“I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after your body has been killed, has… Read More ›
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The Trinity – A Simple Explanation
Do you find the Trinity difficult to understand? Many Christians do. This video offers a simple, step by step guide on how one can make sense of the Trinity. YouTube Mirror: The Trinity – A Simple Explanation This clip is… Read More ›
James White of Alpha & Omega Ministries just does not get it.
Have a look at this video featuring James White and a rapper: The verse in context: ‘God has sealed them [the Jews] in their disbelief, so they believe only a little – and because they disbelieved and uttered a terrible… Read More ›
The Qur’an’s perspective on Jesus “is unquestionably Jewish Christian”
The images of Jesus historians find in the earliest Jewish Christianity and Islam are very similar and their findings have been discussed extensively by Western scholars such as Hans Küng, Jeffrey J. Bütz and James D. Tabor. That the Qur’an… Read More ›
To misquote James White: ‘I have yet to meet a consistent Christian.’
A popular argument used by Christian polemicists is to claim that the author of the Qur’an (whom they take to be Muhammad), borrowed stories from early Christian apocryphal works. The assumption appears to be that because the Qur’an’s truths appear… Read More ›
“Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s…
But here’s something to ponder: Jesus command to “Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s”, was… what? (A) A clear distinction between religion and politics, implying that Caesar’s taxes were lawful and should be paid…. Read More ›
James White’s online ministry casts doubt on the Bible & God’s unconditional forgiveness
In the ongoing war between fundamentalist Christians about the meaning of the gospel James White’s Alpha & Omega ministry drops quite a bombshell. Here is the post: The often quoted saying of Jesus from the cross “Father, forgive them, for… Read More ›
Unlike the present Bible the Qur’an claims to be a Revelation from the Almighty
One would expect, as an antecedent probability, that if God wished to send down to mankind a Revelation, that He would announce this amazing fact clearly. This the Quran does in many places. The first instance is at the beginning… Read More ›
The devil takes the Son of God up a *very* high mountain
Here is the context in full:
Isaiah vision
For thus my Lord said to me: “Go, set up a watchman; Let him announce what he sees. And he saw mounted men, two horsemen — a rider of donkey, a rider of camel — and he will listen closely, Most attentively” –Isaiah 21:6-7 For muslims, upon… Read More ›
Mr. McLatchie’s double standard
(with thanks to a reader from California)
Standing up for the real humanity of Jesus
New Testament scholar Daniel Kirk bemoans the vacuous creeds of the Church
Mustafa Akyol – The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) invited Mustafa Akyol on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, to deliver a talk on his newly published book, The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews became a Prophet of the Muslims. Mustafa… Read More ›
A Brief Insight into the New Testament’s Prototyping
The New Testament of today is described as follows regarding the NA28 GNT: “The intention of this edition lies not in reproducing the “oldest text” presented in the oldest manuscript but in reconstructing the text of the hypothetical master copy… Read More ›
Christian and Islamic view of the man on the cross
The Qur’an is not a work of literary narrative, as is the Bible. As a scripture that provides guidance (huda) and a reminder (tadhkira) to humankind, it gives more emphasis to spiritual edifications than to providing a full account of… Read More ›
Thomas Aquinas and the gospels
Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274) was an Italian Catholic priest and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism. The Catholic Church reveres Thomas Aquinas as a saint and regards… Read More ›
Graphic: NT Reliability Comparison to Ancient Documents
Question: This image has often been used to demonstrate the reliability of the New Testament. What is your response to this? Answer: This infographic relies on two of the three defective principles that beginners make when it comes to textual criticism, namely… Read More ›
Reading Psalm 110:1
Dale Martin is an American New Testament scholar. He is Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University.
Professor Bart Ehrman – Bible Contradictions
Some well known contradictions and discrepancies in the Bible
Mistranslations of Text
Christian translators have manipulated many parts of Scripture to “force” it to conform with their prejudicial notion that it is replete with references to Jesus if one were merely open-minded enough to see it. Let’s take a look at some… Read More ›
Jesus, the Law, and a “New” Covenant
‘Jesus of Nazareth was a Torah-observant Jewish teacher whose followers, after his death, came to adopt a variety of attitudes toward the Law of Moses. Some of them insisted on strict observance; others argued that only parts of the Law… Read More ›
Evolution of Jesus in early Christianity
This is an excellent lecture by Professor Bart Ehrman with regards to the evolution of Jesus during early history. A must watch for Christians and Jews.
Jesus the messiah and Isaiah 53, Psalm 22
Christians point ‘to passages in the Bible that talked about one who suffered and was then vindicated, passages such as Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22. Jews, though, had a ready response: these passages are not talking about the messiah. And you… Read More ›
After receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost who did the freshly empowered and comprehending Peter say Jesus was?
From the Introduction to the must-read new book A Man Attested by God: The Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels by Professor J.R. Daniel Kirk. This work is a gold mine of historical and textual evidence and scholarly argument to refute the… Read More ›
The men in the Jewish Bible who play the role of God (sharing dominion, worship, and the throne of Yahweh) and are even called ‘God’ (Yahweh and Elohim)
An interesting excerpt from the exciting new work A Man Attested by God: The Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels by Professor J.R. Daniel Kirk. Refuting recent work by scholars as Richard Bauckham, Simon Gathercole, and Richard Hays, Kirk demonstrates that Jesus was… Read More ›
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