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Biblical scholarship
Early High Subordinationist Christology around the Blogosphere
If you have any interest in Christology, you won’t want to miss this round-up of recent blogging on the topic! October 12, 2016 by James F. McGrath 8 Comments Let me start this round-up of recent blogging about Christology with… Read More ›
Was Jesus Yahweh?
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Can the New Testament be Trusted as Scripture?
The manuscript evidence of John 9:38 and John 20:28 (my lord and my God), say no! These core, essential proof texts are missing. The video explains it all… Click here for YouTube Mirror (if the above Facebook player does not… Read More ›
Br. Paul VS Liz || TIMED DEBATE || “Jesus did MIRACLES by the power of GOD” || Speakers Corner
Here I debate one of Jay Smith’s disciples.
Professor J.R. Daniel Kirk talks about his book: A Man Attested by God
A fascinating conversation between New Testament scholar J.R. Daniel Kirk and Anthony Buzzard exploring the fact that the Jesus of the synoptic gospels can best be understood not as God but as an idealized human figure.
“A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. . . . You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God.”
by J. R. Daniel Kirk These famous words by C. S. Lewis beautifully encapsulate the Christianity of my childhood. They underscore how central Jesus’s divinity has been to the church’s confession of faith for the past sixteen hundred years. And… Read More ›
A Man Attested by God: The Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels
Author of the new book A Man Attested by God The Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels, a thought-provoking alternative perspective on the full humanity of Jesus Christ, J. R. Daniel Kirk holds a PhD in New Testament from Duke University… Read More ›
FURTHER UPDATE: Evangelicals turn on “disappointing” evangelical Bible scholar
See comments below: It appears that Professor Mike Licona has upset a growing number of conservative evangelical Christians. His crime? Reading the Bible with scholarly integrity and honesty. Rev Ken Temple (yes he is a pastor) is a long-standing commentator… Read More ›
Evangelical scholar admits Paul was mistaken about Jesus’ second coming
Mike Licona admits that Paul was wrong about the timing of Jesus’ second coming but what Licona doesn’t realise is that according to Paul this was a Revelation that he received from Jesus about which he was obviously mistaken. ‘For… Read More ›
Mike Licona on the Toughest Gospel Contradiction Claim
An honest Christian Bible scholar admits he has no solution to some of the contradictory accounts in the New Testament. This problem will come as no surprise to Christians (and others) who have studied the text closely. The Bible obviously contains… Read More ›
Why Textual Criticism is “Safe” for Conservative Christians
Reblogged from the blog of Bart Ehrman, an American professor and scholar It is probably not an accident that when I was a very conservative evangelical Christian who wanted to get a PhD in New Testament studies, I chose to… Read More ›
The Gospel of Luke denies the Incarnation & pre-existence of Jesus Christ.
Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (Anchor Bible Reference). Over his illustrious career, Raymond E. Brown, S.S., Ph.D., was internationally regarded as a dean of New… Read More ›
Bart Ehrman – Two Powers in Heaven
Fascinating! (Published on 8 Sept 2016) ‘Rabbinical scholar Alan Segal produced what is still the major work on the idea of Two Powers in Heaven in Jewish thought. Segal argued that the Two Powers idea was not deemed heretical in… Read More ›
“The newly created Son of God” in Luke 1:35
The Word Biblical Commentary is a prestigious evangelical commentary series by leading New Testament scholars. In this significant extract on Luke 1:35 the commentator explains that for Luke the Son of God (Jesus) is a created being brought into existence… Read More ›
Interesting: the idea of the Incarnation (God becoming man) is not found in the gospel of Luke or Matthew
Joseph Fitzmyer, S.J. is an American Catholic priest and professor emeritus at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.. He specializes in biblical studies, particularly the New Testament, though he has also made contributions to the study of the… Read More ›
Shocking Trinitarian corruption of the Bible
King James Bible “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”
Isaiah 9:6 speaks of a “Prince of Peace”. Who is he?
Another Christian proof text debunked. Isaiah 9:6 speaks of a “Prince of Peace.” Who is he? This text is a good example of how missionaries approach the Jewish Bible with a preconceived agenda and ultimately see what is not there… Read More ›
Michael Licona: A Part of Bible May Have Been Lost
Evangelical Christian Michael Licona has a difficult job to do: he aspires to be a serious biblical scholar which requires that he acknowledge the reality of the Bible with it’s flaws and contradictions; yet he is also a Christian apologist with… Read More ›
Gospel Inflation
A Christian minister asked a really interesting question on Twitter just now: he notes ‘that Jesus is portrayed as referring to God as Father roughly 170 times while the OT does only about 11’. What are we to make of this, he… Read More ›
‘Mike Licona: Gospel of Matthew may have been changed and edited heavily’
Actually what evangelical scholar Mike Licona says in the video below is consistent with what virtually all scholars conclude: the apostle Matthew did not write the gospel that goes by his name today. So no news really, except for Christians… Read More ›
‘Something about this bloke screams dodgy used car salesman’
I have witnessed Jay Smith countless times at Speaker’s Corner over the years. I think I know the secret of his success with other Christians (he has many a young protégé and a considerable following): The secret is this: his personality…. Read More ›
Luke 19: “Today salvation has come to this house”.
The significance of this passage lies in Jesus’ declaration of the availability of salvation “today”, long before his alleged death for man’s sins. NT scholars have long noticed that for Luke salvation and forgiveness of sin does not depend of Jesus’ atoning… Read More ›
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