comparative religion
Summary of Islam
A two page summary on Islam
7 pp.·2023
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Graduate-Level Theological Writing
Seminary Papers / Publications.
These papers were written in partial fulfillment of the M.A. in Christian Apologetics at Biola University. They are offered freely for study, prayer, and conversation.
Freely given for the church.
John Leonetti completed his Master of Arts in Christian Apologetics at Biola University in 2023. The papers below represent graduate-level engagement with the great questions of the Christian faith — from the existence of God to the reliability of Scripture to the problem of evil. They are not offered as the final word on anything, but as an invitation to think carefully and worship deeply.
Cosmological Argument
The Kalam Cosmological Argument
An exposition and defense of the Kalam Cosmological Argument, engaging contemporary objections from physics and philosophy and making the case that the universe had a personal cause.
18 pp.·2022
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Why God Allows Evil
A Reformed response to the logical and evidential problem of evil, drawing on Plantinga's free will defense and the greater-good theodicy — arguing that the existence of evil is compatible with an all-good, all-powerful God.
18 pp.·2022
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Tacitus and the Historical Jesus
An examination of the Roman historian Tacitus as an extra-biblical witness to the historicity of Jesus Christ and the early Christian movement, with attention to the Annals passage and its scholarly reception.
15 pp.·2023
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Radical Two Kingdom Theology
A critical assessment of Radical Two Kingdom theology as articulated by David VanDrunen, examining its exegetical foundations, its implications for Christian cultural engagement, and its points of tension with the Reformed tradition.
12 pp.·2023
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Exegetical Project: Matthew 25
A graduate-level exegetical study of Matthew 25, examining the Parable of the Ten Virgins, the Parable of the Talents, and the Sheep and the Goats — with attention to eschatological implications and pastoral application.
36 pp.·2023
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The United Pentecostal Church Is Wrong on Modalism
A theological and exegetical refutation of the modalist doctrine of God as taught by the United Pentecostal Church International, defending the orthodox Trinitarian understanding of the one God in three persons.
21 pp.·2023
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