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Category: Christology
The identity and work of Jesus the Messiah.
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Objective Grace and the Cosmic Cruciform
A guide to Karl Barth’s doctrine of reconciliation, its Christ-centered account of objective grace, and its tensions concerning faith, historical inquiry, and universal restoration within the biblical promise-plan.
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The Ontological, Exegetical, and Covenantal Architecture of Christ’s Absolute Sinlessness
The study distinguishes the New Testament’s claim that Jesus is without sin from explanations of why he cannot sin. It relates moral integrity, genuine humanity, divine identity, temptation, and representative atonement within the promise-plan, while engaging competing historical…
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The Oral Bedrock of Early High Christology
The essay examines traditions embedded in the New Testament that may predate the writings preserving them. It connects early resurrection proclamation and devotion to Jesus with Israel’s Scriptures, while distinguishing historical evidence, disputed reconstructions, and the author’s theological…
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Tzelem and the Cosmic Temple
This essay argues that being God’s image is an identity bestowed on every human being, rather than a status earned through reason, language, or other capacities. It connects that identity with royal-priestly vocation, the cosmic temple, and renewal…
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The Unique Jesus
The essay compares the distinctive prerogatives attributed to Jesus in Scripture and the Qurʾān, including virginal conception, purity, life-giving signs, and eschatological honor. It argues that shared titles coexist with substantial differences in divine identity, revelation, and salvation.
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The Word Made Flesh and the Word Made Book
The study argues that the incarnation expresses God’s promised presence rather than diminishing divine majesty. It distinguishes the eternal Son’s assumption of complete human nature from a change of deity into humanity, reading John 1 within the covenantal…
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The Sinless Christ: Exegetical Foundations, Islamic Polemics, and the Canonical Architecture of Promise-Plan Soteriology
Christ’s sinlessness carries both Christological and atoning significance in the biblical canon. This study compares New Testament testimony with Qurʾānic and hadith portrayals while distinguishing textual evidence from later doctrines of prophetic impeccability.
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The Virgin Birth in Christian–Muslim Polemics
The Gospels and Qurʾān affirm Mary’s virginal conception while assigning it different theological meanings. This study compares the narratives, Christological titles, Late Antique parallels, and the event’s place within the biblical promise-plan.
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Jesus Christ as Rūḥun Minhu and Kalimatuhū
This study evaluates the Qurʾānic titles “His Word” and “a spirit from Him” as internal Christological pressure points without treating them as Nicene proof-texts.
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Jesus: The Eternal Spirit and the Incarnate Logos
This study tests Qurʾānic Word-and-Spirit titles for Jesus against classical Islamic interpretation and the biblical identity of the incarnate Logos.