Tag: Trinitarian theology

When the Texts Are Allowed to Speak – Why the Son of Colossians 1:15 Is Not a Creature

When the Texts Are Allowed to Speak – Why the Son of Colossians 1:15 Is Not a Creature

There is a paragraph on page 383 of Greg Stafford's Jehovah's Witnesses Defended that does more work than perhaps any other single sentence in the book. The paragraph is short. It is also the moment where Stafford's argument either holds or breaks.

Filioque: The Catholic Doctrine of the Holy Spirit’s Procession — Biblical, Patristic, and Conciliar | [LordJesusChristReigns.blog]

Filioque: The Catholic Doctrine of the Holy Spirit’s Procession — Biblical, Patristic, and Conciliar | [LordJesusChristReigns.blog]

Two Greek words the Latin Bible collapsed into one generated eight centuries of controversy. This article untangles it completely: the biblical case from Galatians 4:6, John 15:26, and Romans 8:9; Augustine's principaliter and communiter; Maximus the Confessor's defense of Rome; the Councils of Toledo, Lyons, and Florence; and the landmark 1995 Pontifical Council clarification showing East and West confessing the same truth in different words.

Unveiling the Divine Council: Why Psalm 82 and John 10 Prove Jesus Is Yahweh in the Flesh

Unveiling the Divine Council: Why Psalm 82 and John 10 Prove Jesus Is Yahweh in the Flesh

Psalm 82's 'elohim'—judges, angels, or gods? Jesus’ qal va-homer defense in John 10 proves His deity. Critique of Heiser’s divine council. Deep biblical exegesis showing Christ is Yahweh incarnate.

Honoring Jesus as God: “That All May Honor the Son Just as They Honor the Father” (John 5:23)

Jesus declares in John 5:23 that all must honor the Son just as they honor the Father. A detailed biblical examination of this astonishing claim and its implications for the deity of Christ.