Just published on The Bart Ehrman Blog. Ehrman debunks some unsubstantiated claims routinely made by evangelists. Over the past few years I’ve wondered how many of the disciples of Jesus came to believe that he had been raised from the dead…. Read More ›
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Why is Islam the fastest growing religion on earth?
A beautiful video message that gets to the heart of the truth
The arrogance and ignorance of Jonathan McLatchie
Jonathan McLatchie is a new British missionary doing the rounds of Christian churches as some kind of self-proclaimed expert in all things Christian and Islamic. So far he has offended Muslims by calling us a “cancer on society” and making… Read More ›
Ehrman-Bass Debate: Did the Historical Jesus Claim to be Divine?
Dr Bart D. Ehrman met Dr Justin W. Bass on September 18th, 2015 in Collin College Preston Ridge Conference Center Frisco, TX Auditorium. Did Jesus really claim to be God? In an age of social media, skepticism and doubt, the… Read More ›
Song of Songs 5:16 prophesied Prophet Muhammad (p) by Name
When dealing with the fact that Bible passage in the Song of Songs or Shir haShirim 5:16 שיר השירים ה:טז in Hebrew where the word “Machamadim” מַחֲמַדִּים is clearly shown, christian apologists like James White in his debate with Br. Zakir Hussain titled “Is Muhammed… Read More ›
The Holy Quran Experiment
In this video two Dutch guys disguised a Bible as a Quran and read some of it’s most gruesome verses to people in the street. This is what they had to say. The results will shock you!
Classic Christian hypocrisy and double standards
The barefaced cheek of certain Christians never ceases to amaze.
Jesus’s argument in John 10
You think that Jesus was good. But do you also think that Jesus was smart? So smart, that you have to carefully weigh his statements and carefully parse his arguments? I do. In this post, I submit his argument… Read More ›
Applying the truth of Ezekiel 18 to Christian theology
Read this: Ezekiel 18
The Bible opposes Church teaching that an innocent man can die for your sins
A vitally important Biblical message for Christians. The prophet Ezekiel refutes apostle Paul. Read this: Ezekiel 18
The Bible on how you should kill your family and loved ones if they change religions.
But what about the teaching of Jesus on this law in Deuteronomy 13? He upheld it! ‘Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfil…. Read More ›
Challenging hypocrisy and double standards
But it is worse than Shibli Zaman suggests. Paul in his letter to Timothy (2 Timothy 3:15-16) reminds him “how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures” by which he means what Christians call the ‘Old Testament’ – the New Testament… Read More ›
If Jesus Never Called Himself God, How Did He Become One?
A fascinating and scholarly discussion asking (and answering convincingly!) how a Jewish prophet became the Second Person of the Trinity.
Ishmael, peace be upon him part II: The rightful holder of the everlasting covenant
Many christians see Arabs and muslims as the descendants of prophet Ishmael and develop racist view and hatred toward them because of their understanding of the Hebrew scriptures but for those who treat the scriptures with fairness and sincerity will see that Ishmael part of God’s covenant with Abraham from the beginning, he is the very foundation of God’s eternal and unconditional covenant with the gentile nations (Heb: גויים Goyim)
Paris, ISIS, and the Christian responsibility to wrestle with Biblical violence
Professor Pete Enns is a biblical scholar, theologian, and writer. He is perhaps best known for his book Inspiration and Incarnation (which I have read) which challenged conservative/mainstream Evangelical methods of biblical interpretation. He posted the following article today on his blog:… Read More ›
How the Bible was used to turn the First World War into a Holy War
Nathan MacDonald, an Old Testament lecturer at the University of Oxford comments, “In some ways we treat the idea that scripture can be used as the basis of a holy war as primitive and medieval. We like to think that… Read More ›
Os Justi (“The mouth of the righteous”)
This sublime choral piece was composed by Anton Bruckner in 1879. The text of the motet is two verses from Psalm 37 Os justi meditabitur sapientiam: et lingua ejus loquetur judicium. Lex Dei ejus in corde ipsius: et non supplantabuntur gressus… Read More ›
Christians, the Bible, and why Jews reject Jesus as Messiah
Bart Ehrman has just posted this on his Facebook page. The title above and the bold highlights below are mine. For the complete article visit Facebook. In my previous post I started to explain why, based on the testimony of… Read More ›
Ishmael, peace be upon him, part I: “Wild Ass” Man?
Was prophet Ishmael(ص) really a ‘Wild Ass’ Man or Is it a deliberate character assassination due to the enmities which arose in prophet Abraham’s extended family contributed to the translation of Gen 16: 12?
The Bible may resemble Hadith more than scripture but with less certainty to its authenticity
Many muslims consider the Bible (which consist of Old Testament and New Testament writings) is unlike the Qur’an, they are not God’s direct speech, but are just like the Hadiths that is the Bible were written-collected by men, and are… Read More ›
Celebrating William Channing
William Channing (died 1842) was the foremost Christian Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century. He wished to take the Reformation back beyond the manipulations of Athanasius and the political bishops of the fourth century, to… Read More ›
And now, for your viewing pleasure: ‘The Trinitarian Shuffle’
Starring ‘Dr’ James White putting the fun back into fundamentalism!
Some thoughts on the authorship of Isaiah, biblical scholarship, and fundamentalism.
The fundamentalist commonly identifies himself not as a fundamentalist but as an evangelical, and their evangelical identity is of great importance to them. It is of extreme importance to fundamentalists to defend the unitary authorship of the Book of Isaiah,… Read More ›
Galatians 2:21: possibly one of the most important verses in the New Testament
The Tanakh is the canon of the Hebrew Bible. The traditional Hebrew text is known as the Masoretic Text. Tanakh is an acronym of the first Hebrew letter of each of the Masoretic Text’s three traditional subdivisions: Torah (“Teaching”, also known… Read More ›
Karl Barth on the Trinity
“The Bible lacks the express declaration that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are of equal essence and therefore in an equal sense God himself. And the other express declaration is also lacking, that God is God thus… Read More ›
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