Volume 21, No.4, Nov. 2010
Development of the “Trinity Doctrine”
"Hold fast the form of sound words" (2 Timothy 1:13). The apostles who walked with Jesus during his ministry, and led the Church in the first decades of the Christian era, knew Jesus as Messiah, the anointed of God. He was "the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:16). He had existed from the beginning of God's creation. Later he was "made [...]
Understanding John 1:1, “Towards God”
"In the Beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was towards [in the service of] God, and the Logos was a god" (John 1:1, literal translation). The opening verses of John's Gospel, John 1:1-2, are familiar. But they have been misunderstood.1 (1) The translation "with God," as appears in most Bibles, is inaccurate. (2) The correct translation is "unto God," or, "towards God." The [...]