Year: 2017
Fake Christian feminism refuted
Yahya Snow comments: ‘I hope Lizzie Schofield, Sharon Hoy, Sarah Foster, Hatun Tash, Godwin, Daniel and Beth Grove will reflect on why Jay Smith’s Pfander Ministries and Pfander Films has accrued such caustic and extremist anti-Muslim followers over the years…. Read More ›
Evidence that Jesus didn’t teach the same gospel that Paul later taught
Interesting. Bart = Professor Bart Ehrman, American NT scholar.
Why Muhammad pbuh???
‘This is it, the final segment to the Paul Williams show. In this segment, Paul tells us why Muhammad (upon whom be peace) is the prophet and messenger of God!’
Au Revoir Mme Yette
My dear neighbour Mme Yette died earlier this week at the ripe old age of 97. She is beautifully captured in this painting of her outside the shop she ran for many decades. Her burial took place this afternoon. May… Read More ›
Homosexuality in Islam: Is There A Place For Gay Muslims?
Dr Sherman Jackson responds to an audience question regarding Gay Muslims and homosexuality in Islam. Clip from Cultivating an Indigenous Muslim Culture part of the Shuruq 2009 Islam Awareness series held at New York University in April 2009.
Brief Note on Dogs and Those At The Table, in Matthew and the Zohar
«The ‘peculiar benevolence’ the woman finally receives from Jesus in the story certainly qualifies her as a προσηλυτος.»[1] The story of Jesus’ exchange with a gentile woman, in Matthew 15:22-28, has fascinated (and scandalized) many. Some feel the text has… Read More ›
Neo-Atheist Moral Degeneration
Everyone wants to take the moral high ground, whether you’re an Atheist or a Theist. You want to demonstrate that your beliefs take you to a better moral position, therefore it should be followed. I can’t disagree with that reasoning,… Read More ›
How Obvious is Development in the Gospels? A Few Brief Thoughts on Methodology
The idea that the Gospels comprise layers of development is widely accepted. Such is taken for granted in scholarly literature, is taught at most seminaries (perhaps all highly regarded seminaries), and is certainly taught in all courses on the New… Read More ›
The Bible VS The Qur’an and a Delightful Panini
Why is there no historical criticism of the Qur’an as there is of the Bible? Here we have a simple misunderstanding. The Bible is made up of many different books, compiled over many centuries. It is possible to cast doubt… Read More ›
“I have been ordered to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah’s Apostle…”
A fascinating and brief explanation of this troubling hadith
The egregious sin at the heart of Christian worship
In a tweet today Dr Michael Bird innocently lets slip a truth about Christian worship I have often discussed in conversations with Christians, namely that they worship a man, a created being. Christians usually (and illogically) deny they do this… Read More ›
The Historical Jesus
It is obvious that certain narratives in the New Testament contradict each other and cannot be woven into a historically coherent whole. How, then, do scholars construct who the “historical Jesus” was? There are several principles that historical Jesus researchers… Read More ›
Fruit of Jay Smith’s Remnants (DCCI Ministries) at Speakers Corner
This person is talking about watching Muslim interactions with Lizzie Schofield, Hatun Tash, their cameraman and another one of their Christian colleagues at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park.
Was Jesus Egalitarian?
Professor Amy-Jill Levine (a prominent NT scholar) gives her thoughts on Jesus and women, beginning with one question, “Was Jesus egalitarian?”
Biblical Truths with Professor Dale Martin
Top Yale Bible scholar admits you cannot find the Trinity in the New Testament. I agree. In this interview, Professor Dale Martin (Yale University) discusses his newest work, “Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century”. Professor Martin… Read More ›
The Virgin Mary in Mark, Matthew and Luke.
In a recent video Mary the Mother of WHO??? I briefly discussed how Mark and Luke offered radically different portrayals of the Mother of Jesus: the former has Mary as an unbeliever, the latter shows Mary as the first and… Read More ›
Mary the Mother of WHO???
In this segment, Paul Williams informs us of the role of Mary, who is referred to as Maryam in the Qur’an, may Allah be pleased with her, Ameen! What was Mary’s role according to the Bible? and why does her… Read More ›
John the Baptist was a Muslim too???
Filmed in Regent Park London in view of Regent’s Park Mosque
The Single Greatest Acts of Terrorism in Human History
On 6th August, 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima devastated by the act of terror of biblical proportion which as a result 90 percent of the city non combatant civilians immediately boiled, evaporated, carbonized or otherwise disappeared into black smoke or… Read More ›
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