Articles by Sam Shamoun

Off-site video links

• Paltalk lectures posted on YouTube
• ABN Broadcasting series "Jesus or Muhammad?"
• The Islamic Dilemma Series
• Refutation of Yusuf Estes鈥� article 鈥淛esus Test鈥�: Part 1, Part 2
• Does Acts 2:22 Refute Jesus鈥� Deity?

Answers to Common Questions and Claims by Muslims

• Is The Holy Spirit Jesus' God As Well?
• Did Christ's Sacrifice Appease the Father or the entire Godhead? [Part A]
• Did Christ's Sacrifice Appease the Father or the entire Godhead? [Part B]
• Did Christ's Sacrifice Appease the Father or the entire Godhead? [Part C]
• Does the fact that the Bible distinguishes Jesus from God disprove his Deity?
• Jesus' Rule and the Father's Authority
• Jesus Forgiving Sins And The Lord's Prayer
• Was Jesus鈥� Mission Universal in Scope?

Christological Issues

• Whose Seed Shall the Messiah See?
• Jesus Christ 鈥� the Savior of the World
• Jesus Christ 鈥� The Eternal Word Become Flesh
• A Scholar's Biblical Summation of the Deity of Christ
• Christ - He Who is Above All
• Christ As The God Who Knows The Day of His Coming
• Jesus Christ - The Divine Lord of Glory [Part 1]
• Jesus Christ - The Divine Lord of Glory [Part 2]
• Isaiah and the Glory of the Preincarnate Christ
• Jesus The Divine Son - A Markan Perspective [Part 1]
• Jesus The Divine Son - A Markan Perspective [Part 2]
• Jesus is as old as God! [Part 1]
• Jesus is as old as God! [Part 2]
• Jesus is as old as God! [Part 3]
• Jesus 鈥� The Shema鈥檚 One Lord [Part 1]
• Jesus 鈥� The Shema鈥檚 One Lord [Part 2]
• Jesus 鈥� The Shema鈥檚 One Lord [Addendum]
• Jesus Superior To The Heavenly Host [Part 1]
• Jesus Superior To The Heavenly Host [Part 2]
• Jesus Superior To The Heavenly Host [Appendix A]
• Jesus Superior To The Heavenly Host [Appendix B]
• The Use of Exclusive Language and the Deity of Christ [Part 1]
• The Use of Exclusive Language and the Deity of Christ [Part 2]
• Jesus' Claims to being the Messiah are claims to Deity
• The OT On The Messiah Rising On The Third Day [Part 1]
• The OT On The Messiah Rising On The Third Day [Part 2]
• The OT On The Messiah Rising On The Third Day [Part 3]
• The OT On The Messiah Rising On The Third Day [Part 4]
• Jesus as the First Creature and the Irrationality of Arianism
• Jesus Meets the Criteria for Deity
• Jesus Meets the Criteria for Deity -- Addendum
• Jesus' Deity in light of the Psalms
• Trusting in Yahweh鈥檚 Divine Royal Son [Part 1]
• Trusting in Yahweh鈥檚 Divine Royal Son [Part 2]
• Appearances of Christ in Daniel
• Daniel's Son of Man as the Messiah
• The Christology of Luke
• More Hints from Luke鈥檚 Gospel to Christ鈥檚 Divine Identity
• Carmen Christi: Worshiping Christ as God
• Revisiting the Deity of Christ in Light of the Carmen Christi Pt. 1
• Revisiting the Deity of Christ in Light of the Carmen Christi Pt. 2
• Jesus鈥� Post-Resurrection Status and Equality with God the Father
• Jesus who is over all, God blessed forever! (Romans 9:5) [Part 1]
• Jesus who is over all, God blessed forever! (Romans 9:5) [Part 2]
• More Proof That Jesus Is Absolutely Good and Holy
• Even More Proof That Jesus Is Absolutely Good And Therefore Absolutely Divine!
• He Who Comes 鈥� Even More Proof for the Deity of Christ
• More Proof That Paul Thought That Jesus Is God
• What did the Apostle Peter really believe about Jesus?
• Jewish Christology [Part 1]
• Jewish Christology [Part 2]
• Jewish Christology [Part 3]
• Scholars on the Christology of James and Jude
• The First Christians As The Slaves of Jesus
• More Evidence that Jesus and His Disciples Did Not Teach Islam
• Examining John 1:1 In Light of Jehovah Witness Doctrine
• Jesus as the Great I AM
• Jesus as the Great I AM Excursus
• The Early Church Fathers On John 8:58
• Jesus and Yahweh's Name
• More on Jesus as the Bearer of the Divine Name
• Yahweh Becomes Jesus
• Yahweh Our Kinsman-Redeemer Has Come
• Jesus as the Glory of Yahweh
• The Lord Jesus Christ 鈥� The Divine Recipient of Worship
• The Incomprehensible Nature of God and his Son
• The incomprehensible Son of God and sovereign Lord of all creation
• Is Jesus Christ the Archangel Michael?
• The Inter-Testamental Jewish Literature and the Deity of the Lord Jesus
• The Inter-Testamental Jewish Literature and the Deity of the Lord Jesus [Part 2]
• The Inter-Testamental Jewish Literature and the Deity of the Lord Jesus [Part 3]
• The Messiah in Jewish Traditions [Part 1]
• The Messiah in Jewish Traditions [Part 2]
• The Messiah in Jewish Traditions [Part 3]
• The Messiah in Jewish Traditions [Part 3 Appendix]
• The God who reigns forever: More prophetic hints to the Deity of the Messiah
• Jesus 鈥� The Faithful Witness in the Skies [Part 1]
• Jesus 鈥� The Faithful Witness in the Skies [Part 2]
• Examining the Deity of Christ in light of his absolute moral perfection
• Jesus' Divine Claims in light of Islamic Monotheism
• Islam Agrees 鈥� Jesus Has No Beginning!
• More on Islamic theology and Jesus' Divine Claims
• The Deity of Christ and the Challenge of the Quran
• Jesus - An Essential Pillar of Islamic Monotheism
• Islam Testifies That Jesus Is Better Than Muhammad [Part 1]
• Islam Testifies That Jesus Is Better Than Muhammad [Part 2]
• Jesus Trumps Muhammad Again! [Part 1]
• Jesus Trumps Muhammad Again! [Part 2]
• The Quran Agrees: Jesus is the Chosen Seed of Abraham

Theological Issues

• Elohim and the Trinity
• Biblical Monotheism Examined
• How the Hebrew Bible Falsifies Islam [Part 1]
• How the Hebrew Bible Falsifies Islam [Part 2]
• Does God Command Men To Avoid Women In Order To Be Saved?
• Allah of the Arabic Bible versus the Ilah of Islam
• The Identity of the pre-Islamic Allah [Part 1]
• The Identity of the pre-Islamic Allah at Mecca [Part 2]
• The Identity of the pre-Islamic Allah at Mecca [Part 3]
• The Identity of the pre-Islamic Allah at Mecca [Addendum]
• Responding to a Muslim Apologist's Critique of the Trinity, Divine Love, and God as the Greatest Conceivable Being
• The Old Testament on Vicarious Sacrifices
• How Were the Ninevites Really Saved?
• The Old Testament on God Becoming a Man
• The Gods of Israel have come down to save!
• The Trinity in Isaiah [Part 1]
• The Trinity in Isaiah [Part 2]
• The OT Prophets Testify that the Messiah is Equal to God the Father [Part 1]
• The OT Prophets Testify that the Messiah is Equal to God the Father [Part 2]
• Binitarianism in the Book of Isaiah
• The Binitarian Nature of the Shema [Part 1]
• The Binitarian Nature of the Shema [Part 2]
• The Binitarian Nature of the Shema [Part 3]
• The Binitarian Nature of the Shema [Part 4]
• The Binitarian Nature of the Shema [Part 5]
• The Binitarian Nature of the Shema [Part 6]
• The Binitarian Nature of the Shema [Part 7]
• The Binitarian Nature of the Shema [Appendix A]
• The Christianization of the OT Shema
• Unveiling the Identity of the Only True God [Part 1]
• Unveiling the Identity of the Only True God [Part 2]
• Unveiling the Identity of the Only True God [Addendum]
• The Early Church on Genesis 19:24
• The Early Church on the Trinity and Deity of Christ
• Early Jewish Monotheism and Divine Plurality [Part 1]
• Early Jewish Monotheism and Divine Plurality [Part 2]
• Is the Father God?
• Revisiting the Quran's Gross Error on Christian Doctrine
• Examining Islam's Teaching that Allah Prays and Worships
• More proof that Allah worships like his creatures do
• Satan on Allah's throne
• Allah 鈥� the creator of all things?
• The Issue of Inheritance and Allah's Aseity
• The Problems with the Islamic Shahadah
• The Quran As A Divine Conscious Being
• Kabah - Islam's Great Idol [Part 1]
• Kabah - Islam's Great Idol [Part 2]
• Allah - The All Guessing and Hopeful One
• Allah - The Not So Sufficient One
• Muhammad鈥檚 Inspiration and Eloquence versus the Aseity of Allah [Part 1]
• Muhammad鈥檚 Inspiration and Eloquence versus the Aseity of Allah [Part 2]
• Allah - The Great Misleader
• Allah As The Best Mushrik Of Them All [Part 1]
• Allah As The Best Mushrik Of Them All [Part 2]
• More of Muhammad's Violation of Islamic Monotheism
• At the Service of Allah and his Associate
• The Angel Gabriel 鈥� Allah鈥檚 Other Divine Partner

Biblical Issues

• Does the Holy Bible Call Itself the Holy Bible?
• Does the Holy Bible claim to be the inspired Word of God?
• Are The Jewish Apocrypha Inspired Scripture? [Part 1]
• Are The Jewish Apocrypha Inspired Scripture? [Part 2]
• Are The Jewish Apocrypha Inspired Scripture? [Part 3]
• Are The Jewish Apocrypha Inspired Scripture? [Part 4]
• Are the Jewish Apocrypha Inspired Scripture? [Appendix]
• A Conservative Christian's Evaluation of John鈥檚 Gospel

Quranic Issues

• The Gods of Islam Unveiled
• Does the Quran really deny that a person can bear the sins of another? Pt. 1
• Does the Quran really deny that a person can bear the sins of another? Pt. 2
• How the Quran Fails the Muslim "Falsification Test"
• The incorruptibility of Allah鈥檚 words and the charge of Biblical corruption
• A Christian Scholar Chimes In On The Islamic View Of Biblical Corruption
• The Compilation and Textual Veracity of the Quran
• Challenge to the Muslims Concerning the Quran [Part 1]
• Challenge to the Muslims Concerning the Quran [Part 2]
• Challenge to the Muslims Concerning the Quran [Part 3]
• Challenge to the Muslims Concerning the Quran [Excursus]
• The Irreparable Loss of Much of the Quran
• The Quran Testifies To Its Own Textual Corruption
• The Seven Ahruf and Multiple Qiraat 鈥� A Quranic Perspective
• "Kill those who Associate Partners (Mushrikun) Wherever You Find Them!"
• Tauhid versus I鈥檍az al-Quran
• Quran Blunder: An Inspired Apocryphal Fable?
• Quran Inconsistency: Does Allah sanction and permit lust or not?
• Quran Error: Were the Disciples Muslims? [Part 1]
• Quran Error: Were the Disciples Muslims? [Part 2]
• Quran Difficulty: Is Allah the only ruler?
• Quran Contradiction: Does Allah Forgive All Sins Or Not?
• Another Quran Contradiction: Whom does Satan intend to tempt?
• Quran on Fearing Allah and the Wombs
• Quran on Moses as the Most High
• How Many Lords Do Muslims Really Have?
• Pharaoh - Another Lord and King Besides Allah
• The Quran on the Preservation of Pharaoh鈥檚 Body

Analysis of Muhammad

• Is Muhammad Prophesied in the Song of Solomon? Pt. 1
• Is Muhammad Prophesied in the Song of Solomon? Pt. 2
• A Muslim Scholar Admits That There Is No Salvation Apart From Muhammad!
• Islam's Divine Savior Revealed [Part 1]
• Islam's Divine Savior Revealed [Part 2]
• Islam鈥檚 Other god 鈥� The Muslim Deification of Muhammad
• Part 2: Analyzing the Quran鈥檚 Implicit Deification of Muhammad
• Part 3: Analyzing the Deification of Muhammad Within Muslim Tradition
• Part 4: Analyzing the Deification of Muhammad Within Muslim Tradition (cont.)
• Allah & Mo., Inc. 鈥� Islam鈥檚 Foundational Partnership
• Revealing Allah鈥檚 Partner in Dispensing Divine Grace
• Revealing Allah鈥檚 Partner in Dispensing Forgiveness
• Revealing Allah鈥檚 Partner in Receiving Pleasure
• Muhammad on the Setting Place of the Sun
• Is Muhammad a true Prophet of God?
• Muhammad鈥檚 False Prediction Regarding Christ鈥檚 Return
• Muhammad Fails A Test Of Prophethood
• Muhammad's Silly and Ridiculous Teachings [Part 1]
• Muhammad's Silly and Ridiculous Teachings [Part 2]
• Was Muhammad certain of his Salvation?
• Praying for the Salvation of Muhammad
• None Can Feel Safe From Allah鈥檚 Schemes
• Another Clear Example of Muhammad鈥檚 Inconsistency
• Muhammad Cursed and Abused His Followers
• Muhammad - The Visible Image of Allah
• Muhammad as Allah鈥檚 Heir?
• Muhammad as the Human Voice of Allah
• Invoking Muhammad In Worship [Part 1]
• Invoking Muhammad In Worship [Part 2]
• Invoking Muhammad In Worship [Part 3]
• How Allah killed his prophet

Responses to Muslim authors, speakers and debaters

• Rebuttals to Jalal Abualrub
• Rebuttals to Shabir Ally
• Rebuttals to Dr. Jamal Badawi
• Rebuttals to Dr. Jerald F. Dirks
• Rebuttals to Ibn Anwar
• Rebuttals to Zakir Hussein
• Rebuttals to Abdullah Kunde
• Rebuttals to Dr. Zakir Naik
• Rebuttals to 鈥淨uestion Mark鈥�
• Rebuttals to Paul Bilal Williams
• Rebuttals to Sami Zaatari
• Rebuttals to Bassam Zawadi

Contact Sam Shamoun.

We are now using a database system. This is the location for Sam Shamoun's newer articles. Most of his earlier articles on the Christian faith and Islam are available through his former index page.