Bible
Calling out Calling Christians on their personal attacks on Jonathan McLatchie
The Islamic dawah site Calling Christians and video maker Yahya Snow have crossed a red line. Yahya Snow has just produced yet another video attacking Jonathan McLatchie. I have left the following comment on the Facebook page of Calling Christians as they are gleefully… Read More ›
Does The Blood Imperative Make Sense? (article 4)
Continuing our series of instructive Jewish responses to Christian missionary polemics (see also articles 1, 2, 3) Does The Blood Imperative Make Sense? The Christian insistence that atonement is only possible through blood sacrifice runs into trouble when the Torah discusses the question of those… Read More ›
Vicarious Atonement: A Biblical Perspective (article 3)
Continuing our series of instructive Jewish responses to Christian missionary polemics (see also articles 1 & 2) Vicarious Atonement: A Biblical Perspective Is the idea that an innocent person can be killed instead of those who are guilty consistent with what the Bible teaches?… Read More ›
You Can’t Have It Both Ways (article 2)
Continuing our series of instructive Jewish responses to Christian missionary polemics. Article 2 is a continuation of Article 1: You Can’t Have It Both Ways Christians usually react to this line of reasoning by protesting that it’s absurd to be so literal,… Read More ›
Two different religions. Which one comes from God?
Paul in his letter to the Ephesians, chapter 2, verse 15 states: “He [Jesus] has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances” *** Jesus as reported in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 5 verse 17, states: “Do not think… Read More ›
The Paradox of British Islam – Abdal Hakim Murad
A brilliant discussion of Islam, The English Church, Reformation, Catholicism, the ever evolving kaleidoscope of British values, and much, much, more. An intellectual feast! Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad’s Lecture was given at the University of Oslo in 2011. A transcript of… Read More ›
Do the Gospels contain myths and legends?
There is very good evidence to suggest they do. Discussion of The Resurrection of the Dead Saints in Matthew 27. Even leading Christian apologist William Lane Craig does not defend this story as historical.
What marriage would look like if we actually followed the Bible
reblogged from today’s Independent Social conservatives who object to marriage licenses for gay couples claim to defend “Christian marriage,” meaning one man paired with one woman for life, which they say is prescribed by God in the Bible. But in… Read More ›
Debate: Did the historical Jesus claim to be divine?
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Insightful quote
I just stumbled upon this quote:
Jesus and God the Father
My Christian friend Richard posted this question yesterday on Nazam’s facebook. Here is my preliminary reply:
Textual Criticism Syllabus
A mouth-watering new post on Professor Bart Ehrman’s webpage. I wish I was doing this course 😦 Course Description This class focuses on one of the foundational disciplines of biblical studies. New Testament textual criticism has experienced a significant resurgence… Read More ›
Dr Jonathan AC Brown – Scholar’s Chair Interview
just posted on Youtube
Dr. Larry Hurtado on God in New Testament Theology
The following has just been published by Professor Dale: Podcast 100 – Dr. Larry Hurtado on God in New Testament Theology: In this 100th (!!) episode of the trinities podcast I talk with Dr. Hurtado about his book God in… Read More ›
Jesus and God sitting together
In a recent post Professor Dale points out some ways in which Jesus differs from God, in the portrayals of the New Testament: …only Jesus has a god over him, prays to God, doesn’t know certain things, only does what… Read More ›
Christians I need your help…again!
Christians I need your help…(again!). To be honest I am a bit confused. Yes really. I read the Bible regularly and Christians inform me that the Bible is the “Word of God” but I have not come across a passage that… Read More ›
Christians I need your help…
To be honest I am a bit confused. Yes really. I read the Bible regularly and I come across passages like this one below in 1 Samuel 15. According to the story God orders Israel to slaughter men, women, children,… Read More ›
How could Jesus be both God and human? Rabbi Tovia Singer explores a popular Christian solution
By the second century, many Christians believed that Jesus was both human and fully divine. This assertion, however, sparked bitter arguments and a theological conundrum in the early church. Christian leaders struggled with a fundamental problem: How would they reject… Read More ›
The Tanakh
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… Read More ›
Bishop reported to police for anti-gay comments
reblogged from Premier Sun 09 Aug 2015 By Antony Bushfield A gay rights group in Switzerland has made a complaint to police after a bishop in the country appeared to suggest homosexuals should be punished with death. Rt Revd Vitus… Read More ›
‘But Look at How Believing in Jesus Changed My Life!’
This fascinating and relevant article was originally published on the Jewish counter-missionary site Outreach Judaism Tovia Singer Question: Dear Rabbi Singer, I am certain that the question will surface somewhere in this general commentary I am making. I hope you… Read More ›
Blogging Theology 