianism Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz Introduction In this article we…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Muhammad’s Inspiration and Eloquence versus Allah’s Aseity More problems for Islamic Theology Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Introduction One of the chief…
Muhammad’s Inspiration and Eloquence versus Allah’s Aseity More problems for Islamic Theology Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We resume our discussion from part…
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…
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…
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…
Revisiting the Issue of Islamic Monotheism More Examples of Muhammad’s Blatant Violation of Tauhid Sam Shamoun We continue with our challenge to the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…