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We mustnât take pleasure in seeing someone fall. We must not seek their ruin, however bad they may have been to us or to others. We trust that God can do wondrous things and must hope He will bring about a remarkable change in their character through the transformative power of the Holy Spirit. Many people are delighting in the fact that Mr. Sam Shamoun is being criticised and condemned on several social media platforms. Some people say he deserves it whereas others say itâs not fair, be patient, give him another chance. Whatâs your view? Mr. Shamoun, born in Kuwait in 1972, is a hot topic on the internet.
For some, Sam is a highly controversial character who desperately needs counselling or at least needs a break from the heavy psychological pressure heâs under. Sam is very active, livestreaming daily. He churns out a high volume of hours of YouTube content on a weekly basis. He doesnât tend to engage in moderated debates and structured discussions but has himself become the subject of debate and discussion. Some believe âSam is the manâ and some believe âSam is a sham.â Youâll have your own opinion.
Here, it will be helpful to explore a broad and varied selection of comments from Christians across the spectrum, Roman Catholics and Protestants alike, those of the Arminian and Calvinistic persuasions, Christians representing the Eastern Orthodox and the Assyrian Church of the East positions too. In fact, both atheists and agnostics have been intrigued by the recent controversy and have chipped in with their own comments also. Itâs a controversy that wonât go away. Itâs become too big to ignore.
Let me also then come forward to say something about the controversy surrounding Sam Shamoun which has erupted on social media in recent days. I personally do not know the man, but I know that he is a public figure with a high profile. I know also that he has won over passionate followers and gained plenty of enemies over the years in his ministry in the arena of apologetics. Some people like him yet some people hate him, and both sides give their reasons.
His admirers say he defends trinitarian Christianity against Islam and Unitarians, whereas the people who loathe him claim that though he has memorised numerous scripture verse references and has encyclopaedic ecclesiastic and qurâanic facts at his fingertips, he is abrasive, offensive, unconstructive and divisive. âPride comes before a fallâ is a maxim. Iâll invite you then to focus and to give the topic your good attention, dear reader. This is urgent. This is a short reflection, a simple, balanced, practical and direct message that will help you, and me, and Sam, and others. Pass it on prayerfully please. If youâre on social media these days, you canât avoid The Big Sam Shamoun Debate.
There are far too many comments on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and on X (Twitter) and elsewhere to read through in a day or in a week. There are so many people commenting that it would take a month or more to carefully read through them all. The following collection of comments is merely a small selection of those found on YouTube earlier today. Iâve gathered some comments from
@shamounian, @apologeticsroadshow,
@ApostateProphet, @BereanPerspectiveApologetics, @ChristianPrince1.
The personalities whoâve been brought to the forefront of the heated conversation and whose videos on YouTube contribute to peopleâs understanding of subjects such as Islam and the Christian faith are, each in their own way, shaping modern apologetics: Sam Shamoun, David Wood, Ridvan, Kelly Powers and Christian Prince. There are, of course, more.
I have no desire to add fuel to the fire, dear friends. Iâm not interested in discovering who is right and who is wrong. Iâm interested, to be honest, in the Lord Jesus Christ and in seeing the salvation of souls, saved through the glorious Gospel. I want believers to continue to walk by faith, to grow in grace, to increase in love, in effectiveness, in prudence, understanding and wisdom. I want believers to be thoroughly equipped for the performance of every good work, to be strengthened and edified.
âTill we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we henceforth are not anymore children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.â Ephesians 4:13-14.
I want each of us to put on the whole armour of God. I want us to be aware that we do not wrestle against humans. I want us as brothers and sisters to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might, to put on the complete armour of our God that we may be able to stand against the cunning schemes and wiles of the devil. For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against wickedness, and against spiritual forces of evil in high or heavenly places.
Therefore, beloved friend, take up the full armour of God that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your waist girded with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, having your feet fitted with the readiness of the Gospel of peace, and above all, taking the shield of faith, with which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery arrows or darts of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. Ephesians 6:10-18.
Here then, are a small number of comments from YouTube; myriads more could have been presented. These should suffice. Theyâll help you as you form your own perspective and engage in the wider conversation. Your viewpoint matters.
From swiftbear. 1 Corinthians 13. A short description of Sam (if he even is a Christian). âThough I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.â
From kawehionalani. Poor Sam, his heart is hardened. He does have a very abrasive style and is constantly calling people names. He sounds like heâs upset because his ex-wife cheated on him and heâs not over it. He needs Grace. I agree his temper is wild. I will pray for him.
From Avechristos. We love you Sam. Always praying for you.
From GrandpaT. Knowledge without wisdom⊠sad to watch Sam fall to hate and anxiety.
From LCD. Sam is in a dark place; heâs being over powered by the spirit of pride and gluttony.
From ex-muslimtestimonies. Unsubscribed from Sam a long time ago, that saves a lot of dramaâŠ
From Caffer9. May God save him from his demons.
From ProLifeChloe. My heart shatters when our Lordâs heart shatters. Sam, youâre in my prayers and included in my rosary, brother. May our Holy ever Virgin Mary hug you, St. Charbel pray for you and the Lord continue to protect and persevere you, Sam. Amen.
From frankie. I'm a Christian. I asked Sam a question once. I got blocked and then found out that apparently Iâm a wicked tool of the devil.
From gabriel. Sam Shamounâs arrogance blinds him, heâs deluded by his own pride. Now, he is deceived. Honestly, I wouldnât even be surprised if he ends up an atheist soon.
From HisHumbleServant. Sam could've been an Islamic polemicist legend if he was humble. It's unfortunate what pride, greed, lust, etc., will do to you.
From DC. Why did it take so long for people to figure this out?
From nguyen. I unsubscribed from Samâs channel ever since I saw him cursing out Christian Prince about a year ago.
From TJ. Sam we love you, we pray for you and your family. Let the lord bring you peace and let you not lose focus, all glory to the Lord. Praise the Lord.
From wildworldunited. Thank you for the update, you were right: it was only a matter of time before Sam went after David Wood. The biggest shame is Sam's ability to justify all of his nasty behavior. âI was born this way.â âI'm Assyrian. We're hot headed.â âHere's a church father who was like this,â etc... sad. I remember a livestream with Al Fadi where Sam would not stop obsessing about chat membersâ comments. He won't stop, even in someone else's territory.
From ibelieveit. Sam is just as good at defeating himself as he is at defeating Islam.
From DMHM. I remember seeing Sam Shamoun go after Christian Prince about a year ago. It was crazy as CP had done absolutely nothing wrong. I realized then that Sam Shamoun had serious problems, more than just an unstable character. He needs help.
From wicomms. I love what CP said: âstay away from Islam and stay away from Sam.â
From austromyrtus. Pride, narcissism, filthy language, anger, revenge - all present in Sam. Just no fruit of the Spirit evidence in his life. Can anyone find ANY fruit of the Holy Spirit in his life? Definite need of repentance. Letâs all pray a prayer for him today. If he does not repent, God Himself will intervene to bring him down.
From njohn. We need you Sam. May God give you peace.
From austromyrtus. Wait until Scam Baboun starts attacking more of the Catholic apologists - see if Horn, Heschmeyer, Akin, Reiker, and all the others can work with him.
From bob. Itâs sad. I learned so much from Sam, but I definitely can see his mental illness as he feels the need to strike out at everyone.
From Tj18. Sam Shamoun brought this upon himself. Finally, David wood and AP have realized the nasty person he is.
From BereanPerspective. Sam Shamoun has recently been attacking and slandering both David Wood and Apostate Prophet and now David Wood and Apostate Prophet fire back exposing Sam Shamoun!!! This will be very interesting to see what happens! What do you think of this, share your comments below!
From joel. Sam, may the LORD bless you and keep you and your daughters safe, brother.
From Yohanan. David Wood and Sam Shamoun were untouchable when they were together. Too bad Sam ruined it.
From marinaemmanuel. As an Assyrian Christian, Iâm so disappointed in Sam. I started watching Sam years back and really liked the way he was critiquing Islam and how amazing he was at recalling the Bible, and when I saw him with David wood and AP I was sooo happy and thought âyes, this is what we need to expose Islam!â But I think heâs been going through something for the past decade. Cursing and the way he interacts with Muslims and non-Muslims. As a Christian, we need to be more aware of how we speak and act. We need to be more Christlike. In saying that, letâs all pray for Sam. I donât want to see a brother in Christ deteriorating like that. Itâs heart breaking to say the least. May God help Sam and protect his mind and heart.
From dprague. Self control is the most overlooked fruit of the spirit.
From morghe. Finally, David broke the silence. I've been waiting for this.
From knightdance. I honestly do think Sam suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).
From è±æŻć©HHH. Take a look at this: Sam got beef with AP, Sam got beef with David, Sam got beef with Christian P, Sam got beef with JayDyer, Sam got beef with JP Uncut, Sam got beef with IP, Sam got beef with GodLogic loading.... Clearly Sam Shamoun is the PROBLEM here... Dude is a genius, a Bible encyclopedia but his character/personality SUCKS.
From FlowerSpongee. We are with you brother Sam not as cultists but as fellow brothers and sisters who are grateful to Lord Almighty who sent you to teach us. We will always pray for you and your daughters <3
From Quisl. Sam blocked me for being a Lutheran.
From beleloy. I am glad about the topic about Sam, âyou will know them by their fruitsâ and Sam has bad fruits.
From Leeroy6. Sam cussed my mother, called her the whore of Babylon and said even worse things. Heâs lucky I donât live in America. Iâd smash him up bad and end up in jail.
From KayinPhylosophy. Sam called me a pot head (or he told me that I was high) simply because I disagreed with him on the sons of God in Genesis being Angels, and this was when he was tamer. (7 years ago)
From TheXobie. Nothing really here that no one isn't aware of. Sam Shamoun is toxic in every sense. If I know Sam, he will double down and not repent of his ways. The only response to Sam Shamoun is to turn him over to Satan for correction and have nothing to do with him. At this point everything else has been done.
From israelwhyte. May our blessed Mother Mary the Queen of Heaven intercede to her GLORIOUS Son Jesus Christ for this brother Sam Shamoun.
From scrunch. Hope Sam gets the help he needs... Must pray and guard against spiritual attacks.
From missvickimae. I saw some comments saying theyâre scared to comment in Samâs livestream chat⊠why on earth are you there in the first place is my question. Took one time for him to cuss me out and I never went back or had a desire to, or felt I was missing out, instead I thought I dodged a bullet and saved a lot of wasted time imo. Stay away from demons like him âŠ;)
From tiger-rgn. Sam is a good debater and apologist, but his problem is he tries too hard to justify his sin by butchering bible verses where insults are used, as if thatâs the majority of the bible, Samâs bad behavior and slander (judging AP too early with the divorce case) is 90% of his streams. Hypocrisy! He should check his behavior.
From maureen. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
From Clive. Heâs rude. The funny thing is Sam loves to call people fat. âAnthony Fat Boy Rogers.â Doesnât Sam look in the mirror?
From MichaelP. Sam. Iâd like to share some words of encouragement. Youâre a good man brother, Iâve been watching you for 2 years. Thanks to you Iâm in OCIA in the Catholic Church. Iâve learned a lot from you and thanks to your sessions my faith has grown. Youâve shown receipts, I think thatâs enough. Even if all the accusations hypothetically were true, you can be the most wicked person but that doesnât change the fact you are gifted with the gift of teaching. Something David Wood doesnât have let alone AP. Like letâs be serious David literally got buried by Alex OâConnor and caused Christians to stumble. Stay strong brother. It hurts me that this situation may be the reason you wonât see your daughters in December. We all love you brother. Weâre not a cult. Weâre here because you actually DO teach the faith and your channel is fruitful. Like you said we are slaves for Christ. God bless brother.
From Geoffrey. Imho shamounianism is a cult. Try to question Sam on biblical doctrine and youâre blocked. He runs.
From docholliday. I disagreed with Sam about praying to Mary. He called my mom a whore.
From veggiesarefruits. Sam insults his own followersâ intelligence nearly every time Iâve heard him preaching a simple concept. He goes on and on, sneakily using the Lordâs name in vain, âprayingâ that everyone in the chat is listening and will understand his interpretation of something, then finally gets to the point, repeats the point multiple times, and itâs just...an EXTREMELY easy-to-follow thing. He overcomplicates it. The way he talks to people can be very condescending, dismissive, and antagonistic. Thereâs very little love there. It seems like a lot of our sad, sorry, modern theobros all want to flip tables, but NONE want to wash feet. Itâs like the battle of the big egos. In fact, Sam said himself that he wouldnât even show up to an event because he's gained weight, then went on to attack David as an "ego maniac" because Sam reached out to Davidâs wife to see if they could go somewhere and work together, and she simply said that David wasnât available. First of all, how is that logically sound, at all? David is an egomaniac because his wife told Sam he wouldnât be available? Huh?! But you (Sam) are NOT prideful for refusing to show yourself in public because you care so much about what you look like? Sir. THATâS ego. THATâS pride. The online Christian space is becoming a total dumpster fire due to pride.
From SplattheroadkillCat. I think the reason they waited to expose Sam now, was probably because they waited to see if God would work in him, and show mercy, but now they see how far Sam has fallen. Their eyes are open now and I celebrate that. I responded to a fb post Sam made regarding remarriage, it was vague so I responded in speculation that maybe people were having a go regarding his position, but Sam responded with an attack it was not true (I never used the definite article in my comment). Sam said if I did it again Iâd be blocked and demanded an apology, mortified I tried to delete and apologise but he had blocked me! So contradicted himself and did the opposite of what he demanded. Nasty. He called his X wife a Wh*re on fb which was wrong, his X would show her lawyers that.
From Alistair. The Lord's mercy and grace be upon you and your daughters. Love you Sam.
From KeithuMaurice. Brother Sam, I know you for the past 15 years, I can feel your pain, always with you. May the LORD protect you and your daughters from these wolves.
From angel. GUYS SAM LEAKED AN EMAIL WHERE HE ADMITTED TO HITTING HIS WIFE!!! 23:44of the video âMore drama and open forumâ on Samâs channel, second latest video. He sends an email to David Wood admitting he hit his wife. I noticed Sam says heâs âNot a wife beaterâ as in a habitual thing, not that he has never hit his wife. On a very recent livestream (2-3) days ago he was talking about bad divorces and how he understands if someone snaps and unloves their spouse. Went on that rant for a while about how people snap. We want to know the truth too. If Sam is a public figure, then we deserve to know what Sam actually did and why he has no custody of the kids.
From Kombolo. The dudeâs crazy. Sam yelled at me for posting a Bible verse and went on a long rant telling me Iâm biblically illiterate, âHuh! Think you know the Bible? You Bible buffoon. Here, go to Mike Winger.â Samâs a narcissist.
From SeekTheCross. This happened to me, I was a baby Christian and Sam spiritually abused me and caused me much pain. I asked him an honest question years ago and he went off on me, I was looking for wisdom and understanding, and he went off on me and said I didnât have the Holy Spirit and completely discouraged me, I couldnât understand why. I just came out of a cult that completely hated me and devalued me as a human being, I was looking for fellowship and learning to grow in the faith but got called a son of Satan, a dog, and my mother a whore all over asking an honest question. I actually believed Sam was a Christian and thought I was doing something wrong, I thought being saved by Christâs sacrifice and the gospel was something beautiful and precious and that I would be received in love but instead I felt rejected and discouraged. I reached out to him in love but was met with pure hatred, ever since coming to Christ people have been hating me left and right even those who say they are Christian. Then I discovered there are some who are Christian and some who proclaim to be but hate their brothers and sisters without a cause.
Thatâs enough. Dearest reader, do not be discouraged, do not sink into despair. Focus on the infinite power and limitless potential of the Spirit of Christ, our Lord and glorious Saviour. Pray that He will grant us all, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man; pray that Christ will dwell in our hearts by faith; that we, being rooted and grounded in love, will be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that we might be filled with all the fulness of God. Ephesians 3:16-19.
You know, from the Holy Bible, that hypocrites will be punished; they will perish; they will be cast into the Lake of Fire. So, pray even for Sam. Heâs a public figure in the limelight and, therefore, has a big responsibility. He should therefore act responsibly. Clearly, he has angered or offended or disappointed a lot of people. Pray for Sam Shamoun, for his deliverance and conversion.
He is accountable not only to his subscribers and financial supporters but must one day give an account to God at the Judgment Seat of Lord Christ, Jesus. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of, or to come under the condemnation of, an angry, thoroughly just God. Sinners beware! Whether Sam chooses to step down and to stop livestreaming on YouTube and do something different with his time and life on earth, or if he determines to carry on doing what he is doing, is not for us to decide. Let Sam decide, or better still, let God decide.
Maybe you watch his videos or maybe youâve stopped watching his videos; share your thoughts and reasons, please. Whether you choose to unsubscribe from Samâs channel or continue to follow him is a decision for you to make. At least you have been informed. Be careful. Sam has a hot temper and hurls insults. Abide by his rules if you visit his channel. Sam is trigger-happy and blocks everyone, even his mods. Heâs even senselessly blocked people who finance him on PayPal and Patreon. Have you been blocked by Sam Shamoun yet? You will be. Itâs just a matter of time. Donât worry, perhaps Sam would block himself if he could. Like many others, you too may draw the conclusion that he is âUNHINGED.â Mr. Shamoun is volatile, he is explosive. đŁ
May you grow in grace and walk by faith and excel in all you do, and win, dear friend. Lead by example. đ Pray without ceasing, pray for yourself, for your loved ones and your enemies, pray in the Spirit always with all kinds of prayer and supplications, making your requests known to God. Be watchful, be alert with all perseverance, fervent petitions and intercession for all the saints.
Thank you for reading this practical journal reflection. If you have been emotionally, mentally and spiritually moved by the variety of comments in this reflection and feel strongly about the ongoing matter, hop on the like button and repost the reflection please. Help to make a difference. âšïž Leave a little comment here, be polite, share your viewpoint. Remember, âTogether, weâre praying for revival, chasing the delightful dream.â Loving you much. đ
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