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Article · Christian DoctrineBiblical exposition · Apologetics · Comparative theology

Not Three Gods

Why the Trinity is not polytheism—and why Christians confess one God

…ct Persons. Christianity begins with one God The Bible's starting point is uncompromising monotheism: "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD." —Deuteronomy 6:4 God says through Isaiah, “I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me” (Isaiah 45:5). Jesus…

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Article · Biblical InterpretationBiblical exposition · Historical analysis · Archaeology · Apologetics

Did Israel Invent Yahweh?

El, the Exodus, and the God Who Came from Sinai

…the divine council and eventually emerged as the only God of a fully developed Israelite monotheism. For many readers, this is not offered as one disputed reconstruction among others. It is treated as something scholarship has discovered and informed people simply know. The genu…

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Article · ChristologyBiblical theology · Christological analysis · Historical theology · Primary-source study · Christian apologetics

Does Eternal Mean Divine?

Origen, Arius and the line between Creator and creation

…s why “uncreated and eternal but not God” does not form a stable category within biblical monotheism. One could imagine a philosophical system containing several beginningless beings, or eternal matter existing alongside God. But Scripture permits no independent eternal reality b…

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Article · Comparative ReligionApologetics · Historical study · Comparative theology · Biblical discernment

Is the Qur'an a Miracle?

Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation

…y claim to be God? Was He actually crucified? Has the doctrine of the Trinity compromised monotheism? Those questions deserve answers, and the preceding articles have supplied them. But Christianity is not the only faith carrying a burden of proof. Islam does not merely criticise…

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Article · Jesus ChristBiblical exposition · Apologetics · Comparative theology

Not Just a Prophet

The divine identity of Jesus across the Gospels

…worshipped, and the Christian confession of His deity is treated as a corruption of true monotheism (Surahs 3:45-49; 4:171; 5:72-75; 19:30-36). That is the strongest recognisable form of the Islamic claim. It does not deny that Jesus is remarkable. It denies that anything He say…

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Article · Comparative ReligionHistorical study · Apologetics · Comparative theology · Biblical discernment

Revelation or Reception?

Sources behind Qur’anic narratives

…d the truth within them, rejected their errors and restored each account to uncompromised monotheism. This explanation has several genuine strengths. It allows for oral transmission. It recognises that an apocryphal text could contain an authentic memory. It accounts for the Qur’…

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Article · Comparative ReligionApologetics · Comparative theology · Biblical exposition · Theological reflection

The Sum of These Things

Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence

…, Son and Holy Ghost. That formulation was not invented because Christians wished to make monotheism complicated. It was required because Scripture gives us several truths which must be confessed together: There is one God. The Father is God. The Son is God. The Holy Ghost is God…

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