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Did God Really Forsake Jesus Christ on the Cross?

Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani,” —which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” These words that Jesus cried out as he was hanging on the Cross have been a source of much confusion and...

Satan Started As A Star

Let us now look at the privileged position in which Lucifer began his existence, because understanding his relationship with God and the manner in which he lost it will help us appreciate Jesus Christ and his road to glory. Whereas Jesus began his earthly life in...

Accent

The fallacy of accent is employed whenever an emphasis is placed on a written or spoken communication in a way that materially alters its original or intended meaning. To interpret any piece of literature logically, one must be sensitive to the context and original...

Whose Faith Is It Really?

A Statement of Faith We originally presented a dozen copies of this letter to the steering committee of a local organization of home school Moms and Dads. Although not associated with any particular Church or Denomination, this group was a dedicated Christian group....

Divine Agents: Speaking and Acting in God’s Stead

The Bible records a number of instances where an agent of God is referred to as “God” or “the LORD” Himself, and in many of these cases the agent (usually an angel) actually speaks and acts in God’s stead. This is an important biblical phenomenon that...

Usages of “Spirit” in the New Testament

[This article was taken from our book “The Gift of Holy Spirit: The Power to be like Christ.”] In any given language, many words have at least two meanings, and some have many more than two. The Greek word pneuma, which in the New Testament is most often translated as...

Holy Spirit: Why so much Confusion?

The great truth of the Giver and the gift is very difficult to apprehend for someone who believes in the traditional teaching referred to as “the Trinity.” [1] Although many Christians persist in using this term, it is not found in Scripture, as freely admitted by...

What about “The Holy Spirit”?

Since “the only true God” is “the Father,” and since He is “holy” and He is “spirit,” He is also referred to in Scripture as “the Holy Spirit.” For further study read the Giver and His gift. The Giver is God, the only true God, the Father, the Holy Spirit. His gift is...

The Giver and The Gift

[This article was taken from our book “The Gift of Holy Spirit: The Power to be like Christ.”] God is the ultimate Giver. From the time He created man in His own image (Gen. 1:27) until this very day, God has been giving gifts to mankind. James 1:17 tells us: “Every...

Timely Statements

[This article was taken from “Our Heavenly Father Has No Equals” by Don Snedeker.] The following Scripture testimonies about Jesus, which were made at noteworthy moments in history, were not recorded to declare or even allude to his supposed equality with the Father....

Do Analogies Prove the Trinity?

[Regarding God being like liquid, solid, and gas] Sometimes in discussions with Trinitarians they will use as a proof the fact that water can simultaneously co-exist as a liquid (water), a solid (ice), and a gas (steam). I have heard it argued by Unitarians, in...

The Doctrine of the Double Nature of Christ

[This article was taken from “Our Heavenly Father Has No Equals” by Don Snedeker.] One of the primary elements of trinitarian dogma is that Jesus Christ has two natures, one of God and the other of man. This is a different claim than that of the Trinity, which is that...

God’s Namesake in Action

[The following article was taken from chapter 12 of our book One God & One Lord.] To truly understand God’s Word and put it into practice in our lives, it is imperative that we know all we can of what God reveals in His Word about who Jesus Christ is and what he...

Mystery vs. Contradiction

[This article was taken from “Our Heavenly Father Has No Equals” by Don Snedeker.] In order to escape the contradictoriness of the doctrine of the Trinity, most of its advocates argue that it is a mystery and must simply be "taken on faith." We are sometimes told that...

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