One God, One Creator, One Saviour

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.The very first verse in the bible teaches that God created the whole universe. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The term ‘Word’ is a poor English translation of the Greek word logos,…

Why it is impossible that Jesus died on a Friday

It is of popular belief that Jesus died on a Friday, this is because people only take into account one Sabbath day and assume that when the gospels say there is a Sabbath the day after Christs death they assume it is the weekly Sabbath. But it is important to remember there were other Sabbath…

LEB Bible Translation

Most are familiar with the ESV, but few are familiar with the newer, Lexham English Bible. The Lexham English Bible (LEB) began as an interlinear translation before the full English translation was released in 2010. (The LEB works very well with LOGOS Bible Software as it has the Greek interlinear together with the English translation…

Author of Sin or Ultimate Cause? Is there a difference?

An Author is often thought of one who writes the script that is the direct and sole cause of all things that occur within the book. If the author wanted to write about an evil act that we would consider a herronous crime and sins e.g. a husband murdering his wife, then it is the…

Vincent Cheung Refuting Empiricism

THE PRECONDITION OF MEANING Imagine that we are watching a game of tennis on television, although for our purpose it can be just about any kind of game – basketball, football, or even chess. Suppose that I know the rules of tennis, but you do not. And suppose further that we have muted the television,…

Images of Christ and the Violation of the Second Commandment

Contents: 1. Worship 2. Second Commandment 3. Images of Christ 4. Church Confessions 5. Church History from the Reformation to the Puritans to Modern Times 1. Worship I think it is best for me to begin by explaining what true worship is since the topic I will be focusing on is based on the second commandment which…

Free Will

Edwards defines the will as the mind choosing. Free will has commonly been defined as the equal ability under certain circumstance, to choose either of two courses of action. But it must be asked if this is what free will is, does God have free will? For God cannot sin, and the above definition implies…

Christian Epistemology

First to define epistemology it is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity. A Scripturalist (a Christians worldview) maintains that epistemology is the key tenet of any theological or philosophical system. Gordon H. Clark stated it this way: While the question of how…